Scene Building with Patterned Paper and a T-Wreck

This adorable stamp from Rabbit Hole Designs called Caffeinated Dino needed to be inked up. I created a scene using some very old patterned papers. I am a firm believer in using what I have, stretching supplies, and when I do get something new mixing it with the things I already own.

Watch this adorable dino come to life and this scene be built at my YouTube Channel. Click the link here:  Delaney Jane Cards YouTube Video 

All items were purchased with my own funds. This video / blog is not sponsored.

Confused about why I named it all Delaney Jane Cards if my name is Renee’?

This entire thing, shop, YouTube channel, blog, etc, it is all named after our angel daughter who passed away in 2013. I made her some promises when she passed away. I would spread joy, I would make her proud and I would speak her name daily. This is one way we choose to honor her memory, and help me keep my promises.

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Pink & Main Squeeze the Day! 6 cards 1 kit

I've been very lucky to be able to subscribe to a few monthly kit subscriptions over the past few months. One of those is Pink & Main's Crafty Courtyard kit. Each month the kits are just packed with goodies, papers, stamps, dies, embellishments... etc...

The August kit was summer and fruit themed. An adorable layered fruit stamp set and some super bright patterned papers were the stand outs for me this month.

I was able to carve out a little time to play with the kit and create a few cards. I have tons of supplies left and can't wait to get back to them and make some more fun and bright cards. I have soooo many ideas still.

I have a process video on my channel featuring these products.

You can click here to view it on YouTube: Pink & Main Squeeze the Day

As always you can check out these and more cards in our online store: Delaney Jane Cards

All items were purchased with my own funds. This video / blog is not sponsored.

Confused about why I named it all Delaney Jane Cards if my name is Renee’?

This entire thing, shop, YouTube channel, blog, etc, it is all named after our angel daughter who passed away in 2013. I made her some promises when she passed away. I would spread joy, I would make her proud and I would speak her name daily. This is one way we choose to honor her memory, and help me keep my promises.

Check out our online store at: www.delaneyjanecards.com

Want to visit us on Instagram? Check us out at @delaneyjanecards

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/delaneyjanecards/

Email: delaneyjanecards@gmail.com

I support design...not crime

Have you seen these images floating around in your social media circles? There is this huge initiative to purchase stamps, dies and craft supplies from the designers or companies hosting the designers. 

We all know that finding a good deal is sometimes a HUGE draw. I mean, I love a good sale and a coupon combo... but have you thought about what purchasing stolen designs does to the designer? It takes away their reason to develop a product. If they are going to spend the time to create something, let's say a stamp set. Paying attention to line art, details, manufacturing, creating stamps that leave remarkable impressions when stamped and then, someone steals the idea, creates a knock off item and sells it for a fraction of the cost it cost you to create it... that steals the artists reason. 

I create almost daily, if not daily, to support my own small business. I intend to support business that put in the effort because, I put in the effort.  Here are a few of the cards I've made in the past few days using products the creators are proud of.  

I hope that the next time you see the thing on that app... you know, the super cheap one... you take into account if the idea is original, if they ripped someone's idea off, if they were here in the U.S. would they be infringing on patent... Just be fair.  

All items were purchased with my own funds. This video / blog is not sponsored.

Confused about why I named it all Delaney Jane Cards if my name is Renee’?

This entire thing, shop, YouTube channel, blog, etc, it is all named after our angel daughter who passed away in 2013. I made her some promises when she passed away. I would spread joy, I would make her proud and I would speak her name daily. This is one way we choose to honor her memory, and help me keep my promises.

YouTube is at:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyFZ3_vCTd3EohFMlGfRODQ

Check out our online store at: www.delaneyjanecards.com

Want to visit us on Instagram? Check us out at @delaneyjanecards

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/delaneyjanecards/

Email: delaneyjanecards@gmail.com

Starting a YouTube Channel & a Little Life Update

As of a few weeks ago I embarked on a brand new endeavor. I started a YouTube channel with card making tutorials.  And oh boy am I green! I have no idea how to make videos, it is all a guess. I had the husband find me a free editing program and I'm taping videos with a webcam. I found this to be really challenging but it is keeping my mind busy.

