Thanks everyone.

Ramah, I appreciate your critique. The edge was actually created by running Eye Candy's "burnt edges" filter over the image but I do see how it is rather uniform. I chose to keep this edge because I found the filter a little tricky to work with and my other attempts either took away too much edge ot not enough. As for the background, I Originally used just the "crumpled" filter that is also from Eye Candy but I thought it looked a little artificial so I added a parchment texture and then the crumpled filter on top of it. I did notice that it blurred the image somewhat but I though that added to the "aged" effect.

I am not sure if I quite know how to make it look like the ink has bled but I am very interested in trying it out. It sounds like an awesome effect.