Growing In Unity Day 4 | Cure Girls on Colored Cardstock

 

Hi Everyone, It's Renee' with Delaney Jane Cards YouTube and Blog. Today I'm sharing my day 4 project for my guesting week for Unity Stamps called Growing In Unity. I decided to use this fantastic stamp called Cure Girls. I've had this one for several years and I have made hundreds of cards with it from super simple to very intricate.

I sent cards of HOPE to cancer patients for several years and this one was the 5th card in the series I would send. It was never colored the same and I could personalize it for the person and the cancer, but I always sent this one.

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-Give Cards Generously!
-Renee'
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Growing In Unity Day 2 | An Easy Way to Create Definition in an Image SOFTLY!

Hi Everyone! It's Renee' with Delaney Jane Cards Blog and YouTube Channel.

Today, I have my day 2 share of my Growing In Unity Guest Spot. I wanted to share a fairly quick project with you today using the Radiate The World Stamp set by Unity Stamp Co.

I heat embossed the globe in white onto some very light grey cardstock called Grout Gray by MFT. This is a super light neutral gray cardstock. The white is visible on the cardstock but it maintains a very soft delicate look.

Ink blending over the embossing with Speckled Egg Distress Ink by Ranger using a blending brush and adding stormy sky and faded jeans helped add a soft background to the embossed globe image.

I colored a few of the florals in with some Copic markers in a very simple color pallet, orange, pink and green for the foliage. Nothing special, just filled them in. Because this was done on the light gray cardstock the colors maintain a muted soft look.

This stencil by A Colorful Life Designs called Circular Motion Stencil was perfect to reinforce the radiating circular feel of the entire image and scene I was creating.  I used only the speckled egg to stencil this around the globe. I did it softly to maintain that really soft look.

The globe was still fading into the background a bit too much. Using the B90 series Copics, B99, 97, 95, and 93 along with the colorless blender, I added this glowing shadow or halo around the globe and in between the white embossed images. This gave the globe definition but kept the image very soft.

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-Renee'

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TRHD Caffeinated Reindeer | 2019 Christmas Card Series | Dashing through the NO!

I created this fun card today with The Rabbit Hole Designs Caffeinated Reindeer. He has to be my favorite reindeer of all times. I am pretty sure Santa's chant needs to be changed to something along the lines of On Dasher, On Dancer, On Prancer and Vixen, On Comet, On Cupid, On Donner and Blitzen <---- maybe this is Blitzen?!? Maybe Santa had him along on these midnight rides the entire time!

I really let the papers and the image do the work. This paper by Pebbles coordinates with this image almost perfectly. This is from the Merry Little Christmas 6x6 pad.

The only thing I really did was piece the papers together and color this image. The card basically created itself. ;)

Well, maybe I helped a little with the heat embossing.

I couldn't resist using all three sentiments included in the stamp set.

Thank you for stopping by and as always

GIVE CARDS GENEROUSLY!

~Renee’

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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INLAY DIE CUTTING | METALLIC CARDSTOCK | ADDING TEXTURE | POPPY STAMPS DIES | CHRISTMAS SERIES 2019

I created this fairly simple set of Christmas cards using a Poppy Stamps Die of hanging ornaments. I inlaid the die outline but didn't inlay the pieces. I layered the panel over some additional metallic cardstock for the shimmer and shine to show through.

I added additional texture with a carta bella embossing folder for touchable texture.

Thank you for stopping by and as always
GIVE CARDS GENEROUSLY!
~Renee’

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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MAYMAY MADE IT ADORE HIM | MARY AND JESUS | CHRISTMAS CARD SERIES 2019| Artistic images

Welcome back to another card in my 2019 Christmas Card series. I'm so excited to be sharing all these projects with everyone.

Today I used a set by MayMay Made it called Adore Him. This set is filled with really artistic images featuring the Christ child and the Manger Scene as well as Mother Mary.
I used a card sketch to get started and heat embossed with the now famous Cooper's mix: mostly gold. ;)

Check back a few videos for the snowflake cards, you will see why that has become famous. ;)
I really hope you enjoy my card.

