Scrapbooking Ideas for Vintage Cards

Your scrapbook supply likely contains many items that you can easily translate into making your own cards. Vintage cards demonstrate an appreciation of an earlier time and capture this nostalgia. Papers, embellishments, buttons and a variety of scrapbook techniques can help you create the vintage look you are going for.

Heritage Card

Use an old black and white photo of one of your own family members to make a card. Glue the photo in the center of the front of your card along with your caption. On the inside of the card write about the event in the picture or your memories of the individual. Stamp sentiments or images around the card or to the background of the page. Metallic paper corners will provide a basic frame that matches the tone of the vintage card. Give the card to the person whose picture is depicted or a close family member.

Pieced Card

Get the inspiration for your vintage card from an image. Use a picture of a Victorian woman, nature or a picture from an old fabric pattern. Paper piecing lets you remove just the image from your inspiration page. Adhere the image to your card in a prominent location. Supplies that coordinate with the image colors will help you make the card in a cohesive design. Add chipboard letters to the front cover, antique papers in gold, brown and gray shades for the inside of the card, and vintage embellishments. Use old buttons, brads and vintage embellishments that have an old world look like clocks and birdcages.

Window Card

One way to make a traditional-looking card into a vintage card is by crafting card stock to look like a frame around your picture. Glue an old picture from your personal collection, a book or a magazine. Cut out a piece of card stock that is the same size as your photo. It can be an oval, square or rectangle so that it looks like a picture frame. You can use other antiquing methods around the frame to make it look older, such as embossing, using chalk or painting. Cut out the middle area of your frame and glue it on your picture. Place the picture frame on the front of your card. Add other vintage touches to the inside of the card, such as a monogram, an old envelope with a piece of stationery sticking out of it, a seal or vintage rub-ons.

Fabric

Fabric can tie in an old look around newer supplies. Place a doily on the front cover of your card for an instant time rewind. Glue a piece of a floral fabric to the inside of your card. Layer your other elements on top of the fabric. Lace can serve as a border to your card or as a picture frame. Various papers that are cut in squares can be used together in a patchwork to resemble a quilt.