Beautiful Blue Winter Ephemera

 

Introducing Calico Collage's newest collection Winter Woodland! An adorable collection featuring sweet woodland animals such as deer, rabbits, squirrels, birds, and even a sly fox!

The main junk journal kit includes 15 high quality pages. 
10 Journal Pages, and 5 Fussy Cut Element Sheets

Grab the Winter Woodland Kit Here 

There are many other printables that can be mixed in with the main kit or use them on their own!

Seen here are the "Winter Mix" journal paper collection and the "Small Winter Labels"

The winter text is a vintage mix of winter themed book pages, some copied from 1800s books and some created originally by me.

and the small winter labels is a collection of 32 labels in a winter theme.

Grab the Winter Text Here
Grab the Small Winter Labels Here

Seen here are the highly requested blue butterflies and winter themed dictionary words!  

I created a set of Autumn butterflies a month or so back and they were such a big hit I was swamped with requests for blue butterflies for winter themed projects.

Another hot item are the winter dictionary words.  The dictionary words are great for so many different things.  Many times crafters use them to layer up the covers of their journals create new ephemera with them.  

Grab the Winter Blue Butterflies Here
Grab the Winter Dictionary Words Here

 

Check out all of Calico Collage's Winter Ephemera Here

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Beautiful Haunting Hearse and Coffin Journal

Hello everyone!  Today I would like to showcase the design team project that Jaqcs Sraps created for the month of September.  She picked Calico Collage's newest junk journal kit "Haunting Beautiful" and transformed it into a unique 3D paper project!  She created a Hearse & Coffin journal!  How awesome is that!?!

 

The unique coffin journal that she created uses many different printables from Calico Collage. The pages came from the Beautiful Haunting Journal Papers.

 

The ephemera she used came from the "Beautiful Haunting" ephemera pack, Halloween Stamps & Small Labels.

You can see her video about this project on her YouTube channel!  I hope that you will take a moment to check it out and give her a thumbs up and follow for more awesome videos!

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Grandma's Garden Junk Journal Kit

Hello!

Today I would like to show you one of my older junk journal kits, "Grandma's Garden".  This kit is older, but recently I've made some cute little add on ephemera, so this post is going to showcase everything that is "Grandma's Garden"

Back in 2019 I showed a sneak peek of the "Bursts of Beauty" kit in the facebook group asking for kit name suggestions. One of the name suggestions was "Grandma's Garden" - I fell in love with the name and it inspired me to create this kit.  I knew with a name like "Grandma's Garden" it needed to be filled to the brim with all sorts of flowers with a hint of birds, bees and butterflies.

The Grandma's Garden Junk Journal Kit comes with 21 printable pages full of exactly that!  Flowers, flowers and more flowers!  This junk journal kit includes 1 cover page, 14 full size journaling pages, and 6 pages full of tags, pockets, and ephemera.

Do you need more pages for your Grandma's Garden Junk Journal?  I got you covered.  Here are 8 full size journaling pages.

Earlier this year I created some matching ephemera packs for the :Grandma's Garden" Junk Journal Kit.

1st ephemera pack is the vintage bingo cards.  This pack includes 2 printable pages with a total of 10 grungy floral matching bingo cards.

The 2nd ephemera pack are these darling little mason jar tags.  This set includes 2 printable pages with a total of 6 mason jar tags. 

Last but not least are these so adorable printable faux stamps!  These stamps are just so darling and can be used pretty much anyway you can imagine.

Use them by layering them with other ephemera to create a paper embellishment for your journal or place them in a bezel for a cute charm to hang down the side of your journal! 

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Patriotic Printables for Junk Journals, Embellishments, & Jewelry

Hello Crafty People!  Today I would like to show you some of the Patriotic Printables that Calico Collage has to offer.  These printables will be perfect for Memorial Day, Independence Day, Veteran's Day or to create that special gift for someone who has or is serving in the Military. 

1st let's start with a set of printables that holds a little special spot in my heart.  The "American Pride" collection.  This collection includes 5 printable collage sheets.  The images in this set are small, perfect for pendants or maybe paper embellishments for your journal or planner.

