Digital Scrapbook Freebies

Learning How to Scrapbook with Your Computer

If you’re new to the world of digital scrapbooking, you probably have lots of questions about how to complete your first layout. Fortunately, there are many free online resources that can give you the information you need to get started. For example:

• Digital Scrapbooking, a new magazine from Simple Scrapbooks, covers how to find digital scrapbook freebies and create your own layouts.
• Scrapbooks Etc. offers a selection of digital scrapbooking instructional videos on its website.
• The Digital Scrapbook University has program tutorials and technique instructions to help you take your digital projects to the next level.

Finding Digital Scrapbook Freebies

If you’re a crafter on a tight budget, digital scrapbooking is a great alternative to traditional paper scrapbooking. Once you’ve downloaded digital scrapbook supplies, you can use them as many times as you want. This also makes digital scrapbooking the ideal solution for anyone who loves to create coordinating theme albums.

Digital scrapbook freebies are easy to find if you know where to look. Many of the most popular scrapbooking websites offer visitors the chance to download kits, page elements, fonts, and other free goodies. These freebies may be offered with no strings attached or they may be samples from larger kits that the sites have available for purchase.

You can download free digital kits and page elements from the following websites:

• Digital Scrapbook Place
• Scrapbook Bytes
• Two Peas in a Bucket
• Shabby Princess
• Digital Design Essentials
• The Digi Chick
• Cottage Arts
• Gaucho Girl

If you’re looking for free fonts, try these helpful resources:

• Scrapping with Style Fonts
• The Scrapbook Site
• Scrap Girls
• Scrap Village
• One Scrappy Site
• 1001 Free Fonts
• Da Font
• Simply the Best Free Fonts

If you’re looking for sketches to help you with layout placement, check out these links:

• Sketches from Creating Keepsakes
• Simple Scrapbooks Schemes
• Sketches from Memory Creators
• Scrap Poodle
• Scrap Muse
• Scrapbook Dreamer Sketches

The Ethics of Digital Scrapbooking

While digital scrapbooking can be a very rewarding hobby, it’s important to remember a few ethical guidelines as you’re searching for digital scrapbook freebies.

• Don’t attempt to sell layouts that you’ve made with digital scrapbooking freebies.
• Don’t make minor alterations to a digital freebie and attempt to pass it off as your own original work.
• Don’t submit your layouts for publication without giving credit to the designer of any digital scrapbook freebies you’ve used in your creation.
• If you received your freebie as a part of a club membership or a special promotion, don’t distribute it to friends who were not eligible to receive the offer. Trading unauthorized copies of digital scrapbooking supplies is against copyright law.