One of the parts of a personal planner I never realized I needed was a book mark type item. The more I use my personal the more it seems like a necessity.

I decided to make myself two out of the papers I have gotten in the Pop Fizz Paper kits. I already have one that I used as a template. Here are the items I used

Supplies:

• Pop fizz paper kit papers (4)
• White card stock
• 6 hole punch
• Pencil
• Scissors
• tape runner

I started by tracing the template on to the papers with a pencil. I think simply took some scissors and cut them all out. Since I do not have a laminator I used 4 papers so it would be thicker and double sided. I then traced the template on to the card stock and cut it out. The card stock will be to make it sturdy and thick.

Anytime I do anything with planner this happens!

I then decided which papers I wanted to go together and I used the tape runner and attached them to either side of the card stock. The last step was to hole punch them with my 6 hole punch.

I used papermate flair pens and sharpie markers to right today and month on them.

I wish I had a laminator but being a teacher I will probably take these to school and laminate them.

How do you use your pop fizz paper papers?

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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!

If you have not gotten caught up in the Pokemon Go fad then you are super lucky. If you have gotten caught up in it then you are just like me. Perhaps you are reliving your childhood doing something you wished you could do years and years ago. Today with the age of smartphones we can all finally be Pokemon Trainers!

For those of us that like to track all the things we do I decided to make a Pokemon Go! Record keeper. It allows me to note the bigger pokemon I catch on a day. I can track my steps and of course what I ate and drank (because this is important)!

To do this I utilized leftover stickers from previous pop fizz paper kits. For this particular week I chose my leftovers from my Team USA kit and the new Pokemon Go! Stickers. First I wanted to make sure I noted where I went so I just used a appointment flag. Then I wanted to track steps and nutrition. For this I just used the icons and put them under the flag. The most important part was keeping track of the Pokemon I caught on the trip. In order to do this I used the half box heart checklists.

I also wanted to make sure that I wrote on the stickers with a pen that would be bold and visible. For this kind of thing I like to use a black PaperMate Flair. I also wanted to track where I plan to go each day of the week. I like to go pokemon hunting for a little trip each day and make sure I work this into my daily plans. This Pokemon Go tracker is really helping me keep track especially since my nephew likes to check in and see what new Pokemon I have every day!

How do you track the pokemon you catch? What team are you on? Let us know by joining the PopFizzPaper Fans facebook group.

I still need a Pikachu!

With the Rio Olympics upon us the fire I feel for competitive sports rises to the surface. I have always had a passion for the Olympics. Whether it is summer or winter there are certain sports I love to watch. The best thing about the Olympics in 2016 is they will be the most live they have ever been for those of us at home. With Rio only being an hour ahead of the eastern time zone we are going to get so much live coverage which really excites me when it comes to gymnastics.

When the olympics start I am not going to be at home so I decided to create a Rio Olympics watching schedule based on what was available from the internet for my personal planner. I use a recollections planner from Michael’s that I absolutely love. I used the basic note paper that Michael’s provides and along with Pop Fizz Paper olympics tracking stickers I was able to create a fun way to track the most important things of interest to me.

The supplies I used:

• Pop fizz paper olympics tracking stickers

• Pop fizz paper rainbow tv show trackers

• Gold and white polka dot washi from a previous Pop Fizz Paper planner Kit

• Blue Michael’s thin washi

• Pop fizz paper Team USA kit 3 check flag to do lists

Using the minimal amount of information available on when exactly things will be aired I gave myself space to mark times as well as events. I also have space to write in more should I want to as well as use all the sports specific stickers included in the Olympics tracking set.

I was able to figure out the dates of the Gymnastics finals and I was able to mark those. The rest will be a mark as I go.

I did mark the Opening ceremonies and closing ceremonies with little TV icons from Pop Fizz Paper as opposed to the tracker stickers that are a box. I am going to use this schedule I made to remind me to set my TiVo from my phone everyday and to check and see what events are happening each day. My most important sports this year are Gymnastics, Swimming, Golf, Volleyball including Sand Volleyball and of course some of the track events.

How many of you love the Olympics? Will you be using the Rio or Team USA kits? Share your spreads for the Olympics with us on social media or join our facebook group so you can talk all things Pop Fizz Paper.

Hey guys, Sabrina here! I wanted to show you all how to create a quick and fun pocket shaker with items you might already in your crafting collection which means there will be no need to run out to Target or Michael’s for supplies. Let’s jump right into this!

Here is what I used:

First thing you are going to do after you gather all of your materials is to grab any ephemera that you want to use and if you don’t have any just grab a piece of design paper and start cutting out shapes or images. I will be using the PopFizzPaper ‘Picture This’ planner kit. I went ahead and cut out a few items that I wanted to place inside of my shaker pocket; a camera, a battery, film strip, and three cute hearts. I even hole punched the little hearts that came on the back of the description cardboard to show that if you don’t have sequins you can still create your own shaker happiness.

I wanted to add a little more thickness behind my design paper cut outs so cut and glued my cut out onto a thicker cardstock. Then cut again. I used the Tombow tape runner that came in the kit and may I add that runner is so amazing! It’s easy to use and the glue glides on so smoothly. I then cut out a piece of laminated sheet [you can cut and use a pocket protector sheet also] and made it large enough to fit just the middle of my journaling card. Feel free to make to make the entire journaling card a pocket shaker if you want, I just wanted to focus the shaker at the center of my card.

Next grab everything; all your cut outs and ephemera, stickers, sequins, washi and your tape runner or glue. I put everything in the center of my journaling card then grabbed my Tombow tape runner and my piece of laminated sheet and added a line of tape around the back side of the laminated sheet. Then placed that right on top of all my shaker goodies. Press down to ensure its firmly secured and then it’s onto the decorating! Yay!

The photo washi tape that came in the PFP August Planner Kit has to be one of my favorite washi’s to date! I added it to the top and bottom of the center frame along with some matching decorative stickers also from the August planner kit. Adding a camera, batteries and puffy heart stickers to the top and bottom corners just emphasized the cuteness even more. Lastly, hole punch that left side or stick it onto a coil bookmark and your pocket shaker dashboard is complete! Wasn’t that just simple and so much fun? Now it’s your turn!

We can’t wait to see all your cute shaker pockets and other crafts that you’ve created with the Picture This planner kit so make sure you tag @popfizzpaper on Instagram and also join and post your PFP crafts on the PopFizzPaper Fans Facebook group!