Hello everyone I have a fun little project here for you of how I decorate the month overview page in my Happy Planner. I feel like with the Happy Planner I have finally found planner peace, and it's disc bound. I love how easy it is to add things to it and how quick it is to expand the ring size (for a crazy period I had Dec 2015 - Dec 2017 in one planner)! But my favourite thing is the month overview pages, where I can record birthdays, important dates and a snapshot of what is happening in my life overall!

The only thing is I find them a bit boring at times and not always the look I want. Especially in September as it is my Birthday Month! Also it's a bit Pink for me, so I pulled out my Tombow water soluble crayons and painted over the currently section in blues and greens to match the gemstone papers I'm going to use.

After that was done I ran some of the glitter washi from the add on kit along the left side edge for some pzazz. Not the washi was a bit wider than I wanted so I just trimmed it roughly down the middle with my paper trimmer. The top calendar section I find redundant and the dark blue was a bit much so I covered it up with a strip of the large white gem outline paper which I just loooooooove!

One thing I knew was that the sticky notes from the September kit would look GORGEOUS in place of the standard birthday box and Important dates lines. The sticky notes were about half an inch too wide so I carefully trimmed off a quarter of an inch from both sides and the required amount from the bottom each of which were different. Using my favourite Tombow mono permanent tape runner I secured both stickey notes in place. 

Next to tidy it up some I used the other piece of glitter washi to separate the two halves and ground those sticky notes. Doesn't it just sparkle so heavenly! Finally my absolute favourite gem washi along the bottom to hide the American holidays that don't apply to me. I love how simple and stunning this washi is. 

Now I just need a few final touches to finish the look off, like holographic stickers. Creative Team member Jennifer got me the Me And My Big Ideas, Holographic sticker sheet for my birthday and I love it so two quote stickers were the first things to go down and then from there I use these tiny Holographic stars in the top left corner of each section .

It didn't really feel finished and then I remembered the glitter enamel stars from April kit! Something was bothering me about the top left of the page and in general the left side of the banner. It needed something. Out cam my 2 inch circle punch and the blue on blue gem pattern paper, ct that sucker in half an BAM on she went. I'm not sure why that was needed but it was. 

All I need to do now is fill it out! I was easily able to do the birthdays and important dates. When it cam to the Currently section, there were a few things I knew I could put down easily but the rest will have to be filled out as the month happens. If you are a Happy Planner do you decorate these pages? If so I would love to see how feel free to tag me @brooklynne_michelle or @popfizzpaper ! 

Hello everyone!  It’s Jennifer here, and I wanted to share with you some of the ways I like to use sticky notes in my planner.  Of course, sticky notes are great for pre-planning your activities in your planner until you’re ready to decorate.  Did you know that they’re also really great décor elements?  This week, I’ll be using the September Popfizzpaper kit to decorate both my Happy Planner and my personal planner.  The personal planner inserts I use are the Sew Much Crafting vertical week on 2 pages.  Grab your tape runner or glue stick and let’s get started!

First, I will walk you through the sticky notes I used for the week in my Happy Planner.  Did you know that the width of the sticky notes included with the Popfizzpaper kits are almost exactly the same size as the width of two Happy Planner boxes?  Here, I used two sheets of sticky notes to cover up the part of the Saturday and Sunday boxes. 

Two sheets placed next to each other like this cover up about two and a quarter full boxes for each day.  This gives the effect of having double box stickers on your weekend!  Don’t you just love the gems and the blue watercolor background? 

This week, I layered my usual washi strip weekend banner and the kit weekend banner over the sticky notes.  This gives your planner a very polished look.  I also trimmed down a sticky note to cover up the monthly calendar in the top left of the spread.

These sticky notes will look great in personal planner spreads too!  First, I got my super sharp craft scissors and fussy cut the gem banner out of one sheet to use as a weekend banner!  Isn’t that adorable?!  I was able to get a couple of blue watercolor half boxes out of that same sheet too.  I also made a couple of full boxes: one with the gems at the top, and one with the gems at the side.  The one with the gems at the side will look so cute paired with some of the weekly kit dot stickers to make a checklist! 

Popfizzpaper sticky notes pair perfectly with the monthly box kit weekly sticker sets!  I’m so excited that they’re a permanent addition to the monthly boxes now!  What is your favorite way to use sticky notes in your planner?  I’d love to see!  Please tag me on Instagram @paprikaplans or post in our Popfizzpaper Fans Facebook group!

