Today's 'inspiration challenge' reminded me of my own personal challenge that I've been facing for a while now. That is that my style is definitely NOT vintage...although the vintage style has really taken over in the creative industry. As a greeting card designer, I know that card design is not about me, it's about the person that will receive the card, and that person may totally LOVE the vintage style! So what's a girl to do?
What helps me is the variety of vintage papers and inks available that help to 'age' our projects. In this case, I've first cut some images out of paper I purchased at Paper Source. Then I've sponged a little antique linen ink around the edges and matted it as if it was a photo. This gives me a vintage look but retains my clean and simple style. The result: I LOVE it too! (Aged paper inside added for the personal letter or message to be added later.)
Registered: August 21, 2007 Location: Wayland MA Posts: 105090
Sat, Oct 29, 2011 @ 7:30 AM
I love these Vintage cards. I have to tell you my 89 year old mom calles herself "vintage"....she'll never be OLD!! LOL!
------------------------------ Anne HarmonFS154, QFTD58, PROUD FAN CLUB MEMBER (photo of our Great Granddaughter Elise, just 6 months old) and me, even older.