Hello everyone!  It’s Jennifer here, and today I’d like to share two cute holiday gift tags I made with Popfizzpaper stickers and digital papers!  These are quick and easy tags you can make in minutes and they’ll make your gifts look extra special.

 For the sticker tags, I used silver glitter half boxes and added an elf on the shelf sticker.  Doesn’t glitter make everything better?  Popfizzpaper now has silver and gold half box stickers in two different styles: with and without flags.  I’m using the boxes without the flags for this project.  I love using these as gift labels because the glitter makes them really festive, but they’re not so girly that you couldn’t use them on a boy’s present too!

For the paper tags, I used one of the Merry Harry digital papers.  I made the tags double sided, so for the back I simply printed the paper straight on the reverse side of my card stock.  I cut out the tag shapes in Silhouette Studio and it was super easy!

If you don’t have a Silhouette or similar cutting tool, you can easily get this same look by printing the Merry Harry paper on both sides of a piece of cardstock and use a punch from the local craft store to make tags or trace a tag you already have.  Add a square of complementary solid card stock for your text area, and voila!

To finish the tags, I simply threaded some green and white baker’s twine through the hole, and they’re ready to make your gifts sparkle!

How do you like to turn your gift-wrapping game up a notch?  I’d love to see!  Tag me on Instagram @paprikaplans or share your ideas in our Popfizzpaper Fans Facebook group!  Happy Planning!

Hello everyone!  It’s Jennifer here, and today I’d like to share how I used Popfizzpaper stickers in my notes pages of my Erin Condren Life Planner to help me get organized for the Holidays!  Have you seen the 2016 Winter Bucket List Charity sticker sheets?!  They are so adorable and 100% of sales go directly to Toys for Tots!  When I saw these stickers, I knew the larger ones would be perfect for organizing and memory keeping this holiday season! 

In addition to the regular sized bucket list sheet, I also used gold glitter half boxes and wood grain half box checklists from the Nordic Winter kit.  I wanted this notes page to be something that could keep me organized through the holidays and be something I could look back at for memory keeping!  The two types of half boxes were perfect for this!  I used the checklist half boxes for holiday To Dos, and the glitter half boxes for memory keeping.

Once I had the half boxes down on the page, I labeled them with the bucket list stickers!  So cute and festive!  I filled in the checklists with my things to do for the holidays, and I’ll fill in the glitter boxes with our favorite holiday memories!  

How are you using the Winter Bucket List Charity sticker sheets in your planner?  I’d love to see! Tag me on Instagram @paprikaplans or share your ideas in our Popfizzpaper Fans Facebook group!  Happy Planning!

Hello everyone!  It’s Jennifer here, and today I’d like to share how I used Popfizzpaper stickers in my notes pages of my EC to help me get organized for Black Friday/Cyber Monday shopping!  I’ve love good deals, and I don’t mind braving the crowds for Black Friday, but with more and more stores opening on Thanksgiving, it can be overwhelming trying to figure out where you need to be when.  Each year around the beginning of November, I start looking at the Black Friday ads online for my favorite stores.  I start jotting down where I want to go and what I want to buy on a notepad, but my scribbles aren’t very pretty or functional.  That’s where my Popfizzpaper stickers come to the rescue! 

 I used full box stickers and date covers from the Colors of the Wind kit because it matches 2016 EC November colors PERFECTLY!  The Black Friday sticker is from the Fall Bucket List sheet. 

 Looking over my notes, I decided that I wanted to divide the page by date.  The date covers were perfect for this!  Once I had the days divided up, I used full box checklist stickers to show either: a) one store’s shopping list; or b) a list of stores or websites I wanted to be sure to check out.  This is so much easier for me to refer to than my pile of notes! 

In addition to places I wanted to shop, I used other stickers to highlight reminders such as things I need to do before or on Black Friday such as double check sizes, which coupon or cash back apps to check, and things like that.  Now I have all my Black Friday shopping notes in one place AND it’s beautiful and functional!

Do you use functional stickers to stay organized during the holidays?  I’d love to see! Tag me on Instagram @paprikaplans or share your ideas in our Popfizzpaper Fans Facebook group!  Happy Planning!

