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Junk Journal vs Art Journal: What's the Difference?
Junk Journal vs Art Journal: What's the Difference?
The main difference is focus: a junk journal is built from layered papers, ephemera, and found materials, where collecting and assembling is the point, while an art journal is centered on... Mehr lesen …
How to Use a Junk Journal: 10 Creative Ways to Fill One
How to Use a Junk Journal: 10 Creative Ways to Fill One
A junk journal can be so much more than a scrapbook — it can hold memories, gratitude, travel notes, recipes, dreams, and everyday moments. If you've made or bought a... Mehr lesen …
Junk Journal Themes: 15 Ideas to Inspire Your Next Journal
Junk Journal Themes: 15 Ideas to Inspire Your Next Journal
Choosing a theme is the easiest way to make a junk journal feel cohesive and to know what to add to each page. A theme gives you a color palette,... Mehr lesen …
How to Make a Fall Junk Journal (Step by Step)
How to Make a Fall Junk Journal (Step by Step)
Making a fall junk journal is simple: choose a warm autumn base, gather seasonal papers and cut-outs, and layer them into cozy spreads with a consistent palette. You can build... Mehr lesen …
How to Organize Your Ephemera Stash
How to Organize Your Ephemera Stash
Organizing your ephemera stash means sorting your papers, cut-outs, and tags so you can actually find and use them — by color, by theme, or by type, stored in a... Mehr lesen …
Junk Journal Layout Ideas That Look Good
Junk Journal Layout Ideas That Look Good
A junk journal layout looks good when it has one clear focal point, a consistent color palette, and layers that build depth without crowding the page. Unlike a photo scrapbook,... Mehr lesen …
Digital vs Printed Junk Journal Supplies: Which Should You Choose?
Digital vs Printed Junk Journal Supplies: Which Should You Choose?
The difference comes down to how you get your materials: digital supplies are files you download and print yourself, while printed supplies arrive ready to cut and glue. Digital gives you... Mehr lesen …
How to Make Your Own Ephemera for Junk Journaling
How to Make Your Own Ephemera for Junk Journaling
Making your own ephemera means creating the small decorative pieces — tags, labels, cards, and cut-outs — that you layer into a junk journal, instead of only buying them. The... Mehr lesen …
How to Bind a Junk Journal Without a Machine
How to Bind a Junk Journal Without a Machine
You can bind a junk journal by hand with nothing more than a needle, some thread, and a few folded pages — no machine, no special equipment. Binding is just... Mehr lesen …
How to Make a Junk Journal Pocket (4 Easy Ways)
How to Make a Junk Journal Pocket (4 Easy Ways)
A junk journal pocket is a simple paper pouch glued into your journal to hold tags, cards, photos, and ephemera you want to tuck away and pull out later. Pockets... Mehr lesen …
What Supplies Do You Need for Junk Journaling? (Beginner Checklist)
What Supplies Do You Need for Junk Journaling? (Beginner Checklist)
To start junk journaling you need just seven basics: a base book or pages, decorative papers, cut-out ephemera, a few illustrations, adhesive, scissors, and a pen. Everything else is optional.... Mehr lesen …
How to Age Paper for Junk Journals (7 Easy Methods)
How to Age Paper for Junk Journals (7 Easy Methods)
Aging paper gives it that warm, vintage, weathered look that makes junk journal pages feel rich and old — and you can do it at home with things you already... Mehr lesen …
How to Start a Junk Journal: A Complete Beginner's Guide
How to Start a Junk Journal: A Complete Beginner's Guide
Starting a junk journal is simple: you take a book or a stack of pages, layer on decorative papers and cut-out elements, and add your own writing and mementos. There... Mehr lesen …
Fall Collage Books & Paper Ephemera Books for Autumn Journaling
Fall Collage Books & Paper Ephemera Books for Autumn Journaling
Fall collage books and paper ephemera books are printed books full of autumn-themed pages and elements you cut out and layer into your projects — the fastest way to build... Mehr lesen …
Fall Clipart: Autumn PNGs for Cards & Design
Fall Clipart: Autumn PNGs for Cards & Design
Fall clipart is a set of autumn-themed illustrations — pumpkins, leaves, florals, and woodland motifs — supplied as individual PNG files, usually with transparent backgrounds, so you can layer them... Mehr lesen …
Fall Digital Papers & Backgrounds for Crafting
Fall Digital Papers & Backgrounds for Crafting
Fall digital papers are printable background sheets in autumn patterns and colors — plaids, florals, textures, and warm solids — that you print at home and use as the base... Mehr lesen …
Fall Fussy Cuts: Best Autumn Cutouts for Junk Journaling
Fall Fussy Cuts: Best Autumn Cutouts for Junk Journaling
