A Little Throwback – Instant Camera Cards 📸

 While I’ve been deep in inks, layers, and storytelling this week, I found myself looking back at a set of cards I made just before I stopped crafting for a while… and I realised something:

They still make me smile.

So I thought they deserved a place here too.

📸 The Cards

These are a set of 4x4 cards built around the cutest instant camera frame dies from The Stamps of Life.

Each card follows a simple, bold structure:

• A coloured cardstock base
• A Polaroid-style frame (from AliExpress)
• Patterned background papers to match
• And of course… the camera focal point

The cameras themselves were die-cut in different colours to coordinate with each card, then layered onto black cardstock to give them that strong outline and make them really stand out. A little highlight on the lens brings them to life—like they’re ready to snap a moment at any second.

 🎨 Colour & Style

These cards are all about colour and fun.

Bright greens, soft blues, warm peach, lilac, and bold pink… each one has its own personality, but they all sit together nicely as a set.

Compared to my more recent work, these are much cleaner and more graphic—less layered, less moody, and definitely more playful. And there’s something really lovely about that simplicity.

✏️ Sentiments

The sentiments also come from the same Stamps of Life set and tie in perfectly with the camera theme:

• “Life is like a camera”
• “Focus on today and you’ll be ok”
• “Take another shot!”

Simple, uplifting, and just the right amount of cheeky.

🎥 Watch the Original Feature

If you’d like to see these cards in action and how they were originally created, you can watch the feature video here:

🖤 Final Thoughts

Looking back at these, I can see how much my style has evolved… but I can also see the beginnings of what I still love today:

• strong focal points
• thoughtful colour choices
• and a desire to make something that feels good

Sometimes it’s nice to revisit where you were… and realise it was never a bad place to begin with.

More new creations coming soon…

These cards even had a small feature in a magazine a few years ago. 

 
Bon 🖤

My Christmas Cards are all made - Hoorray

This year I actually managed to hand make all my Christmas Cards in less then two weeks. It is the first time since I started making cards 10 years ago that I will not be buying a single Christmas Card. This covers all the cards for my son's 30 Class mates, husbands collueges and family local and abroad, super wow and super affordable too. 

 This best about it all is that I managed to make it all with freebies (papers, stamps and Chipboard goodies) from various magazines, some Stephanie Barnard Framelit Flip-Its, a few Dimension Stamps stamp sets and card stock I already had, so super kind on my crafting budget as well. 

Papercraft Inspirations Magazine love this reader challenge entry and and it is going to feature it in their February issue

The 3D stars on this card can be created by die cutting or punching a few star shapes.  Score and fold a line from each point down to the centre point of each star.  Gently pinch each star along the score lines to create a 3d effect so they stand out.  Aply with glue dots or dimensional foam pads.

I will be posting more photo's later, hope you like them all.