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Free Scrapbooking Clip Art
Many people struggle in finding art to include in their
scrapbook layout. If you know the right places to look, free scrapbook
clip art can be a great way to add some creativity and style to your
themes. This article will discuss several different places
for you to find this art.
Sources:
The internet is an invaluable resource for any scrapbook maker. You
can find information on how to create different themes and effects,
where to locate different materials needed, and also find a variety of
printable images. You can do a search on any of the popular search
engines, such as Google, Yahoo, MSN, etc, for free
scrapbook clip art and find endless sites offering assistance. On
search engines that allow you to do so, you can find specific images
by doing an image search. Google allows this type of search and it is
most helpful in narrowing down the results to the ones pertaining to
your actual needs.
Another tremendous place to find free scrapbook clip art is
children’s books. Coloring books can prove especially helpful. If
you have a scanner, you don’t even have to cut the image from the
book, you can just scan it and print it as you please. If you have an
image editor, you can even add a little color to a blank
coloring page graphic with the click of a button using the ‘paint
bucket’ selection, which is readily available in most common graphic
editors.
Free scrapbook clip art that is seasonally themed is very popular
among scrapbook makers. There are even websites that are dedicated
specifically to free seasonal clip art that offer hundreds of image
selections in tune with each holiday theme. Keep in mind that
if you’re looking for free scrapbook clip art that is related to a
holiday theme that the holidays are a time during which many people,
especially children, create small crafts and keepsakes. Using these
crafts as part of your layout’s clip art is a good way to add
something new to your scrapbook while preserving the craft piece at
the same time.
Create and Color:
If you can’t find what you’re looking for online or in books, you may be surprised how easy it is to create your own clip art. Clip
art is usually composed of simple line structure and is fairly easy
to draw. Try penciling in your lines first and then going over them
once you have the image complete. When coloring or shading, colored
pencils are an excellent erasable alternative to other more permanent
coloring methods if you are not comfortable with using markers.
Pastels are another appealing tool for adding some color to your
free scrapbook clip art drawings. Always coat pastels and other
mediums that might smear or bleed with a light mist of clear
polyurethane in order to preserve them. You might not need to use this
method if you use the newer generation of oil pastels. They offer more
of a crayon appeal rather then the chalkiness of regular pastels.
If you aren’t able to find what you’re looking for online or in
coloring books, magazines are a good place to look next. When
using magazine or newspapers to find free scrapbook clip art, a
collage layout is a good way to economize and use your household
conveniences in your design. Glue recipes for collages vary. I
generally pick up a bottle of Mod Podge to use with my collage work
because it dries clear and you don’t have to be concerned with overuse
or spillover. An old paintbrush makes an excellent applicator and a
warm, wet rag will clean up any mess (as long as it is gotten to
before it dries).
Free scrapbook clip art can be found in obscure places as well as
well-known ones. From nicely designed napkins to image searches
online, there is an unlimited supply of free scrapbook art as long as
you are willing to be creative and thorough in your search. Many
times, if you keep your eyes open during everyday tasks, you will not
have to search at all. You will find yourself surrounded by art and
items to include in your scrapbooking layouts.
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