Click on the free New Years Eve scrapbook paper to see it full size and download it.

This colorful free New Years scrapbook paper really captures the fun of a night out at a New Years Eve party -- champagne, streamers, confetti and all. It would be great for a New Year scrapbook or card or even to wrap a small gift. It's bold black and white design that features touches of blue, orange, magenta, yellow and green will perk up whatever you use it on. And if you'd like to use the matching clip art to continue your New Years theme and give you more flexibility, please visit my free New Years clip art hub.

Although it's a little early, I'd like to wish you a wonderful 2010! Can you believe it's going to be 2010 already? When I was a kid, it seemed like the year 2010 wouldn't even happen in my lifetime because it was something out of science fiction. Well, now it's almost here. Let's all make it a good one. 

I hope you'll enjoy making projects with this free New Years Eve scrapbook paper or any of the other scrapbook papers in my collection. Please come back  to download some more free scrapbooking supplies!

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Click on the free flower scrapbook journaling box embellishment to see it full size.

This free scrapbook journaling box matches the purple flower scrapbook paper I posted a few weeks ago. I ordinarily put lines inside the journaling boxes I design but I thought this one was so pretty without them, I left them out. Also, I thought this would make a lovely photo frame if you cut around the inside round border and the edges of the flower that fall inside the circle. If you want the lines for journaling, you can always use a ruler to add them after you print the embellishment. Or if you have Photoshop or Fireworks, you can add them to the digital art.

This journaling card is part of a much larger collection of flower scrapbook papers and embellishments I designed at Picnik.com. Click the "Free Scrapbook Paper and Embellishments" sidebar ad to see all the art. To learn how to use Picnik to design your own art, read my tutorial that explains how to create your own clip art.

I hope you have as good a time using this flower scrapbook journaling card as I had creating it! Please come back any time to download more of my free scrapbooking supplies.

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Click on the free patriotic scrapbook journaling card to see it full size.

People who are visiting this blog from other parts of the world might not relate to this post, because it's strictly for Americans. An Australian woman once posted on my Fourth of July clip art hub that she had noticed from afar and respected how much Americans love the U.S. flag. I never thought about it before she brought it up but it's true. Our national freedom and ideals have been hard-won by people who laid their lives on the line and our flag is a symbol of that.

We have a lot of patriotic holidays that celebrate the flag and people who fought for it. The first one of the year is this weekend: Memorial Day, when we honor those who died in American wars. Because I come from a family that had two men who served in the military, I felt inspired by this holiday to design a journaling card that can be used to write in a scrapbook about a Memorial Day picnic, concert or any other event. But its use doesn't have to stop there. This patriotic scrapbook embellishment can also be used for Flag Day in June, the Fourth of July, Veterans Day in November and even to make notes about local elections.

I've designed a whole set of free patriotic papers and embellishments that match this journaling card, so hop on over if you'd like to download them. I've posted one of them (American flag scrapbook paper) on this blog. I also have a page with American flag clip art if you'd like to add even more patriotic touches to your scrapbook.

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Click on the free Halloween scrapbook journaling card to see it full size.

This free Halloween scrapbook journaling card embellishment lets you tell your own scary Halloween story. It features a few spiders and their webs, which are iconic Halloween images that may not actually deserve the bad rap they get. I'm not sure how the poor spider got the reputation of being something creepy that we should fear. Most of them are actually quite harmless and much more concerned with creating their beautiful webs and feeding themselves than bothering humans. Oh well. At least these spiders don't have to fear being crushed by panicking human beings; they'll just live on in your scrapbook.

If you'd like some more free Halloween art to go with this journaling card, visit my black and white Halloween clip art hub. You might even find a few more spiders there, along with witches, bats and things that go bump in the night. And of course you'll want to see the matching "creepy spider" Halloween scrapbook paper.

