250+ New, Free Cardboard Textures

Cardboards, especially the  “brownish” types, are very useful for creating backgrounds for websites, posters, brochures, and other print materials. When used as overlay in Photoshop, cardboard textures can add a new dimension and make you designs look more natural and raw. There a lot of websites out there that incorporate cardboard textures. And, take note, the themes of these websites range from vintage to modern designs.

In this post, we put together over 250 high-resolution and high-quality cardboard textures. These textures range from flat brownish cardboards to corrugated and ribbed types to grungy and vintage. For easy browsing, we grouped the textures into different categories. The last group are texture packs, with each set containing around 10-20 textures. To download the textures that you want, simply click on the preview image and it will take you to the source page where you can download the high-resolution version. The images below are for preview purposes only.

If you like this post, then you may also be interested to view our earlier posts on vintage and paper textures: We enumerated them below. The titles are linked to respective page:

• 120+ Free Paper Textures from Deviantart
• 25 Paper Background Textures From Flickr
• 350+ Free Textures for Vintage Designs
• Paper Textures and Photoshop Brushes

FLAT BROWN CARDBOARD TEXTURES

01-Cardboard Texture by ~Moon-WillowStock (Size: 3311 x 2206 pixels)

02- Cardboard by ~alytre (2400×2000)

03- Cardboard Lite by J. Gardner (4000 x 6182)

04- Cardboard texture by ~MapleRose-stock (2326×1586)

05-Cardboard texture stock by ~YmntleStock (3000×2000)

06- Brown cardboard by ~anioleczek-stock (2402×3405)

07-Cardboard Texture 01 by *Limited-Vision-Stock (2432×3648)

08-Cardboard Texture by *Hjoranna (2048×1536)

09-Cardboard 3 by ~LadnavIV (4272×2848)

10-Cardboard 04 by ~purpledragon42-stock (5020×6886)

11-Canvas Texture by *flatfourdesign (2596×3891)

12-Packaging 03 by ~bombay101 (2550×3525)

13-Cardboard Texture 3 by ~StooStock (2600×3579)

14- Rough paper 1 by ~Bunnydict-stock (3072×2304)

15-Texture 2010 Cardboard by *PetersonPhotos (3968 x 2976)

16-Cardboard Texture 2 by =Hjoranna (2048×1536)

17-Cardboard 05 by *tau-kast (1611×2387)

18- Cardboard Texture by ~GingersTextures (3311×2206)

19-Cardboard paper texture by *MartinSiilak (3187×2223)

20-Posterboard by ~mcbadshoes (3008×2000)

21-Packaging paper by ~Iteclotin (6688×9231)

CORRUGATED  CARDBOARD TEXTURES

22-Cardboard corrugated textures by JK Brown42 (3264 x 1840)

23-Corrugated Cardboard Texture_01 by Dustin Schmieding (3000 x 3861)

24- Cardboard Lite 2 by J. Gardner (4528 x 6998)

25-Cardboard Texture 2 by Desizn Tech ((1024 x 681)

26-Corrugated Cardboard by pareeerica (2592 x 1944)

27-Ribbed Cardboard Texture by Just Luc (2715 x 1811)

28-Cardboard texture by ~DeborahSumpter (5616×3744)

29-Brown paper stock by =Snowys-stock 1810×2761

30-Cardboard 05 by ~purpledragon42-stock (5036 x 6950)

TORN, CRUMPLED, BURN CARDBOARD TERXTURES

31-Cardboard Texture by maladie stock(2000 x 1485)

32-Torn cardboard lite 5 by J. Gardner (4000 x 6181)

33-Cardboard Grunge 6 by J. Gardner (4045 x 6251)

34-Cardboard -001 by ~reflected-stock (1571×2406)

35-Cardboard 03 by ~carlbert (5849×4819)

36-Cardboard Texture by ~pandoraicons (2109×2860)

37–Burnt Cardboard by ~Stock7000 (3648×2736)

