Spellbinders the weekender virtual retreat

Your cards turned out so cute. I really like your galaxy blends.

azcrafty I took some screen shots of the steps:

1. Blend dye ink on watercolor paper (sample uses Ranger - Simon Hurley).



2. Blend black dye ink onto the edges of paper (sample uses Ranger - Simon Hurley).



3.Without adding more black ink onto blending brush, continue to rub brush towards center of panel, lightly layering black ink onto the colored ink.



4. Spritz panel with water - should be visibly wet.



5. Allow to dry completely!



6. Add opaque white paint splatters.




ETA: Mindy mentioned the spraying of water should have happened AFTER the colored ink blending and BEFORE the black ink blending, but she forgot while teaching. It seems either way will work, but the water effect is likely more pronounced if doing it before the black ink blending step.

Very cool Ryann. And thank you so much for the step by step instruction. I have done something similar but with much more black for space cards and without the water.
This has a very cool feel to it and would be cool for a Halloween sky.

MDscrapaholic, I love your card!! I haven't taken that class yet, but I'm looking forward to it. I love Mindy's teaching style.

I ended up watching the majority of the event live (I missed the first half of Carissa). I had not planned to, and did not do any homework beforehand. While I did do some crafting, it was non-event cards using scraps/old products.

I was not at all inspired by the box of products prior to the event, but seeing the cards come together live, I could feel my opinion changing. While it’s not my favorite event, I’m glad I watched. I definitely learned something new and found new-to-me crafters/instructors.

I’m not sure I would do another SB-only event again. I could see being tempted by a christmas one. Hopefully they take all the feedback they’ve been given to make future events better.

Yana Smakula's card from this event:

I've completed four classes and did one of the bonus cards. I have to say I really enjoyed the classes that I've done so far. Many of the instructors showed additional cards and Jennifer McGuire had a video at the end for even more inspiration. I think I'll be using these dies for a while in lots of creative ways. I'm also excited about some of the add-ons. I love the martini die set and the Halloween dies. Those will be joining my collection at some point.

Well. I worked on all 10 cards this weekend (and today) and finally got each one done. I am happy with them, but don't know if I'll actually make them again. The process of choosing colors for all the different pieces of each set is overwhelming to me sometimes. I think I'm more of a stamp/stencil/blending type of card maker than a paper piecer.

That said, here's the rest of the cards for those that are curious!

Nichol Sporh - Rainbow Hoop


Michelle Short - Needle & Thread


Vicky Papaioannou - The Adventure Begins


Justine Dvorak - Shake It Up


Meghann Andrew - Rainbow Bright


Bibi Cameron - Spring Bike


Carissa Wiley - Shine Bright


And last, Kim Kesti - It's Your Day


Now, if I can figure out what colors to die cut, I'll try to do the bonus cards. They may be a challenge, as the instructions in the book aren't very descriptive.

I'm anxious to see what others have done! Did anyone else make any?

Lovely cards MDscrapaholic but I can see what you mean about figuring out colors.

Alicia/Call Me Crafty Al did a livestream last night with some others to use leftovers from the event. I haven’t watched, but thought you all might find some value in it.

So, I'm not in this event, so I haven't actually seen how they set up the homework. But when everyone was having trouble with how it was set up, I went and looked at my field guide from last summer's C&9th camp. I think they were able to set their homework up more straightforwardly because each die set was used for only one class. So they only had two variables: color of card stock and die set (which was the same as class for their event).

It seems that wouldn't have worked for this event because the die sets were shared by multiple classes, so there were three independent variables: card stock color, die set, and class/card. I'm sure they still could have done a better job and it sounds like they did, eventually. But I don't believe that it was as simple as doing exactly what C&9th did.

And after the praise received here, C&9th changed the way they laid out the homework die cutting for this year's camp. Ha!

Why on earth was this video not part of that dreadful Weekender?

That is gorgeous.

WOW! I have not touched that die since the event and now I want to pull it back out and make pretty things!