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When I saw Picnik's new baby clipart a few months ago, I knew I had to do something fun with it. The result was the two baby scrapbook papers you see on this page, plus many others that can be accessed on my baby scrapbook papers and embellishments hub.

I created one set of papers for girls and one for boys. The boys just happened to luck out and get the bees, which I think are adorable. I liked them so much, I created several scrapbook papers that feature them exclusively. Click the second link in the previous paragraph to see them.

These baby scrapbook papers aren't just for scrapbooking. You could also use them to create a handmade card for a baby shower or birth announcement. They also would make excellent wrapping paper for a small baby gift.

If you'd like to access more free clip art or scrapbooking images, download my Free Clip Art Sourcebook e-book. Just click the ad in the sidebar to go to the download page.

I hope you enjoy using these baby scrapbook papers and that you find lots of fun uses for them. Feel free to leave a comment about how you used them. I love knowing how people use their creativity!

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Click on the free American flag scrapbook embellishment to see it full size.




What I call the American patriotic season is almost here. It begins with Memorial Day in May, when we honor those who gave their lives while fighting in American wars. It then moves onto Flag Day in June, which is pretty self-explanatory.

Pardon the pun, but it really takes off on the Fourth of July when Americans watch fireworks that commemorate the fiery birth of our country. Then, patriotic season culminates with Veterans Day in November, which was created as a way to make sure we honor our veterans at least once a year.

If you have any kind of a patriotic streak in you, you'll love this free American flag scrapbook embellishment, which can also be used on Web sites, on blogs or in many other ways. And there are more American flags where this came from on my free American flag clip art page. You might also enjoy this free Fourth of July clip art and Veterans Day clip art.

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This gorgeous vintage birthday card would make a great scrapbook embellishment and would be terrific on the front of a handmade card. The colors are almost mesmerizing to me. I love the saturation of the hues in the pansies. Pansies may not be that color in real life but who cares! And who knows, there might have been pansies that color around the time this was painted! Anyway, I'm sure you'll find many uses for this exceptional vintage birthday card embellishment.

This vintage birthday card was downloaded from Vintagerio, which you can visit by clicking on the ad in the sidebar. They also have many other floral birthday cards from the same era and in the same style, so you can have a whole set if you'd like. You can also access other images from my collection of free vintage birthday cards by clicking on the link in this sentence.

Update on June 22, 2009: I just uploaded a set of free birthday scrapbook papers. Help yourself!

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Click on the spring butterfly scrapbook paper to see it full size

Spring sprang a few days ago, so it's only appropriate to post this free spring butterfly scrapbook paper. Featuring pastel colored plaid and fluttering butterflies, this design makes me feel like taking a walk in the sunshine. I hope it brightens your day, too, and that you enjoy using it.

If you're interested in other spring-like papers, be sure to see my Easter scrapbook layouts and embellishments and large collection of brightly colored and vintage butterfly scrapbook papers. They're pretty cheerful too.

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These gorgeous vintage flower frame is useful in so many ways for scrapbooking. Of course, it can be used for digital scrapbooking but you can also print it and use manicure scissors or a craft knife to cut around the detailed edges. If you don't want to go to all that trouble, you can just cut a nice rectangle around the art and either paste it as is or frame it with ribbon that will cover up the edges of the paper or card stock. If you cut out the center you can layer it over a photo.

A handwritten message in the center would also be lovely. And of course, as with many scrapbooking supplies, these embellishments can also be used on Mother's Day, birthday or anniversary cards, or graduation or wedding scrapbooks.

To make something very special out of these, I suggest using several types of specialty glue made by Elmer's. (I've tried almost all brands and Elmer's is the best.) Before doing this, however, you would want the art to be printed on card stock. You can then add small amounts of glitter glue in colors that match the flowers and the leaves.

If you want to make the border look like it's encased in a clear coating, use several coatings of Elmer's School Glue Gel, making sure to let the coats dry in between. The gel appears slightly blue in the bottle, but it dries clear and shiny and enhances the glitter underneath it. This technique takes a little practice but can be quite stunning when done correctly.