Hello, everyone!  It’s Jennifer here with a fun way to spice up your weekends in your planner!  Sure, weekend banners are awesome... but weekend banners with washi sticker flags are even better!  Let’s get started!  The newly reformatted Popfizzpaper weekly kits now come with washi sticker strips!  Each weekly set has three different designs of washi strips, and each design has two different sizes of washi strips: three quarter box sized strips and four narrower header sized strips.  We’re going to use these stickers to make a banner!

This design uses all three patterns of washi stickers: three quarter box sized strips of design A; two quarter box sized strips of design B; and 4 header sized strips of design C.  So go ahead and decide which design you’d like to use for A, B, and C. 

Starting with your A strips, slightly bend one end of the strips so the corners touch, and make a diagonal cut with your scissors down towards the end of the strips as illustrated in the photo.  This will give you a cute “v” shaped flag when you open the sticker back up.  Trim the strip for length, if you’d like, then place one A strip at each end where you’d like your weekend banner to go.  Add your last A strip in the middle.

Cut your pattern B strips into flags as well, trim the length as you wish, and lay the B strips down between the A strips.  One thing to note, you don’t have to worry about having the tops of the banners all even because we’re going to cover the tops with the actual weekend banner sticker at the end!  You should have a small gap in between each strip.  Cut your 4 design C strips into flags as well and use them to cover the small gaps between your wider strips.  You should end up with the pattern A C B C A C B C A.  Finally, place the actual weekend banner sticker from your kit over the tops of your washi flags.

How adorable is that, you guys?!  I used the Rio kit for this project, but all of the newly redesigned Popfizzpaper weekly kits have washi strips too!  Do you have a favorite way to use the new washi strip stickers?  I’d love to see!  Please share it on the Popfizzpaper Fans Facebook group!

Hey all you crafty gals, how are you all doing? Today I have a great and quick craft to add some storage to your planner. I walk you through happy planner version here but you can easily make it for your Erin Condren or binder.

Items needed:

• 1 sheet of paper (works best with double sided paper)
• Paper punch
• Tape runner
• Additional Embellishments.

If you are doing this for a happy planner then you need to fold the paper in half (short sides together) and very carefully punch the paper before folding the pockets up. 

Once you have folded the paper in half you want to  open in back up and fold up the bottom edge of paper about two inches from the bottom this will create the second and third pocket. all you have to do is fold it back in half with the "pockets" facing outward. Using Tombow's tape runner I sealed the bottom of the pock making the big fold creating a large main pocket.

Next we get to decorate! Now I wanted to use the gorgeous camera washi that came in the in the August Add - On Kit, the problem though was that it's a bit transparent so I used my patented cheapo trick! I laid down a foundation plain masking to help well mask the background from overwhelming the washi.

At the last minute I decided to punch an half a circle in the front half of the main folder pocket for a little interest. All I have left now is the final decorations for the a of visual interest and because I can't leave anything alone! 

I added a few cute phrases from the summer phrases kit that came also in the August add on. To top the look off I added a cute camera border that I zipped off on my Silhouette to tie in the camera theme and then some orange enamel dot and that's all she wrote. I hope this tutorial was useful and I'd love to see your projects. 

Hello!  It’s Jennifer again!  I’m back to show all you white-space planners a quick and easy way to adapt checklist stickers to your Happy Planner!  Let’s plan!  This week I’m using the re-release of the Chasing Rainbows kit for the Happy Planner.

Of course all PopFizzPaper kits all come with full box heart checklists in either Erin Condren or Happy Planner size.  I’m more of a white space planner, and I prefer using the old-fashioned checklist stickers that are also included in the kits.  However, if you’re using a Happy Planner, you’re left with a rather unattractive gap at the bottom of the box because the checklists are sized for Erin Condren planners.

With this simple technique, you can eliminate the gap and give your planner a nice, pulled-together look at the same time.  First, I lay down the top row of headers.  Immediately under that top row of headers, I put down a strip of coordinating washi.  Don’t put your checklist sticker down just yet.  Decide what you’re going to do with the “afternoon” headers.  This week, I decided to use the gradient full boxes with rainbow kit.  Of course you can also use a second set of headers. 

Once you have the stickers down covering your second row of headers, go ahead and carefully lay down your checklist stickers in the top row of boxes.  To ensure a perfect fit, I layer the checklist sticker ever so slightly on top of the washi.  The flag shaped bottom of the checklist sticker will layer nicely on top of the stickers on the second row.  All 6 circles for your checklist should line up nicely with the white space area, leaving you with plenty of room for your to dos for the day!

