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Junk journal stickers printable sheets give you the classic ephemera look without any hunting through antique shops or waiting on a scrap pack in the post. This set has 27 sheets built around the pieces every journal keeper reaches for: keys, postage stamps, lace, buttons, old paper, hardware, sewing bits and small nature finds, all ready to cut and layer into pockets, corners and spreads.
Print the sheets on printable sticker paper for a peel-and-stick finish, or on plain paper and attach pieces with a glue stick or double-sided tape if you prefer a flatter, more vintage lay. Print at actual size (turn off any ‘fit to page’ setting) and leave a thin white edge around each piece when you cut, it keeps fine details like lace edges and key teeth from fraying.
Using these images: free for personal projects such as printing, coloring, cards, journals and gifts. Handmade items that include them may be sold up to 30 pieces per design. More than that is commercial use and is not permitted, and neither is selling or sharing the images themselves or passing them off as your own. Please ask before any other use.
Keys and Locks
Six pieces make up this sheet: an ornate key, a padlock, a keyhole escutcheon, a key bundle, a cabinet key and a tiny diary lock, each drawn as its own clean cut-out.
Keys sit beautifully along the spine of a journal or tucked half behind a pocket flap so only the bow and a bit of the shaft shows. Pair the diary lock with a folded letter piece for a hidden message corner, and save the key bundle for a page about secrets or things kept close.
Six postal pieces share this sheet: a blank stamp with a bird, a blank stamp with a ship, a stamp block, a postmark wave line, a parcel tag and a string bundle, perfect for anyone building a postal junk journal spread.
Lace and Buttons
Six lace motifs fill this sheet: a lace doily, a lace medallion, a lace strip, a crochet flower, a tatted edge and a lace heart, all drawn with the fine open patterning real lace has.
Cut these on sticker paper if you want crisp placement, but plain paper and a glue stick give a softer, slightly see-through edge that reads closer to real lace once it sits against a darker background paper.
Rounding out the haberdashery theme, this sheet holds a mother of pearl button, a brass button, a wooden toggle, a glass button, a button card and a button jar, six small objects that pair well with the lace sheet above on any sewing-themed page.
Old Paper and Pockets
A ledger page, a blank receipt scrap, a plain book page scrap, a sheet music scrap, a graph paper scrap and a ticket stub make up this sheet of paper ephemera, each one blank enough to journal on.
These work best cut slightly rough at one edge, so leave a bit more white border than usual and trim one side unevenly by hand. That small irregularity is what sells the aged look once the piece sits half tucked under another sticker.
Six small containers share this sheet: a glassine envelope, a seed envelope, a library pocket, a coin envelope, a manila tag and a vellum pocket, each large enough to glue down on three sides and leave the top open as a real pocket for tucking in smaller stickers or notes.
Hardware and Sewing
This sheet gathers six small hardware pieces: a hinge, a drawer pull, a brass corner, a hook and eye, a rivet and a split pin, the kind of detail that makes a journal cover look like it was salvaged from an old cabinet.
Brass corners are especially useful glued onto the actual corners of a page or photo, where they do double duty as decoration and a small frame. Keep the hinge and drawer pull for pages about furniture, doors or anything kept locked away.
A thread card, a measuring tape, a needle book, a pattern piece, a darning egg and a bobbin fill this sheet, six objects pulled straight from a sewing box and ready for any page about mending, making or grandmothers.
Nature and Clocks
A moth, a fern frond, a pressed leaf, a dandelion seed head, a beetle and a dried flower sprig make up this sheet, each one drawn flat and pressed-looking rather than lifelike.
These sit beautifully layered half under a vellum pocket or lace piece, the way a real pressed specimen would peek out from an old notebook page. The moth and beetle work well as a small surprise tucked into a corner rather than placed dead centre.
A clock face, a gear, a cog wheel, a watch movement, a pendulum and a winding key share this sheet, six mechanical pieces for pages about time passing, old workshops or steampunk-leaning spreads.
Tickets and Frames
Six small paper and metal pieces fill this sheet: a blank admit ticket, a blank raffle ticket, a token coin, a cloakroom ticket, a brass tag and a luggage label shape, all left plain enough to write a date or place on.
Print a second copy on plain paper if you want a few extras just for writing on directly rather than cutting out, since blank tickets like these double as tiny journaling cards once trimmed.
A window frame, an arched frame, a cut-out frame, a slide frame, a ticket frame and an oval window make up this sheet, six empty frames meant to sit over a photo or a patch of patterned paper beneath, pairing naturally with the photograph sheet further down this set.
Stationery and Seals
A red wax seal, a gold wax seal, a seal with a bee, a seal with a flower, a ribbon tail and a cord loop sit on this sheet, six small finishing touches for the corner of a folded letter or the flap of an envelope.
Use the plain red and gold seals on everyday pages and save the bee and flower seals for anything going into a card, since a stamped-looking seal reads as a lovely small detail on the front of a handmade envelope.
A fountain pen nib, a pen holder, an ink blot, a blotter, a letter opener and a paper knife share this sheet, six writing-desk pieces that sit well together along the bottom of a page about letters, diaries or old correspondence.
