Click on the free American flag scrapbook embellishment to see it full size.




What I call the American patriotic season is almost here. It begins with Memorial Day in May, when we honor those who gave their lives while fighting in American wars. It then moves onto Flag Day in June, which is pretty self-explanatory.

Pardon the pun, but it really takes off on the Fourth of July when Americans watch fireworks that commemorate the fiery birth of our country. Then, patriotic season culminates with Veterans Day in November, which was created as a way to make sure we honor our veterans at least once a year.

If you have any kind of a patriotic streak in you, you'll love this free American flag scrapbook embellishment, which can also be used on Web sites, on blogs or in many other ways. And there are more American flags where this came from on my free American flag clip art page. You might also enjoy this free Fourth of July clip art and Veterans Day clip art.

Click on the vintage birthday card embellishment to see it full size.




This gorgeous vintage birthday card would make a great scrapbook embellishment and would be terrific on the front of a handmade card. The colors are almost mesmerizing to me. I love the saturation of the hues in the pansies. Pansies may not be that color in real life but who cares! And who knows, there might have been pansies that color around the time this was painted! Anyway, I'm sure you'll find many uses for this exceptional vintage birthday card embellishment.

This vintage birthday card was downloaded from Vintagerio, which you can visit by clicking on the ad in the sidebar. They also have many other floral birthday cards from the same era and in the same style, so you can have a whole set if you'd like. You can also access other images from my collection of free vintage birthday cards by clicking on the link in this sentence.

Update on June 22, 2009: I just uploaded a set of free birthday scrapbook papers. Help yourself!

Click on the vintage baby scrapbook element to see it full size and download it


Click on the free butterfly scrapbook paper to download it


Click on the free vintage roses scrapbook paper to see it full size and download it