Copic Coloring on Glitter Cardstock

I created two adorable baby cards using some old and new items. I used a stamp set I've had for at least a decade and a sentiment set I've recently acquired. Mash up designs are always so fun for me.

I also tried a new technique I dreamed about and decided I wanted to see if I could make it work.

I used several dies from my stash to create the layout. I normally reach for sketches when creating but this time I just had an idea and went with it.

You can watch these cards be created here: 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.

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Cards for the Relay for Life

Every year my mom and her twin sister participate in the local Relay for Life at our local fairgrounds. My aunt always makes a bunch of quilts and they raffle them off. This year I was asked to create two sets of cards to be raffled off. One featuring birthday cards and the other being a wedding set.

I was allowed to be creative with this and didn't have any other parameters, and honestly, I work best like that.

I made two cards with some gold embossing details with a Stampendous stamp I've had for a very long time. Which, I guess you'd find a lot of, stamps I've had for a long time. So I chose to do two of this style, one in red and one in cream and white. Both feature a beautiful honey gold paper to accent the embossed details.

The other two birthday cards in this set are made with an even older stamps set. This one was purchased back in 2009 to make a birthday card for my oldest son. He was into magic and I made a card that was called a magic slider card for him. I'll have to make another one to see if I can recreate in.

Anyway, the cards both feature some brightly colored patterned papers from a scrapping for less monthly card kit. I believe it is their own paper. I used the Inkadinkado stamp set to emboss the image on white cardstock and then ink blended over the top with distress oxide inks creating a rainbow background. I added a few sequins and a small stamped sentiment from a much, much newer stamp set by Simon Says Stamp. A few scallop die cuts across the top of the cards feature a new to me stamp and die company, Pink and Main. Their dies are bright pink which I like because they don't get lost as easy on my crafting desk. You'd be surprised what I can lose on that large desk!

The other card set is a wedding set. There are four cards all featuring gold, pink, black and grey. I've created cards starting with engagement and they include bridal shower, wedding and anniversary. A true complete wedding package.

The engagement card features a brand new stamp company and a super awesome stamp set. The stamps are from Colorado Crafts and I've found myself drawn to their sets. All of them feature the feet of whatever the characters are doing. This one, as you can see,  is a gentleman asking his lady to be his wife. Some beautiful golden accents and some dimension make this card super special.

The bridal shower card coordinates with the use of gold. A pretty card that will be passed around at the shower for sure. A gold heat embossed wooden butterfly embellishment adds some very special sparkle to this little beauty.

The wedding card features two champaigne flutes with bubbles, the same gold, pink, black and white color pallet and ties together with the other cards with pattern and style. Details like glossy accents and gold stamping and beautiful die cut edges help this card stand out.

Why not send a coordinating card for the couple's first anniversary. Although this card does not feature an anniversary sentiment nor a number 1 to distinguish a first anniversary, this card would be a welcome token or remembrance for a first anniversary.  However, this card can be used as another wedding card or even a separate anniversary card. A coordinating color pallet of pink, gold, black and white ties this together with the other cards.

Although these cards were a special order and are already spoken for, similar cards can be found on my online store. www.delaneyjanecards.com

Faith

With Easter approaching and with most Christians celebrating Good Friday today, I thought a few Easter cards would be appropriate. I started out with this blue version of this card and it morphed into the pink-purple version. Let me explain what happened and how I love them both.

I started with two pieces of Strathmore ready cut watercolor paper and my Ganzi Tambi Watercolor pallet. I put a wash of blue on one piece and a wash of pink with a touch of purple on the other and allowed them to dry.

While those were drying I stamped the Cross image on some Smooth white card stock from MFT in Lawn Fawn Jet Black ink. I colored one using my Copic markers and the other using my Prisma Color pencils. I fussy cut the images and set them aside.

I heat embossed the MFT flourish background stamp in clear on the pink-purple piece and stenciled the SSS morrocan stencil over the blue in stormy sky distress ink, then die cut the panels as well as two additional from MFT's Blueberry cardstock using the Park Ave frame by Mama Elephant.  I also die cut the SSS Painted Faith die 6 times, 3 black and 3 from MFT blueberry cardstock.

The first card went together just as I had envisioned, stacked the frames on top of each other, adhered the center panel directly to the card base. I stacked the blue die cuts on top of each other, stamped the cross and paper pieced the colored image onto the center panel and adhered the Faith die cut over the top. Three SU enamel dots around the cross and some Spectrum Noir Clear Glitter Overlay pen on the sentiment finished it up.

I really like the subtle dimension created by stacking the dies.

I finished the inside of the card with a sentiment and re-stamped the focal image in the stormy sky ink.

For the second card I used the same three main pieces, the Park Ave frame, the same sentiment and the same focal image. Look how different this turned out.

Instead of stacking dies for the frame, I mounted it on two layers of foam tape. Instead of layering the sentiment over the cross image, I used the cross to replace the t in faith. I added a layer of clear glitter overlay pen and a generous layer of glossy accents to the die cut and cross. A scattering of Pretty Pink Posh Sparkling Clear Sequins and some drying time and this card was complete.

I finished the inside the same as the first but used spun sugar distress ink for the cross.

These were fun to create and it was a challenge to use these same pieces two ways.

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