Photographs and Textiles
This sheet holds a photo corner set, a cabinet card, a tintype, a photo strip with blank frames, a photo hinge and a negative strip, six pieces for anyone mounting real or printed photos into a journal spread.
The blank cabinet card and tintype shapes work as stand-ins when you want the look of an old photograph without using a real one, and the photo corner set can genuinely hold a small printed snapshot in place on the page once the corners are glued down.
A feather, a bird egg, a nest, an acorn, a snail shell and a pinecone fill this sheet, six small finds for anyone keeping a nature journal alongside the postal and ephemera pages in this set.
Tea and Flowers
A tea bag, a coffee filter, a tea tin lid, a sugar cube, a teaspoon and a coffee bean bag make up this sheet, six cosy pieces that work well on pages built around slow mornings or afternoon breaks.
These also sit nicely alongside the tea party ideas over on this tea party junk journal set if you want a wider spread of matching pages for the same theme.
A paper rose, a coffee filter flower, a book page flower, a tissue peony, a paper daisy and a rolled flower fill this sheet, six handmade-style blooms for corners, borders or wherever a page feels like it needs a soft shape rather than a hard-edged object.
Games and Fabric
A domino, a playing card, a chess knight, a dice, a mahjong tile and a bingo chip share this sheet, six small game pieces that bring an unexpected bit of pattern and number to a journal page.
Group two or three of these together in a loose scatter rather than lining them up, the way real game pieces would fall out of a drawer, and let one sit slightly overlapping the edge of a pocket or envelope on the page.
A fabric swatch, a gingham scrap, a quilt piece, a velvet scrap, a ticking strip and a burlap patch make up this sheet, six textile pieces drawn flat so they read as paper stickers while still carrying the pattern of each fabric.
Cards and Clips
This sheet gives you a polka dot card, a striped card, a grid card, a floral card, a kraft card and a gingham card, six plain-patterned rectangles meant to be written on once they are cut out and glued down.
Leave these for last in your layering, since a journaling card usually goes down first as a base before keys, lace and other small pieces sit on top of it. Pick whichever pattern suits the colours already on the page.
A binder clip, a mini clothespin, a paper clip with a heart, a washi strip, a masking tape strip and a staple fill this sheet, six small fasteners for pinning layers down visually even though the stickers themselves just sit flat on the page.
Travel and Critters
A luggage strap, a compass, a plain timetable card, a passport cover, a hotel key and a map pin make up this travel sheet, six pieces for pages about trips taken or trips still being planned.
The hotel key and luggage strap pair naturally with the keys sheet from earlier in this set, so keep both nearby if you are building a page that mixes travel memories with the look of old hardware.
A snail, a bee, a ladybird, a dragonfly, a mouse and a frog share this sheet, six small garden creatures drawn simply enough to tuck into any corner of a nature or botanical spread without pulling focus from the main piece on the page.
Home and Ribbons
A blank recipe card, a measuring spoon, a cake mold, a pastry cutter, a jam jar lid and a spice tin fill this sheet, six kitchen pieces for pages built around baking days or family recipes passed down.
The blank recipe card is worth printing twice, once for cutting out as a sticker and once left larger on plain paper so you have room to actually copy out a recipe by hand underneath the other pieces.
A rick rack twist, a velvet ribbon loop, a jute cord, a silk tassel, a satin bow and a baker’s twine bundle make up this sheet, six trim pieces that finish off a page the way a real ribbon would, without any actual sewing or tying required.
A moon phase set, a brass star, a plain celestial map circle, a sun face, a comet and a constellation close out this set, six sky pieces for any page that leans a little toward old astronomy charts or night-time thoughts.
These sit well scattered loosely across a dark background paper rather than lined up in a row, closer to how stars actually fall across a sky. Save the celestial map circle for the centre of the page and build outward from there.
What to Do Next
Print the sheets you reach for most first, keys and old paper tend to get used before anything else, then work through the rest of the set as new pages call for them.
Frequently Asked Questions
What paper works best for printing junk journal stickers?
Printable sticker paper gives a true peel-and-stick finish, matte works better than glossy for a vintage look. Plain paper with a glue stick is just as good and often sits flatter once layered into a journal spread.
What printer settings should I use?
Print at actual size with ‘fit to page’ turned off, so the pieces come out the size they were drawn. Choose the best or highest quality setting your printer offers to keep fine lace and ink line detail sharp.
How do I cut out small, detailed pieces like lace or keys?
Small scissors handle most outer edges, but a craft knife on a cutting mat is far easier for inner curves like a keyhole or a lace loop. Leave a thin white border rather than cutting right to the ink line.
Can these stickers go on handmade cards as well as journals?
Yes, pieces like the wax seals, paper flowers and journaling cards work well on card fronts and envelope flaps. Keep larger pieces like frames and pockets for journal pages where there is more room to layer.
How do I stop small pieces from getting lost before I use them?
Cut one sheet at a time and store the pieces in a small envelope or tin sorted loosely by theme. Cutting the whole set in one sitting tends to end in a pile that is hard to find anything in later.
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