38-Cardboard One by *flatfourdesign (3060×3890)

39-Ripped Cardboard Texture by *Limited-Vision-Stock (2736×1824)

40-Battered Cardboard_006 by ~BlokkStox (3008×2000)

VINTAGE, GRUNGE CARDBOARD TEXTURES

41-Cardboard Grunge 1 by J. Gardner (3947 x 6100)

42-Colored Cardboard Texture by ~evil-pillow (2112×2816)

43-Masonite by ~mcbadshoes (3008×2000)

44-Creme by *Sexy81 (3600 x 3600)

45-Sandstorm by ~TooMuchFilth-stock (2048×1360)

46-Cardboard Grunge by ~pareeerica (1600×1099)

47-Vintage Cardboard 8 by ~indietextures (2816×2112)

48-Printed card by darcyie-stock (2048×1536)

49- Cardboard 02 by ~carlbert (4819×6873)

50-Cardboard Texture by Leeber (3872 x 2592)

TEXTURE PACKS

01-Cardboard Textures and Objects: High Resolution Pack by Six Revisions
Includes a variety of 20 very high-resolution textures and pieces that you can use in any manner you choose. They were taken using a Nikon Digital Single-Lens Reflex (DSLR) camera at 2,896 x 1,944 pixel size at a low compression rate (1:4 compression ratio).

02-12 Ripped Cardboard Textures Free Download by You the Designer
An awesome collection of  12 Ripped Cardboard Textures all for free!   The set is perfect for creating a traditional paper/card effect on projects with scrapbook themes, stickers, posters and even in customized web designs.

03-15 Brown Paper and Cardboard Textures by Lost and Taken
These textures should come in handy when you want to add a subtle texture to your designs or illustrations. It includes 15 various cardboard and brown paper textures. Try using them in simple overlays on your designs to add a hint of tangible texture.

04-Cardboard Lite Texture Pack by The Shoreways
This pack includes 11 high quality, high resolution, free textures.

05-Cardboard Grunge Texture Pack by The Shoreways
This pack includes 7 high quality, high resolution, free grunged cardboard textures.

06-Cardboard: Texture Pack by Design Instruct
An assortment of cardboard textures that you can freely download and use in your projects. Each image has a dimension of 1944x2896px. Using the cardboard textures is permitted on commercial and personal projects with no limitations.

07-10 Free High Res Cardboard Type Textures by Desizn Tech
Here are 10  cardboard type textures free for personal and commercial use. You can download the whole set from the zipped file or get each texture from flickr.

08-Black Cardboard by ~vikyvampirs90
A pack of free textures featuring high-resolution dark cardboards in PNG format.

09-Cardboard – texture pack by *raduluchian
The pack includes a set of 8 cardboard textures. These can be used for whatever you consider fit.

10-Color Paper + Cardboard Pack01 by ~Docali
This set includes 7 textures, each 2500x3500px, 300dpi.

11-Grunge Cardboard Texture Pack by ~sdwhaven
This is a grunge cardboard texture pack of 8. You can use any of my textures for whatever you want, personal or commercial, for free.

12-Torn Cardboard Textures by ~Chrisdesign
Scanned torn cardboard for your creative projects.Includes 12 PNG files.

13-Packaging 02 by ~bombay101
A texture set made using a crumpled Starbucks bag, paper bag, and a cardboard box.There are a total of 24 large textures (assorted sizes)in this set.

14-Free Texture Tuesday: Cardboard by Bittbox
Set of 5 high-res grungy and torn cardboard textures.

15-Free Texture Tuesday: 5 Hi-Res Cardboard Textures by Bittbox
These 5 cardboard textures are 3000px wide, and nearly 4000px tall so they are hefty enough to handle your print and digital work.

16-Cardboard Mix 007 – 012 by ~onecoldcanadian
There are 6 collages of cardboard/paper textures in this free set. Preview shows the collages that are in this download.

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