Junk journaling lives or dies on the ephemera — the tags, pockets, torn-paper textures, and little decorative bits that make a page feel like it was assembled from a real, aged collection rather than printed yesterday. Below are 20 real printable clipart and ephemera sets for junk journals and scrapbooking, all currently listed on Creative Fabrica, sorted by aesthetic so you can go straight to the style that matches your journal.
A Quick Format Note Before the List
Most junk journal kits on Creative Fabrica ship as high-resolution JPEG pages (commonly 300-360 DPI) sized for a standard Letter or A4 sheet, often bundled with a separate PDF and a transparent-background PNG clipart sheet for the individual tags, pockets, and decorative pieces. If you specifically want elements you can drag and layer digitally (in Procreate, Canva, or Photoshop) rather than just printed pages to cut up by hand, check that a listing explicitly includes a separate PNG clipart file, not just page-format JPGs.
Vintage & Shabby Chic Florals
The most classic junk journal aesthetic — soft, romantic, and built around roses, botanicals, and aged paper textures.
1. Shabby Chic Junk Journal Kit — a printable kit built specifically around a shabby chic aesthetic for assembling a handmade journal from scratch.
2. Vintage Dreams Junk Journal Kit — a 22-page printable set including feature pages, background pages, and ephemera pages, delivered in both JPG and PDF format.
3. Poppy & Daisy Vintage Junk Journal Kit — a 6-page A4 set combining red poppies and blue daisies over aged paper textures, with assorted tags, matching pockets, and three floral background papers.
4. Vintage Rose Junk Journal Kit — vintage rose imagery layered onto antique-style postcards, built for journaling and scrapbooking projects.
5. Shabby Chic Rose Junk Journal Kit — a rose-focused companion set in the same shabby chic style family.
Nature & Botanical Ephemera
Less overtly “romantic,” more focused on organic textures — leaves, mushrooms, wildflowers, and general natural-world imagery.
6. Vintage Fall Ephemera Junk Journal — 15 digital papers at 12″x12″ featuring pumpkins, autumn leaves, sunflowers, and rustic paper textures.
7. Nature Junk Journal Kit, Picture Collage — a nature-themed collage-style kit built for telling a visual story across journal pages.
8. Vintage Mushroom Ephemera Paper — 8 landscape-format papers designed to look like aged documents with mushroom and antique motifs, foldable into journal signatures.
9. Floral Junk Journal Pages — a set of vintage floral journal page designs sized for full sheets, journal cards, postcards, and ATC cards.
Vintage Documents, Labels & Library Ephemera
Built around the “old paperwork” aesthetic — library cards, antique labels, and advertisement-style ephemera rather than florals.
10. Old Objects and Photos Junk Journal — a 10-paper digital kit styled as vintage junk journal pages featuring old photos and objects.
11. Vintage Library Cards Ephemera Clipart — 63 library-card-style PNG pieces across seven colorways, plus a layered file and a GoodNotes-ready version for digital use.
12. Vintage Labels Adverts Junk Journal Kit — antique-style advertisement and product-label printables in a stained, aged visual style.
13. Junk Journal Art Card Kit, Vintage Aceo — a set of vintage-styled ACEO-format art cards sized for small collage and journal-card projects.
14. Victorian Era Junk Journal Tags Kit Page — 212 printable tags and bookmarks styled after Victorian and Edwardian-era design motifs.
Seasonal & Themed Kits
Built around a specific holiday or seasonal occasion, useful for keeping a journal’s look current throughout the year.
15. Christmas Junk Journal Kit Free Clipart — 16 letter-size pages plus a 20-piece clipart set for decorating or decoupaging Christmas-themed journal pages.
16. Easter Junk Journal Kit & Ephemera — a bright, daisy-illustrated 26-page kit with backgrounds, lined pages, pockets, tags, and journal cards for spring and Easter projects.
17. Steampunk Junk Journal Grungy Ephemera — 16 letter-size printable pages of tags, labels, cards, pockets, inserts, and envelopes in a steampunk visual style.
18. Printable Junk Journal Pages Summer Girl — vintage-style 8.5″x11″ printable journal pages built for a summer-themed collection.
Niche & Hobby-Themed Kits
Built around a specific interest rather than a general aesthetic — useful for journaling around a hobby, not just a season.
19. Vintage Sewing Junk Journal Kit — a 36-page printable set inspired by 1950s sewing rooms, including sewing logs, pattern-note pages, and dressmaking-themed ephemera alongside decorative backgrounds.
20. Victorian Reading Junk Journal Kit — a book-lover-themed kit with 25 single pages, 10 double-page spreads, and matching PDF ephemera including stickers, envelopes, tags, and cards.
How to Pick Without Buying All 20
- Start with your journal’s overall theme, not the prettiest individual kit. A steampunk kit and a shabby chic rose kit next to each other on the same pages will read as inconsistent, even if both are well made individually.
- Check whether you need loose PNG clipart or full printed pages. A kit built mainly as page-format JPGs (meant to be printed and used as full spreads) works differently than one built around individually cropped PNG elements meant to be layered.
- One themed kit plus one neutral ephemera kit covers more ground than two similar ones. Pairing a strongly themed set (like the Christmas or Steampunk kits above) with a more neutral vintage-document set (like the library cards or labels kits) gives you more mix-and-match flexibility than two kits in the same narrow style.
A License Note Specific to These Kits
Several of the listings above explicitly state they’re licensed for making items to sell, not just personal use — but this varies by individual kit and by designer, so check the specific commercial license on each product page before building a shop around finished journals, printed pages, or physical products made from any of these files.
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FAQ
What’s the difference between a “junk journal kit” and standalone clipart? A kit typically includes full printed pages (backgrounds, feature pages, ephemera sheets) designed to be printed and assembled into a journal, while standalone clipart is usually individual, croppable PNG elements meant to be used more flexibly across different projects.
Can I use these kits for digital journaling, not just printed paper journals? Some can — a few of the kits above specifically include a separate PNG clipart file or a GoodNotes-ready version for digital use, but not all of them do, so check the individual listing if digital use matters to you.
Can I sell physical journals made from these kits? Several listings above explicitly state a kit is intended for making items to sell, but this isn’t universal — check each specific product’s license terms before building a shop around any one kit.
What paper size do most of these kits print at? Most print at standard Letter (8.5″x11″) or A4 size, though a few (like the Poppy & Daisy kit) are specifically sized for A4 rather than Letter — check the listing if your printer setup requires one specifically.
Do I need special software to use these files? No special software is required to print and assemble a paper-format kit — a standard PDF viewer and printer are enough. For the PNG clipart versions, any program that supports transparent PNG layering (Procreate, Photoshop, Canva) works.
Bottom Line
A well-stocked junk journal shelf usually mixes two or three aesthetics rather than one — a strong seasonal kit, a neutral vintage-document set, and a florals-or-nature kit cover most page styles you’d realistically want to build. Start with whichever aesthetic matches your journal’s overall theme, and check the license on each kit individually before selling anything made from it.
Related read: our guide to 25 best clipart sets for planner stickers & digital planning covers the more functional, utility side of printable clipart, if you’re building both a journal and a digital planner.