I'm Sabrina and I'm so excited to show y'all how to create an awesome card for any occasion. No need to spend $3.99 or more on a Hallmark card that just gets stuffed away in a drawer or worst … thrown away. Whomever you are creating this card for is going to love this card so much that it's going to be displayed on their desk or on a fridge because unlike a Hallmark card this card is created by YOU and with so much love! This is such a simple and quick tutorial all you need are a few items which I'm sure y'all have lying around in your craft boxes or in your desks. The best part about creating a card is you can use whatever you want to make it special. Let's get started...

Here are the supplies you'll need:

Cardstock (any color and make sure it’s a little thick)

Patterned Paper (I'm using watercolor lilac flowers from the May PopFizzPaper Planner Kit)

6x6 in decorative paper

Pencil

4 brads (Use a color that will match your card)  

Scissors (I’m using Craftsmart Decorative scissors)

A ruler

Decorative lace or ribbon

Die cut pieces (I’ll be using a mix of My Art C and Heidi Swapp)

Adhesive tape, glue stick and double sided tape

Stickers (I will be using Mambi stickers, Recollections dimensional alphabet stickers, and decorative stickers from the May PopFizzPaper Planner Kit)

Before I even start any project I like to choose a theme and spread everything that I may be using out on the table that way I can see everything I will be working with. Now if you’re like me this is not all that’s going to be used, I will probably be going back and forth inside my craft boxes to find more items to use. Since it’s graduation season the theme of this card is … Graduation! But you can choose any theme you'd like whether it's for a graduation, birthday, wedding, get well, etc.. I am making this card for my cousin who is graduating from High School next month and I want it to be an inspirational card for her.

First step: I'm going to be keeping the size of this cardstock which is about 5.5 in x 8.5 in. I’m going to measure my decorative [lilac] paper to be the exact size because I’m to just glue the lilac print right on top of that thicker cardstock. I’m going to get my smaller 6x6 in decorative paper and measure it at 4 x 5 in size to fit the center of my card. [The “dream big” decorative paper is from Heidi Swapp’s Minc collection.]

Second step: I then used my decorative scissors to cut my dream decorative paper to size however I didn’t like the way the scissors cut the edges it didn’t come out as precise as I wanted it to. But no worries, just grab a piece of lace or ribbon and place that around the edges. I hole punched the four corners, measured 2 strips that were 4 in and 2 strips that were 5 in, laid those along the proper edges and secured the corners down with 4 cute, purple brads. Grab some double sided tape roll a piece and add to all four sides this is going to create a 3 dimensional look for the center of the card.

Third step: This is the fun step that we all wait for … decorating! This step you can get as creative as you want; just be you and have fun. I pulled out some Mambi stickers, Recollections Alphabet stickers, PopFizzPaper May decorative stickers, some die cuts and adhesive tape. I placed everything down on the card first before taping or gluing it down this way I can move pieces around as I please. I’m thinking it looks pretty cute BUT it’s not perfect. Remember when I said in the beginning I’m more in likely going to go back into my craft box … well that’s what I did here. I found some other die cuts pieces that just gave this card a better flow.

Final step: Yep, this was definitely missing something and I think this little blue dollies die cut just completed my entire card! Here it is the final look, I think it came out simply perfect! I didn’t want this to look like a simple folded card I think this flat lay out is perfect for displaying on a cork board, corner of a mirror, in a binder, on the fridge, etc.  

I hope y’all enjoyed this simple DIY and if you create a special card tag me in the comments or photo, I’d love to see your fabulous creations!

Serena Bee is an edgy paper crafter from Montreal, Canada with a passion for bright colors, black and white, and creepy cute imagery. She is an avid YouTuber and has been making crafty videos and DIYs for the past 4 years. She enjoys creating cards, layouts, art journaling and mixed media projects, home décor pieces, and so much more. What sets Serena apart from other crafters is her love for the strange and unusual. She hopes to inspire the crafty community to think outside the box and stay spooky! You can find Serena at You Tube and Instagram.

Today I'm sharing with you my new passion Project Life. Back in the day I used to scrapbook but I found it a bit of a todo for me. and the pages were big and the papers were expensive, and eventually I just stopped. When I first started seeing project life popping up it piqued my interest, but I pushed it aside as something not for me. Sure enough those around me started doing it and well I just fell into it and decided to start (I blame Serena Bee and Diana). Anyway I only do 6 x 8 pages for now which is small and easy for me to manage I'm sure soon enough I'll do a larger size but for now I'm enjoying this size. 

First things I did was gather up my supplies. I know I'm doing a 3 card lay out using one 4 x 6 and two 3 x 4's. I wasn't sure which picture I was going to use but I started with the 4 x 6.

