Let's all be Jolly!

 Sing hey!  Sing hey!
For Christmas Day;
Twine mistletoe and holly.
For a friendship glows
In winter snows,
And so let's all be jolly!
 

~ Nursery Rhyme ~

   

The above image would

work well on a handmade card

I've also put together a sheet of tags.

Note the green patterned tag is not

on this printable.

 

Finally, here are 2 rather large

round graphics. I printed and

used one on a plain gift bag.

Here are the free sources for
the graphics used in my artwork:

*The Graphics Fairy*

Little girl with topiary

Pine branch

*Vintage Printable*
Floral patterned paper

*Wordplay*

Red & gold star

*Altered Bits*

Grungy texture

*Free Vintage Digital Scraps*

Polka dot digital scrapbook paper

Thank you for visiting!

Christmas gift card envelopes

 "The best

of all gifts around

any Christmas tree...

the presence of a happy

family all wrapped up

in each other."

~ Burton Hillis ~

The first 5 envelopes are

for your vintage Christmas,

gift-giving pleasure.  The last

envelope is a PNG file... the

center is actually transparent, so

you can drop in other images

behind it, to personalize!

To print, I first open Canva,

create a new image - 8.5" x 11", and

add up to 2 per page. Cut, fold,

and glue - glue stick worked well. 

Place a piece of

cardboard from a cereal box,

about the size of a gift card,

inside the envelope - then glue.

This prevents the inside of the

envelope from sticking together,

and ensures it's not too tight to

fit a gift card in when finished.

Here are the free graphics

used in my artwork:

*The Graphics Fairy*

Back of an old photograph

Round frame

*Altered Bits*

Grungy texture

*The Graphic Addict*

Little girl with sled

*Wordplay*

Winter cottage

Baby Jesus, Mary and angel

*TuckDB Postcards*

Holly with red tartan bow

Robin with holly

Thank you so much

for stopping by!

Matching Game

Did you enjoy playing

memory/matching card games

as a kid? I made a version using

vintage images, to play with

my two.  Just print 2 pages with

the images below. Cut out and

arrange in rows, with the image

flipped over. Take turns

making matching sets.

Player with the most cards wins.

My 7 year old daughter played this

with me a few days ago.  Before we started,

I asked her to tell me about the pictures. She

recognized a few things, but thought most

looked funny. We talked about how people

lived differently long ago... and thought about

some of the modern conveniences we take

for-granted. Came upstairs tonight to find

her teaching my 5 year old son how to play.

They were entertained while I made supper.

All illustrations used in this project

are from The Graphics Fairy:

pocket watch

electric fan

sewing machine

old-fashioned tricycle

spectacles

tea kettle