Hello everyone!  It’s Jennifer again, and today I’m going to share how I store all my leftover kit stickers!  Without good organization, sticker leftovers can get overwhelming.  Either you’ll spend a ton of time looking for the sticker you want, or you’ll forget about them entirely and waste your money.  Popfizzpaper kits have such an awesome selection of stickers that even if you’re a no-white-space planner, you’ll still have leftover stickers!  When I started planning, I used to take the leftover kit stickers and paperclip the kit together and shove the whole kit into a plastic pencil case.  Where they’d sit.  Unused. What a waste of super cute stickers!!  Then one day, when I was at Michaels, I saw plastic greeting card storage box, and this storage system was the result!

First, I went through my kit leftovers and decided what categories I wanted to sort them into.  Then, I made folders! I thought folders would be better suited for this type of sticker storage than simple dividers.  I had seen people using dividers to file their stickers in a photo storage box, but cutting up kit leftovers results in pretty little sticker pieces, and I was afraid they would get lost and unused with dividers.

To make the folders, I simply used a sheet of letter-sized cardstock folded in half.  For the tabs, I used the Popfizzpaper tab stickers.  They’re PERFECT for this project!  I made a tab for all the types of stickers I wanted to file: half boxes, icons, headers, etc. 

Now, all I have to do is cut the sheets apart at the end of the week and file the stickers away in their own little folder!  So now the next time I need a purple habit tracker to pull the whole week together, I know exactly where to look instead of having to go through all my leftovers by kit until I come across the right sticker! 

How do you store your kit leftovers?  I’d love to see!  Tag me on Instagram @paprikaplans or share your ideas in our Popfizzpaper Fans Facebook group!  Happy Planning!

Hello everyone!  It’s Jennifer here with a super quick, super functional personal sized dashboard folder for your planner!  For this project, you will need:

The heavy cardstock contents sheet from your Popfizzpaper kit

• Hole punch
• Ruler
• Scoring tool
• Paper trimmer
• Washi
• Sticky notes
• Deco stickers from Colors of the Wind kit

Let’s get started!  The contents sheet is not quite long enough to be a full sized dashboard turned on its side (landscape), but it is very close and it will accommodate all six punches in a personal sized planner.  Trim the length of the contents sheet to 7.5 inches.  Next, holding the contents sheet with the long edge towards you, measure and score a line 3.75 inches in, and fold carefully along that line.  This will be the outside spine of your folder. 

Unfold the contents sheet and cut a line about half way down the fold.  Next, you will need to decide which side you would like your folder on.  I chose to have my folder on the referse side of the dashboard, so I cut out the upper right quadrant of the paper.

Next, I used the Popfizzpaper kit washi tape to cover up the text on the inside of my folder that would show.  I also used a strip of washi tape at the bottom of the folder and folded the washi to stick to the other side to close the folder.

 I used a quote sticker from the deco sheet from the kit on the folder side and put it in my personal sized planner.  It’s perfect for storing business cards, receipts, coupons... or who am I kidding?  more stickers.

 We’re not done with this dashboard yet!  I mounted the Popfizzpaper kit sticky notes to the other side!  I also decorated it with a quote sticker from the deco sticker sheet.  How cute is that?!

Sticky notes and a pocket! Could a dashboard possibly be any more functional... or adorable?!  This kit is perfect for fall!  If you missed out on this kit, some of the pieces will be available in the shop for a limited time.  What’s your favorite thing you’ve made with the contents sheet in your Popfizzpaper kit? I’d love to see!  Tag me on Instagram @paprikaplans or post it in the Popfizzpaper Fans Facebook group!

Hello everybody!  It’s Jennifer again, and this week I’m going to show you how I made a cute Halloween card with PopFizzPaper stickers!

To make this card, I used: 

• Black cardstock
• Popfizzpaper DY10 - You-color-it Halloween Costume Stickers
• Popfizzpaper WK23 - Halloween Friends Kit (just the deco sheet)
• Photo
• Washi
• Silver Sharpie
• Favorite coloring pencils or markers (I used Tombow Dual-Brush Markers and a clear Zig Wink of Stella glitter pen)

Have you seen these coloring Halloween Costume stickers?  They are too cute!  They are designed to be used either by themselves, or you can dress it up with a photo of your favorite someone!  I already had some photos of my daughter printed on sticker paper, so I went through what I had to find one that looked good with the witch outfit stickers.  Once I decided on the photo, I fussy-cut my daughter’s head and part of her neck. 

