Vintage Backgrounds

 These vintage backgrounds would make great papers and scrapbook pages.  

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Vintage Keys Background

I made something for you today!  

I feel like I'm back in school and bringing home some artwork I made.  I've been playing around with images and here is what I have for you:  vintage keys on a distressed background in two different colors.

UPDATE:  I've had comments that the images cannot be found when clicked on.  I have tweaked the image gallery for this blog so hopefully this corrects the problem that some of you are having accessing the images!

Here's the antique, aged background

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And here are the same keys on a distressed pink background

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How come they don't make keys like this any more?  It would make finding the right key so much easier.

When I began playing around with the background and distressing it for you I decided that the aged, antique background might be a little drab so I added my favorite color to it.

There are so many ways for you to use images, I wonder how you will use them?  I hope to be bringing you more of my creations in the near future as I continue to explore new things to do with all of these wonderful vintage images.

 

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Free Vintage Clip Art - A Background and Swan Border

A Vintage Background and Swan Border

Two gorgeous images for you today

Here's a gorgeous background that has so many possibilities!

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And a lovely swan border

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Free Vintage Clip Art - More Vintage Backgrounds

More Vintage Backgrounds

Lady Mary Elizabeth Bennett introduced the pansy to the world in 1812 by cross breeding a large variety of plants and came up with the pansy.  The next year two horticulturists continued to cultivate the pansy.  By 1833 there were 400 kinds of pansies available to gardeners.

Pansies are hardy little plants and are even available here in the Pacific Northwest as winter pansies that continue to grow and bloom during our mild winter months. 

When I discovered this lovely pansy background I knew I had to share it 

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Pansies are my favorite flower

Enjoy! 

Free Vintage Clip Art - Floral Background

Floral Background

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Free Vintage Clip Art - Vintage Floral Background and Forget Me Nots

Vintage Floral Background

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Forget Me Nots

Ever wonder about how Forget Me Nots got their name?  According to legend when the Baby Jesus was sitting on his mother's lap he told her he wished that future generations could see her eyes.  He touched her eyes and then waved his hand over the ground in front of them and suddenly beautiful blue flowers appeared.  

Henry IV adopted Forget Me Nots while in exile in 1398.  In 15th century Germany it was believed that if you wore Forget Me Nots your lover would never forget you and they were often worn by ladies as a sign of faithfulness and enduring love.

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Free Vintage Clip Art - Claude Monet's Water Lilies

Monet's Water Lilies

Oscar Claude Monet (1840-1926) was the father of French Impressionism.  All through his life Monet painted in series of subjects.  Water Lilies was painted in 1916 and was a series based on his own pond in his backyard.

Monet died in 1926 at the age of 86.  His son donated Claude Monet's home, garden and waterlily pond to the French Academy of Fine Arts in 1966.  Following restoration, Monet's house and gardens were opened to the public in 1980.

Nympheas - Water Lilies, another painting in the Water Lilies series, sold for over $71 million dollars.

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So what do you think - is it worth $71 million?

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Free Vintage Clip Art - Vintage Foliage Background

Here is a lovely and colorful background, maybe for your ATC's

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Free Vintage Clip Art - Pretty Flower Backgrounds

Sunflower and Fuchsia Backgrounds

The sunflower is native to Central America and was domesticated 2600 BC and was found in the Mississippi Valley in Tennessee in 2300 BC.  The Aztecs and the Incas used the sunflower as the symbol for their sun gods. 

Sunflower oil, which is extracted from the seeds, is used for cooking as well as used to make margarine and bio-diesel fuel because it is cheaper than olive oil.  Sunflowers also produce latex and research is being conducted currently to see if the sunflower could be an alternative crop for hypoallergenic rubber.  

Wow, very interesting! 

Sunflowers are also used to absorb and extract toxins from soil and were successfully used to extract radiation from a pond near the Chernobyl nuclear facility. 

Even more reasons to love the sunflower!

 

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I just bought a beautiful hanging fuchsia over the weekend and so this next image caught my eye and I had to share it with you.  

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These two images would make great cards or backgrounds for your ATC's or artwork.

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Free Vintage Clip Art - Vintage Floral Bouquet and Japanese Floral Background

Today I have a bouquet of vintage flowers for you

Aren't they pretty?

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And now for something completely different a lovely Japanese background

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I instantly thought of ATC backgrounds when I found this.  Let me know how you decide to use it.

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Free Vintage Clip Art - Vintage Flourish Background

Vintage Flourish Background

I have a lovely and unique flourish background for you today

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I took the elements of the background out and here they are

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And happy President's Day!  

I have George and Martha Washington paper dolls here.   These paper dolls would make a great learning tool for your kids.

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Free Vintage Clip Art - Vintage Seascapes

Vintage Seascapes

I came across these seascapes published in a 1934 painting techniques book and thought they might make interesting backgrounds for art projects.

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I hope you can find a use for these.

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21-3d Desktop Backgrounds, Free Desktop Background Wallpapers

21 Beautiful 3d Desktop Backgrounds, Free Desktop Background Wallpapers for your Computer free.

Free Vintage Clip Art - Vintage Floral Background

Vintage Floral Background

I have a vintage floral background for you today.  This lovely image has so many possibilities - use as a blog or website background, print out on card stock and you will have a lovely piece of paper, re size smaller and use as gift tags, so many possibilities!

I love the background color, reminds me of a cup of cocoa

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Free Vintage Clip Art - Vintage Paper Backgrounds

Vintage Paper Backgrounds

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These images came from a vintage book on how to make paper.  These two selections were from the section on how to marbelize paper.

Aren't they beautiful?  So many possible uses for these images and I would love to see what you do with them!

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Free Vintage Clip Art - Damask Wallpaper Backgrounds

What could you do with these beautiful damask wallpaper backgrounds?

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I was just playing around with these to see how they could be colorized, it was fun!

I hope you can find a use for these or download the first one and play around with it yourself to see what you can come up with.

Enjoy!