I've probably spent a small fortune on birthday paper in my handmade-card-making career. (Well, it's not exactly a career; I just like to make handmade cards.) Anyway, the papers end up costing quite a bit by the time you get all the colors and patterns you want. And I always seemed to need one that I didn't buy to finish off a design, which frustrated me. So I was excited when I realized that I could just make my own paper designs with Picnik, the free online graphics program. If you'd like to experiment with making your own, check out my tutorial that teaches how to make clip art with Picnik.

As anyone who scrapbooks knows, the same papers that work great for birthday card backgrounds also are perfect for scrapbooking. So these paper designs can serve many purposes, including serving as wrapping paper for small gifts. I tried that using one of my flower scrapbook papers to wrap a CD I gave someone for a birthday and it came out beautifully.

Help yourself to these birthday scrapbook paper designs and enjoy them. Please take the poll below to let me know what you plan to do with them. I love knowing how people use them!

Choose a thumbnail version of any of the birthday scrapbook papers. When you click on one, it will appear larger.

IMPORTANT: Once you've chosen an image and see it larger, double-click on the larger image, which will make the best version of the art appear. Sorry for the inconvenience!

Then, if you have a PC, just right-click and save the final version of the artwork to your hard drive. If you're a Mac user, you should control-click the image until you get a pop-up menu that will give you an option to save the file.

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Terms of Use

You are free to use these birthday paper crafts images all you want for your personal use in scrapbooks, handmade cards and other crafts, and on Web pages, blog posts, fliers or other materials. You may also use them on commercial sites or print pieces as backgrounds, even if they promote a product or service. But you may not sell these images, give them away as a collection or incorporate them into actual products without permission. I'm open, though; so if you have a special request, please don't hesitate to ask.

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... and link it from any of the phrases below:

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Please contact Carla at info [@] vintageholidaycrafts [.com] if you have any questions or special requests.

Looking for More Free Scrapbook Images?

You might be interested in the Free Clip Art Sourcebook, an e-book that contains my collection of free scrapbook images and clip art. It's free to download and no registration is required!

Scrapbook paper designs and website content developed by Carla Chadwick of B2B Content Solutions.