As a paper crafter, one of my favorite things to create are ATCs (artist trading cards) and Inchies. An ATC is a 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 piece of sturdy card stock embellished and created any way you wish. An Inchie is a 1x1 square of sturdy card stock  embellished and created any way you wish. I have made and traded these with people from all over the world and have gotten some amazing ATCs and Inchies . I decided that the amazing papers PopFizzPaper included in her April Planner Kit would be fantastic to create with. I gathered together the papers, some of the PopFizzPaper stickers and, some embellishments. Then I got to crafting.

First, I cut down the card stock into the needed sizes and covered them with the PopFizzPapers cut to the same size. I pulled out some of my favorite ink stamps. After rough tearing some of the paper, I edged them with the different colors and allowed them to dry before randomly gluing them to the ATCs and Inchies. 

I then pulled out as much "bling" as I could and stared applying them to the ATCs. I even used the glitter stars that PopFizzPaper included in the Kit from Lawn Fawn. I added some PopFizzPaper Starstruck quotes and a few of the PopFizzpaper planets.  I did the same with the Inchies.  They are a small space to work with but to create an entire set of them that coordinate is an amazing feat. They turned out so amazing!! 

These ATCs and Inchies are fun to make and trade with others. They can be painted or drawn, collage or embellished any way that you want . The hand-created papers that PopFizzPaper made are so perfect to create anything with and it made the imaginative process simple. Make a bunch and send your mini art works to friends or family.Create 9 ATCs and make a Pocket Letter to send. I would love to see what you create. Use the hashtag #popfizzpaper and show us what you have made with your PopFizzPaper Planner Kits.

Today I am going to do a mini tutorial using a few of the items from the April planner kit.

The materials I used are:

-- The information card

-- Plain black and yellow cardstock

-- Star sequins

-- Star stickers

-- Chalk ink

-- Acetate or piece of plastic

As well as basic supplies like glue, adhesive foam dots and string.

The first thing I did was doodle out what I wanted on a piece of paper and cut the items that I wanted on my Silhouette. The base of the card is matte black and galaxy print from the information card. I also printed out "You're out of this world" to add to the tag. You can leave it blank, add a name or another quote.

Next I glued my "planet" (the black circle) to my acetate and put some very small adhesive foam dots around the outside. This helps raise the planet from the card so that the sequins inside will shake. (FUN FACT: I used 34 dots!)

Once that is done, it is time to figure out what you want to shake in the card. I used a variety of the stars in the planner kit, some fuchsia sequins, gold and silver sequins and iridescent stars. I organized them into a small section of the card to make sure they'd fit. I could have fit more.

I added the yellow right around and tucked them into the back to make it look more like a planet. I also added little craters to it.

Lastly I inked the side of my quote and added some of the star stickers for embellishment. I punched a hole in the top, attached from string and added it to my gift!

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 am going to share with all of you how I used the March PopFizzPaper planner kit to plan for this week! Watch the video below to see my entire process of planning. 

One of my favorite parts of this weeks spread was how I was able to layer all of my health related items. I'm so glad PopFizzpaper has so many different options to fit everyone's needs! 

Another one of my favorite parts from this weeks spread is the bath stickers from PopFizzPaper. The bubbles fit perfectly into the size of the Erin Condren box. And layering the duck in the bath just made it extra cute! 

My final favorite part of this weeks spread was how I added all of the clovers that came on the holiday sampler to the top of the page. It added some much needed decor and looks super cute! 

I am so happy with how this week turned out! Every single sticker is from PopFizzPaper and I think that is pretty cool. Let me know in the comments what theme you went for this week. 

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.