The reason this collection is special to me is the military men that are featured in these printable collage sheets are family and close friends of my family.  Many of the soldiers here are defending our country during World War 2, there are a couple that is from the Korean War.  Other images in this collection are the American Flag, the P.O.W. Flag, The Declaration of Independence, and other Military & American Memorabilia. 

BUY THE AMERICAN PRIDE COLLECTION HERE

Next, I would like to show you the "Stars and Stripes" ephemera Pack.  This pack includes 3 printable ephemera filled pages with a total of 25 fussy cut ephemera in multiple sizes.  Perfect for elements in a Junk Journal, Glue Books, Planner, Scrapbooking, and other Paper Crafts.

BUY THE STARS AND STRIPES EPHEMERA PACK HERE

Are you looking to create a patriotic themed journal?  Calico Collage has a collection of journaling pages decorated in a vintage red, white, and blue with a hint of the Deceleration of Independence & the Constitution of the United States of America.  The "Americana" junk journal page pack includes 14 printable pages.  The "Stars and Stripes" ephemera pack would be a great pair with these Junk Journal Pages

BUY THE AMERICANA JUNK JOURNAL PAGES HERE

Last but not least, the "Patriotic Words" digital collage sheet.  This printable collage sheet includes 43 words and phrases along with 2 vintage images of the American Eagle with the Flag.  Words are in a variety of sizes.

BUY "PATRIOTIC WORDS" PRINTABLE COLLAGE SHEET HERE

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Masculine Printables For Junk Journals and Other Papercrafts

With Father's Day right around the corner, you may be looking for some printables to get crafty with.  I've been told numerous times that finding good masculine ephemera is hard to come by, so with this blog post, I would like to show you what I have to offer in my shop.

1st let's start with the popular "Gentleman Bible Verses".  This collection includes 3 printable collage sheets and includes 39 scriptures.  These print and craft sheets are perfect for Junk Journal Covers to add layering and texture.  They could also be used for card making, mixed media, or really anything else your creative mind can imagine.

BUY "GENTLEMAN BIBLE VERSES" HERE

Next on the list of Masculine Printables for Junk Journals and other papercrafts is the "Gentlemen Quotes".  My husband was happy to help me with this collection.  When telling him I was in need of some "manly" and "inspirational" quotes he was more than willing to share his opinion of what kind of quotes I should use.  

 

BUY "GENTLEMEN QUOTES" HERE

With the next printable ephemera, I was a little more creative with the images I used.  This collection of "sketched" images I am calling "Dashing Men".  There are 3 printable collage sheets with a total of 16 vintage pictures that I have altered to look like they were sketched.  Eight pictures are 4x5 inches and eight of the images are 2.5x3.5 inches.  There are also 6 word stripes.

BUY "DASHING MEN" HERE

Maybe you are looking for some journaling cards to fit into your next masculine junk journal?  Then I would recommend this collection of journaling cards.  There are 7 printable pages to this collection with a total of 28 journaling cards.  Each design comes in 2 sizes.  The subjects on each card range from men to cars.  There is a little something for any man with these journaling cards.   

BUY "MY GENTLEMEN" JOURNALING CARDS HERE

Now to my personal favorite among this list of printable masculine ephemera.  The "My Gentleman" printable junk journal kit.  I have gotten many different requests for a masculine journal kit and earlier this year I created one.  I will admit that it was a bit hard to create a kit that could cater to a wide arrange of men, but I feel the kit is universal.

This DIY junk journal kit, comes with 21 printable pages:

    * 1 cover page

    * 14 full page sets

    * 6 elements sheets

with this kit you could create 1 large journal or 2 smaller journals. 

BUY THE "MY GENTLEMAN" PRINTABLE JUNK JOURNAL KIT HERE

And that is a wrap for what I offer in forms masculine printable ephemera.

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Sunny Mornings Junk Journal Folio

Hello crafty people!  I'm here to showcase another design team member's beautiful project.  This one comes from Angela Kerr.  She created another fabulous folio, this time using the Sunny Mornings Folio kit along with some extra elements from the junk journal kit.

 

What I love most about this journal is that Angela mashed up elements from the junk journal kit and the folio kit to create a unique chunky small junk journal kit. 

To create this adorable Junk Journal Folio she used a mixed of different elements from the kits below.

