Free Printable Vintage Christmas Card Images: Festive Ephemera for Holiday Journals
Quick Summary
A free collage sheet of authentic vintage Christmas card and postcard artwork
Includes snowy winter scenes, children playing, festive birds, and holiday greetings
Perfect for junk journals, holiday scrapbooks, cards, tags, and other papercrafts
High-resolution and ready to print for your holiday projects
This free printable collage sheet features a curated collection of authentic vintage Christmas cards and postcards from the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Each design showcases the rich color, heartfelt sentiment, and whimsical details that made holiday cards of this era so beloved. Whether you’re building a Christmas-themed junk journal, decorating handmade greeting cards, or simply crafting something special for the season, these printables offer the perfect dose of nostalgic cheer.
About These Vintage Christmas Card Designs
The cards featured on this printable sheet were originally published over 100 years ago, during a period when exchanging festive greetings became a cherished holiday tradition.
You’ll find a variety of designs, including:
Cheerful children bundled up in winter clothing
Snow-covered landscapes and cozy cottages
Adorable dogs and deer sharing the holiday spirit
Robins, sparrows, and other winter birds perched on holly branches
Classic “Merry Christmas” and “Christmas Greetings” messages
The illustrations are full of life and personality, each one a tiny window into holiday celebrations of the past. Their hand-painted quality and vintage printing techniques make them perfect for crafting projects that celebrate the season’s old-world beauty.
Creative Ways to Use These Printables
There are endless ways to use this collage sheet in your holiday crafting. Here are a few of our favorite ideas:
Junk Journals: Use the cards as focal images on your journal pages or tuck them into pockets as festive journaling cards.
Holiday Scrapbooks: Layer the images with patterned papers, lace, or ribbon for vintage-inspired scrapbook layouts.
Gift Tags: Print the sheet on cardstock, cut out the designs, punch a hole, and add twine for quick and charming handmade tags.
Greeting Cards: Use the vintage designs as fronts for your own handmade cards, just add a bit of glitter or stitching for extra flair.
Collage Art: Incorporate the cards into your mixed media canvases or altered books for a nostalgic holiday look.
Other Free Printables You Might Like
If you love these vintage Christmas card designs, you might also enjoy:
Christmas Book Covers – A sheet of antique children’s Christmas storybook covers, perfect for journal cards or collage art.
Fate of a Christmas Tree – A 19th-century illustrated story page showing the journey of a Christmas tree from forest to festive parlor.
Snowflake Photographs – 2-inch circular images of real vintage snow crystals, perfect for winter-themed projects.
Each of these sets pairs beautifully with the vintage Christmas cards on this sheet to create layered, festive journal spreads and collages.
Final Thoughts
These vintage Christmas cards are such a joyful way to bring a bit of history into your holiday crafting. Their rich colors and heartfelt greetings can make any project feel more personal and meaningful. Whether you use them in a Christmas junk journal, on the front of handmade cards, or as festive tags for gifts, they’re sure to add warmth and charm to your creative work this season.
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Terms of use:
Free to use for personal or commercial projects. You may print the collage sheets as many times as you wish for your personal crafts or in your projects to sell, including: art journals, scrapbooks, junk journals, bullet journals, collage art, etc. You may not redistribute or sell the collage sheets “as is" in either print or digital form.
If you wish to share the files on your own website, please do not make the files available for download directly from your site. Instead, include an image with a link back to this site.
To the best of my knowledge, these are all royalty free images that are in the Public Domain in the US. However, you should always do your own research if you plan to use them commercially.
