Friday Try-Day: Vintage

Hello and happy Friday Try-Day: 

Today, I wanted to share with you some of the "vintage" projects that have inspired me.  To me, vintage means softer colors, lots of inking edges and distressing, and clusters---of ephemera, flowers, whatever.  It doesn't necessarily have to be an actual vintage photo.

Check out these great projects from PINTEREST:

These flowers seem so simple to make.  I will try them soon as I have some old books ready to cut up!

(from google.com)

Lately, anything doily seems all the rage.  This is so soft and beautiful!

(from scrapbook.com)

I loved this layout because it shows that you don't have to use a vintage photo to use vintage products.

(from scrapbook.com)

This one I loved becasue it does use a vintage photo, but also incorporates some more modern elements---successfully!  I love the banner, and the scrabble tiles.

(from littleblackdresskitclub.com)

My new goal is to have a project of my own that the photos I post inspired.  I truly can't promise anything, because as you know, life often gets in the way of crafting!  But this week, I was inspired to use a really old family photo.  Most of the people in my family do not get the whole scrapbooking thing, and I have been reluctant to use old photos.
I used an Echo Park Collection for this layout...

It definitely had some of the softer colors, and lots of vintage accents to cluster.  This is a copy of an old picture of my grandmother, Agnes, and my aunt, Sheila (she is my namesake).  You can see the crinkles and crack in the photo, which I actually love.
Here is a closeup of my "cluster".

I put the "no. 6" sticker because my aunt Sheila was the sixth child.  I layered a resin flower over a sticker from the collection, and a little punched flower over a canvas flat-back button.
I think that I'm gonna hook up with Cropstop's latest challenge, here, which is a project with three flowers on it.

So there you have it---If you try something vintage, shoot me a link---I'd love to look at it.
Thanks for stopping by...