44 Green Scrapbook Backgrounds to Print, Sage to Forest
Green is the colour of gardens, camping trips and quiet pages. It also gives photos a neutral frame: it does not fight with skin, sky or flowers, and it comes in so many tones that one hue can carry a whole album.
Below are three sets of green scrapbook paper, 44 sheets in all, and a forest junk journal kit to decorate the page. Each one says what is on the sheets and which pages it suits.
Quick answer: for a green scrapbook background, pick a pale sage sheet for the page, a deeper green for the mat and one patterned sheet for an edge. The three sets below give you all three tones in one hue.
Three green papers, and a kit to go with them
1. Sage and cream with daisies
Twenty papers in sage green and cream: daisies large and small, wildflower sprigs and a family of watercolor stripes to pair with them. Everything is one green, which is the point: daisies on sage for the main sheet, a quieter sprig for the second layer and a stripe for the edge, and the page holds together without any colour matching.
2. Green gingham in three scales
Twelve green gingham papers: large checks, small checks and diagonal checks, each from dark green through sage to a pale tint. Use a dark check for the base, a pale one for the mat and a diagonal one for the accent, all in the same green.
3. Vintage green: script, damask and old postmarks
Twelve vintage papers in shades of green, from pale sage to deep forest: handwritten script, damask, faded roses, old postmarks and a small bird on a branch. The light sheets work as writing pages; the dark ones are strong enough for a cover or a title block.
4. A forest kit to dress the page
The paper is the background; the kit is what goes on top. The forest set has 12 printable pages of tags, cards, labels, pockets and envelopes with misty trees, deer, birds, ferns and mushrooms in moss green and warm brown, so it matches all three papers above.
Three green pages to try
- A walk in the woods. Vintage green paper as the page, a forest tag with a few written lines on the right, and one photo on a dark green mat.
- A garden day. Sage daisies for the page, a green gingham strip along the bottom, and the date on a small label.
- A camping weekend. Dark green check for the page, a pale check for the mat behind the photo and a forest tag for the caption.
Which green for which job
- Pale sage for pages with a lot of writing.
- Mid green for the page itself behind one big photo.
- Deep forest for covers, title blocks and mats, where you want the photo to stand out.
- Patterned green (daisies, damask, check) for one strip or one edge, not for a whole spread.
Printing notes
- The papers are 12 × 12 inches. On a Letter or A4 printer use “Fit to page” for a sheet of about 8 × 8 inches, or 100% for a piece of the pattern at full scale.
- Dark greens use much ink; print them on a plain-paper setting and let them dry before gluing.
- The kit pages are Letter size and print without scaling.
- Print one test sheet before the whole set.
Questions about green scrapbook backgrounds
Which green looks best with photos?
A mid or pale sage green. Very bright greens compete with the photo, and very dark ones need a pale mat.
Can I mix different green sets on one page?
Yes, if the tones are close. Put the patterned sheet in a small area and keep the page itself plain.
Do I need the kit as well as the paper?
No. The kit is an extra: tags, labels and pockets for the details, which you can also write on a plain strip of paper.
More printables
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