You might also be interested in these other vintage flowers.

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This 2009 graduation scrapbook paper was designed to be used as a full sheet or as embellishments you can cut apart and layer on another background. Either way you use it, your graduate will see your pride.

The "Congratulations" shield is a photo frame. If you use it as an embellishment, you can cut around the outer edges and also around the edges of the white oval to create a hole for the photo to come through. Alternatively, you can cut out the outer edge in a rectangle shape, which will eliminate the need for cutting around the detailed edges. The "2009" and its seal and ribbon can also be cut out and layered onto a scrapbook page to mark the year of this very special accomplishment.

This graduation scrapbook paper was created in Picnik, the free online graphics software program that anyone can use. To learn how to use Picnik to make your own scrapbooking supplies, read my tutorial that explains how to create your own clip art.

To see the rest of my graduation scrapbook papers and embellishments, visit my graduation scrapbook hub.

For free clip art and scrapbook papers and embellishments for other occasions and holidays, check out my Free Clip Art Sourcebook, which has links to literally thousands of vintage and contemporary clip art images, greeting cards, craft projects and scrapbooking supplies. It's free to download and requires no registration.

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Click on the free vintage rose scrapbooking element image to see it full size


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Easter scrapbook supplies -- egg photo frameLittle Chickies Easter Egg Frame Scrapbook Embellishment

Easter scrapbook supplies -- little chick scrapbook borderLittle Chickies Baby Chick and Easter Egg Scrapbooking Border

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The free Easter egg photo frame embellishment and baby chick scrapbook border above are from my new Easter scrapbook embellishments and layouts collection, which includes full-page scrapbook layouts, more photo frames and borders, an Easter sticker and plenty of background paper designs that can be mixed and matched.

There are two sets, "Little Chickies" (the two images above are from this set) and "Happy Pastels." All are in high enough resolution that you can print them virtually any size you need.

I hope you enjoy these free Easter scrapbook embellishments and layouts and that you have a great Easter.

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This blog is dedicated to providing free scrapbooking supplies, which I design myself. I have a blast creating them and love sharing, so I hope you'll enjoy using them. I also design quite a bit of free clip art, all of which is available through my Free Clip Art Sourcebook. It's free to download and there's no registration information required.

The History of Scrapbooking

If you're a scrapbooker, you're in good company. Legend has it that scrapbooking began as early as the 15th century with something called the "commonplace book." These books were used to record information that everyone could access, such as prayers, medical formulas, weights and measures and other tidbits that people needed to know. They initially held what was considered to be important information but over time their use expanded to include recipes, articles and other items of a less urgent nature.

In Victorian times, women co-opted the art of scrapbooking and used it to create friendship books that contained memorabilia from visits they received from friends and suitors, places they had gone and life in general. Friendship scrapbooks were filled with photos, poems, engravings, cards, signatures and even locks of hair.

There have also been some famous scrapbookers. Thomas Jefferson kept a scrapbook and Mark Twain actually spent his Sundays creating scrapbooks. He then developed a product called Mark Twain's Adhesive Scrapbook, which included pre-pasted pages and was sold through Montgomery Ward. Although he is certainly a famous American literary icon, his scrapbook was actually one of his most popular books.

When the mini-series Roots came out, a whole new generation of people became fascinated with genealogy. It's not a surprise that a resurgence of interest in scrapbooking followed shortly thereafter.

As you know if you make scrapbooks, scrapbooking has become a hobby that many people passionately pursue. This is probably because people can not only create lasting memories for family and friends but also because scrapbooks allow people who otherwise wouldn't have the abilities to be artists to be incredibly creative. For a scrapbooker, any time stickers, rubber stamps, ink, paint, ribbons and buttons are all in one place, it's irresistible not to make something wonderful from them.

I hope the scrapbooking supplies you find on this blog will help you be more creative and have a great time!