Next, I worked on the background of my card.  I wanted the witch stickers to pop, so I added some glitter pumpkin washi from my stash and drew a simple cobweb and spider with a silver sharpie.  I chose my favorite quote from the Halloween Friends deco sheet. 

I found it easier to color my witch costume on the sticker sheet before I applied the sticker to the card.  I used Tombow Dual Brush Markers, but any of your favorite coloring mediums will do fine!  Now it’s time to add my little witch baby!  Here’s what I did to make sure I had the head I cut out earlier placed perfectly.  You’re going to want to layer the costume sticker just slightly over the photo sticker, but at the same time I also wanted to make sure that the costume sticker was layered over part of the washi.  What I did was take the costume sticker of the witch dress and placed the bottom half of it down where I thought it should go, but I did not press the top part of the dress to the paper.  Next, I removed the sticker paper backing on the photo and lined up the top part of the costume where I wanted it, then I finished putting down the stickers.  Then I topped it off with the witch hat!  So cuuuute!

For some finishing touches, I added a bat and a spider from the Halloween Friends deco sheet.  What a cute and easy Halloween card!  PopFizzPaper has some adorably spooky Halloween stickers for your planner and card making!  How are you getting ready for Halloween?  I’d love to see!  Please tag me on Instagram @paprikaplans or post to the PopFizzPaper Fans Facebook group!

Hello all!  It’s Jennifer again, and this week I want to share with y’all how I made this cute makeup brush cup with the October Popfizzpaper kit papers and stickers!  

For this craft, you will need:

• Popfizzpaper kit papers
• Container to decoupage (I upcycled a travel sized chip canister)
• ModPodge (or similar... I hear a 1:1 ratio of Elmer’s glue and water works, but I have not tried this)
• Scissors or paper trimmer
• Popfizzpaper stickers
• Foam brush
• Newspaper to cover your work area (this gets messy!)
• Brayer (optional)

For this craft, I decided to use an empty travel sized chip canister and it’s the perfect size to corral my makeup brushes and other essentials!  I just made sure the canister was clean before I started.  The first step is cutting your paper down to size.  I wrapped the paper around the canister and marked where I needed to cut lightly with a pencil.  I made sure to have a slight overlap wrapping the paper around the canister to ensure complete coverage.  Repeat this process for the length of the paper, but this time you do not want any overlap.

Get your foam brush and apply an even layer of ModPodge to the reverse side of your paper.  Carefully apply the paper to the canister.  Paper tends to get wrinkly when it’s wet, so you can use the brayer to carefully smooth any wrinkles.  Once the paper was glued onto the canister, I added some decorative Popfizzpaper stickers! 

Adding ModPodge over top of the paper and stickers will make the finished makeup cup more durable.  One word of warning though: the color from the Popfizzpaper stickers (or any inkjet printed stickers) will bleed unless you carefully dab the ModPodge over the stickered areas.  If you simply brush the glue over stickers, they WILL bleed.  You also run the risk of the sticker paper tearing if you brush the stickers.  I achieved the best results from dabbing glue over the sticker, then wiping any discoloration that ended up on the foam brush off on some newspaper. 

Once you have applied one layer of ModPodge to your cup, let it dry.  The glue will dry clear.  I applied one more coat of ModPodge after this.  You do not have to be as careful applying the glue during the second coat because the first coat sealed the stickers.  Now you can focus on nice even brush strokes.  Once that dries, go ahead and fill it up with your makeup brushes or pencils!

What do you like to do with your Popfizzpaper kit papers? I’d love to see!  Tag me on Instagram @paprikaplans or post it to our Popfizzpaper Fans Facebook group! 

