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A gothic christmas junk journal trades cheerful red and green for burgundy velvet, black lace and the glow of candlelight, and this kit gives you every page you need to build one. Inside you get 25 scene pages (a black tree hung with baubles, ravens on a snowy gate, a candlelit dining hall and more), 5 seamless background patterns for covers and linings, and 6 lined writing pages with their own gothic borders for your own words.
Print the whole set on heavyweight matte cardstock, around 200 to 250gsm, so the ink sits rich and the paper does not curl when glued. Set your printer to its best or photo quality setting for full colour pages, and trim each sheet to your journal’s size before you start arranging spreads.
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Trees and Thresholds
Here stands a black Christmas tree strung with burgundy glass baubles and antique gold ribbon, its branches dusted with a faint shimmer, set against a deep candlelit room behind it.
Pair this with the black ribbon garland pattern further on: trim the wreath page close and let the garland run as a border strip beneath it on the same spread.
Jagged turrets, candy windowpanes and a crooked iron gate make this a spooky gingerbread mansion standing alone in the falling snow, with faint stars overhead.
Leave space in the corner for a baking list or a line about the gingerbread you plan to make, since the empty rooftop reads quietly enough to hold handwriting without fighting the picture.
A horse drawn carriage pulls up before a dark castle in heavy snow, its lamps glowing gold against stone towers and a winter sky full of drifting flakes.
The usual mistake with a snow globe page is leaving it too bare: paint a ribbon of holly and a candle stub beside it so the little glass dome does not sit alone on the sheet.
Grand Rooms
Write the name of a winter feast across the top of this one, since a candlelit dining hall with its long table and tall taper candles gives plenty of quiet tablecloth to hold a title.
A crimson velvet sofa sits before a crackling fire in this Victorian parlor, with a low table, a single teacup and heavy curtains framing the warm glow of the hearth.
Give this five minutes: trim close around the piano’s silhouette and let the candle flames peek over the edge of your journal page for a bit of dimension without extra cutting.
Tall shelves rise behind a rolling ladder in this library, where a small lit tree stands among the stacked books, its candles glowing against the dark wood all around.
This pairs well with the raven on a stack of books page later in the set, since both share the same warm study light and can sit side by side on a spread.
Glass panes edged in frost, a few dark ferns and a single wrought iron chair fill this moonlit conservatory, moonlight spilling across the tiled floor below.
A gilded mirror on the wall reflects a candlelit tree standing somewhere out of view, its gold frame carved with leaves and its glass glowing warm against a shadowed room.
Who is this one for? A velvet stocking hung from a stone fireplace with holly tucked along the mantel suits the family member who hosts every gathering and loves a classic touch.
Creatures Of The Season
Ravens settle along a snowy iron gate, three dark shapes against the white, with bare branches and a pale winter sky stretching quietly behind the old ironwork.
Tuck a tiny photo of your own cat beside this page, since a black cat wearing a velvet collar under the tree leaves a clear patch of carpet ready for a small glued photo.
Stone wings, a crown of holly and a hush of falling snow mark this graveyard angel, standing among old headstones under a soft grey winter sky.
A short prompt for this page: what does the quiet of midnight feel like where you live? Bats crossing a snowy steeple under a full moon leave plenty of sky for a few written lines.
A crow carries a small sprig of mistletoe through the frosty air, wings spread against a pale sky, with a stone windowsill and bare ivy painted just beneath it.
Settling on a tall stack of old leather books, this raven turns its head beside a stub of candle and a few loose feathers, a dim study painted behind the whole arrangement.
Fans of moody reading corners might also enjoy the dark academia junk journal set, which leans into the same candlelit, bookish mood.
Stone And Starlight
Light pours through a tall gothic cathedral window at night, stone tracery framing the glow while a dark sky and faint stars stretch behind the old building.
Tea stain the edges of this sheet before gluing it in, since a dark forest with a lantern path along the ground already reads like an old travelled page once the border is browned.
Ice coats the basin of this frozen fountain, standing in a moonlit garden hedged with dark topiary, the whole scene lit by a pale winter moon overhead.
Quiet Details
Heavy curtains in deep red velvet part just enough to frame a frosted window, ice patterns creeping across the glass and a hint of snowy garden beyond.
Arranged in a dark glass vase, black tulips stand among sprigs of silver pine, the whole bouquet set on a stone windowsill with faint frost at the edges of the glass.
A beginner can simply glue this in whole as a full page spread, while a steadier hand might cut around the pomegranates to layer a dried flower or ribbon scrap on top.
Background Papers
This black velvet bow pattern on burgundy works well as a cover sheet, a lining for the inside front page, or a backing behind a photo corner mounted later in the book.
Small candelabra shapes repeat across this sheet, useful under a photograph of candlelit evenings, as a cover for the whole journal, or tucked behind a loose page as backing.
Use this black and gold baubles pattern behind a cluster of small glued photos, as the journal’s back cover, or as a frame cut into strips around a plain scene page.
This burgundy damask wallpaper suits a cover, a backing for a heavier scene page, or a border strip trimmed thin and glued along the edge of a plain sheet.
Straight stripes in burgundy and black, dotted through with small gold marks, make a steady background for a cover, a pocket lining, or a strip trimmed to frame a photo.
Lined Writing Pages
Write your gift list for dark December here, or a short shopping list for the feast, the faint ruled lines running beneath a border of candles and holly down one side.
Plan the menu for your candlelit table here, course by course, with a corner spray of dark roses and pine marking two opposite corners of the sheet.
Write a letter to next winter, a note of what this season taught you, inside a thin band of black ribbon garland running down the left edge of the page.
List your favourite carols or the songs played every year in your house, framed by a border of tiny gold stars scattered along the top and bottom edges.
Record the snowy evenings of the season, what you saw from the window and who sat beside you, inside a frame of tiny dark florals around all four edges.
Note what you kept from this gothic Christmas, a feeling, a gift, a small ritual, inside a corner spray of moth and mistletoe marking the top corner of the page.
What to Do Next
Print the set, trim the sheets to your journal’s size and start arranging your first spread around the black tree or the candlelit hall, then build outward from there a few pages at a time.
Frequently Asked Questions
What paper works best for a gothic christmas junk journal kit like this one?
Heavyweight matte cardstock around 200 to 250gsm works best. It holds the dark burgundy and black washes without the ink bleeding through, and it feels sturdy enough to fold and glue into a journal.
What printer settings give the richest black and burgundy tones?
Set your printer to its highest quality or photo setting on plain or matte paper mode. This keeps the dark tones even and the gold details crisp instead of grainy or faded.
What size should I print these pages at?
Standard A4 or US letter suits most home printers and most journal covers. If your journal is smaller, scale the pages down in your print dialog rather than cropping them, so each full scene stays complete.
What should I use to colour or add details to the printed pages?
A gold gel pen adds extra shimmer to candle flames or star details, and a fine black liner is useful for writing directly on the scene pages. Both work well over the matte finish without smearing.
What do I glue the pages in with?
An acid free glue stick is enough for most pages and keeps the paper flat without wrinkling. Save liquid glue for small embellishments only, since it can warp a full printed sheet.
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