Fall fussy cuts are printable autumn motifs — leaves, pumpkins, mushrooms, acorns, and seasonal florals — designed to be cut out and layered into junk journals, cards, and scrapbook pages.... Mehr lesen …
Fall Junk Journal Ideas: The Complete Guide
Fall Junk Journal Ideas: The Complete Guide
A fall junk journal is a themed journal built around the look of autumn — warm harvest colors, falling leaves, pumpkins, mushrooms, and cozy woodland imagery layered into rich, textured... Mehr lesen …
Digital Scrapbooking for Beginners
Digital Scrapbooking for Beginners
Digital scrapbooking is the practice of building scrapbook layouts on a computer or tablet instead of on paper — using digital papers, clipart, and photos arranged in design software, then... Mehr lesen …
How to Mat Photos in Scrapbooking
How to Mat Photos in Scrapbooking
Matting a photo means gluing it onto a slightly larger piece of paper so it has a clean border around the edge — like a frame within the page. It's... Mehr lesen …
Scrapbook Layout Ideas for Beginners
Scrapbook Layout Ideas for Beginners
A scrapbook layout is simply the plan for how you arrange photos, paper, and decoration on a page. Beginners get the best results by starting with a few reliable layouts... Mehr lesen …
Scrapbooking for Beginners: Supplies, Techniques Ideas
Scrapbooking for Beginners: Supplies, Techniques Ideas
Scrapbooking is the craft of arranging photos and memories on decorated pages using paper, embellishments, and journaling to tell a story. To start, you need only a few basics —... Mehr lesen …
Printable Scrapbook Paper: How to Print Digital Papers at Home
Printable Scrapbook Paper: How to Print Digital Papers at Home
You can print digital scrapbook paper at home with an ordinary inkjet or laser printer — the key is a few settings that keep the size accurate and the colors... Mehr lesen …
What Is Watercolor Clipart? Uses & Licensing Explained
What Is Watercolor Clipart? Uses & Licensing Explained
Watercolor clipart is a set of watercolor-style illustrations — flowers, leaves, animals, wreaths, and other motifs — saved as individual digital files you can use in craft and design projects.... Mehr lesen …
How to Use Digital Paper & Clipart in Your Craft Projects
How to Use Digital Paper & Clipart in Your Craft Projects
Digital paper and clipart are downloadable image files you can print at home or use in design software to decorate craft projects — junk journals, scrapbooks, cards, planners, invitations, stickers,... Mehr lesen …
Junk Journal vs Scrapbook: What's the Difference?
Junk Journal vs Scrapbook: What's the Difference?
By Giraffe Creative Studio · July 2026 The main difference is purpose: a scrapbook is built around preserving photos and memories in an organized layout, while a junk journal is... Mehr lesen …
Steampunk Junk Journal Ideas
Steampunk Junk Journal Ideas
By Giraffe Creative Studio · July 2026 A steampunk junk journal blends Victorian-era style with the look of gears, clockwork, and vintage machinery — think brass tones, aged paper, maps,... Mehr lesen …
How to Fussy Cut Printables by Hand (No Machine Needed)
How to Fussy Cut Printables by Hand (No Machine Needed)
By Giraffe Creative Studio · July 2026 Fussy cutting is the technique of carefully cutting around a specific printed motif — a flower, a figure, a frame — so you... Mehr lesen …
Junk Journal Ephemera: The Complete Guide
Junk Journal Ephemera: The Complete Guide
By Giraffe Creative Studio · July 2026 Junk journal ephemera is the collection of small decorative paper pieces — tags, tickets, labels, stamps, botanical prints, illustrations, frames, and text snippets... Mehr lesen …
10 Ways to Use a Cut & Collage Book
10 Ways to Use a Cut & Collage Book
By Giraffe Creative Studio · July 2026 A cut & collage book can be used for far more than junk journaling. Because it combines full decorative pages with ready-to-cut fussy-cut... Mehr lesen …
Cut & Collage Book vs Collage Book: What's the Difference?
Cut & Collage Book vs Collage Book: What's the Difference?
By Giraffe Creative Studio · July 2026 The difference is simple: a collage book contains decorative pages in a range of sizes, while a cut & collage book includes those... Mehr lesen …
What Is a Cut & Collage Book? (And How to Use It)
What Is a Cut & Collage Book? (And How to Use It)
By Giraffe Creative Studio ·  July 2026 A cut & collage book is a printed book filled with themed illustrations, patterns, and ready-to-cut design elements that crafters cut out and... Mehr lesen …
Welcome to Giraffe Creative Studio | Premium Collage Books & Digital Downloads
Welcome to Giraffe Creative Studio | Premium Collage Books & Digital Downloads
Welcome to Giraffe Creative Studio, a creative studio specializing in premium printed collage books, cut-and-create books, printable ephemera, digital collage sheets, scrapbook supplies, and digital downloads for junk journaling and creative... Mehr lesen …