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Spring is coming, slowly but surely, and it’s time to start planning things in your garden! Perhaps you could grab some ideas from Liz’s project for this month, she used a few of my garden themed packs and a few others to create this garden themed ephemera holder binder.

Watch the video below and, if you like it, be sure to like Liz’s video and subscribe to her Youtube channel.

Liz used the following packs (link to my Etsy store):

Garden Planner
Seed Packets No2
Garden Stock Labels No1
Things To Do In The Garden Printable Kit
Autumn Breeze Envelopes
Wheel Of The Year - Imbolc Vintage Botanicals
Wheel Of The Year - Imbolc Artsy Denotations
Wheel Of The Year - Imbolc Journal Cards

And here a few stills:

Have a great day,

Anja

‘The Wheel of the Year’ is an annual cycle of seasonal festivals, observed by many modern Pagans, consisting of the year’s chief solar events (solstices and equinoxes) and the midpoints between them. Imbolc marks the beginning of the lambing season and signals the beginning of spring. It is the promise of renewal, of hidden potential, of earth awakening and life-force stirring. It is time to let go of the past and to look to the future, clearing out the old, making both outer and inner space for new beginnings.

Imbolc Bundle

Save $$$ when you buy this bundle! Included are Imbolc Alpha (46 individual PNG files), Imbolc Embellishments (99 individual PNG files), Imbolc Artsy Papers (2 x 9 individual JPG files), Imbolc Solid Papers (12 individual JPG files), Imbolc Transfers (6 individual PNG files), Imbolc Journal Cards (2 x 8 individual JPG files and 6 sheets), Imbolc Artsy Denotations (9 individual PNG files) and Imbolc Vintage Botanicals (8 individual PNG files and 6 sheets).

Imbolc Kit

This kit bundles Imbolc Embellishments (99 individual PNG files), Imbolc Artsy Papers (2 x 9 JPG individual files), Imbolc Solid Papers (12 individual JPG files) and Imbolc Alpha (46 individual PNG files).

Imbolc Alpha

A complete alphabet, designed to coordinate with the ‘Wheel Of The Year - Imbolc’ digital scrapbooking collection. You will receive 46 individual PNG files.

Imbolc Embellishments

You will receive 99 individual PNG files, including 2 watercolor candle images (available in a plain and a sticker version), 1 bead, 1 bow, 2 brads, 1 branch, 3 buttons, 1 vintage card, 3 Imbolc themed charms (lamb, brigid’s cross and swan), 2 crystals, 1 torn doiley, 7 doodles, 2 white feathers, 11 flowers, 2 vintage snowdrops, 3 frames, 2 gesso splats, 2 blank labels, 1 label with vintage cow head, 1 lace, 1 lace rosette, 3 leaves, 1 note flag, 1 pattern overlay, 8 pieces of paint, 1 vellum paper bag, 1 pendant, 1 plastic pocket, 2 ribbons, 1 safety pin, 2 stitches, 1 thread, 2 milk caps, 6 pieces of vintage ephemera, 3 vintage stamps, 1 wax seal with dried violet, 1 wood slice with intital I, 4 pieces of word art and 9 word strips.

Imbolc Papers

12 solid papers, delivered as 12 individual JPG files:

2 x 9 artsy papers, delivered as 18 individual JPG files; each paper comes in two versions, one with Imbolc themed imagery, and one ‘plain’ version.

Imbolc Addons

Artsy Denotations: 9 individual PNG files. They were created from word definitions, scanned from an antique Larousse dictionary.

Transfers: 6 individual PNG files.

Vintage Botanicals: 8 individual PNG files and 3 printable sheets in JPG and PDF.

Journaling Cards: 2 x 5 journal cards 3 x 4 in (10 individual JPG files); 2 x 3 journal cards 4 x 6 in (6 individual JPG files) and 6 printable letter size sheets in JPG and PDF.

Here are some layouts from myself and the creative team:

Have a great day,

Anja

This printable Valentine’s Day themed junk journal kit is jampacked with beautiful and colorful page spreads, alternatives and backgrounds and a large variety of embellishments and romantic ephemera. Perfect for your junk journals, cards, albums or (paper) scrapbook pages, an engagement gift, a romantic guest book… ‘You Complete Me’ was designed to make a 5.5 x 8.5 junk journal. I’ve included the embellishments as PNG files, so you can use them in your digital projects, or to design your own journal pages to print.

