With the Faith of a Child... and an announcement!

With the faith of a child my husband and I decided to bring Because of Delaney Jane Cards to the next step. While I wanted to write this blog post to highlight these three beautiful cards and their reason for being made, I wanted to share some personal information and announce something very special.

First, the cards...

Our church will be "graduating" three young people this Sunday from the Children's Church and into the general congregation. One of the teachers asked me to create three cards, one for each of the graduates. I wanted to create similar but different cards because they are similar but different in their personalities and their walk with God.

So, I created two boy versions and one girl version.

The papers are from a BO Bunny  6 x 6 paper pad and the stamp sets are Unity Stamp Co. Each image is Copic colored and then layered into different designs.

My husband took some great photos to show the layers in these cards. They aren't cheap or flimsy, they are quality cards with multiple layers and details.

I finished the inside of the cards as I almost always do with a piece of coordinating paper, leaving a place for a message.


These cards are incredibly important to myself, my husband and mark a huge milestone in the life of BODJ cards. They represent the last and final cards created before we make one HUGE CHANGE.

I've made cards for over a decade. My style and skill level has changed and I've gotten better with my craft, as you'd expect from a decade of practice. I've participated in craft shows, hosted a Facebook page and sent cards to hundreds of people including anonymous cards to many cancer patients.

I currently have a studio where I create beautiful cards, take photos, post them to this blog or to my Facebook page and then I place them in a card rack and hope someone either decides from a post they like it or I bring them to a local craft fair to hopefully sell them. THIS IS ABOUT TO CHANGE!

Over the last week or so my husband and I have been working very hard at something incredible. He has taken over 500 photos, much like the ones above and I've sat at my computer for countless hours in hopes that my hobby can become more than just a hobby.

So with the faith of a child, bright eyed and hopeful, we have decided to open an ETSY shop.

We've named it DelaneyJaneCards and have loaded the store with tons of goodies.

We've also decided to have a GRAND OPENING, this weekend!!!

While we are both nervous about jumping into an actual business we are really excited to see what we can do together, for our family.

We want to open with a huge bang and are offering a coupon code to our friends, family and followers. Coupon code GRANDOPENING will get you 10% off orders of $10.00 or more when you use it at checkout.

Please checkout my Etsy shop by clicking here ---> DelaneyJaneCards  or by typing or copy paste www.etsy.com/shop/DelaneyJaneCards into your browser

Remember, the coupon code is good all weekend. Share with your friends and family. Additional coupon codes will be available in the future.

Thank you and we really hope this is the best next step for these cards and our family.

-Renee'

I'm so Grateful

The past few weeks we've been dealing with an incredible hardship and one of the ladies from our church stepped up and helped us provide something very special for our  young son.

On top of her kindness in regards to him, she opened her heart to me and shared some of her personal story. This was the first time in the 3 years we've been attending this church that I've felt included, a part, important, & wanted. While true I've never felt like a burden to the church, I've often left after Sunday service feeling less than wanted and more like an outsider than ever before.

I've not shared that with anyone until recently.

This woman was so kind and compassionate and can relate to me and my story in so many ways and she did something incredibly kind and compassionate and all I could do was make a card. That is what I have to offer, a simple piece of paper. But you know what? I'm guessing that because she knew it was all I had to offer, it meant something to her too.


For today's card I used MFT cardstock and stamps along with Bo Bunny designer paper.  I also used a very pretty embossing folder to add some much needed texture to the main panel.

This post isn't so much about the card though, it is more about the reason for it. Thank you Jolene, thank you so much.

Faith

I wanted to take a moment to remind everyone what this season is about. Yes, the spring brings new life for creatures in nature, but it brought new life for man-kind too. I made these cards to remember Good Friday and to give to a few special people Easter morning.

I never create cards using just dies and today I did just that. The rectangle die and the mountain with the 3 crosses are from Gina Marie dies and the Faith is painted Faith by Simon Says Stamp.

The paper pack is Bo Bunny. Simple and gorgeous, in my opinion.