• Sunny Mornings Junk Journal Kit
• Sunny Mornings Folio Kit
• Sunny Mornings Planner Kit

Here is a close up of the front of the folio.  She made a little pick a boo cover that shows off the little monarch butterfly. 

Here you can see a few of the pages were she collaged to create a more unique textured look.

Make sure to watch Angela's flip through of this little gem.

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How to make a Junk Journal Folio

Hello everyone!  Today I'm going to show off this fabulous folio that Beth Soler of Rock your Notebook created using Calico Collage Sunny Morning Folio Kit.  She created a great video tutorial of how she made this Sunny Morning Junk Journal Folio.  You will find the video at the bottom of this post. 

To create this folio all you will need is:

• Calico Collage's Sunny Morning Junk Journal Folio Kit
• Scor-Pal
• Adhesive Applicator and/or Glue
  
• Book Binder Kit

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Free Floral Stripes Junk Journal Printables

This morning I listed a new freebie on my website that is made to match my newest collection of Journaling Pages and Ephemera, Floral Stripes.

This freebie includes 6 journaling cards/tags.  The complete printed page is made to print out at 8.5x11 inches.

You can download this freebie here

The "Floral Stripes" collection has a strong vintage feel with muted colors, flowers, and grunge stripes.

Let me tell you a little secret, the Floral Stripe collection is actually a little mistake.  I was sitting at my computer the other morning, sleepy and waiting for my coffee to kick in when somehow I changed a setting on a few layers of Photoshop. I still don't know how I did it.  The settings didn't work for the kit I was currently working on but I really like how the faded grunge looked so I just went with it.  I added pretty flowers, funky text, grunge stripes and called it perfect!  I feel this kit is pretty versatile - add some coffee or tea dyed papers, lace, buttons, more ephemera from your personal collection and you could have a perfect vintage styled junk journal.

The Floral Stripes journaling page collection includes 14 journaling pages.  You can buy the journaling pages here.

The Floral Stripes journaling cards includes 5 printable pages, each page includes four 3.5x5 inch journal cards, there are a total of 20 journaling cards.  These journaling cards can be bought here.

The matching ephemera pack for "Floral Stripes" includes 3 printable pages with a total of 34 fussy cut elements.  You can buy this ephemera pack here.

The last part of this collection is a set of vintage styled tickets.  There are a total of 22 tickets.  The tickets are in 2 different sizes.  You can buy them here.

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Emma Junk Journal Kit

Hello, everyone!
When I first started making junk journal kits in 2017, I knew I had to include a Jane Austen junk journal kit.  I was so grateful for all of the great reviews and positive feedback on that Jane Austen kit that I knew I'd have to revisit the theme again. 
Lets now fast forward to 2020, and the release of Emma, a latest Jane Austen movie.
It was the movie poster inspired me to create a kit with a "Emma" theme.

Please keep reading if you enjoy Jane Austen and would like to know how I created this Junk Journal kit.

Jane Austen's Emma Junk Journal Kit

Anyone who knows me knows how much I adore yellow, so I couldn't pass up the chance to pay homage to Jane Austen while also having fun with my favorite color.

The first step was to create a plan, color scheme, and focal point.
So I went to the internet and began my research.

I found this image from Ackermann's Repository and knew I had found my "Emma"  and my focal point.

I knew I could remove the model from this image and make her dress more yellow to match or come close to matching the yellow from the Emma movie poser.
I really like this model's face, so I did some editing to create another version of her in a different dress.
You can see what I did here. 

 
For the color palette, I kept it somewhat simple.  Here you can see my mood board and color theme.

I completed my collection of images by adding pretty pink & yellow flowers, butterflies, flower patterns that reminded me of vintage wallpaper.

With my graphics gathered, created & ready to go.  I started in with creating the kit.

✂️What's Included:
21 Digital Papers in JPG format delivered ZIP files.
1 Cover Page, 14 Journal Pages, and 6 Fussy Cut Element Sheets
All Page Print at 8.5x11 inches.

Download the Emma Junk Journal Kit Here.

Here you can see 2 of the element pages, I made sure to include a wide variety of fussy cut elements, words, journaling cards and more. 

This kit includes enough pages & elements that you could create 1 large chunky journals or 2 smaller journals! 

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