Coffee Loving Papercrafters

Hello and welcome!  I am so glad you dropped by today!  My name is Shanna from Caffeinated Craftiness, and today is my FIRST blog post here on the Coffee Loving Cardmaker’s  blog as a guest designer!  Words cannot express how excited I am to be a part of this wonderful team!

I am a huge collector of caffeinated things—crafty stuff is NO exception!  I have been in a madd producing mood lately too so I opted to do a “one sheet wonder” set of cards for my post today!  Never heard of a “one sheet wonder”???  Let me explain!  A one sheet wonder is a term used when a single piece of cardstock, usually a double sided 12×12 piece, is cut following a recipe or diagram to specific pieces and then put together to create a set of cards.  My Pinteresting led me to this example where 1 sheet of paper yields 7 total cards!  Fun right!?!  I won’t repost the diagram I used here, but definitely check out the original blogger for more info if you choose to make your own!

The paper I selected is a sheet of double sided cardstock that I have hoarded for some time now….I struggle with “ruining” my pretty paper!! LOL. I can’t be the only one though right?  I grabbed a few pieces of coordinating cardstock for my bases and then needed to pick out a stamp set..  The struggle was REAL on this one…Sooooo many good ones to pic from that would have worked!  I ended up going with my tried and true coffee set from super sponsor Hero Arts.  This was a My Monthly Hero kit a few years ago, and is still one I love to reach for.  The sentiments fit the circles perfectly, and I was able to use a variety of them for my card set!  The card is a type of “latch fold” fun fold card, but there are ZERO scraps left!!  YAY!

This particular one sheet wonder created 6 cards using the same layout, with a *bonus* 7th card from scraps.  Here is how that one turned out!

Does anyone else enjoy making sets of cards??  I would love to hear about any resources you enjoy using for inspiration…let me know in the comments below 🙂

That wraps up my first official Mug shot [of espresso] Monday post!  I will be back in a couple weeks with another crafty shot!  Until then you can always find me and follow along with my caffeinated adventures over on instagram @caffeinated.craftiness.

~Shanna