Feature Set:  

Site:
Scrapbook-Elements’ site design is fairly easy to navigate and offers a good selection of tutorials, tips and how-to’s. The site does tend to be a little text-heavy which is a bit overwhelming. Another drawback is that there are no freebies offered.

Store:
One of the really nice features the store has is the floating thumbnail views of the products in each of the general categories. Just mouse over the product image and a larger version will pop up. Move the mouse off of the image and it goes away. If you want to see a larger image for a more detailed view simply click on the thumbnail to go to the product details page.

Elements available in the store:

• New Releases
• Specials
• Accents
• Alphabets
• Backgrounds
• Other Brushes (tools for Digital Image Pro and Paint Shop Pro)
• Fonts
• Frames & Mats (photo borders and masks)
• Holidays (products grouped by holiday)
• Page Sets (single-themed kits of alphabets, papers and elements)
• Photoshop Goodies—some don’t work with all versions of Photoshop so read the product’s description to be sure your software is compatible
• Printable Crafts/Hybrid (Dimensional projects including albums, bookmarks, candy wrappers, gift tags and bags, gift boxes and cards)
• Quick Pages (pre-designed pages in a range of page sizes)
• Quick Page Albums (pre-designed album kits in a range of sizes)
• Templates (pre-designed layouts in a range of page sizes)
• Themes (products grouped by theme)
• WordArt
• Overlays
• CDs Collections & Collaborative (large, themed collections of elements and kit collaborations between product designers)
• Designer Resources (tools to create digital elements for resale)
• Scrap4Others Friendly (scrap for hire/commercial use products)
• Angel Policy Use (scrap for hire/commercial use products for small businesses)
• CD Burning Service
• Photo Books (a link to Shutterfly)
• Gift Certificates (range from $5 to $50)
• In the Spotlight (product spotlight)
• Designer of the Month (designer spotlight)
• Close Out Specials (discontinued items being removed from the store within 30 days)

Selection:  

Scrapbook-Elements offers a fairly diverse selection of styles both from the project standpoint as well as designs. The most interesting diversity is found in the Photoshop tools category that provides multiple ways to manipulate your photos and layouts.

Scrapbook-Elements is a good site for users who are new to digital scrapbooking. Their tutorials and tips are well done and very useful. We were disappointed that there aren’t any free downloads to try out. Click over to our review of Digital Freebies, the “TopTenREVIEWS Silver Award” winner, for information on a site that provides a lot of free downloads.

If you’re interested in purchasing software to scrapbook with, check out our Digital Scrapbooking Software Review. If you are planning to print out your digital designs you’ll want to read up on the best color printers in our Printer Reviews or find out where to send the designs out to be printed in our Digital Photo Printing Services Review.