Free Vintage Storybook Illustration Young Boy with Insects

This sweet image was taken from an early 20th century children's storybook. The simple color scheme makes child illustration more beautiful. As the young boy sits on a lily pad, he's charmed by all the insects and plants surrounding him. Can you spot all the wildlife around the boy? Enjoy!

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Children's storybook illustration background

Digital Background Design Red and Blue Tile Crafting Element Downloads

Today's digital clipart download is a background of a vintage design. The design in red and blue is spectacular! The vintage design element is a perfect starting point as a tile for bigger backgrounds. I've given you my digital background design! And, you can go as big as you like! Both digital backgrounds are great for greeting cards, tags, collages and lots more. Enjoy!

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Vintage design element background download

Vintage red and blue design background download

Yellow Rose Victorian Wallpaper Background Swirl Design Free Download

Victorian wallpaper designs are bright, bold and gorgeous with a heavy floral influence. Today's free digital clipart is pretty digital background of a yellow rose and gold swirl design. Imagine this striking background on your handmade greeting cards, scrapbooking pages, invitations or wedding printables. 

I've given you a lovely color palette chart inspired by the Victorian wallpaper background. Enjoy!

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Victorian yellow rose wallpaper design background

Yellow rose color palette chart idea

Free Photography Background Old Vintage Painted Table Image

This is a photography background of an image of an old Martha Washington sewing table. The simple frame design of the tole painting is lovely and makes for a perfect background. The smudged, grungy edges help highlight any image in the center. Perfect for a quote? A passage? Or a photograph? 

 

Printable Background Antique Map Handwritten Letter Envelope Digital Crafting Downloads

digital envelope background clip art

digital antique map background clip art

Today I've posted two wonderful digital backgrounds created from antique ephemera. The first digital background is an image of an antique, handwritten envelope. It was mailed in 1915. This digital letter envelope background would make a great design element for a gift tag. The second digital background clip art is an image of an antique map of Assyria and Babylonia. The unusual, asymmeterical shapes, myriad lines, and various fonts make this map illustration another wonderful digital background for many crafting projects.

Free Background Paper: Scan from Old Book

This image is a scan of the back cover of an old children's book. It's distressed and dirty and makes for an interesting background paper for any craft project. I scrapbook quite a bit, and I'll use scans of old books as the decoration on photo mats for the scrapbook pages. I've always loved a vintage or antique theme when designing my pages.

Free Background Design: Red Border

Here is a pretty border I found in an antique, Victorian book on flowers.