MFT Creative Challenge - Vintage

It's time for this month's creative challenge with MFT and we're going vintage. I always love how people create vintage cards but it doesn't come naturally to me so this was a real challenge.

In 2011, MFT is working harder than ever to inspire you, and we have come up with something we think you'll really enjoy. Our Design Team Creative Challenge is a new monthly feature, where we challenge our design team to explore their creative side using a specific theme, product or technique. This month, we're exploring the lush vintage style.   Please visit the MFT Blog to see exactly what we've been up to, you'll find a full list of designers that have taken up the challenge!

I used Inspired by Summer and Thanks a Bunch to create a fall thank you card. I inked the image with SU markers, starting with the lightest colour and working my way up to the darkest colour. I worked in that order so I didn't contaminate the tips of the light colours with dark shades. To give it a vintage feel I inked all the edges with Frayed Burlap Distress Ink then roughed up the edges before adding a little stitching. On the image panel I rolled all the corners to get crease lines that help it look aged. Lace is a perfect vintage accent and so is seam binding, so I used both on my card. You can just barely see the crown border tucked in behind the image and the sentiment was stamped on a red panel cut out with the oval tab die-namic. The patterned paper is My Mind's Eye Sunshine.

Here are the die-namics I used:

Thanks for stopping by!
Karen