Backgrounds · journal packs
Scrapbook Paper
Scrapbook Paper — Backgrounds · journal packs. Designed in-house by the Doraking studio.
33 products
20 Sheets Vintage Background Paper, Traditional Gorgeous Leaves Flowers Decorative Papers, Retro Floral Paper for Journaling Scrapbooking Letter Gift Wrap Decorations
20 Sheets Vintage Background Paper, Traditional Gorgeous Leaves Flowers Decorative Papers, Retro Floral Paper for Journaling Scrapbooking Letter Gift Wrap Decorations
30 Sheets Vintage Background Paper, Traditional Gorgeous Flowers Decorative Letter Papers, Retro Floral Paper for Journaling Scrapbooking Letter Gift Wrap Decorations
26 Sheets Vintage Background Paper and 5pcs Buttons Set, Retro Gorgeous Lace Yarn Snowflake Style Decorative Papers for Journaling Scrapbooking Letter Gift Wrap Decorations
26 Sheets Vintage Background Paper and 6pcs Buttons Set, Retro Gorgeous Lace Yarn Snowflake Style Decorative Papers for Journaling Scrapbooking Letter Gift Wrap Decorations
100 Sheets Grey Vintage Scrapbook Paper, 3.15 x 3.15 Inches
Vintage Patterns, Tearable Paper, Writable Surface
100 Sheets Green Vintage Scrapbook Paper, 3.15 x 3.15 Inches
Vintage Patterns, Tearable Paper, Writable Surface
100 Sheets Pink Vintage Scrapbook Paper, 3.15 x 3.15 Inches
Vintage Patterns, Tearable Paper, Writable Surface
30 Sheets Vintage Floral Paper, Pink Torn-Edge Journaling Paper
Torn Edges, Floral Prints, Light Paper
About this shelf
Scrapbook Paper, in plain terms
This shelf is background and material paper: vintage decorative sheets, themed packs of 38 to 100 pieces, journal material kits and mini envelopes, priced $5.99 to $9.99. It is the foundation layer of a scrapbook page — everything else is laid on top of it.
Short answer: buy background paper for coverage, material packs for mixed ephemera in one theme, and mini envelopes when you want the page to hold something. Packs on this shelf run from 38 sheets up to 100 pieces, at $5.99 to $9.99.
What is on the shelf
- Backgrounds. 100 Sheets Vintage Flower Scrapbook Paper at $6.99 is the workhorse: glossy, rectangular, one floral theme carried across a hundred sheets so a whole album stays coherent.
- Themed packs. 63PCS Moon Embellishment Scrapbook Paper at $7.99 and 94PCS Film Scrapbook Paper at $9.99 are cut pieces rather than full sheets — the fastest way to get variety without buying five different pads.
- Material kits. 38 Sheets Vintage Letter Washi Stickers and Scrapbook Paper at $9.99 mixes paper and pre-cut washi in one theme, aimed at journalers who want one purchase to cover the whole page.
- Envelopes. Vintage Flower Mini Envelope at $5.99 is a set of 40 small envelopes with matching sealing stickers.
How to choose
Decide what the page is for first. A journal spread that will be looked at often wants matte paper, which does not catch light and photograph badly. A page that is mostly decorative can carry gloss and foil. And match the pack size to your pace: 100 sheets is a season of journaling, 38 pre-cut pieces is one ambitious spread.
What we check
Paper is judged by three things here. First, how it takes ink — a sheet that lets a gel pen bleed turns a neat entry into a blot. Second, how it cuts: a craft knife should give a clean edge rather than tearing the fibres. Third, how it behaves in a stack — glossy sheets with the same print can block together in a humid room, which is why we keep themed packs on a single weight instead of mixing them. Where a sheet is destined to be glued, we test it with a glue pen and roll-on tape as well as with wet glue, because wrinkled paper is the single most common reason a scrapbook page gets abandoned halfway through.
Using it well
Cut backgrounds slightly smaller than the page and let the base show at the edges — it frames the layout and hides a wandering trim. Keep one accent palette per spread and let the background carry the texture. And store loose sheets flat, in the pack they came in: paper left standing in a folder creeps into a curl that no amount of pressing fully removes.
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From the studio
What we found testing this range
No customer reviews on this shelf yet. Rather than invent them, these are notes from the people who chose and tested the range.
Matte for journals, gloss for display
Glossy sheets reflect light, which looks rich on a shelf and awkward in a photo of an open journal. If the page will be written on and photographed, matte is the safer buy.
Doraking editorial team
Pre-cut packs save the most time
The Moon and Film packs are already cut to size. Cutting 60 small pieces by hand takes most of an evening — that is the real cost of a full sheet, and the reason pre-cut packs exist.
Doraking editorial team
Test before you commit the layout
Glue a spare scrap of the background down and write on it before building the page. Five minutes here saves redoing a spread that turns out to feather.
Doraking editorial team
Questions
Scrapbook Paper — frequently asked
Still unsure? The item pages carry the full specification, and our studio answers questions through the contact page.