27 of the BEST Junk Journal Tips and Tricks 

Some great tips but I would like to offer one. People who do junk journals might not stamp a lot and therefore don't know. Please don't rub your stamp across the ink pad. This causes ink to build up on the side of the design wall as it is scraped across. This can result in a blurred image. Instead, tap the stamp up and down on the pad, building a layer of ink, putting the ink on the top surface of the design, not the wall. This is especially important when you have a detailed design or a solid image. Press straight down on paper and press all around, don't rock the stamp. I hope this helps for those of you who wonder why your stamped images come out blurry.

The clusters on a 12x12 piece of paper is absolutely brilliant.

The best video on tips I have seen. Plus, it is appreciated that there was not a long preamble before hand. Right to the point. -

Loved the tip about gluing scraps into an old book !!! Genius!

Oh My Goodness……… Never in any tutorial I have watched have I seen sooooooooo many great AND usable tips and ideas. This is one tutorial I will revisit over and over again……… Appreciate that you have shared and so happy 🤗🤗🤗 to be a new subscriber to your channel 😊

I love all your tips, especially stamping on pattern paper and storing in a book. What a great way to stamp a ton of images and have them at the ready!

I like having all these tips in one video, even though I've seen them all in multiple places, it's nice to have them here for a quick review in one video. Thank you.

Awesome! I especially dig the sanding block on paper edges trick!❤

No wonder this video has over 18k views, you can definitely tell you put a lot of work into making this video. So many helpful tips and tricks thank you so much for taking the time to put this together.

using an old book to ‘store’ stamped images as well as collages are great ways not to lose sight of pieces for later projects. by the way, the hand cream tip is perfect for a messy person like me!

Ok the striped paper fences are just genius! There were quite a few I hadn't seen before but those fences were sooooo simple and quick!!! 😘😘😘

Great tips for anyone!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Also, you can spay gillter paints onto newspaper, with or with out a cheescloth or whatever stencil, and then rip the paper in pieces for later use.

Great ideas!! I’ve never thought of the cardboard as a background stamp or the crayon and coin. You’ve saved me from buying the wax seals stamp set🥰🥰

This absolutely the best junk journal I’ve seen especially being new to the scene. I learned more from you in this one video versus the countless others I’ve watched. I’m hooked on your channel now and looking forward to binge watching your videos. Thank you so very much for your time, patience and excellent explanation 😊

My favorites Corrugated cardboard for lines Decorative Paper book focal point 12x12 quick clusters Striped paper picket fence Postit to hold small pieces to punch Book to glue on to later use Lace extensions to spine Sewing pattern paper to stamp on save in book Thanks for the reminders and sharing

This was an awesome video with great tips. Also love that there is not extra wordiness that is not necessary. Thank you so much!

This has to be hands down the most effective compilation of tips for junk journal making. You have given me loads of new ideas and inspiration. Thanks a lot!🌿🥀🌿

Great tips. I particularly loved the 12 x 12 page clusters, flip glue pages, stamping on pattern paper(brilliant) and glueing them into a book page. Thank you so much. I subscribed and I’m off to watch more ❤️♥️

Wow.....alot of great ideas!!!! Thanks for sharing.

Well Lord luvs ducks, a lefty doin fussy cutting........ great video Thanks 4 sharing....

I have been junk journaling for ten years and definitely learned some new ideas here, thanks!!!! (Specifically: Faux stitches, crayon/coin wax seals, twelve quick clusters, post it note punch hack, curved book spine out of paper towel roll)

These tips are brilliant!! I'm going to use several of them in my next mixed media art journaling pages. Thank you so much for sharing.

oh, head slap, I love the idea of gluing scraps into an old book to have ready to tear out collage pages, they can be color coordinated. Great tip. thank you just saw the punch and post-it note tip, that's another good one

Flexible fabric spine is brilliant and new to me. Thank you!

I love the stamped images and the scraps on book page ideas. So many useful ideas and tips, thanks for sharing.

