This Red Animals Junk Journal Kit is unlike anything you’ll find in a typical nature-themed collection. Every piece is built around a striking palette of deep crimson and aged cream, with wildlife illustrations rendered in a loose, sketchy style that feels like something pulled from a 19th-century naturalist’s notebook. Cardinals perch on weathered paper, red squirrels peer out from hexagonal frames, betta fish trail flowing fins across sheet music backgrounds, and lobsters, crabs, butterflies, frogs, and seahorses all appear in that same bold, painterly red tone. It’s cohesive and dramatic without feeling heavy.
The backgrounds are layered with faint handwritten script, botanical diagrams, mathematical notations, and musical scores, all printed in soft graphite tones that let the red animal artwork pop. The overall effect is vintage and textural, somewhere between an old scientific journal and a fine art print. You can use these pages in junk journals, scrapbooks, handmade cards, or mixed media projects, and they’ll bring that same moody, collected aesthetic to whatever you’re making.
What’s Included In This Red Animals Junk Journal Kit
This free kit comes packed with printable elements you can layer, cut, fold, and mix throughout your projects. Here’s exactly what you’ll find inside:
- Pocket and tag pages
- Decorative tags
- Pockets and tuck spots
- Bookmarks
- Stamps and ephemera
- Mini cards
- Folding folios
- Printable envelopes
- Belly bands
- Vertical background pages
- Horizontal background pages
The tags and ephemera pieces are especially good in this kit. You get a nice variety of shapes, including luggage-style tags, round labels, and scallop-edged pieces, each one featuring a different red creature on that warm parchment base. They’re ready to cut and layer straight away.
Download Your Free Red Animals Junk Journal Kit
Getting your pages is simple. Just click on any image in the collection below and you’ll be taken directly to the PDF version of that file. From there, you can save it to your device or print it straight from your browser. No sign-up required.
All files are free for personal use and you can print them as many times as you like. For the best results with this particular kit, try printing your background pages on matte photo paper. The cream and red tones in this collection really come through beautifully on a matte finish, much richer than plain copy paper.
If you’re enjoying animal-themed free printable junk journal kits, there are a few others on the site you might want to grab too. The Bee Junk Journal Kit and the Bugs And Butterflies Junk Journal Kit both have that same nature illustration feel and pair really well with this red animals collection. And if you love the aquatic creatures in this kit, like the betta fish, lobster, and seahorse, the Sea Life Junk Journal Kit and the Frog Junk Journal Kit are both worth a look.
