Now that so many good scrapbook supply designers are Internet savvy, the Web is full of free digital scrapbooking images 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 delightful scrapbooks. That’s why famous artist Mary Englebreit recently remarked that the Web is a great source of digital scrapbooking designs that will yield nearly anything you might need. And she’s an authority on quality images; products featuring her designs on them fly off the shelves as soon as they’re released!
Here are some of the types of free scrapbooking images that are available:
Vintage
More and more people seem to be searching for vintage scrapbook materials. Maybe that’s because antique art is so timeless and doesn’t date the final product to any particular modern era. Cards from times long gone make wonderful vintage scrapbooking embellishments, as does antique clipart. And when you can find digital scrapbooking papers made from compilations of vintage images, you’ll have the best of both worlds. Vintage designs also cover a wide variety of subjects, which means you can find images as diverse as free vintage travel posters, tall sailing ships, vintage flowers, magician posters and Victorian fashion illustrations. So whatever the topic of your scrapbook, there’s probably antique art to match.
Holiday
Holidays are great subjects for scrapbooks, since those are the times we gather with friends and family to create special 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. You can also find earth clipart for Earth Day, in addition to images for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and any other holiday you can think of; even the silly or off-beat ones.
Butterflies and Flowers
People who scrapbook seem to love flowers of all kinds, and who can blame them? They’re appropriate for almost any occasion. Butterflies attract a large audience too, because they represent summertime, freedom, happiness and other cheerful things. Butterfly and flower images are also diverse, because an abundance of them can be found as both illustrations and photos, and in modern and vintage styles. You can even find butterfly scrapbook papers that span both vintage and modern in the same collections.
Weddings
Weddings and scrapbooks were naturally made to go together, because wedding photo albums have always been traditional anyway. But if you can make it a wedding scrapbook instead, you can preserve your memories in an even more creative way. There are many good free wedding scrapbook images on the Web that will allow you to create one of these very special mementos with no or little 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 gorgeous look.
Babies
As is the case with wedding ceremonies, the birth and growth years of a little one often generate a lot of pictures. And what scrapbooker wouldn’t want to pass down a distinctive 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’re not up on baby images, however, you might be surprised to learn that the colors are less traditional than they used to be. Burnt orange, chocolate brown and red are all the rage, as well as a few specific shades of green. Of course, you can still find lots of blue and pink, but these days there are many bold color choices too.
So the next time you go looking for scrapbook images, check out what’s available online. You might find some free images that will really surprise you.