I loved reading your article about retro photos...I have some I must dig up. Meanwhile, I wanted to create a retro-looking photo album cover for my 2016 journal.
Although the photo was already vintage, it was in color, so I desaturated and used an overlay from the VAC Necessities kit, as well as the paper, word art, etc.
This is a really beautiful cover! I love how 3D it looks!