Hi everyone! My name is Brittany and I’m so excited to be doing a guest post here at PopFizzPaper! I’m a diehard POPFIZZFAN! I’m a PopFizzPerson, I like other PopFizzPeople… just consider me a PopFizzPfanatic! Today I’m sharing the pocket letter I made using the supplies from the May Planner Kit! I’m relatively new to the world of pocket letters and tend to gravitate towards over-embellishment but when I saw the gorgeous papers created by Dani and Brooklynne I knew they had to be the focal point of my project!

Let’s get started!

Whenever I create a pocket letter I like to pull out everything I think I might use and spread it out on my desk. So I pulled out the May kit and a few other tools and embellishments I thought would come in handy.

Since I knew I wasn’t going to be using too many embellishments I decided to create dimension in each pocket by “fussy” cutting around the designs and layering different sheets together.

On the bottom row I took the floral design from one page, the greenery from another, and layered them together on the yellow floral page.

In the middle I kept it simple layering pink and blue watercolor pages.

I wanted to put more florals in the top row, keep the blue background, and still have dimension so I again “fussy” cut the floral design but layered it on the same blue paper.

Once I had each card figured out I started embellishing with the stamps that came in the kit! I really love these little butterflies and the intricate corner stamp!

While I had the inkpad out I used a trick I learned from former Creative Team member Vanessa! She is always adding dimension to her projects with a little black ink around the edges and I’m obsessed with the effect it gives so I like to do it too!

I wanted to incorporate the washi tape and stickers from the kit but was afraid they’d look too dark against the soft watercolors of the paper however, once the edges had been inked up they looked perfect together! I especially like how the purple of the paper peeks through the transparent background of the washi tape!

I pulled out this sticker from my stash that incorporated most of the colors of the paper but was missing purple. I solved that problem by layering it with a dark purple flower from the kit!

After I had all of the cards embellished and in their pockets I decided to add a few details to the outside of the sleeve. I added a few flat back pearls and a Heidi Swapp acetate piece that says “Smile”.

At this point all that was left was my shaker pocket! I don’t have a fusing tool so I use double-sided tape to close up my shakers!

I pulled out all the little sparkly bits I wanted to add and then I stuffed that pocket full! I really tried to use a variety of shapes, colors, and sizes and I love how it turned out! Although I’m not sure I can really call it a shaker pocket when it is too full to shake…

Here’s how the whole pocket letter looks put together!

The colors of the paper reminded me of the amazing Arizona sunsets from when I was a kid growing up outside of Phoenix and I tried to recreate that in the pocket letter. The yellow peeks out from behind the flowers like the sun before it goes down with the “sky” fading from pink to blue to purple. I know it is simple when it comes to embellishments but the paper itself is so intricate that I’m glad I let it speak for itself instead of covering any of it up!

 Before I go I thought I would also share how I wrapped up this pocket letter! 

I simply layered together a mint doily, gold doily, white doily, washi tape, PFP sticker, cardstock embellishment and tied it in a bow!

There’s my entire project! I hope you enjoyed seeing how I used the supplies from the PopFizzPlanner Kit to create a pocket letter! I’ve loved having this out on my desk all month as I worked on the blog post and I think I might just keep it for myself instead of swapping it with one of my pen pals! I feel like that’s breaking the official code of pocket lettering (ya know… if we had one!!)

Do you make pocket letters? What’s your favorite way to create them- each pocket full of embellishment and unique to the other cards or as one large picture? Let me know in the comments if you’re team embellishment, team paper, or if you like making all different kinds!

Thanks so much for letting me share with you! #PopFizzFriendsForever  

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.

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.

Everyone talks about October/December/Whatever month daily but I wanted something more long term. I am doing a weekly challenge, for 52 weeks, crafting and “scrapbooking” our lives. Journalling what we have been doing and documenting along the way.

Here is my first page using the January PopFizzPaper Planner Kit along with some items from monthly kits in 2015.

The color scheme of this kit is very bold (hence the name be bold) and fitting for New Year’s and goal getting. I chose to pair it with another bright blue cardstock so that the colors stuck out even more.

The first step was making the pocket. If you know anything about me, I love the look of ripped paper. I do this a lot in my pocket letters and wanted to include it here as well. I ripped the top of the paper and ran the chalk ink from the January kit around the sides to make that stand out a little bit more.



Next I added some images that I printed out from our week. This includes a picture of my dog, a show we binge watched and some images from a trip we made down to the strip. I also included a “can’t stop won’t stop” quote strip from the January kit. Because who wants to stop?



I then stamped out the dates using the Heidi Swapp date stamper and chalk ink included with the January kit. I just did this onto regular glossy paper.



I attached that to the back side of the information card included with the January kit as well as some glittery alphas from Michaels. I also decorated a little bit with the washi from the January kit as well as some gold glitter washi from the September kit. I also put down a camera die cut from the January kit.

For the “journaling” part of this, I will be using some tags. A light “library” card type one and a darker brown one from the January kit. I attached a tab to the top and covered them with washi from the January kit to make the tag a bit sturdier and slid them into their little pocket.



Since the back of the information card had information for the January kit on it, I wanted to cover that up. I used the blue cardstock to cover up the words and then affixed one of the journaling cards from the January kit to it making a pocket. I rubbed on some of the inspirational quotes included in the January kit and made a tag to write down some of my 2016 goals and resolutions.



Last but not least, I punched it and put it in my project life album.

The January kit offers such a great inspiration of products used to kick start your 2016.