Hello Everyone! Its Juanita and I have a fun little album project to share. I had never heard of a rolodex album before but pinterest has shone me the light and I wanted to give it a whirl. Now, I don’t have an old rolodex lying around and I certainly was not ready to go out and buy one ($45, no thank you!) but I was able to find a vintage recipe organizer at my local thrift store and shazaam

 rolodex album!

 So, the idea is that you treat each little rolodex page as a mini album page. You have tons of room for lots of pages and my son really likes spinning them around. Heck, I like spinning it around too!

 I want to share with you lovely people how I made this page.

 I started with three basic paper goodies from the July Planner Kit; the anchor card, the sticky notes and the decorative stickers.

 I cut the anchor card in half, grabbed some sandpaper and cut out a little island for my lighthouse and crab. See the precise placement of the lighthouse to cover up the anchor? Clever girl.

 Next, I took three sticky note pages, rounded the corners and glued down some of my favorite pictures of my son and I at the beach in Hawaii. I then grabbed some more sticky notes, cut out the anchors and repositioned them on top of the pictures for a little layering action.  Ooh-la-la

 I noticed the sticky notes were a little too thin for the photos so I mounted them on some white cardstock. Then I attached the photos pages on the album page with washi tape. I stacked them on top of each other to make a mini flip album. Wait! an album within an album…its like albumception!

And that’s it!

 I did want to quickly show how you can really do anything with the pages.

 Here I made an album shaker page with some memory cards.

 Here I made an album page that is a push pull card with my ten favorite things about our trip to Hawaii.

 This is a super fun way to get some memory keeping done and it’s a fun to display!

  Happy Crafting! 

Personal planners are interesting things. Everyone uses them for different reasons. Perhaps it is the size and the portable nature of it. For others they do not even keep a calendar in theirs they just use them to track health and fitness. While there are others who may use it for a smaller condensed calendar, fitness, goals and motivation. I tend to fall into this last category but I also keep a journal.

The Pop Fizz Paper Journal prompts are perfect for the personal planner size because they are a smaller font, they fit the page width perfect and they give you plenty of space to answer the prompt. Another issue I find that I have when I journal is that I do not always know what to write. Pop Fizz has solved this problem for me and given me a creative set of prompts.

Everyday I have something new and exciting to write about whether it be my birthday, the cast of Friends or even what I like about the color pink! (I can’t wait to get to that one).

When I set these up in my planner for the month I like to add a little pizazz and I simply use parts of the other kits that Pop Fizz Paper makes. So here is what I did for June, I wanted something summer like and bright so I used the June Journal Prompts and the Sunrise Palette set. I set this up by using the deco sheet with the watercolor accents and dots to jazz up the dates from the Prompts set. After that for the first two days I used a checklist flag and one of the quotes from the deco sheet. These fit in perfectly with the prompts. For the first prompt I picked the one about my birthday. To highlight the date of my birthday I used a half box and a star icon. I am a huge birthday person and I wanted to highlight the date of my birthday prominently. After this was all said and done I took to the writing and reflected on my birthday this year.

I am currently using the pen that was given out in the June Pop Fizz Paper planner kit because it is a gorgeous gem pen that writes so smoothly. The inserts in my personal planner are just from Michael’s craft stores and my favorite part is at the bottom. Every day they ask me what I am grateful for. I try to tie this into the journal prompt from the set as well as my writing that happened for the day. Its a very simple and easy to set up creative activity that helps me to keep my creative juices flowing and a place to reflect.

Do you use the Journal prompts? Share them with us by tagging @popfizzpaper on instagram.

Today I bring you a fun Journal page that I put together using the Journal prompts and the April kit. I'm cannot even tell you how excited I am to be able to finally show you some things using the April kit, for the last two weeks I've had it on my desk dying to show you just a quick SOMETHING. This kit is gorgeous. 

I realised I haven't really showing you some of my journaling in a while so I sat down today to do some journaling and recorded it a bit for you. I didn't go into much detail of the process as it's my usual style. 

As always I picked out some colours from my various ephemera that I thought went well together, and using my inktense blocks watercoloured the background to give the overall page some colour. I do this to immediately conquer that blank page!

I wanted to really make that journal prompt stand out and be framed in a nice way. I decided to use one of the half boxes and cut it in half(not actually in perfect halves but you know what I mean) and lay that down like a header. Next a sticker from my stash which I believe is left over from a MAMBI set and two of our star stickers to tie it all together. 

Waste not want not and all I used the other half of the half box to be part of the date. I really like how the stamped year with the date circle look combined like this. It's an interesting way to use half boxes or even the washi strips. I decided I wanted a quote up in this corner too and loved this one from the galaxy set. all it needed now was this gold star die cut which appeared in my stash (I think it was in a pocket letter).

Along the bottom I tore a strip off one of the papers that came in the kit and glued it down. We changed paper companies with these papers and I love them. I loved the February papers but these lighter weight ones are so much more versatile. And these stickers... I just cannot even! They are far too pretty to capture on camera, they are gold, black and white with gold glitter in the center! I HAD to use some of them along the bottom. and the finishing touch was another stash die cut. 

I did do the journaling on this but it ended up rather personal so please understand why I chose not to share it. 

Today I'm bringing you a simple little DIY/hack using half box stickers. My particular decorating style often leaves me with spares, so I have been looking for ideas on how to use them.

As I was sitting down doing my journaling in the journal I made a few blog back for my recent vacation. That's when my brain wave hit I could use half boxes as tabs marking when the individual days start. 

I decided to stick with the donut theme of the journal and grabbed my donut half boxes. It was really simple then to just put the edge of the half box on the edge of the first page I was marking and then folding it carefully in half. 

