Create Scrapbooks Using Free Images from the Web

Because there are so many Web-savvy scrapbooking supply designers today, the Web is full of free scrapbook supplies. As long as you know how to do an Internet search and download files, you can have an almost endless supply of graphics to create delightful scrapbooks. That's why famous artist Mary Englebreit recently remarked that the Internet is a great source of digital scrapbook supplies that will yield nearly anything you might need. And she should know about good images; products featuring her designs on them fly off the shelves as soon as they're released!

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

Babies and Children

As is the case with wedding ceremonies, babies invite the taking of photos. 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 scrapbooking images 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. And for older kids, there is quite a lot of free clip art that reflects special interests, such as gymnastics images, football clipart and baseball clipart.

Antique

There seems to be an upsurge in the number of people looking for vintage scrapbooking images. That could be because vintage art is so timeless and creates such gorgeous results. Greeting cards from times long gone make great vintage scrapbook embellishments, as do clip art images from years gone by. And when you can find digital scrapbooking papers made from compilations of vintage images, you'll have the best of both worlds. Antique graphics also cover a wide variety of subjects, including images as diverse as vintage flowers, magician posters, Victorian fashion illustrations, vintage cats and free vintage travel posters. So whatever subject you're trying to cover in your scrapbook, you can probably find antique art to match.

Holiday

Holidays just naturally invite scrapbooking, 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 online for holidays such as Veterans Day, Fourth of July, Memorial Day and Flag Day. There are also images suitable for Earth Day, Mother's Day and Father's Day and just about any other holiday you can think of; even the silly or off-beat ones.

Flowers and Butterflies

I've definitely noticed that people who scrapbook love flowers, 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. Flowers and butterflies are also diverse, because an abundance of them can be found as both illustrations and photos, and in modern and vintage styles. There are even butterfly scrapbook papers that span both vintage and modern 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 if you can make it a wedding scrapbook instead, you can preserve your memories in an even more creative way. There is a surprisingly good selection of wedding scrapbooking images online 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 scrapbook images will often do just as well.

So the next time you go looking for scrapbook materials, check out what's available online. You might find some amazing free things.