Surrealism meets blooming elegance in this special collection of free printable floral images—designed for artists, crafters, and journalers who love to work with imaginative and expressive themes. These aren’t your everyday flower illustrations. Each one plays with form, texture, and unexpected pairings that breathe life into your junk journaling, scrapbooking, or mixed-media canvas.
The colors range from earthy neutrals to bold jewel tones, and the elements include a dreamy mix of vintage petals, painterly effects, abstract backgrounds, and whimsical flourishes. Perfect for your next junk journal spread or art project, these surreal floral designs are curated to help you tell a story through texture, symbolism, and visual intrigue.
Ready for more inspiration? The second volume of this collection offers an equally stunning mix of images to complete your creative journey—check it out and expand your stash.
Skip the ordinary. Scroll through and explore each image, then grab the full set in one go at the end of the post.
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10 Free Floral Images for Junk Journal
Below you’ll find all 10 images from this surreal-themed floral collection, each unique in mood, texture, and tone. These are great for layering, fussy cutting, or turning into standout journal cards. If you want to download the entire collection at once (including sheet layouts), make sure to check the note after the image list!
Painted Petal Flower on Textured Canvas
This expressive flower features thick, painterly petals layered with color splashes—blues, magentas, oranges—against a rough, abstract wall. Each petal looks like a stroke of an art palette, with a central bloom reminiscent of a paint-dabbed pinwheel.
Why It’s Great for Crafting: Use this image as a whimsical art journal prompt or cut the petals individually for layered collage effects.
Lily Blooming from a Teapot
A delicate pink lily grows from a weathered teapot, set against a dusty aqua backdrop. The pairing of botanical softness with rustic kitchenware gives this image a peaceful, storybook aesthetic.
Why It’s Great for Crafting: It works wonderfully as a journal cover centerpiece or for slow journaling spreads focused on domestic warmth.
Flower with Cat Face
This expressive flower features thick, painterly petals layered with color splashes—blues, magentas, oranges—against a rough, abstract wall. Each petal looks like a stroke of an art palette, with a central bloom reminiscent of a paint-dabbed pinwheel.
Why It’s Great for Crafting: Use this image as a whimsical art journal prompt or cut the petals individually for layered collage effects.
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Cosmic Orange Petal Flower
A radiant red flower emerges straight out of the spine of an open book, like an idea in full bloom. The greenish background complements the deep red petals and printed book text.
Why It’s Great for Crafting: Ideal for readers, writers, or journaling around personal growth, stories, or inner thoughts.
Cosmic Orange Petal Flower
Against a speckled starry blue background, this magical flower features glowing orange petals with white freckles. The stem and stamen sparkle with tiny orbs in surreal color.
Why It’s Great for Crafting: It adds an enchanted, celestial vibe—great for moon-themed pages, spell journals, or mystical storytelling.
Butterfly Flower Hybrid
A surreal twist where butterfly wings merge seamlessly into flower petals. Warm yellow and orange hues meet soft textures in this hybrid design.
Why It’s Great for Crafting: Beautiful as a focal element in mixed-media spreads that blend natural and fantasy themes.
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Steampunk Petal Gears
This flower is made of mechanical parts and worn teal gears, with a vintage engineering blueprint as the background. A perfect blend of organic and industrial.
Why It’s Great for Crafting: Excellent for steampunk spreads or masculine floral compositions with texture and grit.
Flower with Human Legs
A quirky concept piece where flower petals sit on top of a pair of vintage doll-like legs with socks and red shoes. It’s both odd and charmingly humorous.
Why It’s Great for Crafting: Add this to surrealist layouts, dream sequences, or collage pages exploring identity and whimsy.
Mechanical Bloom with Rusted Texture
Another mechanical marvel, this one features pale sepia-toned petals drawn with blueprints and a center that looks like an old industrial gauge.
Why It’s Great for Crafting: Try this on grunge or rust-inspired pages—perfect with dark inky backgrounds and rust textures.
Flower with Petal Lips
A flower bloom features lips as its center, with soft beige petals extending outward. The muted blue sky and grassy field below add calm balance to this surreal centerpiece.
Why It’s Great for Crafting: Works beautifully for romantic, humorous, or expressive journal entries—especially poetry pages.
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Additional Sizes Included as Sheets:
– 10 Single-Image Sheets
– 5 Two-Images Sheets
– 3 Four-Images Sheets
– 2 Eight-Images Sheets
10 Free Surreal Mixed-Media Flower Images Vol-1 – Floral Canvas Book, Printable Sheets for Junk Journals
How to Use These Free Images
Surreal florals are ideal when you want to add a touch of unexpected beauty to your work. Use them in junk journals as expressive focal points or layer them under vellum and textured paper for dreamy effects. Their whimsical appeal pairs beautifully with tea-stained pages, stamps, and lace trims.
If you’re working on scrapbooking or art journals, these prints are excellent for adding soft contrast and layered textures. Try cutting out petals and overlapping them with other mixed-media bits for a collage-style bloom effect.
Don’t forget you can also scale them down for tags, bookmarks, or even print them on sticker paper to make your own surreal floral label set!
More Free Collections to Explore
Ready to add more magic to your creative stash? From whimsical dreamscapes to vintage collages and richly layered journals, our ever-growing archive is full of themed image collections to match any artistic vibe. Each set is thoughtfully designed to inspire and make your journaling truly special.
Browse through the following free image books to discover even more visual treasures for your junk journaling and mixed-media projects:
- 10 Free Surreal Mixed-Media Images for Surrealia Book
- 10 Free Butterfly Images for Butter-Euphoria Book
- 10 Free Vintage Photographs for Vintage Faces Book
- 10 Free Images for Fish Dreams Book – Surreal Fish Images
- 10 Freebies for Birdscapes Book – Surreal Bird Images
Enjoy mixing and matching these collections with your favorite ephemera to bring new stories to life on every page.