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Four-Square Cards with Just Stamps, Ink, & Paper

9/13/2022

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Use the four-square card technique to make quick and easy cards with just stamps, ink, and paper like these using the Leaves of Holly stamp set from Stampin' Up! Get the free downloadable quick reference guide.
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I love being able to create beautifully cards quickly and with very limited supplies. If you do too, you are going to love this Four-Square Card Technique. I guess they're really rectangles instead of squares, but four-square sounds better than four-rectangle. 

These cards use just stamps, ink, and paper - so simple! I used a variety of different bold stamps for these cards. You could do this with line-image stamps, but then you'd have to color the images. And I wanted quick and easy cards!

We did this technique for this week's Mystery Stamping Stamp with Me Tuesday. If you missed it, you can go back and watch the replay and play along. Plus, I've got a FREE downloadable Quick Reference Guide below for this technique so that you can remember it later. 

You'll also find all of the supply lists for these cards below. 

​So, on y go! Let's get stamping.

Easy Handmade Christmas Cards

The Four-Square Cards technique is perfect for creating quick and easy handmade Christmas cards. It's so easy to just stamp up four cards in a flash since you're doing all the stamping and then cutting and assembling. I kept all of my sample cards very simple, but you could add embellishments or ribbon to them.

These sample holiday cards use the Leaves of Holly stamp set from Stampin' Up!® These stamps do have coordinating dies, but I didn't use them for these simple cards. I stamped with Pear Pizzazz, Mossy Meadow, Poppy Parade, and Cherry Cobbler. 
Supply List for the Leaves of Holly Cards
Make beautiful handmade Christmas cards quickly with the four-square card technique. Sample card uses the Leaves of Holly stamp set from Stampin' Up!®
Use the Artistically Inked stamp set from Stampin' Up! and the four-square card technique to create quick and easy handmade birthday cards.

Quick Birthday Cards

For these birthday cards, I wanted to use the Artistically Inked stamp set because I knew it would be perfect for this technique. But, I chose colors from the Regals Collection to give these floral cards more of a fall feel. 

I stamped the swirly background with Crushed Curry down the center of a piece of Basic White cardstock going both directions. Then, I added flowers and leaves in Cherry Cobbler and Old Olive. I cut the cardstock into 4 pieces to create the four card fronts.
Supply List for these Floral Birthday Cards

Holiday Card Idea with Joyful Flurry

Here's another holiday card design using the Joyful Flurry stamp set. I stamped the snowflakes in Bermuda Bay, Pool Party, and Fresh Freesia. 

I sized the sentiment strips for these cards to use the leftover cardstock from the sides of the Basic White and colored cardstock layers. However, you could use larger sentiments if you wish. I just wanted to keep the supplies down to 3 pieces of colored cardstock and 1 piece of Basic White.
Supply List for the Snowflake Holiday Cards
FREE Quick-Reference Guide
Create quick and easy handmade holiday cards with the Joyful Flurry stamp set from Stampin' Up!, a couple of ink pads, and some cardstock.
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Glenda
9/17/2022 10:11:12

Love these ideas! Makes things quick and easy. Thanks for sharing!

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