You will receive 31 printable 8.5 x 11 in sheets in JPG and PDF, designed to make a 5.5 x 8.5 journal. Included are 7 decorative page spreads and 1 cover; 1 alternative for the cover and 18 alternatives for the decorative page spreads; 7 sheets with embellishments such as tabs, tags, flags, cards, journal pockets, file folders and more; BONUS: 53 embellishments come as individual PNG files.

Grab this junk journal kit here: Etsy | Oscraps

Be sure to check out these coordinating kits / packs:
I Heart You Kit | I Will Meet You In Paris Kit | My One True Love Kit

And these coordinating ATC and envelopes:

ATC No5 - Cherubs And Roses

Creative team member Heidi McGregor created this stunning junk journal using ‘You Complete Me’.

Here are some pictures:

If you like Heidi’s work, be sure to like her video on Youtube and/or follow her channel. I hope this junk journal will inspire you for your own creative endeavours!

Anja

‘The Wheel of the Year’ is an annual cycle of seasonal festivals, observed by many modern Pagans, consisting of the year’s chief solar events (solstices and equinoxes) and the midpoints between them. While ‘Samhain’ marks the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter or the “darker half” of the year, at Yule, or ‘Winter Solstice’ we reach the depth of that darkness with the longest night of the year. Yule celebrates winter, the returning of the light and nature’s renewal. It’s a time of new beginnings, the wheel of the year has made a complete circle. The Winter Solstice is the turning point in the natural cycle of the year, the darkest night in all the year is followed by a day that will dawn just a little earlier.

This junk journal kit uses the same color scheme as the one used in the ‘Wheel Of The Year / Yule’ collection and is jampacked with beautiful and colorful page spreads, alternatives and backgrounds and a large variety of embellishments and Christmas themed ephemera. Perfect for your junk journals, cards, albums or (paper) scrapbook pages, to document your Christmas memories and so much more. This kit was designed to make a 5.5 x 8.5 junk journal. I’ve included most of the embellishments as PNG files, so you can use them in your digital projects, or to design your own journal pages to print.

You will receive 39 printable 8.5 x 11 in sheets in JPG and PDF, designed to make a 5.5 x 8.5 journal. Included are:

• 8 decorative page spreads and 1 cover;
• 1 alternative for the cover and 18 alternatives for the decorative page spreads;
• 11 sheets with embellishments such as tabs, tags, flags, cards, journal pockets, file folders and more;
• BONUS: 51 embellishments come as individual PNG files.

Be sure to check out the entire Wheel Of The Year / Yule digital scrapbooking collection for more coordinating papers and embellishments!

Anja

The Wheel of the Year is an annual cycle of seasonal festivals, observed by many modern Pagans, consisting of the year’s chief solar events (solstices and equinoxes) and the midpoints between them. While ‘Samhain’ marks the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter or the “darker half” of the year, at Yule, or ‘Winter Solstice’ we reach the depth of that darkness with the longest night of the year. Yule celebrates winter, the returning of the light and nature’s renewal. It’s a time of new beginnings, the wheel of the year has made a complete circle. The Winter Solstice is the turning point in the natural cycle of the year, the darkest night in all the year is followed by a day that will dawn just a little earlier.

Buy the bundle and save!

Always the best value: all packs from the Yule collection, bundled for greater savings: 50% off in my Etsy shop!

Yule Kit

This digital scrapbook kit bundles Yule Embellishments (100 PNG files), Yule Patterned And Artsy Papers (18 JPG files) and Yule Solid Papers (12 JPG files)

All packs are separately available:

Yule Embellishments

100 digital embellishments, designed to coordinate with the ‘Yule’ collection, saved as individual PNG files. Included are: 1 holly and mistletoe basket, 1 bell, 1 bird on a branch, 2 bows, 2 brads, 5 foliage branches, 3 buttons, 1 candy cane, 3 cards, 1 gingerbread charm, 1 deer, 9 flowers, 2 frames, 6 labels, 4 leaves, 10 paint splats, 1 scribble, 4 snowflakes, 11 stamps, 1 staple, 1 berry star, 2 wooden stars, 2 stitches, 2 strings, 1 wooden tree, 1 twine, 2 wax seals, 1 wood slice, 18 pieces of word art and word strips, 1 star wreath. PLEASE NOTE This pack is not intended for cutting, glueing and crafting. You need graphic software to work with the PNG files, such as Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Paintshop Pro, PhotoImpact, or Gimp, which is free software. All files are 300 DPI.