Doesn’t that look much better than the big gap without the washi?  Do you have a favorite way of adapting stickers to your planner?  I’d love to see!  Please tag me on Instagram @paprikaplans or post to our Facebook group!

Let’s talk about How to Color Code your planner! How many of you love colored pens? I know I do! Who doesn’t love pretty colors right? How many of you actually use every color in that pack of 10 or 20 that you purchase at Staples or Target? Not all of us actually do and it’s not because we don’t like the color necessarily it’s because we don’t know what to use that color for. Am I right? Yellow? Color coding isn’t just for planners this system will work for just about anything whether it’s in your planner, making a grocery lists, or used on a wall calendar. Color Coding is a great way to not only be used for personalizing your planner but the influence of colors helps with memory performance which is totally awesome! Let’s jump right into this…

When it comes to color coding your planner, the first thing you’ll need are some pretty colored pens. So grab all those colored pens that’s are either in your pen pouch, in a drawer or in that cute coffee cup that’s sitting on your desk. I pulled out two of my favorites sets of Papermate Inkjoy pens the flairs and gel 0.7 because I'm not sure which one’s I’ll end up using. Then take your planner, bullet journal, notepad or whatever you want to color code. Lastly, grabs those stickers because what goes better with colored pens…. STICKERS! Here is everything that I will be using…  

One common way to color code your planner is to use a different color ink for each category. For example, you can use one color for bills, one for leisure, one for family members, and so on. This is going to allow you to tell quickly at a glance what things you have going on for a particular day. I would recommend using a color key either on the side bar of the week or on a separate sheet of paper with symbols, colors, and stickers of what you plan to use. You want to make sure these will benefit you and your planning style.  This key will help to organize all your thoughts and once you’ve got a system down it’ll make planning much easier especially if you’re new planner or if you’re just looking for a new system. Choose however many color pens you’d like to use; I will be using 9 different colored pens. Example: Bills will be red, events are purple, dog or pets will be teal, cleaning will be green, To Do is light blue, etc. Feel free to also color code by urgency rather than category and for each family member give them each their own color.

Once your listed key is finished place any stickers down whether it’s a full out no white space spread or just a few icons just start sticking away! I am going to be doing a white space layout on a Happy Planner week just so you all can better see the colors and organization. Now just start plugging your weekly tasks and events starting with good ole’ Monday using your color coding key. I used flag checklist stickers and appointment labels for certain tasks. See the photo below for better example and explanation…

I hope this gives you some color coding ideas. We’d love to see your color coding spreads and bonus hugs if it’s being used with a PopFizzPaper planner kit! Just remember to tag @popfizzpaper so we can all see!

I just love everything about the newly formatted weekly kits. They bring me so much delight and excitement when I get a new one!

There was only one thing that stumped me when I was looking through them. The bottom "washi" designed for the Erin Condren is too wide for my Happy planner. I could cut it down but honestly, that seemed too much trouble. I was looking at it then it hit me It would be perfect for the sidebar!

Now if you have a Happy Planner, how I do this is I line the "washi" sticker with to bottom and the right hand edge of the note lines. As you can see this leaves some of the lines showing and bits of the word Notes. If this bothers you well then all you need is a bit of thin washi. 

I chose this smooth glitter effect washi in gold by Amy Tangerine and ran it down both sides. Gold goes so well with this kit in particular... If you don't have a washi thin enough you can always cut some down with a paper trimmer. 

Now there is that seam but it's easy to fix, you can either put decorations over that or, one of your functional stickers like a check list. I use one of the weekly checklist boxes for Mac's menu for the week. Now I have to do the rest of the planning before I can decorate. 

I don't use my side bar for anything most of the time so besides adding a habit tracker down in the bottom for my violin practice, I just decorate it. The cool thing about the decorative hearts in this kit as they can function as two stickers in one.. Here I used the inside to create opaque heart also. I'd love to see how you use the bottom "washi" stickers in your non EC planner!

Hello everyone!  It’s Jennifer here with three super quick and easy, yet super cute ideas for planner clips.  I don’t know about you, but I love planner clips.  The more the merrier!  I used the June kit and the June kit add on to make these. 

