12 Christmas Story Verse Cards: KJV + Old-Master Paintings

Twelve printable 5 x 7 cards for the Christmas story: mail them, tuck one in a gift, or set out one a week of Advent. From the angel's visit to Zacharias to the Magi's star.

Each flat 5 x 7 in card pairs one old-master painting with one verse from the King James Version, printed word for word, its reference, and the painting's credit. Send them as Christmas cards, tuck one into a gift, use them in a Bible journal, or set one out each week of Advent.

THE 12 CARDS

1. Luke 1:13 - Ghirlandaio, The Angel Appearing to Zacharias
2. Luke 1:37 - Jan van Eyck, The Annunciation (National Gallery of Art, Washington)
3. Luke 1:42 - Ghirlandaio, The Visitation
4. Luke 1:46-47 - Botticelli, Madonna of the Magnificat
5. Luke 1:78-79 - Sano di Pietro, The Birth and Naming of Saint John the Baptist (The Met)
6. Matthew 1:23 - Georges de La Tour, The Dream of Saint Joseph
7. Micah 5:2 - Bruegel, The Census at Bethlehem
8. Isaiah 9:6 - Geertgen tot Sint Jans, The Nativity at Night
9. John 1:5 - Georges de La Tour, The Newborn
10. Luke 2:10-11 - Mantegna, The Adoration of the Shepherds (The Met)
11. Matthew 2:10 - Fra Angelico and Fra Filippo Lippi, The Adoration of the Magi (National Gallery of Art)
12. Revelation 22:20 - Titian, Saint John the Evangelist on Patmos (National Gallery of Art)

WHAT YOU GET

• US Letter PDF and A4 PDF: two cards per sheet with crop marks, plus optional card backs (To / From and note lines, with the painting credit)
• 12 single 5 x 7 PDFs (front + back) for a print shop or photo lab, plus one all-in-one 5 x 7 file
• A how-to-print page and a full credits page

PRINTING

• Print at 100% / Actual size on cardstock (65-110 lb, matte works best). Cut on the crop marks.
• All text sits at least 0.3 in inside the trim, so a slightly off cut is fine.
• Fits A7 envelopes (5.25 x 7.25 in). Colors vary by printer; print one test page first.

ART CREDITS

All paintings are public domain (museum open-access files or PD-Art photographs), credited on every card and on the credits page: Ghirlandaio (Tornabuoni Chapel, Florence; Louvre), Jan van Eyck (National Gallery of Art, Washington), Botticelli (Uffizi), Sano di Pietro (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0), Georges de La Tour (Musee d'arts de Nantes; Musee des Beaux-Arts de Rennes), Pieter Bruegel the Elder (Royal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium), Geertgen tot Sint Jans (The National Gallery, London), Mantegna (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, CC0), Fra Angelico and Fra Filippo Lippi (National Gallery of Art), Titian and workshop (National Gallery of Art). Some are cropped to fit; none are altered with AI.

GOOD TO KNOW

• Better than a free verse image: each card is print-ready with crop marks, a back for To/From, the museum credit, and verses checked word for word against three KJV texts.
• Just the text, the painting and the credit: no sermons, no promises.
• Scripture: King James Version (public domain in the US), checked word for word against three independent KJV texts.
• Instant digital download. No physical item ships. Personal and household use; see the license.
• 14-day fix-or-refund: if something is wrong, message us within 14 days and we fix the file or refund you.

Which Bible version? King James Version, word for word.

Folded cards? No, flat 5 x 7 cards with an optional printed back.

My printer is A4? Use the A4 PDF; the cards are the same 5 x 7 in size.

Can I sell the printed cards? No: personal and household use only.

Try it first: three free Advent cards are available as a free download.