July 23rd, 2009 | Author: Teresa

scrapbook supplies

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

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

Vintage

More and more people seem to be searching for antique scrapbook graphics. 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 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 art also covers a range of subjects, which means you can find images as diverse as vintage airline posters, historical sailing ships, Victorian fashion illustrations, magic show posters and vintage flowers. So whatever subject you’re trying to cover in your scrapbook, there’s probably antique art to match.

Holidays

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 online for holidays such as Memorial Day, Veterans Day, Fourth of July 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.

Butterflies and Flowers

People who scrapbook seem to love flowers of all kinds, and why not? They work for nearly any occasion. Butterflies attract a large audience too, because they represent summertime, freedom, happiness and other cheerful things. Flowers and butterflies 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 span both vintage and modern 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 scrapbooking 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 scrapbook images will often do just as well.

Babies

Like weddings, the birth and growth years of a baby often generate a lot of photos. And, of course, scrapbookers love to use those photos to create family heirlooms. 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. 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.

So the next time you go looking for scrapbook images, check out what’s available on the Web. You might find some amazing free things.