Hey all you crafty gals, how are you all doing? Today I have a great and quick craft to add some storage to your planner. I walk you through happy planner version here but you can easily make it for your Erin Condren or binder.

Items needed:

• 1 sheet of paper (works best with double sided paper)
• Paper punch
• Tape runner
• Additional Embellishments.

If you are doing this for a happy planner then you need to fold the paper in half (short sides together) and very carefully punch the paper before folding the pockets up. 

Once you have folded the paper in half you want to  open in back up and fold up the bottom edge of paper about two inches from the bottom this will create the second and third pocket. all you have to do is fold it back in half with the "pockets" facing outward. Using Tombow's tape runner I sealed the bottom of the pock making the big fold creating a large main pocket.

Next we get to decorate! Now I wanted to use the gorgeous camera washi that came in the in the August Add - On Kit, the problem though was that it's a bit transparent so I used my patented cheapo trick! I laid down a foundation plain masking to help well mask the background from overwhelming the washi.

At the last minute I decided to punch an half a circle in the front half of the main folder pocket for a little interest. All I have left now is the final decorations for the a of visual interest and because I can't leave anything alone! 

I added a few cute phrases from the summer phrases kit that came also in the August add on. To top the look off I added a cute camera border that I zipped off on my Silhouette to tie in the camera theme and then some orange enamel dot and that's all she wrote. I hope this tutorial was useful and I'd love to see your projects. 

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!

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!

The amazing Pop Fizz Paper August kit came with these awesome heavy cardstock cards that could be used for so many purposes. I thought about how I would use them and many idea came to mind from personal planner dashboards, to inserts in my erin condren and finally I settled on I wanted some motivational quotes around my house. I was really excited to use the cards as well as the Tombow tape runner that came in the kit.

I purchased some 4x6 picture frames for cheap from Michael’s as the cards fit perfect into a 4x6 frame. I had to decide exactly what I wanted for my quotes. This was a long a tedious process of looking through motivational, inspirational, funny and life quotes. I eventually settled on a few and I gathered my supplies.

Here is my supply list:

• Quotes printed on basic printer paper
• Scissors
• Tombow tape runner
• journal/dashboard cards from the august pop fizz paper kit
• 2 4x6 picture frames

This was really quite simple I just cut the quotes out some with rounded edges some just straight and then I used the tombow and applied the adhesive to the back.

I think carefully set it down on the journal card where I wanted it and smoothed it down. The tape from the tombow tape runner is amazing! The adhesive is strong, smooth and can really do the job. The other thing that impressed me was if I wanted it to curve and go around a rounded edge it could do that!

I then placed the finished cards into the frames and voila! I have motivational quotes to put around my house. I am going to put one on my nightstand and one in the bathroom so I can see them everyday. You will notice I made three, I did this so I could switch one out if I wanted to or I can use it in my planner as I stated above.

It was a super easy DIY project that you can do too. How are you using the cards from the August kit? Share your projects with us on the Pop Fizz Paper fans facebook group.

Happy planning!

Hello Hello Everyone! It’s Juanita and I have a fun first time project to share with you today. I have been bitten by the flipbook bug and oh buddies do I love it! I was so excited to make a flipbook and August’s Planner Kit was a great kit for inspiration. Not only were there so many ADORABLE papers, cards and washi but also we all received the brand new permanent adhesive from Tombow! And boy, did it come in handy!

I was so entirely inspired by the camera theme of this kit that I made my flipbook look like one of the cameras designed for the kit!

Now, this is my first flipbook so please be gentle… but I think it turned out pretty good. I went with a file folder design and really had a blast decking it out with all the goodies we got in our planner kits. For a full tutorial, process and walkthrough of my first flipbook feel free to watch the video below.

But here are some highlights of my favorite elements.  

First, I adore these quote cards I made using the cards from the add on kit. Can you guess which on is my favorite?

Second, I really loved the cut out cameras and made a little pocket for them to hangout in.  Don’t they look so happy bursting out of that pocket?

Third, I LOVED this pocket I made using the sticky notes! Plus, the permanent adhesive runner from Tombow really lives up to its name. This pocket is going nowhere! It’s all ready for washi samples, die cuts or tags and I have no worries that it’s going to fall off.

