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Taking photos is a lot of fun, but are you wondering what you can do with all of those photos once they are on your computer? There are all sorts of projects you can do to showcase your digital photos!

Create Digital Scrapbook Pages – While it is common to believe scrapbooking is only for women or needs to be an expensive messy hobby, doing it digitally changes everything. Computer scrapbooking is a great creative outlet to showcase your photographs in a unique way. The possibilities are endless when you add digital scrapbook graphics to your photographs on types of projects to make. For example, you could make a photobook that showcases all of your favorite nature shots|portraits|memories captured on film]. Another thing you can do is create individual pages which you can then show off in a frame on the wall.

Create a Scrapbook DVD – The latest advances in technology makes it very simple for you to create a video using your photographs. There are many tutorials online, such as this one digital scrapbooking on video that can show you how to take photographs and use software to turn them into a movie. You might be surprised to learn your computer likely already has the software necessary to create this. Once you finish editing your video, you can then burn it to disk to share with family and friends.

Create a Collage – Another creative idea for ways to use your photos is to make a collage type of poster with various photographs. It is up to you to decide whether you’ll arrange the photos in a number of different sizes or whether to use them all at the same resolution. Doing this type of project makes it possible to display many images all at once. Photo collages are perfect for sprucing up the walls where you live, they also make creative gift ideas!

Share Online – If your photographs just sit unseen on your computer, posting them online can help you share them with the world. You can upload your photos to a number of free online services or you can create your own site. There are many ways to set up your own website free or inexpensively using free blogging services or gallery services. By having an online gallery of your photos, it lets your family and friends view your work easily.

Create Photo Gift Items Easily – There is no rule that a photograph needs to be printed on paper. You can now have your photos printed on a number of things, such as greeting cards, clothing, calendars, and the list goes on. For example, you could make personalized coffee mugs for everyone in your family with a photograph of them on their mug!

There is no limit on the number of projects you can make using your photographs. Your photos do not have to go unnoticed! By sharing them or having them printed in creative ways, you’ll be amazed at how much it inspires you to keep taking photographs because you won’t want to wait to make the next projects!

Now that so many good scrapbook supply designers are Internet savvy, there’s an abundance of free scrapbooking paper. That means all you need to know is how to do a Web search and download files and you can have an almost endless supply of materials to create professional-looking scrapbooks. That’s why famous artist Mary Englebreit recently remarked that the Web is so overflowing with terrific free digital scrapbook images, it can provide virtually any type of images you might need. And she should know about good images; products with her designs on them fly off the shelves as soon as they’re released!

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

Babies and Kids

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 beautiful 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. 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, it’s just that you can find a lot of bolder color choices too. And for older children, there is quite a lot of free clip art that reflects special interests, for example swimming images and baseball images.

Vintage

More and more people seem to be searching for antique scrapbook graphics. That could be because antique art is so timeless and creates such classy results. Antique greeting cards make wonderful vintage scrapbook embellishments, as does antique clip art. And if you’re lucky enough to find vintage designs on digital scrapbooking papers, you’ll have the best of both worlds. Antique designs also cover a wide variety of subjects, which means you can find images as diverse as Victorian fashion illustrations, magic show posters, cigar labels, vintage flower clip art, vintage nautical clipart and free vintage travel posters. So whatever the topic of your scrapbook, there’s probably vintage art to match.

Holiday

The 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 on the Web for holidays such as Veterans Day, Fourth of July, Memorial Day and Flag Day. You can also find free environmental clip art suitable for Earth Day, as well as images suitable for Mother’s Day, Father’s Day and just about any other holiday you can think of; even the off-beat and downright bizarre ones.

Butterflies and Flowers

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 represent summertime, freedom, happiness and other cheerful 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. There are even butterflies scrapbook paper that sometimes even have coordinating modern and vintage designs available 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 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 need scrapbook graphics, check online. You might find some free images that will really surprise you.

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.