Thank you for stopping by and as always
GIVE CARDS GENEROUSLY!
~Renee’





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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Christmas Collaboration with Rise and Procraftinate -Christmas Series 2019

I'm honored to announce a beautiful collaboration today with Rise and Procraftinate. You can find her video and channel here: Rise and Procraftinate

We decided to simply create Christmas cards for today's collaboration. Both of us will have videos on our YouTube channels. Mine will be linked below.

I chose to create a card using Lawn Fawn stamps as a backdrop to this super sweet Neat & Tangled set.  I felt like the Lawn Fawn images were the perfect size for a student created backdrop for a Christmas Pageant.

I used my distress inks to ink blend the sky, shaded lilac, blueprint sketch and mermaid lagoon. I also used scattered straw to tap onto the moon but did go over it with a light yellow Copic Marker Y02. 

By limiting the color pallet to those colors found on the Doodlebug patterned paper I used, the scene looks really cohesive. I copic colored all the pieces of the scene and die cut them. I stamped the trees with green inks instead of copic coloring. The Neat and Tangled images have coordinating dies but I do not own them so I fussy cut them out. Both images were really easy to trim out. 

I picked a coordinating cardstock scrap from the scrap bin and heat embossed the Merry Christmas sentiment in white on it. I also stamped the We Wish You in black on the back of the same patterned paper I used for the main panel. Doodlebug papers are double sided and this pattern was clean enough to stamp directly onto it with no issue. 

I love what the tiny details always do to a card. Adding white gel pen stars, Nuvo clear glitter overlay pen to the Santa and surrounding area to represent the magic of Christmas and making letting the two star players shine with a little shimmer of their own. 

Thank you for stopping by and as always, GIVE CARDS GENEROUSLY! 

Renee'

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.

Speaking of blog, you can check it out at : www.delaneyjanecards.blogspot.com

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Lawn Fawn | No line Coloring | Nutty or Nice | Christmas Series 2019

Today I chose to play with my Lawn Fawn |Simon Says Stamp Collaboration set from 2018 called Nutty or Nice.

I know this set isn't available any longer but I know many people have it and this isn't so much about the stamp set as it is about the technique.

I used what I'm calling Nichol Spohr coloring. No line coloring with Zigs. She has mastered the technique and if you are looking to learn she has so many videos on her channel showing just how to do to this.

Some very cool things about this type of coloring is that you can make your images look soft. The traditional black line sometimes looks harsh.

Lots of fun details are hidden in this little scene. Like this squirrel, is he taking this acorn from his friend or hanging it up as a gift? You tell me.

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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Mixing Stamp Companies featuring MayMay Made Its Gather

I mixed stamp companies today, something I really love doing. This adorable cabin stamp is from Altenew and the gorgeous church, MayMay Made It. The scale of the images aren't the same but the illustration style is similar enough that staging the images with one in the foreground and one in the background the scale seems perfect.

I used water based markers to do "faux" watercoloring here. I really enjoyed the process of making this card and I am excited to share it with you.

The sentiments in this Gather set from MayMay can be built many different ways. This was just perfect enough for this card. 

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.

This card is a star! Check it out on YouTube here: https://youtu.be/ieoW51rdsX4

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World Diabetes Day - Honoring Nyla

I wanted to bring attention to Type 1 Diabetes specifically but today is World Diabetes Day.
Nyla is a 6 year old Hero. She was diagnosed this year and it is a diagnosis for the entire family. Her mother has had to change the way they live and the way they sleep, the way they think about activities and food. Shadow, Nyla's mom, doesn't sleep well because she is constantly watching number and waiting for the dexcom alarm to go off. I didn't know Type 1 Diabetes could be diagnosed after childhood, I didn't know how time consuming a T1D diagnosis would be for a family, I am learning so much from my friend and her hero of a daughter.

Today I used The Rabbit Hole Designs Fearless stamp set and the Colorado Crafts Company Military Strong. You don't have to stick to a theme for your stamps, TRHD set is geared toward breast cancer and the CCC set toward military but I was able to turn them into a T1D awareness ribbon and card. I also pulled out a little Lawn Fawn set for the little heart image. Combine those sets and create something new.

