Well, friends, we hope that you’ve had an amazing and creative World Cardmaking Day, but in case you’re still looking for one more challenge to inspire you, we have you covered! Let’s find out what Dilay Nacar has up her sleeve, and don’t miss the exciting giveaway for her challenge, as well as the grand prize announcement at the bottom of the post!

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Hello and happy World Cardmaking Day, SCT friends! It’s Dilay here. In honor of today, I have a fun paper weaving challenge for you to try on your next card project! Paper weaving is fun, easy, and a great way to use up those scraps that we all have lying around! Also, I’ve included a bonus card that showcases a fun variation—a “faux” weave. I will be combining a few of my favorite brands for these cards, and I’m excited to get started! 

Supplies | Taylored Expressions Cardstock: Cherry Pop, Peaches ‘n Cream, Pineapple, Candy Corn, Granny Smith, Key Lime, Confetti Cake, Gumball, Plum Punch, Lavender Glaze, Fruit Punch, Strawberry Milkshake; LDRS Creative: 1/8″ A2 Background Strips Die, 1/4 A2 Background Strips Die, 1/2″ Stitched A2 Background Strips Die, Diamonds A2 Coverplate Die; Honey Bee Stamps: Lovely Layers Heart Vine Dies, Sealed With Love Stamp Set, Inside Kindness Sentiment Stamp Set; Adhesives: iCraft Easy-Tear Tape, Scrapbook Adhesives Thin 3D Foam Squares, iCraft UltraBond Clear Adhesive

First things first: creating the strips! For this step, you can use leftover cardstock, or, if you’re like me and never have enough colorful strips on hand, die-cut a bunch! Here, I cut multiple colors of cardstock from Taylored Expressions premium cardstock with the 1/8″ and 1/4″ A2 Background Strips dies from LDRS Creative. 

Now onto the base! For this step, I created a window by die-cutting the center of an A2-sized card base with the LDRS Creative Diamonds A2 Coverplate Die. I added double-sided adhesive to the back and adhered 1/4” strips in rainbow order, then wove in 1/8” strips, alternating each row. Once finished, I secured all the strips with more adhesive, trimmed off the excess, and adhered them onto an A2-sized card base. 

You can stop here and finish by adding a sentiment, but I wanted to try something fun with the background. I die-cut the LDRS Creative Diamonds A2 Coverplate Die and adhered it to the base, then inlaid each of the negative die cuts with foam adhesive. To finish, I added a heat embossed sentiment and die-cut leaves! 

I also created a bonus card! I began by die-cutting the same cover plate (this time leaving the center solid), then adhered each of the strips in different directions, rotating each opening. For this card, I also used LDRS Creative’s 1/2″ Stitched A2 Background Strips Die. I secured the strips, cut off the excess, then mounted them onto a card base. Before adding the leaves and sentiment, I die-cut an additional diamond and adhered it to the center using foam tape to add dimension and provide a space to tuck in the leaves!

I hope you enjoyed today’s cards and will try this challenge for a chance to win a fabulous prize! I can’t wait to see what you create!

Find more of Dilay’s work here: Instagram | YouTube | Blog | Facebook

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Are you ready to give paper weaving a try? Or maybe you prefer to try out Dilay’s “faux” weave technique? Either way, submit based on the guidelines below and you could win this wonderful prize from Taylored Expressions and LDRS Creative!

You’ll be able to create all of the paper strips your heart desires with this prize! If your submission is chosen, you’ll win a package of Taylored Expressions premium cardstock as well as all of the amazing LDRS Creative dies that Dilay used to create her cards—1/8″ A2 Background Strips Die, 1/4 A2 Background Strips Die, 1/2″ Stitched A2 Background Strips Die, and the Diamonds A2 Coverplate Die! What an amazing prize, right? Here are your guidelines to submit:

Challenge Guidelines:

  1. Create a card featuring paper weaving or a “faux” weave design;
  2. Submit an image of your creation by Wednesday, October 19th at midnight Eastern in the Challenge #5 album in our SCT Facebook Group. (Note: This is a private group, so please answer the questions when requesting to join!) To find the album, click the “Media” tab, then click the “Albums” tab, select the appropriate album for your submission, then the blue “add photos or videos” on the right. See the images below for assistance!

But that’s not it, friends. We have another amazing prize up for grabs, and this one is BIG! Submit to all FIVE of our World Cardmaking Day challenges based on the guidelines below to be entered to win this grand prize: a Crop & Create Delivered Cardmaking Fall 2022 box and access to this amazing event’s exclusive products and classes!

Challenge Guidelines:

  1. Create a card for all five of today’s challenges: stencil, colour, one stamp, layering and paper (you are here!);
  2. Submit each of your individual challenge submissions into their respective challenge albums in the SCT Facebook Group, then submit an image of all five of your cards together (bonus points if you’re holding them in the photo!) by Wednesday, October 19th at midnight Eastern in the Grand Prize album in our SCT Facebook Group. (Note: This is a private group, so please answer the questions when requesting to join!) To find the album, click the “Media” tab, then click the “Albums” tab, select the appropriate album for your submission, then the blue “add photos or videos” on the right. See the images above for assistance!

We hope you had as much fun as we did today, friends. Remember that you have time to create and submit these cards, so NO pressure! Have fun creating, and be sure to send these cards out after you submit them to us so that they can brighten someone’s day! Happy World Cardmaking Day! We’ll see you back here on Monday!