Yule Solid Papers

12 solid papers 12 x 12 in, designed to coordinate with the Yule collection, saved as individual JPG files.

Yule Patterned And Artsy Papers

18 patterned and artsy papers 12 x 12 in, designed to coordinate with the Yule collection.

Yule Adornments

8 digital overlays, designed to coordinate with the ‘Yule’ collection, saved as individual PNG files. Some come in a shadowed and a shadowless version. PLEASE NOTE This pack is not intended for cutting, glueing and crafting. You need graphic software to work with the PNG files, such as Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Paintshop Pro, PhotoImpact, or Gimp, which is free software. All files are 300 DPI.

Yule Journal Cards

8 printable journal cards for your project life albums or junk journals, designed to coordinate with the ‘Yule’ collection. You will receive 5 cards 3×4 in and 3 cards 4×6 in, saved as individual JPG files. All cards come in both orientations. I’ve also included 6 printable letter size sheets that are available in JPG and PDF. All files are 300 DPI.

Yule Lights

6 digital lens flare overlays, designed to coordinate with the ‘Yule’ collection, saved as individual PNG files. PLEASE NOTE This pack is not intended for cutting, glueing and crafting. You need graphic software to work with the PNG files, such as Photoshop, Photoshop Elements, Paintshop Pro, PhotoImpact, or Gimp, which is free software. All files are 300 DPI.

Yule Vintage Botanicals

8 vintage botanical illustrations, designed to coordinate with the ‘Yule’ collection, saved as individual PNG files. I’ve also included 6 printable letter size sheets that are available in JPG and PDF. Included are: 2 Amaryllis, 1 Cranberry, Ivy, Christmas Rose, Holly, Mistletoe and a pine cone. All files are 300 DPI.

Some layout inspiration from the creative team!

This collection is 25% off through Friday 13th!

Shop the Yule collection in my Etsy shop

Shop the Yule collection in my shop at Oscraps

Creative team member Heidi McGregor created this gorgeous junk journal using ‘Merry And Bright’, ‘Dreaming Of Christmas papers’ and various other ephemera. Another work of art from this extremely talented girl! The one who won this journal (it was a giveaway), is very lucky 🙂

Here are some pictures:

Heidi used this junk journal kit:

She also used this paper pack:

I hope this junk journal inspired you to create your own Christmas themed journals.

Have a great day,

Anja

‘The Wheel of the Year’ is an annual cycle of seasonal festivals, observed by many modern Pagans, consisting of the year’s chief solar events (solstices and equinoxes) and the midpoints between them. ‘Samhain’ marks the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter or the “darker half” of the year. Traditionally, it is celebrated from 31 October to 1 November, about halfway between the autumn equinox and the winter solstice. The main themes of Samhain are ‘loss and death’, ‘facing fears’ and ‘transformation’. It is a time of overall change: the days are growing shorter, the leaves are falling from the trees. It’s a time to prepare yourself for transitions, to open your heart to changes that you can’t foresee, a time to face your demons and face your fears. As we transform into characters when we dress up for Halloween, the season of Samhain is about personal and ongoing transformation, a transformation that will be completing around the time of Yule.

Buy the bundle and save $$$

Included in this bundle are: the kit and 4 coordinating packs: gradient papers, lights, spooky transfers and mixed media clusters.

Buy the kit, or any of the packs that are separately available

Some layout inspiration from the creative team

Samhain is also available in my shop at Oscraps.

Lynne Morgado from Mocking Bird And Main is new on my design team and she has finished her first Design Team project for me, or should I say ‘projects’, because Lynne didn’t make 1 but several mini junk journals (and isn’t that necklace so cute?)! For that she used The Powers Of Time junk journal kit and lots of lace. Here’s the video!

You can also watch it on Youtube here.

And here are some stills:

The Powers Of Time Junk Journal Kit is available here: Etsy | Oscraps

Follow Lynne here: Youtube | Etsy | Instagram

I hope this video inspired you for your own paper craft projects or junk journals!

