Because there are so many Internet-savvy scrapbooking graphic designers today, the Web is full of free scrapbook materials that can be downloaded for no charge. That means all you need to know is how to do an online search and download files and you can find all the images you need to create professional-looking scrapbooks. That caused popular artist Mary Englebreit to remark recently that the Internet is a great source of digital scrapbooking materials that will yield virtually anything you might need. And she should know about good images; products featuring her graphics sell like hotcakes!
The following are samples of some of the types of free scrapbooking materials I've found on the Internet:
Antique
There seems to be an rise in the number of people looking for.vintage scrapbook papers and embellishments. Maybe that's because vintage art is so timeless and doesn't date the final product to any particular modern era. Cards from times long gone make terrific vintage scrapbook embellishments, as does antique clip art. And when you can find digital scrapbooking papers made from compilations of vintage images, you'll experience digital meeting traditional in a beautiful and useful way. Antique art also covers a range of subjects, including images as diverse as vintage travel posters, antique flower baskets, Victorian fashion illustrations, magic show posters and old sailing ships. So whatever the topic of your scrapbook, you can probably find antique 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. You can find lots of patriotic scrapbooking papers and embellishments on the Web for holidays such as Veterans Day, Fourth of July, Memorial Day and Flag Day. There are also many images out there for Mother's Day, Father's Day, Earth Day and any other holiday you can think of; even the off-beat and downright bizarre ones.
Flowers and Butterflies
I've definitely noticed that people who scrapbook love flowers, and who can blame them? They work for nearly any occasion. Butterflies attract a large audience too, because they bring to mind so many things we love: freedom, summertime and other happy 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. You can even find floral scrapbook papers that have multiple coordinating designs in the same collections.
Weddings
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 are many good free wedding scrapbook papers online that will allow you to create one of these very special mementos with no or little cost. And if you can't find any specifically for weddings, flower images would also be a great choice.
Baby
As is the case with wedding ceremonies, the birth and growth years of a baby often generate a lot of photos. And, of course, people who scrapbook love to use those photos to create family keepsakes. Fortunately, this can be done for next to nothing using just scrapbook images from the Internet. 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. Blue and pink are still popular, of course, it's just that you can find a lot of bolder color choices too.
So the next time you go looking for scrapbooking supplies, check out what's available on the Internet. You might find some free images that will really surprise you.
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