Hey all, Sabrina here! This week I will be sharing with you how to create a laminated checklist dashboard. Don’t worry if you don’t have a laminator there is no need to go out and buy one because I’ve got an easy solution for you.

Supplies needed are:

1- Scotch Self-Seal Laminating Pouches [any other brand works too]

1- Piece of Design Paper

Checklist Stickers

Decorative Stickers

Hole Punch

Dry eraser marker

Let’s start by taking our design paper and cutting it a size that will fit into the planner you are using- this sheet is from the PopFizzPaper May Planner Kit in the floral watercolor design.  I will be creating this dashboard to fit inside The Happy Planner and since my handwriting is on the larger size my dashboard is going to be about 8 in x 10 in almost the same size as a Happy Planner cover. I know it’s not exactly a dashboard size but the sizing is up to you; a good suggested size could be 6 in x 7 in.  

Once the cutting is complete and you’ve got your perfect size next is the fun part- decorating! Time to get creative and personal here by placing down the stickers where you would like them to go. My dashboard will be used as daily to-do list divided into 3 categories of what I would typically do during my day; “to go”, “to do”, and “to clean”. What’s great about this laminated dashboard is that it’s reusable meaning you can create a quick list in the morning of what needs to be done for the day and if you change your mind about something all you have to do it wipe it off the list. It’s not a permanent task for the day so you can do that task tomorrow or even another day of the week.

I love the “I am too busy” sticker from the Fries before Guys Quote collection that was in the June PFP Faves Planner Kit. It makes for the perfect title for my dashboard which is centered at the top of my page and I’ve also added a couple hearts and butterflies next to the wording just to add a little more cuteness. Next I’ve taken a rainbow appointment label and added an icon to the left corner and lined those below the quote sticker spaced about 1.5 in apart from each other. Take your checklists and place them vertically below your appointment labels. It’s up to you how many checklists you want to use and how many categories you’d like to have. You can stop here if you’d like but I’ve went ahead and personalized it a little more. Below those checklists I’ve horizontally placed a habit sticker with an icon sticker, a pill/vitamin sticker, an appointment label with an icon sticker, and a few TV stickers below those. I plan to use the habit sticker for my weekly work outs and the appointment label for my dogs whether it's a reminder to groom, bathe, or to take them to the dog park.

If your dashboard is smaller than 8 in x 10 in then cut the laminated pouch to the correct size before putting the design paper inside. Once you’ve places all your stickers onto your design paper and have cut the pouch to size go ahead and just slip that design sheet right into the self-sealing laminating pouch and seal. Be careful with these laminating sheets you want to carefully seal the pouch without any bubbles so make sure you seal slowly. These Scotch laminated pouches come with instructions on how to use these so read that before beginning. Trim off any excess laminating paper and that’s it- it’s that simple! Feel free to double laminate your dashboard by slipping it into another pouch and repeating this same process if you want a thicker insert.

Lastly, grab your hole punch! If you don’t own a Happy Planner Paper Punch, it’s okay just remove your cover from your planner and place it over the laminating pouch using that as your guide. Use your dry eraser pen and mark your holes, punch a single hole on your marks, and then make slits wide enough depending on the type of rings your planner has.

Fill in your dashboard and put it right into your planner! This is really easy and it doesn’t take too long to create. I hope you enjoyed this tutorial- if you create a checklist dashboard we’d love to see it so make sure you tag @popfizzpaper and myself in the picture on Instagram!

Hello Hello Everyone!

It’s Juanita here and boy do I have something clever to share with you.  I wanted to share with you guys another way of using icon stickers. Its pretty simple, all you need are icon stickers and round craft magnets.

The icons are the perfect size for the magnets and before you know it, you’ve got icon magnets!

You can use them on a magnetic white board calendar to mark cleaning days, bills, car repairs etc. What really works for our family is using them as a chore chart. It helps my family remember what needs to be done plus it looks super cute!

I love these bright colorful rainbow ones but honestly any of the icon stickers offered in the shop would look super cute!

Well, I’m off to check some things off the chore list.

Happy Crafting! 

Hi friends- it’s Brittany here! Today I am coming at you with a pocket letter made from the June PopFizzPaper Planner Kit and I couldn’t be more excited about this one. I had a blast putting it together and I hope you enjoy taking a look!

The colors of this kit are so pretty- I love how the gold pops against the black, pink, and white! I used the papers from the kit, made the sassy quotes the focal point of almost every pocket, and accented with the 2 washi tapes! I ended up pulling very few embellishments from my stash.

Here is the top row! My favorite card is the one with the pull tab! Stay tuned to the end and I’ll show you what’s inside!

I’m torn between which pocket I like the best in the middle row. I’ve always had a weakness for shaker pockets but I can’t get over the fun PopFizzPaper emoji stickers paired with the “too sassy for you” quote.

Along the bottom row I’m sharing one of the paperclips I embellished in my last post. I also did another pull tab and put together a washi card with samples of the tapes I used in this project.

I decided to try something new and make pull tabs to reveal little hidden embellishments! In the pocket with my letter I added this adorable little critter and some alphas that say “Hi” so that when you pull the tab a little friend pops up! I washi taped the top just enough for the tab to fit through but stop the whole thing from coming out!

In the other I spelled out “You are” and when you pull the tab it reveals a sticker from the kit which says “totes my fave”

Pocket letters are what re-introduced me into the world of papercrafting (I was a bit of a scrapbooker as a child) and they will always be my first love!

Thanks for stopping by!

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.

