Spring and Easter Printables

March 19th is the 1st day of Spring.  Are you thinking about Spring themed craft projects?  Calico Collage offers a wide variety of different Spring and Easter printables that would be perfect for your next project.  I would love to show you a few of them now.

The first set of printables are perfect for pendant images (as shown above) & paper embellishments.  The collection, Storybook Bunnies, includes 5 printable collage sheets.  The images are small and perfect for many different papercraft projects.  The collection includes over 100 small images.

Buy Storybook Bunnies Here

Next, I would like to show you these wonderful and versatile Spring Words printable ephemera.  These printable dictionary styled images are fabulous for ephemera clusters or junk journal embellishments.  

The ephemera clusters shown above were created by talented junk journal artist, Xenia Woinerowsk.  She is the owner of the "Green Adventurine Shop" on Etsy.   

Buy Spring Themed Words Here

 Next, I would like to show you these cute "Funny Bunny" digital collage sheets.  This collection also includes many different sizes that are perfect for Jewelry (as shown above) and many other papercrafts such as Junk Journal Embellishments.

This collection includes 4 printable collage sheets with more than 80 small images.  Images included are 1-inch circles, 1-inch squares, 1.5-inch squares & 1x2 Inch domino size.

Buy Funny Bunny Collage Sheet Collection Here

And lastly, I would like to show you the Blooming Spring Junk Journal Kit.  This bright kit is full of beautiful colored flowers, bunnies, sheep & birds.  The kit includes 12 printable pages: 8 Full-Size Journal Pages & 4 Fussy Cut Element Sheets.  This journal is designed to make an approx 5.5x8.5 Journal. Each page sets print full size.

 Buy Blooming Spring Junk Journal Kit Here


Click Here to see ALL of Calico Collage Spring printables

Click Here to see ALL of Calico Collage Easter printables


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How to create a Masculine Junk Journal

Hello everyone, Linda Israel here.  Today I’ll share how to use Calico Collage Digital Images, Rubber stamps, Stencils and more to make a masculine junk journal. This is part one in the series. Stay check back for the second part.

Supplies used for the Masculine Junk Journal Tutorial Part One

• Calico Collage My Gentleman Digital journal kit
• Gentleman Quotes Calico Collage Digital 
• Route 66 Digital Journal Kit by Calico Collage
• Textured Edges 
• Connected Gears Stencil
• Ticket Duo
• Armilla
• Time Stamp
• #2 Large Pencil 
• Enameled Plate Cube 
• Clocked Out 
• Large Nib Stamp
• Medium Nib
• Small Nib
• Bike Duo 
• Admiralty 
• Wonky Gears Stencil
• Tag Cube 
• Hemisphere Cube 
• Baggage Room Tag
• On the Road Again Cube 
• Bingo Card 
• Tick Tick Tick 
• Banner Duo
• Mariner’s Compass
• Carry On Stamps
• Time Spent Cube 
• Ministries des Transport
• Anchor Large 
• Vinolia Stamp
• Queen’s Post
• Jumbo Numbers
• Cancellation Cube
• Nib Card 
• Walnut Gold Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist 
• Journal Cards by 7gypsies 
• 8×8 7gypsies Paper pad
• 7gypsies Mini Ephemera
• Tim Holtz Distress Ink Walnut Stain 
• Oval Blending Brushes 
• Ranger Heat It Craft Tool 
• Aleene’s Tacky Glue
• Archival Ink, Jet Black
• Webster Dictionary Hard Book Cover
• Text Weight Linen Paper
• Ledger Paper
• Green Bar Printer Paper
• Instant Coffee
• Book Pages
• Washi Tape
• Paint Brush

Using Calico Collage Digital Images, a large variety of Rubber stamps, with Stencils, Linda shows us how to make a masculine junk journal. 

Trimming paper to fit on a book page, Linda used the Connected Gears Stencil with the Walnut Gold Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists to add color. Here’s a tip for you, put a smaller page on top of a larger sheet, you can spray both with the Walnut Gold, so you will then have two pages you can be used in your journal.

Adding Gentlemen Quotes by Calico Collage with the Hemisphere and Textured Edges Stamps. Linda stamped all around the edges of the page, 

Creating a border with the Connected Gears Stencil, Linda stamped the Large Nibs and #2 Pencil rubber stamps. This is another technique you can do using your stencils, they don’t have to go over the entire page all of the time.

Taking pages from a special edition dictionary that are perfect for the following journal page, Linda combined 7 Gypsies Ephemera, several B Line Designs Stamps. She also used the My Gentleman and Route 66 digital journal kits by Calico Collage with book pages, and a gel print strip

Showing how to add layers to create a collage journal page with plenty of writing space, Linda took Gentlemen Quotes, coffee stained paper, elements from 7gypsies, and Route 66 with various rubber stamps by Bline Designs.

Having two separate pages you can join them together using washi tape, it’s not only decorative but gives strength to the seam edge for binding. 

Another way to join loose pages together is to take strips of book pages and adhere them together.

Showing a technique to coffee dyed paper, Linda used the Wonky Gears stencil and walnut stain ink, she then stamped with archival ink using the Clocked out rubber stamp on all sides of the journal page.  

