The Collage Muse: Ephemera & Collage Pages for Junk Journals, Scrapbooking, Card Making & Creative Paper Crafts
There’s something irresistible about a beautiful piece of paper that already feels as though it has a story.
The Collage Muse is built around that feeling.
Follow the Muse from a paint-stained artist’s studio to old hotel corridors, through rain-washed gardens and into candlelit evenings under a dark blue sky. Along the way, her world breaks apart into things you can actually use: full-page collage papers and illustrations, plus tags, labels, journal cards, tickets, pockets, washi strips and other cut-apart ephemera.
Four moods, one story:
ATELIER — charcoal, sketchbooks, paint marks, roses and the beautiful mess of an artist’s studio
VOYAGE — old hotels, room keys, luggage labels, tickets, letters, travel keepsakes and the romance of going somewhere
GARDEN — hydrangeas, wisteria, roses, fountains, rain and soft botanical colour
NOCTURNE — moonlit terraces, figs, candlelight, olive branches, midnight blue and antique gold
Inside, full-size collage papers sit alongside practical cut-apart pages, so you can move easily between building backgrounds, creating focal pages and adding smaller details to a journal. Some sheets are designed to be used whole; others can be cut into pieces for pockets, tuck spots, layered clusters, writing spaces and embellishments.
The book is printed single-sided, so every design can be cut, torn or used whole without sacrificing another artwork on the reverse.
Some pages are richly illustrated. Others are deliberately quiet, giving you space to write, layer, tear, fold or build upon. The pieces are designed to work together, but they are just as lovely mixed across sections.
Perfect for junk journals, art journals, collage, altered books, scrapbooking, handmade cards, pockets, tuck spots, tags and mixed-media projects.
And because the collection follows one recurring Muse, it feels less like a stack of unrelated papers and more like a little world you can keep returning to.
Cut out the pieces that catch your eye. Save the ones that feel too beautiful to use just yet. Mix them, layer them, write over them, or let one small fragment become the beginning of something completely your own.
The Collage Muse is for anyone who loves paper with atmosphere, detail and a little mystery — and who knows that sometimes the best part of making something is simply choosing the next beautiful piece.
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