Make Scrapbooks for Free by Using Images from the Web

Now that so many good scrapbooking paper and embellishment designers are Web savvy, there’s an abundance of free scrapbook papers. That means all you need to know is how to do an online search and download files and you can have an almost endless supply of materials to create delightful scrapbooks. That’s why famous artist Mary Englebreit recently remarked that the Web is a great source of scrapbooking supplies that will yield virtually anything you might need. And she should know about good images; products with her graphics sell like mad!

The following are some samples of the types of free scrapbook graphics I’ve found on the Internet:

Babies and Children

Like weddings, the birth and growth years of a baby often generate a lot of pictures. And, of course, scrapbookers love to use those photos to create family heirlooms. Fortunately, you can find a huge selection of scrapbook images 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. 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. And for older children, there is quite a lot of free clip art that portrays a range of special interests, such as ballet images, football clipart and baseball clipart.

Antique

There seems to be an upsurge in the number of people looking for vintage scrapbooking images. 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 terrific vintage scrapbooking embellishments, as does antique clipart. And if you’re lucky enough to find vintage designs on digital scrapbook papers, you’ll have the best of both worlds. Vintage images also cover a wide variety of subjects, including images as diverse as vintage flowers, magician posters, Victorian fashion illustrations, vintage nautical images and tall sailing ships. So whatever the topic of your scrapbook, there’s probably antique art to match.

Holiday

The holidays just naturally invite scrapbooking, 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. There are all kinds of patriotic scrapbooking papers and embellishments online for holidays such as Memorial Day, Veterans Day, Fourth of July 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.

Floral and Butterfly

Scrapbookers seem to love flowers of all kinds, and why not? They’re appropriate for almost 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 butterfly scrapbooking papers that span both vintage and modern in the same collections.

Wedding Images

Weddings and scrapbooks were 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 offer an even more creative way to preserve your precious memories. There is a surprisingly good selection of wedding scrapbooking 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 would also be a great choice.

So the next time you need scrapbooking materials, check the Internet. You might be pleasantly surprised at the free images you’ll find.