I used my ultra fine Sharpie to mark the day and date of the month. Simple enough and repeated it for the final three days. And it was all sweet.

I love the tabs and the way they look and how the coordinated together. I think it would also look cute to use the flag stickers to make tabs with also.

 What ideas do you have with your left over half boxes.

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.

Soon as Dani showed me the papers for February's kit I knew I needed some Midori style inserts made from them. I love My traveler's notebook so much and carry it everywhere and go through a lot of inserts. So today I have show you in a few basic steps how to make your own notebook.

Starting out I chose the paper I'd like to work with and so inside paper. I want to make a sketchbook of sorts for doodling PFP ideas when I'm out and about so I just grabbed one of my sketchbooks, a ruler, my paper trimmer and some sewing supplies as I prefer thread bound notebooks over staple bound.

Next I cut both the donut paper and the sketch book paper to 22cm x 21cm. 21cm is the height of the notebook. Midori notebooks are not quite square but close, I think if I were to do this again I would just make the notebook 22cm square and have the notebook a bit wider.

Making sure the papers are in the right orientation I simply folded them in half, and was ready for the next part of the binding. 

This is where it gets tricky, time to make a binding template. A binding template ensures that you are punching the holes in the same place everytime. So you need a thin strip of paper the height of your notebook and fold it in half like you did the pages so it's still tall but thinner, then unfold it and fold it in half the other way and then in half again. In the end you should have a piece of paper that has three intersecting points evenly placed, mark those intersections with a dot.

Using a awl or a sewing pin you want to pre punch all of your papers and your cover. The easiest way to do this is going 2 or three papers at a time and putting their fold in the spine of an old book (phone books work great for this). putting your template in the fold just punch each of those three marked spots on all your papers and cover.

Next I used a basic pamphlet stitch which can be found in countless youtube videos, making sure to end with my threads on the outside and tied them very tightly. Now you could leave it like that OR I like to make it a bit more secure and run some washi down the spine. I added some simple decorations and then this note book was done!

I hope you enjoyed this sort of tutorial, and let us know what you did with your papers from the February kit!

Being a person in this world can be stressful. Having a creative outlet is an important way to release the stress of the day and just spend some "me" time. I have found solace in art and crafts. One way I enjoy releasing stress and caring for myself is to create a work of art in my art journal.  

PopFizzPaper has released a set of January Journal Prompts that are undated. You can use any one you like as the mood strikes you. Depending on your day, use one or more and fill that creative outlet anyway you choose. 

I decided I wanted to practice my water-coloring. I gathered my supplies: watercolors, brushes, stickers, a few stamp pads, a stamp that said Dream, a few random things and of course the Jan Journal Prompts. I searched over the prompts and selected the very last one as my inspiration.  "If you could be anywhere right now, where would that be?" 

I began painting. The answer to that prompt was very easy. I have Irish heritage and it has always been a dream of mine to go to Ireland. At this stage of my life, I may never get to go. But releasing this dream onto this white sheet of paper, helps me and I now feel as if maybe I will get there one day. There is always tomorrow. 

As the end of my "dream" began to be complete, I pulled the prompt off the sticker sheet and placed it where I thought it should be on the page. I also included a date sticker on the page. I felt as if the date of January 1st held some significance for me; That maybe if the dream of being on the PopFizzPaper Creative Team could come true, why not keep dreaming of that trip to Ireland. 

And so, with the added feature of stickers, sequins, and a bit of bling and stamping, I completed the art that was all inspired by a sheet of Journal Prompts. If you look closely, you can see me, standing on the top of that steep cliff in Ireland. The wind blowing through my hair and my heritage deep in my soul. 

If you feel the need to release stress and need an idea of how, look no further than PopFizzPaper's Journal Prompts. She also has a set for the month of February. Go to her store on Etsy and buy yours today. Use this code JYPSYJEN15 for 15% off of your order. Take a few minutes and look around. The stickers she has can be used for any form of art. Whether you like to scrapbook, journal, or just create ART "your way", I am sure you will find something you will enjoy!!

I am an avid journal writer, often writing daily and at times multiple times a day. It has carried me through tough times and holds bits of wisdom for me rediscover at a later date. I also know the fear of the dreaded blank page. So I have developed my creative way of responding to that by painting and using ephemera to fill the page up. My final battle method is journal prompts. These are great tools to help defeat the blank page, or those moments of not knowing what to write about. 

So I was positive one of the things I wanted to make was monthly journal prompt stickers. I wanted you to have enough that you could use them everyday if you wanted even as part of your daily journal writing, or use them whenever. I was very positive I didn't want to order them, I hate being told when and how to journal. So mix them up do them whenever do 5 of them in one day, the options are all yours. 

I personally always start my pages the same way I slap down some color. Here I'm using Derwent Inktense blocks which are a water soluble pastel made of ink. When these colors dry they aren't going anywhere at all. I do lots of different styles but I generally keep the color combinations simple. Navy and magenta is a color combination I just adore right now so I went with that. 

Next I do all my decorating, sometimes I go with a theme, or events that happened that day. Other times I just choose what pleases me. I have been dying to use these die cuts by Amy Tangerine that were in the January kit, that elephant is so darn cute. I'm addicted to the Heidi Swapp date stamp and use that bad boy anywhere I need a date so this time I skipped on the date stickers. final touch for me was this rub-on that seemed perfect for my first page in this journal. All that was left was picking the prompt, "What word would you like to live by this year?" I quickly painted it yellow again with inktense and all I needed was the writing. 

Now don't fret if like me your pen bleeds (this is usually due to the having used water on the page it has removed the sizing, such a rookie mistake) I just switched pens. Journal writing is about capturing the moment and sharing a piece of yourself, being pretty or perfect isn't it's goal. Don't stress and enjoy the process.