Have a great day,

Anja

I forgot to mention the Black Lace packs that I have in my shops in my previous post, so I’ll just make a separate post about them.

Soft grunge backgrounds and a vintage gothic black lace pattern… These papers and gift tags are perfect for gothic themed junk journals and projects, for Halloween invitations and cards, and digital scrapbooking layouts.

Black Lace Papers

Available here: Etsy | Oscraps

Gift Tags No12 - Black Lace

Available here: Etsy | Oscraps

Anja

One of my favorite weekends of the year is about to start: on Saturday, October 5, the digi world is celebrating Digital Scrapbooking Day! So what better way to celebrate than offer my lovely customers a huge discount?

DSD in my Etsy shop

I have my whole Etsy shop on sale, everything is 50% off (excluding the licenses though). Check it out here.

New

‘Fall Into Autumn’ is a new junk journal kit, that I created with papers and embellishments from my Wheel Of The Year / Mabon digital scrapbooking collection. This printable fall themed junk journal kit is jampacked with beautiful and colorful page spreads, alternatives and backgrounds and a large variety of embellishments and autumn themed ephemera. Perfect for your junk journals, cards, albums or (paper) scrapbook pages, to document your fall memories and the beautiful colors of the changing season. It was designed to make a 5.5 x 8.5 junk journal and I’ve included most of the embellishments as PNG files, so you can use them in your digital projects, or to design your own journal pages to print.

Grab it in my Etsy shop (now 50% off) or in my shop at Oscraps.

You’ll get 33 printable 8.5 x 11 in sheets in JPG and PDF, designed to make a 5.5 x 8.5 journal, including:
- 7 decorative page spreads and 1 cover;
- 2 alternatives for the cover and 6 alternatives for the decorative page spreads;
- 7 background page spreads;
- 10 sheets with embellishments such as tabs, tags, flags, cards, journal pockets, file folders and more;
- bonus: 44 embellishments come as separate PNG files (these are also included in the printable sheets)

Next to ‘Fall Into Autumn’ I also made a printable version of the ‘Wheel Of The Year / Mabon’ collection.

This pack has 18 printable letter size papers (8.5 x 11 in) and 16 sheets with embellishments. This printable kit is not meant for digital scrapbooking layouts, but it’s perfect for hybrid scrappers, paper crafters and junk journalers, with printable letter size papers and embellishment sheets. No Photoshop or any other graphic software needed. The embellishments were made up as ‘stickers’ with a white edging and a thin dark gray line, to easily cut around flowers, foliage, illustrations, stamps and more. All files are 300 DPI.

Grab it in my Etsy shop (now 50% off).

If you just want some printable fall themed papers, without the embellishments, then perhaps you’ll like this pack.

These papers are also included in the printable version of the Mabon scrapbooking kit that I mentioned above.

DSD at Oscraps

Any Oscraps collab is free with your purchase of $15 and if you join the special challenge you could win a gift card! Oh, and we also have a storewide sale of 40% through Monday.

I’ll let you go shopping now, enjoy!

Anja

Liz Caranci from the creative team used ‘A Walk In The Forest’ Junk Journal Kit to create this beautiful folio style junk journal / ephemera holder. It has many tuck spots, pockets and hidden spots to hold ephemera. Watch the video below or go to her Youtube channel.

Liz also used my Vintage Trees Cards and some of the Autumn Breeze Printables. Here are the links (just click on the name of the product)!

A Walk In The Forest Junk Journal Kit

CU Vintage Findings No8 - Trees In France

Autumn Breeze Envelopes
Autumn Breeze Bingo Cards
Autumn Breeze Note Cards
Autumn Breeze Tags
Or buy the bundle and save $$$ if you want all 4 packs!

Have a great day,

Anja

Heidi McGregor and Sheila May have each made a junk journal using my ‘A Tale Of Knights And Ladies’ Junk Journal Kit. Both journals are so different. While Sheila stayed more with the original pages, Heidi went with a Camelot themed journal and used A LOT of fabric, lace and various ephemera.

