- Mantel And Tree Corners
- Cosy Corners
- Winter Windows And Village
- Shabby Treasures
- Background Papers
- Lined Writing Pages
- Frequently Asked Questions
This shabby christmas junk journal kit brings together pink bottle brush trees, mint glass ornaments, cabbage roses and chippy white furniture for a soft, romantic holiday mood. Inside you get nineteen scene pages full of shabby chic Christmas corners, four seamless background papers and four lined writing pages for lists, letters and memories.
Print the set on matte cardstock heavy enough to hold glue and ink without curling, and choose the best photo setting your printer offers so the pastel colours stay soft and clean. Trim the edges close before you glue or stitch each sheet into your journal.
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.
Mantel And Tree Corners
Pink bottle brush trees cluster inside a vintage tin, dressed with mint glass ornaments, while a lace doily and a few loose pearls rest beside them.
Leave a small gap near the tin’s painted label and tuck in a real gift tag or a ticket from a holiday market. A torn corner ticket sits nicely against the chippy metal without covering the trees.
A chippy white dresser holds a small pink tree, a bunch of roses and a lace runner, its painted drawers worn soft at the edges with age.
Pair this page with the mint and white chippy stripe background later in the set: use the stripe as a facing page so the dresser’s white paint and the striped paper read as one matching corner of the room.
A mint enamel teapot overflows with pink roses and tiny glass baubles, set on a saucer with a few loose petals scattered near its base.
Tie this wreath page to a five minute version: skip the full door and simply glue the wreath image onto a plain background sheet if you want the page finished fast without extra cutting.
The wreath itself holds pink roses, silver tinsel and a soft bow, hung against a white chippy painted door with a brass handle peeking into one corner.
The usual mistake with a full tree page like this one is crowding every branch with ornaments until the tree disappears; leave some branches bare so the pink and mint pieces, pearls and tulle actually stand out.
A simple star or a small bow at the top finishes the shape without adding more clutter below.
Cosy Corners
A white wicker chair sits dressed with a pink pillow and a mint throw, with two or three wrapped gifts stacked at its feet.
Write a short line on a tag and tuck it under the pillow’s edge: a wish for the year ahead or a memory from last Christmas both work well here, kept short enough to peek out.
Mint ornaments pile high on a vintage cake stand, tied together with loops of pink ribbon trailing down over the stand’s painted pedestal.
Ask yourself before you glue this one in: who in the journal is this stocking for? Use the page as a gift for a mother, a sister or a daughter, naming her softly on the mantel’s edge.
The pink velvet stocking hangs from a chippy painted mantel scattered with roses and a single flickering candle beside it.
A vintage hatbox wears a pink bow, a trim of lace and a mint garland looped around its lid, standing ready beside a small stack of other gifts.
Winter Windows And Village
A little pink cottage sits in snow with mint shutters and a rose wreath on its door, smoke drifting softly from its chimney against a pale winter sky painted all the way to the page edges.
Place this pitcher page in a spread beside the cottage before it: the frosted pine on the pitcher echoes the cottage’s snowy roofline, so the two pages feel like one winter windowsill when opened side by side.
The enamel pitcher itself holds pink peonies mixed with frosted pine sprigs, standing on a sill dusted lightly with snow.
A white vanity holds a small pink tree, loops of pearls and a vintage hand mirror laid across its surface, the painted wood chipped gently at every corner.
Pink and mint gift boxes stack together wrapped in tulle bows and tucked roses, forming a soft pastel tower ready to go under any tree in the journal.
Shabby Treasures
Try tea-staining just the bottom edge of this page before you glue it in: the warm tint along the border sits well against the silvery mercury glass and the soft pink roses above it.
A lace doily rests beneath the candlestick, its scalloped edge peeking out from under the base.
A chippy white birdcage holds a single mint ornament and a few pink roses inside its bars, hung from a faded ribbon above a scattering of petals below.
Loaded with roses and glittered pinecones, a small pink sleigh rests on a bed of soft snow, its curved runners trimmed with a thin line of tarnished silver paint.
Glue a small photo behind this one before you trim the final edge, so it peeks through the painted window glass like a view from inside the room.
Pink curtains frame the window on both sides, with a tiny tree on the sill and snowfall drifting past outside.
A mint ice skate hangs tied with pink ribbons from a chippy painted fence post, with a dusting of snow settled along the fence rail behind it.
Keep an eye on the spool thread when you colour or shade this page: it is easy to lose the mint vintage sewing machine’s small buttons under too much pink tulle, so leave a few buttons showing bare and bright.
A tiny tree sits balanced on the machine’s wheel, finishing the scene with one last soft touch of green.
Background Papers
Small pink roses alternate with sprigs of mint holly across this all over pattern, perfect for lining the inside cover of your journal or backing a pocket page.
Use it under photographs too, where its soft pastel tone will not compete with the picture on top.
Full blown pink cabbage roses repeat edge to edge on this paper, giving you a soft romantic base for the cover of your journal or the lining of a gift envelope tucked inside.
Soft mint stripes run against worn white on this paper, mimicking chipped painted wood for a quiet background behind photos or as a lining for a small pocket page.
Rows of tiny pink bottle brush trees repeat in soft formation across this paper, a cheerful fill for the cover of your journal or the back of a shabby gift tag.
Lined Writing Pages
Soft pink roses and strings of pearls wrap the corners of this warm white page, framing faint ruled lines left open for a gift list, a menu for Christmas dinner or a letter to next year’s self.
A chippy painted frame runs around the edge of this page, enclosing faint ruled lines ready for a holiday wish list, a few favourite recipes or notes on this year’s decorations.
A soft mint ribbon and tulle band crosses the top of this page, leaving faint ruled lines below for a packing list, a thank you note or a short memory from the holiday. For more pastel Christmas pages to pair with these, see the free printable Christmas junk journal pages in pink, cream and silver.
A row of small pink bottle brush trees lines the bottom edge of this page like a footer, with faint ruled lines above left open for a guest list, a gift budget or a few holiday traditions worth keeping. Browse the Christmas junk journal ideas for more cosy pages, or compare this soft palette with the gothic Christmas junk journal set for a darker mood.
What to Do Next
Print the full set, trim each sheet and start arranging your pages into spreads, pairing the roses and bottle brush trees with the backgrounds and lined pages until your shabby chic Christmas journal feels complete.
Frequently Asked Questions
What paper works best for a shabby christmas junk journal kit like this one?
Matte cardstock around 160 to 200 gsm works best, since it holds glue and ink without curling or showing through. Plain printer paper feels too thin for pages you plan to fold, tear or stain.
What printer settings keep the pastel colours soft and even?
Choose the highest photo or best quality setting your printer offers, since pastel pink and mint shift easily under a lower setting. Turn off any automatic colour correction so the shades print true to the file.
Can I resize these pages for a smaller or larger journal?
Yes, scale the pages to any standard size using your printer or photo editing software before printing. A5 and junior size journals both work well, just check the preview so borders and lines stay centred.
What glue or scissors suit gluing these pages into a journal?
A thin layer of craft glue stick keeps pages flat without wrinkling the cardstock, and small detail scissors make trimming curved edges and tucking in pockets much easier than a large pair.
Can I colour or add extra detail to these printed pages?
Yes, fine tip pens or coloured pencils work well over the printed watercolour base for extra shading, highlights or a personal note written directly onto a scene page.