Cardboard is a pretty straight-forward material, with Diffuse, Reflection, and Bump maps. Keep the texture Blur values low, to avoid blurring the fine details.

cardboard_maps

The only notable thing here is the hand painted Normal map that allows you to control the amount of corrugation. Turn the Normal strength to 0 for a flat surface, and bring it up to increase the corrugation (5 in the example render).
corrugation cardboard_corrugated
Even in completely flat cardboard pieces, there is a subtle hint of corrugation sandwiched between the two flat sheets, so consider leaving the Normals at at least 0.1.
cardboard_flat

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