I had this 4 x 6 picture of my dog Mac, and I was looking at that and I thought wouldn't it look great is back was sleeping in the galaxy. So with a little fussy cutting I was able to get him laying there snoozing in the big galaxy land. I outlined him a little in black and then embellished away. I especially like the skinny appointment box as a date box idea. 

The next pocket I kept simple cause it was going to be a shaker pocket of sorts, so just some silver glitter washi, and a wood chip heart. I'm using this glitter that came as a bonus in the April kit. 

The final pocket I wanted to feature some of the stunning star paper so I used it to make a little pocket for a tag. I kept the tag really simple with just "BEST DOG" written out in glitter alphas, I added another wood chip that says "Yep, this" and a few more of the enamel stars that also came with the kit. 

Finally I put everything in the page protector. As I don't have a Fuse tool I just used clear tap along the top to seal the shaker pocket shut. I really love how this page went together and especially love how simple and easy it was to do. Best news is I used only a fraction of the gorgeous galaxy papers so I have plenty more for future spreads. I hope you enjoyed this Project Life spread and I would love to see what you made on your project tag me and popfizzpaper in anything you do.

The March PopfizzPaper Planner Kit was one of my favorite yet. I have not gotten into using journaling cards to journal with, so I tried to come up with an idea for those beautiful cards that Brooklynne and Dani created. Postcards became the answer for me. I started off with grabbing an old fashioned Postcard embossing folder and my 2 favorite cards of the kit. Then I gathered the PopFizzPaper stickers I was going to use to help create these postcards to send to friends. 

I embossed the two cards with the embossing folder and thus created the background for my cards. I used half of the cardstock from the kit ( the actual information card) to add thickness to one of the cards and  hide the writing that was on one side.  This created two bases for my postcards. 

I  used the Washi strips from the kit and the Build Your own Stickers to create a scene on one of the postcards. I also used the Succulent Washi Tape from the March kit for decoration. This created the decorative elements of my postcards. 

I chose the PopFizzPaper Mail Time stickers to add a final detail. I mean, who doesn't want a "PenPal" letter sent to them with these awesome hand-drawn stickers?  That completed my Hand-made postcards from the March Planner Kit from PopFizzPaper. I added stamps and am now ready to send them off with a short note.  I hope this has inspired you to create something simple for a friend using wonderful products. 

Today I am going to share with y'all how I used the journaling cards that came in the March PopFizzPaper planner kit! 

I decided I wanted to journal with these cards. The first thing I did was print out some pictures using my polaroid zip, because I knew I wanted to use pictures as well. 

The first card was pretty easy to start with. It already had all of the prompts written down so I simply just filled them in accordingly.  And on the backside I added a picture of myself. I thought it went along well with the currently things since that is what I currently look like. 

The next card I kept fairly simple. I added a picture of my son and a caption with his name and age. The card itself is so beautiful I didn't want to take away from that by adding a lot. And I left the back of it blank. 

On the next card I journaled a little about my anniversary which was on February 24th. And on the back of the card I added a picture from our wedding day! 

On the next card I journaled about a recent visit to Florida. And I added a picture of my dog and my son. I left the back blank because it is just so pretty! 

And for the very last card I journaled about some goals that I have. I left the back on this one blank as well. 

Next I decided to hole punch my cards and tie them together with some twine. Now it can be a fun little book to look back on those memories! 

And that is my completed project! I love the way it came out and I truly hope it gave you some inspiration. Leave a comment on what you did with your journal cards! I would love to know.

Hello friend, it's Dani! I'm here on the blog today to share with you a flip book I made using the journal cards from the March Planner Kit. Let's see what I created!The kit came with five 4x6 cards so I took 4 of them and created two pockets, one that opened on the left side and one that opened on the top. I then put these pockets together using a strip of the info card and lots of washi to create a little book. I made a flippy bit using some of the info card to create a pocket for the washi tag and attached it with a bit of my favorite washi. For the right side of the book, I made a vellum pocket to store some stickers, then decorated it with wooden letters, succulent washi, and stickers that came in the kit.For the left side, I made another pocket, again using the info card. Who knew how dang useful that thing would be? :D Anyway, I tucked in some tags from my stash and a few ephemera that went with the theme. I also slid the "Currently" journal card into the side pocket to create a little mail tag type thing and will write my note on the back side of it. I slipped a small notepad into the top pocket and called it done!Well, almost done. I added a cute sentiment to the back of the flip book to jazz it up a bit, but not too much because I didn't want to cover up the gorgeous watercolor pattern. Do you like my flip book? I'm kind of obsessed with them at the moment! I have a bunch of flip book videos over on my Youtube channel @popfizzpaper if you want to see some more that I've made. In the meantime though, leave me a comment below letting me know how you used the journal cards in the March kit. And don't forget to come back here on March 1st at noon to grab an April kit, they're going to be out of this world awesome! :)