I loved the scrap book! If you would take the time to put those scraps in your scrap book as you were working on a project not only would you have a reminder of the project but you would have a lot of coordinating elements and perhaps you could even tear the page and use it in your project

I really enjoyed this video & you had some great tips especially for us beginners. I also really appreciated that you were brief & to the point, not a big long rambling intro, & you were prepared. You obviously put a lot of time & thought into your videos & I have subscribed so I can enjoy more of your ideas as I get into this craft! Thanks so much for sharing!

I am new to junk journaling, great tips! I will want to watch it again so I pinned it. Thank you for sharing👍

These are wonderful tips. Super helpful to have them all in one place. Can’t thank you enough!

Love these tips, especially the corigated cardboard for lines, brilliant! Cool hand lotion tip and 12x12 mass cluster tip! I know this video required tons of editing so thanks for all the tips!

I have been junk journaling for years and I didn't know many of these great ideas. Thank you so much.

Number 23 and 24 is certainly something I will do 👍👍

I LOVE that last idea. And I'd be careful with the hand lotion one because you don't want to leave prints of your own digits on your projects, but on the other hand.... that might add a cool touch to what you are making. 😊✌

Thank you for putting so much time and work into this video! Awesome, brilliant ideas and tips 🤗

Amazing ideas and timed great, hate long videos with nonsense. Definitely will be making one 💌

I love your style, your hints are useful and easy. Informative without too much preamble.

Kelly, I love your tips! My favorites were putting on hand lotion before crafting, using pattern paper to stamp images, making a stamped images book later use, and gluing paper scraps into a book for later use. I would like to see more of the suggestion to expand a spine with fabric. I cannot visualize the finished journal. I think I will search for a video on this technique. It is an intriguing idea. Thanks for the tips! Esther

I'm just starting with JJ. Your tip about mass making tags or cards on a 12x12 paper and then cutting them out... I can't even express how much I love that idea. Thank you.

Just so great to have these together! Thank you!

I love these! Some I knew but always like reminders. Some I never thought of and they are great. Thanks bunches for putting this together.

TFS Kelly- I learned several new things & love that it is so short! However I couldn’t figure out what to do to make the expanding spine, and I would really like to see how it is done! I like the idea of the curved spine- do you simply cut down the center and use the entire tube?

There were many tips I didn't know about. I know I am two years late in seeing this, but thank you!

Thanks for the amazing tips you made my junk turtle look amazing just from your tips can't wait to see more

I loved the tip about gluing your small scripts in a book. So perfect!

I love your ideas and I use most of them! I especially like the adding of scraps to a book and using the corrugated card board for making lines! Tyfs!

Some great tips, Kelly. I saw many I had not heard of yet. Thanks.

I love the idea of a book of ephemera. Perfect!

Wow! This was awesome! Especially the stamps on tissue.

Great video!!! All the tips in one place, finally lol. I have a tip that I can't remember where I saw, but have never seen since. And can't believe that bcuz it's genius. If you stamp regular tissue paper (with archival ink), tear it out and Mod Podge it to your page, the tissue paper will disappear upon drying and all that's left is the image. It'll make you look like a maestro!!! This also works if you draw the image yourself as long as you use waterproof pens like Sakura Microns.

Really good! I also appreciate no intro and no background music.

Fantastic Tips! Thank you so much! My favorite is the stamping book you made at the end! Thank you!

Muchas gracias por compartir todos tus trucos y creatividad con todos. Eres muy generosa.😊

Great ideas and love that they are all in one place! You'r so smart!!...thx Kelly

Well done video! Especially great for those new to junk journaling! Love the tip about stamping on sewing tissue paper.

Thx so much for these wonderful tips! As a beginner I love they are a great help! 💕👌

I love the paper scrap old book idea TFS!

I love the stamped image book and scrap book what a great Ideas. Thank you for sharing.

This video is so helpful ! Love the old book into glue book to make tags and embellishments!

Great tips. Loved the storing scraps and stamps...FaNTaSTiC!