Heidi’s ‘Camelot’ themed journal

Here are some pictures:

Sheila’s medieval themed journal with wooden covers, a mica window and Ethiopian stitch binding

Here are some pictures from Sheila’s album:

Link to the kit (click on the title to go to my shop)

A Tale Of Knights And Ladies Junk Journal Kit

Related Items

‘A Tale Of Knights And Ladies’ was created with papers and embellishments from the ‘A Song Of Kings And Queens’ digital scrapbooking collection (along with some other things). Here are the links to purchase this huge collection:

A Song Of Kings And Queens Bundle (for digital scrapbookers)

A Song Of Kings And Queens Kit (for digital scrapbookers)

All papers and embellishments are separately available.

A Song Of Kings And Queens Printable Kit (for hybrid scrappers and paper crafters)

I hope you are feeling inspired by the videos!

Have a great day,

Anja

We are having another hot summer week here in Belgium, but with August almost over, I’m longing for autumn to arrive! Autumn is definitely the coziest time of year, with cool, crisp morning breezes and warm sunny afternoons. ‘Autumn Breeze’ was created with muted shades of apricot, periwinkle, rosewood, aubergine, peanut, cloud and ash grey, beautiful papers along with an array of embellishments such as handdrawn leaves, paint, vintage ephemera and some labels with the cutest fox you’ve ever seen and you can now purchase a printable version of it!

This printable version of the ‘Autumn Breeze’ digital scrapbooking collection includes:
- 9 solid papers 8.5 x 11 in (9 JPG files);
- 9 patterned and artsy papers 8.5 x 11 in (9 JPG files);
- 9 sheets with embellishments 8.5 x 11 in (9 JPG files).
Perfect for hybrid scrappers, paper crafters and junk journalers, with printable letter size papers and embellishment sheets. No Photoshop or any other graphic software needed. The embellishments were made up as ‘stickers’ with a white edging and a thin dark gray line, to easily cut around flowers, foliage, illustrations, stamps and more. All files are 300 DPI.

Autumn Breeze Printable Collection is 50% off through August 30 (along with everything else in my Etsy shop!).

Find the digital scrapbooking collection here:

Have a great day,

Anja

I found these gorgeous antique tree cards on a flea market. They seem to be part of an educational game, with images of woodland trees and more details on the back. These would be so perfect for your botanical junk journals, or to create embellishments and papers in scrapbook kits that you sell. Each card comes as a separate PNG file, but I’ve also included printable sheets for your hybrid projects.

Buy these in my Etsy shop at 50% off (thru August 30).

And I have this coordinating freebie for you! Simply click on the image below to download:

Have a great day,

Anja

After creating A Song Of Kings And Queens (inspired by Game Of Thrones and medieval times) and after creating A Tale Of Knights And Ladies, I have really come to love the medieval feel. Even more so because of our latest trip to France. We went to Normandy and we visited Le Mont-Saint-Michel, the second most visited place in France. It’s a small island in the ocean, accessible from the main land through a bridge and it has a small town and an amazing old monument that was once a church, then an abbey and later even a prison. There is only one narrow alley in the small village that leads up to the abbey, and it reminded me of Diagon Alley from Harry Potter. Let me show you some pictures:

The museum shop had so many gorgeous gifts and gadgets and many of those were medieval themed. We ended up buying a beautiful compass in a cute leather box. Everything was rather expensive…

Le Mont-Saint-Michel is not the only place we visited, we also went to Omaha Beach and the American Cemetery in Colleville-sur-Mer, and we saw the famous Bayeux tapestry. The tapestry is 70 m long and depicts the Norman conquest of England by William, duke of Normandy, and Harold, Earl of Wessex, later King of England, and culminating in the Battle of Hastings. The Bayeux museum shop was just as tempting! Embroidered cushions, medieval themed toys, gargoyle keyhangers, renaissance journals… I left with an embroidered purse that depicts one of the scenes from the tapestry, but I could have bought the entire shop.

What’s so funny is that we have seen the TV show ‘Vikings’ and in that story, Rollo is one of the main characters. Rollo is the brother of Ragnar Lothbrok and Rollo married a French princess and that was in Normandy where later he became king. ‘King Rollo’ was mentioned in the audio guide that told us the story of the tapestry, and William, duke of Normandy, was related to King Rollo. So you see, watching ‘Vikings’ is good for your knowledge of history LOL.

Have a great day,

Anja