Crafters Journal is a creative diary for exploring the beauty of nature through crafting, featuring nature-themed junk journals, art journals, and upcycled decor.
Welcome,
I’m Linda. I love crafting nature-inspired junk journals as well as art junk journals designed for mixed media and paper collages. I also enjoy making upcycled decor.
Discover crafts inspired by nature, featuring vibrant colors, lovely patterned papers, vintage book pages, coffee- and tea-dyed materials, and mulberry paper. You’ll also find sparkling vintage and costume jewelry art, acrylic paints, rub-on transfers, and more.
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Latest Entries
- Nature Themed Fairy Junk JournalI love crafting with Stamperia’s nature-themed scrapbook paper. This nature-themed fairy junk journal was handcrafted using Stamperia’s Whispering Woods Collection 12 x 12 Paper Pad by Farrel Tailor. The forest imagery, featuring fall-colored trees, mushrooms, a beautiful wooded path with stunning flowers, and fairies and gnomes, is fantastic. The hardest choice when you flip through… Read more: Nature Themed Fairy Junk Journal
- Sewing Themed Junk JournalCreating this sewing-themed junk journal was enjoyable. I used vintage McCall’s Patterns, McCall’s greeting cards with envelopes for the front cover and inside pockets, and beautiful patterned fabric. The process presented a challenge that pushed me out of my comfort zone, which is typically rooted in nature-themed artwork. I learned to explore new methods for… Read more: Sewing Themed Junk Journal
- Mini Envelope with Card for Junk JournalsI adore Mini Envelopes and Cards for my Junk Journal. They fit perfectly in pockets, can be paper-clipped on pages, or serve as pockets for journaling cards or tags. I prefer to use a lightweight paper (Southworth Resume 24lb) to minimize bulk. I used plain Ivory, but the paper can be coffee or tea-dyed, inked,… Read more: Mini Envelope with Card for Junk Journals
