Now that so many good scrapbook supply designers are Web savvy, there’s an abundance of free digital scrapbook papers. That means all you need to know is how to do an online search and download files and you can find all the graphics you need to create delightful scrapbooks. That’s why popular artist Mary Englebreit recently remarked that the Internet is a great source of scrapbook images that will yield virtually anything you might need. And she should know about good images; products featuring her graphics sell like crazy!
The following are some samples of the types of free scrapbook designs I’ve found on the Internet:
Babies and Children
Like weddings, babies invite photography. And what scrapbooker wouldn’t want to pass down a beautiful baby scrapbook to her child as he or she gets older? Fortunately, you can find a huge selection of scrapbook materials for babies. If you haven’t looked at baby images for a while, though, you might find the color schemes a little surprising these days. Chocolate brown, burnt orange and red are popular, as are various shades of green. Of course, you can still find lots of blue and pink, but these days there are many bold color choices too. And for older kids, there is quite a lot of free clip art that reflects special interests, such as horse-back riding images and football images.
Antique
There seems to be an rise in the number of people looking for vintage scrapbooking graphics. Maybe that’s because vintage art is so timeless and doesn’t date the final product to any particular modern era. Greeting cards from times long gone make perfect vintage scrapbook embellishments, as does antique clipart. And when you can find digital scrapbook papers made from compilations of vintage images, you’ll experience digital meeting traditional in a beautiful and useful way. Antique images also cover a wide variety of subjects, including images as diverse as Victorian fashion illustrations, magic show posters, vintage flowers, vintage nautical clip art and sailing ships. So whatever the topic of your scrapbook, there’s probably vintage art to match.
Holidays
The holidays just naturally invite the creation of scrapbooks, since those are the occasions when many of us create some of our most lasting memories. And Christmas, Easter, Halloween and Valentine’s Day aren’t the only holidays that make people want to create scrapbooks; many people are interested in the minor holidays too. There are all kinds of patriotic scrapbooking papers and embellishments on the Internet for holidays such as Memorial Day, Veterans Day, Fourth of July and Flag Day. There is also free environment clipart for Earth Day, as well as images suitable for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and just about any other holiday you can think of; even the silly or off-beat ones.
Flowers and Butterflies
Scrapbookers seem to love flowers of all kinds, and why not? They work for nearly any occasion. Butterflies, too, have a large audience, because they represent summertime, freedom, happiness and other cheerful things. Butterfly and flower images are also diverse, because you can find them in both illustration and photographic form, and in modern and vintage forms. There are even free butterfly scrapbook papers that have coordinating modern and vintage designs available in the same collections.
Wedding Images
Weddings and scrapbooks were made to go together, because couples usually have at least one photo wedding album. But a wedding scrapbook can preserve your memories in an even more creative way. There is a surprisingly good selection of wedding scrapbook images on the Internet that will allow you to create a lasting memento for little or no cost. And if for some reason you don’t find any specifically for weddings that appeal to you, flower images can also give you a beautiful look.
So the next time you need scrapbooking images, check online. You might be pleasantly surprised at the free images you’ll find.
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