And lastly, I included a photography challenge that I found on Pinterest. It went so well with the theme and it made it possible for me to use more cutouts from the kit!

And there you have it!  Please feel free to watch the video if you want to see a proper walkthrough and see how I made this flipbook but at the end of the day, I see a lot more flipbooks in my future!

Happy Crafting! 

Hello!  It’s Jennifer again!  I’m back to show all you white-space planners a quick and easy way to adapt checklist stickers to your Happy Planner!  Let’s plan!  This week I’m using the re-release of the Chasing Rainbows kit for the Happy Planner.

Of course all PopFizzPaper kits all come with full box heart checklists in either Erin Condren or Happy Planner size.  I’m more of a white space planner, and I prefer using the old-fashioned checklist stickers that are also included in the kits.  However, if you’re using a Happy Planner, you’re left with a rather unattractive gap at the bottom of the box because the checklists are sized for Erin Condren planners.

With this simple technique, you can eliminate the gap and give your planner a nice, pulled-together look at the same time.  First, I lay down the top row of headers.  Immediately under that top row of headers, I put down a strip of coordinating washi.  Don’t put your checklist sticker down just yet.  Decide what you’re going to do with the “afternoon” headers.  This week, I decided to use the gradient full boxes with rainbow kit.  Of course you can also use a second set of headers. 

Once you have the stickers down covering your second row of headers, go ahead and carefully lay down your checklist stickers in the top row of boxes.  To ensure a perfect fit, I layer the checklist sticker ever so slightly on top of the washi.  The flag shaped bottom of the checklist sticker will layer nicely on top of the stickers on the second row.  All 6 circles for your checklist should line up nicely with the white space area, leaving you with plenty of room for your to dos for the day!

Doesn’t that look much better than the big gap without the washi?  Do you have a favorite way of adapting stickers to your planner?  I’d love to see!  Please tag me on Instagram @paprikaplans or post to our Facebook group!

Let’s talk about How to Color Code your planner! How many of you love colored pens? I know I do! Who doesn’t love pretty colors right? How many of you actually use every color in that pack of 10 or 20 that you purchase at Staples or Target? Not all of us actually do and it’s not because we don’t like the color necessarily it’s because we don’t know what to use that color for. Am I right? Yellow? Color coding isn’t just for planners this system will work for just about anything whether it’s in your planner, making a grocery lists, or used on a wall calendar. Color Coding is a great way to not only be used for personalizing your planner but the influence of colors helps with memory performance which is totally awesome! Let’s jump right into this…

When it comes to color coding your planner, the first thing you’ll need are some pretty colored pens. So grab all those colored pens that’s are either in your pen pouch, in a drawer or in that cute coffee cup that’s sitting on your desk. I pulled out two of my favorites sets of Papermate Inkjoy pens the flairs and gel 0.7 because I'm not sure which one’s I’ll end up using. Then take your planner, bullet journal, notepad or whatever you want to color code. Lastly, grabs those stickers because what goes better with colored pens…. STICKERS! Here is everything that I will be using…  

One common way to color code your planner is to use a different color ink for each category. For example, you can use one color for bills, one for leisure, one for family members, and so on. This is going to allow you to tell quickly at a glance what things you have going on for a particular day. I would recommend using a color key either on the side bar of the week or on a separate sheet of paper with symbols, colors, and stickers of what you plan to use. You want to make sure these will benefit you and your planning style.  This key will help to organize all your thoughts and once you’ve got a system down it’ll make planning much easier especially if you’re new planner or if you’re just looking for a new system. Choose however many color pens you’d like to use; I will be using 9 different colored pens. Example: Bills will be red, events are purple, dog or pets will be teal, cleaning will be green, To Do is light blue, etc. Feel free to also color code by urgency rather than category and for each family member give them each their own color.

Once your listed key is finished place any stickers down whether it’s a full out no white space spread or just a few icons just start sticking away! I am going to be doing a white space layout on a Happy Planner week just so you all can better see the colors and organization. Now just start plugging your weekly tasks and events starting with good ole’ Monday using your color coding key. I used flag checklist stickers and appointment labels for certain tasks. See the photo below for better example and explanation…

I hope this gives you some color coding ideas. We’d love to see your color coding spreads and bonus hugs if it’s being used with a PopFizzPaper planner kit! Just remember to tag @popfizzpaper so we can all see!

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