Lots going on around here with the littles growing so much. Cooper (4) starts school K-4 in September, Ryker (2 1/2) has become the terrible twos and Adalaide ( 3 1/2 months) is learning to move and wants to be on the go all the time.

We have an odd work schedule here at home so we are always tired and busy but this is our life.

I've posted several videos on the Delaney Jane Cards YouTube channel and I think each one is better than the last one and that is how growth works, right?!?

If you have the time to check it out, here is the link: Delaney Jane Cards YouTube

As always, the cards seen here and on my channel can be found at our online shop: Delaney Jane Cards

Thanks for stopping by and I look forward to sharing more blog posts and videos, hopefully on Tuesdays and Fridays!

-Renee'

Life begins after coffee

I went into the craft room today to make a birthday card for a young man, a 30 year old man and this isn't a card for a young man. Sometimes creativity just takes over and decides what is going to be made and today that is exactly what happened.

I pulled out some of my older stamps. The coffee set is a Clearly Besotted set I've had at least 5 years. The bird is a stamp I've had even longer. A friend of mine and I went to a rubber stamp show about 7 or 8 years ago and we each purchased a grab bag of unmounted rubber stamps from Victorine Originals. I think they have merged with Raisin Boat stamps and is now SumMore Fun stamps.

The papers in this card are from Pink and Main and came from their new release. The papers just spoke to me.

I stamped the mugs in Pink and Main inks, street light and stop sign. And I die cut them with the coordinating die.

I hand cut the edge of a piece of kraft cardstock and then ink blended distress oxide frayed burlap ink on cardstock without reinking my foam, I just used the ink remaining from the last time I used that foam. I added some white pen dot detail as well as some gold dot detail with my gel pens for a little bit of interest. Then I used a versamark pen and heat embossed the edge with WOW white puff embossing powder.

I used asphalt ink by Pink and Main for the coffee steam and the birds but I used second generation stamping to get a much lighter image. I thought it made the birds look like they were far in the distance.

I placed the cups on the weathered wood "table" and stamped the sentiment in the same Pink and Main Asphalt ink but first generation so it was very bold. I didn't want to introduce black on this card because I thought it would be too bold.

I used two Copic markers to fill the cups with coffee, E57 & E59 because you have to have coffee in the cups...

I love this scene and wish I could find this beach. I'd love to sit and watch the waves crash on the shore while drinking out of one of these adorable mugs.

Day 7 and just an image

I colored. That is all I accomplished today. Between all the little people pooping on the floor, spitting up, needing snacks, changing diapers, filling sippy cups, and, and, and... it is 11pm and I finally got a second to color a thing!

I needed it too!!!

Day 6 and I felt like Dory!

Have you seen that movie, the one where the blue fish continues to say Just keep swimming... ?

This card was my keep swimming moment of the week, for sure!

I embossed the image on white bristol smooth cardstock. I had envisioned water coloring these flowers with sepia tones. I did what I thought would have accomplished just that but, it did not look nice at all. I almost threw this card panel away. I never do that, but I almost did.

I got up from the craft desk and did some housework and went back to it. I figured I could splatter brown and gold splats on the image and maybe that would help. NOPE, still hated it.

I got out a stamp set that has splatters and swatches you can stamp so it looks random but it really is controlled... I stamped that on the image. STILL HATED IT!

I left it alone for a little while and did more housework. When I went back to my desk I actually picked it up to throw it away and then decided, to ink blend over it because maybe it would help. I thought it couldn't hurt. I was ready to throw it out anyway. So I ink blended distress oxide inks over the entire panel, image and all. AND... it looked like leather. I actually sort of liked it.

I decided to stamp a sentiment and then use those zig clean color real brush markers to add some deeper color inside the sentiment letters.

I layered the panel onto a piece of gold tonic cardstock and then onto dark brown.

I love how this ended up. It looks so regal and beautiful and stunning and warm and I was so excited to share it. 

Moral of the story for day 6 of this coloring challenge, keep swimming, that blue fish has it right.