Very clear, short and sweet.

These were great, and quick. Just went right down the list. I appreciated that. Thank you, thank you! Good job. 🌹🤗💕✌️

Thanks ! Loved the corrugated cardboard lines and tissue stamping.

That was awesome! I just subscribed can’t wait to see more!

I've learnt new things from the 1st point all the way to the last point, seriously, thank you!

These are some fabulous tips! Thanks for the great suggestions!

Great video! I learned a few new things. I greatly appreciate you keeping this video short and to the point, no continuous talking about irrelevant things. I just subscribed.

Especially love the last tip n the scoring tip

What a generous thing to do. These are all great tips. xx

Hi from Rhodes Greece. I have just found your channel 😁. I've been junk journaling for 9 years. Some of these tricks I have forgotten and some are new. Thank you for sharing ,very nice video. Hugs and kisses from Greece

Great tips! Love the one about glueing scraps into a book for collage tags 💗👏👏

My mind has been blown on so many of these!!!

So many helpful tips and ideas - the best one yet! Thank you for sharing. 😊

This is an awesome video! Love that you shared your tips and tricks, especially for me as a beginner. Hope you can share more videos!! Thank you

That was a terrific video, especially the last one showing the stamp book. Thank you!

That was positively BRILLIANT. Thank you so much for sharing these tips.

I am SO happy i found this! Such great ideas and i love how quickly you move through each tip, really easy to follow! Thank you!

I have been junk journaling since 2017 and I learned a few great tips from this- thank you!

Love the faux stitching suggestion. Thank you 🙋‍♀️

Wowy !!!!! Making lines with corrugated card board was awesome !!!! 👌

I already knew a lot of these, but you had some great ideas that are new to me! Thanks for sharing!

I enjoyed your tips! Great info and video! Thanks for taking the time to show us all these tricks

Good morning! I just came across your channel and love these tips! A lot of them are GENIUS! Thank you for sharing! Have a great day😊

I love all the amazing junk journals ideas thanks 4 sharing

Brilliant! Thank you so much for these tips!🌼🌞💛

The best video ever! This is the first Video i see (and i see a lot) thats give tips and tricks over creating a junk journal . Thank you so much!! Knuff x

Thanks for the great ideas. 👍 my first time seeing your tutorial. I really enjoyed and learned a lot. Adrienne

I agree this is the best video! Precise and to the point. Some of these tips I’ve used but many are new to me. So many brilliant tips! Thank you so much! I actually have one of those big metal clips. I’m going to share with my teen daughter who is getting into junk journaling…Yay!

Brilliant thank you! I'm just getting started and your tips will save me tons of time!

Thank you so much for sharing!!!! Such great tips!

Thank you for the great tips! Love them all!❤

This was perfect for me, a true beginner. I cant wait to get started! Thanks for the inspo❤

Thank you so much for this! I am just getting interested in junk journaling, and have been watching many tutorials. I'm so grateful that you video gave me tips and tricks that it seems not many others have thought of to say. I've subscribed!

The Book O’scraps was new to me and I think I might like to try it! Thanks! Always learning.

Newbie to junk journaling.. I definitely appreciate these tips very smart ideas thank you so much for sharing!!

Glad I came across this video. Some super helpful tips! 😁

So many amazing creative ideas! I love the scraps book idea as well as the stamping one. Using pattern paper is a great Idea for transparent stamps. I bet it works great with matte medium. The cardboard lines is something I'm going to use a lot I think.

Oh wow what a lot of great tips. The best one for me was the last one, and I'm going to take inspiration from that amazing idea! Thank you

Pretty much knew these, except the hand lotion tip, but reminders are important, so TFS. Congrats on reaching 1.1k subscribers, Kelly! 💕💕

WoW thank you ever so much for these wonderful tips! So I subbed, liked, alarmed and now commented because of this and to see what else you have to teach. 😃

Loved it. I have been journaling for quite a while. However, I received lots of tips that I will use going forward. Thanks!