Using the Bingo Stamp to create a tuck spot Linda took red washi tape and then stamped over it with the textured edges stamp to give it a fun textured look.

Create collage pages using a variety of elements is a lot of fun! How will you create your Masculine Journal pages?

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How to Make Shaker Button Cards

Hello everyone, Linda Israel here to share my tutorial on how I made these cute little shaker cards using images from Calico Collage, Beads, Buttons & confetti.

These are the supplies you will need for the shaker cards: 

• Button Cards Digital by Calico Collage
• 1/4″ thick double-sided foam mounting tape 
• Perfect Crafting Pouch
• Seed and bugle beads
• Buttons
• Confetti
• School Smart Write-On Transparency Films, 8-1/2 x 11 Inches, Clear, Pack of 100
• Washi Tape
• Tape Gun Adhesive
• White Words on Black Inspirational

Using a button card digital download by Calico Collage, Linda applied three layers of double-sided foam tape. By adding the three layers it gives room for the buttons, sequins, beads, and confetti to move around without sticking.
If you don’t have double-sided foam tape, you can use several layers of cardboard, chipboard or even fun foam, just adhere each layer together until you get the desired height.


Taking some decorative washi tape she then applied that over the double-sided foam tape. This is a great idea to use up some of that washi tape that you have laying around.


Linda applied a black on white inspirational word to the top of the shaker card. You can add whatever you want to the outside of your shaker card to dress it up, however, these are being made for a journal so keeping the embellishments simple is a good idea.

Use bright and colorful beads, sequins and confetti to match the background of the base of your shaker card. If you find that your items are sticking to the sides of the foam, try using a powdered crafting pouch to the inside of your shaker card, it will reduce the static inside.

Try not to use too much filler items in your shaker cards so they move around freely without sticking together!


Creating these shaker cards are an easy and fun addition to your junk journals! Before you know it you will have made several of them that you can even send as gifts to your friends.

Shaker Cards make great gifts and are fun to use in your junk journals! What things do you enjoy using for your cards?

Make sure to check out the Friendly Junk Journal People Facebook group. Of course, you are welcome to join the Friendly Junk Journal People Facebook group. The group is growing daily and we are a friendly group willing to help each other and encourage each other.

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Grandma's Garden File Folder Folio

Hello!

Today I would like to showcase a design team project by Candia of "For The Love of Paper and Ink"

She is such a lovely and talented paper crafter so I hope that you will take a moment and check out her website.

This month she worked with the "Grandma's Garden" junk journal kit and created something out of the box with it.  I love how it turned out and I'm sure you will agree with me.

This file folder lap book in a junk journal style measures 8x11.75 inches.  It is great for notes, lists, journaling and pictures.  This file folder features 68 pages, 119 pockets, 2 notebooks, 2 belly bands, & 13 tags or journaling cards. 

Watch Candia's Flip through of this beautiful junk journal

As of today, you can order this beautiful journal here

You can order the kit that Candia used here

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St. Patricks Day Printables Ephemera

St. Patricks day isn't too far away!  I offer a few printables that may be just what you are looking for that next awesome St. Patricks Day papercraft.

First, let me show you this awesome collection of small image ephemera digital collage sheets that would be perfect for bottlecap jewelry or paper embellishments for Scrapbook pages & Junk Journals.

This collection includes 4 Printable Collage Sheets
There are over 80 small images.
Images are a mixture of sizes: 1 Inch Circles, 1 Inch Squares, 1.5 Inch Squares & 1x2 Domino Size
Complete printed page size is 8.5x11 inches (A4)
High-quality resolution 300DPI in JPG format.

Buy This Digital Collage Sheet Collection Here

Next, this is for those that are looking for more authentic ephemera, this pack of vintage St. Patricks Day postcards may be just what you are looking for.  This collection is scanned from my own personal collection of Postcards

Scanning St. Patricks Day postcards

Once I scanned in the postcards I did edit some of them to look older, It's a well known fact that most crafter dont want mint looking ephemera. 😉

This St. Patricks Day Postcard collection includes a total of 12 Printable Pages (Digital Collage Sheets)
9 Digital Collage Sheet includes 3 Images per page.
3 Digital Collage Sheets include 1 Image per page.
30 images in total
Each digital collage sheet will print out on an 8.5x11 inches (A4) page
High-quality resolution 300DPI in JPG format.

You can buy this St. Patricks Day Postcard Collection here


Lastly, this one is for the Junk Journal artist out there!  Here is "Lucky Little Clover"

This kit was so much fun to create.  Many of the elements you see in the kit design such as the wood coins & "Celtic Book of Days" was digitally created by myself.  You can see the before and after of the book seen above here on my Instagram account - https://www.instagram.com/p/Bs4WX7_BC1d/

The "Lucky Little Clover" printable junk journal kit includes 11 printable pages.
7 Full Page Sets
4 Element Sheets
This journal is designed to make a 5.5x8.5 Journal. Each page sets print full size.
Each digital collage sheet will print out on an 8.5x11 inches (A4) page
High-quality resolution 300DPI in JPG format.

You can buy the "Lucky Little Clover" junk journal kit here



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