Hello everyone!  It’s Jennifer here, and today I’d like to share a fun, quick, and easy birthday calendar insert I made for my Happy Planner!  I prefer to use checklist flag stickers instead of the full box checklists on my weekly spreads, so I love finding creative ways to use up my sticker stash!  I had a perpetual calendar from Erin Condren that I used to list important birthdays and anniversaries, but I didn’t like it very much because I didn’t have a ton of birthdays to list.  Every month I had to remember where I put the thing, and most of it looked pretty blank.  So I thought this would be a perfect use for my extra full box checklist stickers!

For this project, I used: 

• Happy Planner sized full box checklist stickers left over from the Rio kit, the Daydreams and Ice Creams kit, and the Harbor Dreams kit. 
• January thru June Monthly Header Stickers (DA20-1)
• July thru December Monthly Header Stickers (DA20-2)
• Cardstock
• Happy Planner Punch
• Washi 

First, I cut down my cardstock to fit my Happy Planner, or approximately 9 ¼ x 7 inches, and punched it with the Happy Planner punch.  Next, I put down my full box stickers, 6 on each side of the page.  I could have gone with colors that matched my cardstock better, but I thought it would be fun to try and pick colored checklists that went along with each month:  icy blue for January; pink for February; shamrock green for March; etc. 

Don’t forget to label your boxes! These monthly header labels are perfect for this project, plus you’ll have plenty left over for other things!  As a finishing touch, I added some confetti and “celebrate” washi from my stash to make things a little more festive. 

Now all you have to do is fill out the calendar!  I was able to transfer all of my important birthdays and anniversaries from my perpetual calendar to my insert, so now I’ll always have the information with me!

What is your favorite unconventional sticker use?  I’d love to see! Tag me on Instagram @paprikaplans or share it on our Popfizzpaper Fans Facebook group! Happy planning, everyone!

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!

Hello!  It’s Jennifer with a fun and easy way to spice up your outgoing happy mail!  Ever since I could remember, I’ve been obsessed with lining envelopes.  I think it was the myriad hours I spent watching Martha Stewart Living as a kid that got me into it.  If you’ve never made an envelope liner before, I’m going to walk you through how I like to make mine. 

• For this project, you’ll need:
• An envelope
• Patterned paper from your favorite Popfizzpaper kit
• Tombow Permanent Adhesive Tape Runner
• Pencil
• Bone folding tool
• Scissors or paper trimmer
• Corner rounder (optional)

This method can be adapted for any type of envelope or even envelopes you make yourself.  I made this yellow envelope because I didn’t have any in my stash that matched the August Popfizzpaper kit, and I wanted to send my mother in law a quick note on one of the journaling cards along with some snapshots of her grandkids. 

I got lucky with my envelope and the angle of the corner of the paper matched the angle of the envelope flap.  I lightly marked with a pencil the width of the envelope, so I knew how wide to trim my liner.  Repeat with a light pencil mark on the bottom of the envelope as well, and cut your liner down to size.  Be sure to trim the liner just a bit narrower than the envelope so you can easily slide it in.

If you are using an envelope with a different shaped flap, start by cutting your paper down to the width of the envelope.  Next stick your paper in the envelope and turn it over.  Trace the flap of the envelope lightly with your pencil onto the patterned paper and cut.  Also trim approximately half an inch off the bottom of your liner.  You may need to trim additional from the bottom after you reinsert the liner into the envelope to make room for the envelope glue. 

Regardless of which of the two methods you used to cut your liner, stick the cut liner back inside your envelope and fold the envelope flap closed.  Use your bone folder tool along the top fold to ensure that you have a nice neat fold on your envelope liner. 

Before taping your liner in the envelope, I like to use a corner rounder on the top of the liner’s flap because I think it looks a little more finished that way. 

Lift the envelope flap back up, leaving your envelope liner folded.  Use your Tombow Permanent Adhesive Tape Runner to place a strip of adhesive along the reverse side of your envelope liner towards the fold and along the outline of the flap.  Fold the envelope flap back down and run your bone folding tool over the envelope flap again.  Lift it back up and voila!  You just made a really cute lined envelope!

Do you have a signature way that you like to finish your outgoing happy mail?  Do you line your envelopes too, or do you something special to the outside?  I want to see!  Please tag me on Instagram @paprikaplans or post to our Popfizzpaper Fans Facebook group!