I wanted to leave the link for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation because when I asked Shadow for permission to talk about her daughter Nyla I also asked if she had a specific organization she wanted me to talk about. The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation JDRF was her immediate response.  Here is a link to their site: JDRF


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 h

onor her memory, and help me keep my promises.

You can hear more about this card and Nyla's story here: Delaney Jane Cards 
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Honeybee stocking gift card holder -2019 Christmas Card Series

I made 6 gift card holders using Honeybee's new stocking gift card holder die. It was a learning experience and I wanted to share all the things I learned while making these.

I pulled patterned papers from the scrap bin and some very old Christmas paper pads and some super cool flocking sheets from Thermoweb to create some adorable stocking gift card holders.

I embellished each stocking with twine and a jingle bell.

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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Veterans Day 2019 - Honoring our Veterans

Today, I used the Colorado Crafts Company Lovely Legs set titled Military Strong to create two cards honoring our Veterans because today, 11/11/2019 is Veteran's day.

I know making a card or a card video isn't much. But I wanted to do everything I could to honor our veterans today. My family has a long history with the military. Several years ago my Grandma was invited to California, all the way from Wisconsin, to receive an award from the then Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger. It was this beautiful plaque honoring her for her sons serving over 125 years collectively in the different branches of the service. I have several uncles that served and I now I have several cousins and second cousins who have also served. Something I am well aware, I was not built to do. I respect anyone who has given even a minute of thought to serving. You are heros.

I am a firm believer in making more than one card at a time if I can squeeze it in and decided to make a male an female version of the same card since the stamp set offered both images.

I kept the fatigues a neutral color although I'm sure I could recreate these using more specific colors for each of the military branches.

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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The Rabbit Hole Designs Caffeinated Turkey

Today, I had a chance to play with The Rabbit Hold Designs Caffeinated Turkey Stamp and Die.
These characters in their Caffeinated line are hilarious and I'd recommend checking them out even if you just need a chuckle.

I also used an Altenew stamp I purchased from Scrapping for Less and really loved adding it to my stamp stash because who doesn't need a coffee ring in their collection? Matte embossing powder also makes an appearance on this card and adds so much to those coffee rings.

Currently the Coffee Lover's Hop is going on, tomorrow is the last day 11/8/2019. There will be plenty of chances next time because these have been going on for a few years I guess. How cool, right? Coffee, Tea, Cocoa, Cider and cards... perfect combo for sure.

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://youtu.be/BsGK93mQ9AU
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Happy Adoption Day! Mixing Stamp Companies

Today is a very special blog. This blog showcases a card that was made for a very special moment in one particular young lady's life. She is being adopted. Adopted into a very wonderful, supportive, loving family.

This young lady is a very driven, strong, fashionable, beautiful, smart young lady.

I used several stamp companies to help me create a "vision" board style card. I wanted to touch base on all the things I knew she loved.

You will see the "mash up" of companies, how to color using different undertones and how to create your own pattern within your coloring.

** I'm not claiming to be an expert. These are techniques that work for me, a self taught crafter / cardmaker.

You can watch a card process video on YouTube here: Delaney Jane Cards

Thank you for stopping by & remember to GIVE CARDS GENEROUSLY!

-Renee'

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.

Speaking of blog, you can check it out at : www.delaneyjanecards.blogspot.com
YouTube is at:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyFZ3_vCTd3EohFMlGfRODQ
Check out our online store at: www.delaneyjanecards.com
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Pink and Main Christmas Mugs - Christmas Series 2019

I used Pink and Main's Christmas Mugs stamp set to create a set of 6 Christmas cards featuring non-traditional colors of pink, purple and aqua with pops or red and green.

I featured their sparkle sheets and their patterned papers to create these adorable and sweet cards.

I'm also linking this to the 2019 Fall/ Winter Coffee Lovers Hop because... I mean, why not! <3

Thank you for stopping by & remember to GIVE CARDS GENEROUSLY!

-Renee'

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://youtu.be/BDSdENBp0Hw

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

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