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Because there are so many Web-savvy scrapbook supply designers today, the Web is full of free digital scrapbook images that can be downloaded for no charge. That means all you need to know is how to do an Internet search and download files and you can have an almost endless supply of graphics to create beautiful scrapbooks. That’s why popular artist Mary Englebreit recently remarked that the Internet is a great source of scrapbook graphics that will yield virtually anything you might need. And she should know about good images; products carrying her designs on them fly off the shelves as soon as they’re released!

Here are some of the types of free scrapbook images available:

Vintage

More and more people seem to be searching for antique scrapbook images. Maybe that’s because vintage art is so timeless and doesn’t date the final product to any particular modern era. Greeting cards from times long gone make wonderful vintage scrapbooking embellishments, as do clip art images from years gone by. And if you’re lucky enough to find vintage designs on digital scrapbook papers, you’ll have the best of both worlds. Antique designs also cover a wide variety of subjects, including images as diverse as free vintage travel posters, sailing ships, vintage flowers, magician posters and Victorian fashion illustrations. So whatever the topic of your scrapbook, there’s probably vintage art to match.

Holidays

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 on the Web for holidays such as Memorial Day, Veterans Day, Fourth of July and Flag Day. There is also free environment clipart for Earth Day, as well as images for 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

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 bring to mind so many things we love: freedom, summertime and other happy 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 butterfly scrapbook embellishments that span both vintage and modern in the same collections.

Wedding Images

Scrapbooks and weddings are a natural combination, 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 are many good free wedding scrapbook images on the Internet 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 would also be a great choice.

Babies

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 graphics for babies. If you haven’t looked at baby images for a while, though, 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. Blue and pink are still popular, of course, but these days there are many bold color choices too.

So the next time you need scrapbooking  materials, check the Web. You might find some free images that will really surprise you.