Supplies: 

• Paper clips
• Hot glue
• Card stock
• Bow (from kit add on)
• Puffy stickers (from kit add on)
• Washi tape
• Scissors
• Felt (optional)

Let’s start with the simplest clip: the bow.  All you have to do is place some hot glue on the back middle portion of the bow and stick it to your paper clip.  I used a jumbo-sized paper clip for this one.  Make sure you are gluing the bow to the correct end of the paper clip - if you glue to the other end, it won’t work.  If you want to be fancy, you can cover up the hot glue with a small bit of felt, but this part is optional.  Easy peasy, right?

Next there is the heart clip.  This is almost just as quick and easy as the bow clip.  I love making planner clips out of puffy stickers, and these heart ones are so adorable!  Since it is a sticker, I start by adhering the sticker to a piece of card stock, then fussy cutting it out.  Now all you have to do is whip out your hot glue gun and glue that sucker, I mean sticker.. ahem, to another paper clip.  Regular sized paper clips work best for this clip.  You can also cover up the hot glue with a small piece of felt if you’d like.  Personally, I don’t take this extra step since the hot glue dries clear.

Finally, there’s the washi flag clip.  I love washi almost as much as I love planner stickers.  The June kit came with a gorgeous gold polka dot washi, and the add on came with a beautiful black and white geometric print washi.  For your clips, tear off a strip of washi that is about 3.5 to 4 inches long.  Next, cut your washi strip in half lengthwise.  Thread one of your cut washi strips through the end of the paper clip.  I used regular sized paper clips for this project as well.  Carefully fold the washi in half and stick the two sticky sides together.  Try to line the edges up the best you can.  Since washi tape is so forgiving to work with, if the edges don’t line up just right the first time, you can easily peel them apart and try again.  Finally, trim the end of the washi to about 1 to 1.5 inches.  If you want to be fancy about it, you can pinch the ends together aand snip the washi on the diagonal to create a flag shape. 

There you have it!  Three crazy simple but cute planner clips!  Besides the full weekly set of stickers, the monthly Popfizzpaper kits are filled with goodies for your whole planner!  If you weren’t able to get one of the June kits, the July kits go on sale on June 1 at 12pm and 6pm Pacific time!  Show me what you’re doing with your Popfizzpaper goodies!  Tag me on Instagram @Paprikaplans or use #popfizzplannerkit!  I’d love to see what you’re creating!

If you're like me, you probably have some extra, left over full box stickers lying around that you don't know what do with but also don't want to throw away because they're really cute and you spent good money on them, dang it! Or you really want to add fun cards, pictures, etc to your planner but aren't sure how. I have a fun sticker hack to share with you today that solves both problems! 

To get started, you will need the following supplies:

First, you will need to choose what you want to add to your planner and your full box sticker. I used a Project Life card and chose a full box sticker sized to fit the Happy Planner because that is the first planner I'm working with (I will give you tips for the Erin Condren and a ring bound in a minute). 

Place a little bit of the long edge of the sticker down on the side of your card where you want it to clip into the rings. Flip the card over, and fold the sticker in half down on itself and a little bit onto the other side of the card. You want just the edges of the sticker to be on the card, with plenty of overhang in the form of a "tab".

Line up your ruler about halfway between the edge of the card and the edge of the tab, with the top of the tab at 0" and the bottom of the tab at 2.5" (the full length of the Happy Planner full box sticker). Make a mark at .75" and 1.75" with your pen.

Punch out where you marked on the tab using your hole punch. Then take your scissors and snip from the outside edge of the tab into the holes. Make sure to cut enough so as to leave a little gap (like the picture).

Gently center the gaps in your tab over the rings of your Happy Planner and gently press down. Now you have a DIY sticker coil clip! You can attach all sorts of things to your planner, from dashboards, journal cards, ticket stubs, invitations, photos, anything! And all with a simple sticker you probably have anyway. This is a great use for leftover full box stickers without letting them go to waste and a super cute way to personalize your planner. I mean, you could even match them to your spreads! 

You can also do this for ring bound planners in exactly the same way, except you can use a dashboard or insert page as a guide to align your punch holes on the tab. Punch, then insert in your planner, like below!

This same DIY also works great for the Erin Condren coil bound planner with a few tweaks. Use the clip-in part of the ruler that came with your planner to mark where your holes need to go, then punch with a 1/8" hole punch. You will need to snip off the excess sticker at the top and bottom of your tab at an angle so the tab will move freely in your coils. And that's it! 

To see a live walk-through of this DIY for all planners mentioned in this post, check out the video I made below.