Hello everyone!  It’s Jennifer here with three super quick and easy, yet super cute ideas for planner clips.  I don’t know about you, but I love planner clips.  The more the merrier!  I used the June kit and the June kit add on to make these. 

Supplies: 

• Paper clips
• Hot glue
• Card stock
• Bow (from kit add on)
• Puffy stickers (from kit add on)
• Washi tape
• Scissors
• Felt (optional)

Let’s start with the simplest clip: the bow.  All you have to do is place some hot glue on the back middle portion of the bow and stick it to your paper clip.  I used a jumbo-sized paper clip for this one.  Make sure you are gluing the bow to the correct end of the paper clip - if you glue to the other end, it won’t work.  If you want to be fancy, you can cover up the hot glue with a small bit of felt, but this part is optional.  Easy peasy, right?

Next there is the heart clip.  This is almost just as quick and easy as the bow clip.  I love making planner clips out of puffy stickers, and these heart ones are so adorable!  Since it is a sticker, I start by adhering the sticker to a piece of card stock, then fussy cutting it out.  Now all you have to do is whip out your hot glue gun and glue that sucker, I mean sticker.. ahem, to another paper clip.  Regular sized paper clips work best for this clip.  You can also cover up the hot glue with a small piece of felt if you’d like.  Personally, I don’t take this extra step since the hot glue dries clear.

Finally, there’s the washi flag clip.  I love washi almost as much as I love planner stickers.  The June kit came with a gorgeous gold polka dot washi, and the add on came with a beautiful black and white geometric print washi.  For your clips, tear off a strip of washi that is about 3.5 to 4 inches long.  Next, cut your washi strip in half lengthwise.  Thread one of your cut washi strips through the end of the paper clip.  I used regular sized paper clips for this project as well.  Carefully fold the washi in half and stick the two sticky sides together.  Try to line the edges up the best you can.  Since washi tape is so forgiving to work with, if the edges don’t line up just right the first time, you can easily peel them apart and try again.  Finally, trim the end of the washi to about 1 to 1.5 inches.  If you want to be fancy about it, you can pinch the ends together aand snip the washi on the diagonal to create a flag shape. 

There you have it!  Three crazy simple but cute planner clips!  Besides the full weekly set of stickers, the monthly Popfizzpaper kits are filled with goodies for your whole planner!  If you weren’t able to get one of the June kits, the July kits go on sale on June 1 at 12pm and 6pm Pacific time!  Show me what you’re doing with your Popfizzpaper goodies!  Tag me on Instagram @Paprikaplans or use #popfizzplannerkit!  I’d love to see what you’re creating!

Hey guys, Dani here! I wanted to make a quick post to go over some of the new and exciting changes happening with the monthly PopFizz Planner Kit box, Gimme Stickers, and Add-On. We are always trying to find ways to make our monthly kits better and better, so sometimes that means we will tweak a few things, but I like to keep y'all in the loop as much as possible!

POPFIZZ PLANNER KIT

An example of a full weekly set, with your choice between EC Vertical and HP boxes.

ADD-ON

GIMME STICKERS

Thanks for reading, and don't forget the kits go on sale June 1st at 12pm PT and 6pm PT! 

Hey, Sabrina here! Have any of you heard of a Squash book? Well if you haven’t keep reading this post and I’ll be showing and explaining how to make one. Like many of you I like to watch random craft videos on YouTube and I came across a Squash book. I thought to myself “Wow, that’s cool it kind of reminds me of a flip book” but more accordion you can squish together.

Let’s get into to how to make one of these …

First, gather all your supplies! I have already precut all my papers to size and gathered everything I plan on using which you can see in the photo below.

Materials needed:

Paper cutter or scissors

Pencil

Double sided tape, glue stick or adhesive tape [any of the three will work]

3- cardboard or thick paper 8 in x 8 in [Square shaped]

2- Design Paper 5 ½ in x 5 ½ in [Square shaped]

4- Design Paper 4 in x 4 in [Square shaped]

8-24 - Design Paper 3 ¾ x 3 ¾ in [Right Triangle shaped]

Stickers, die-cuts, lace, gift tag or whatever accessories you want to decorate with

I will be explaining to you how to create this book by the colors of the papers I used in the photos. That way there is no confusion.

1. Let’s start by getting your 3 cardboard or thick papers and cutting 3 perfect 8 in x 8 in squares of card. I'm using 3 black papers. It’s important to make the squares accurately so that the book folds properly. Take one of those papers and fold it in half vertically from right to left then flip it over and fold it again the same way. You want to have four squares when you’re done. Fold it corner-to-corner diagonally to form a triangle. Do the same thing to the other two papers.

2.  Lay the three pieces of paper with a diagonal folds going vertically and the middle of the card overlapping one corner-square of each of the other two.

4. Squeeze in the corners of the outer pieces of card. Just push the top and bottom corners along the diagonal fold lines and press down firmly. Keeping the folds tucked in, turn the whole thing over and now squeeze in on the remaining diagonal lines. Press down on the whole lot and you should have a square book- put something on top of it to stop it all from springing out again!

Next is to make the covers.

1.  Cut 2 squares of whatever paper you want to use for your book, I just used the two Design Paper that are cut 5 ½ in x 5 ½ in from the June PFP Fave Planner Kit you could use a mount board or thicker cardboard- or maybe stick two pieces of card together to get a sturdier cover. Make the sides 2 cm bigger all around, fold down the sides to make the mitered corners- it’s easier to form the shape before you apply the glue or tape.

2. Center the black folded part of the card inside all the edges of the cover- remember the actual book pages are slightly smaller than the cover. Carefully line up the cover and the back of your book and stick down firmly. Repeat the sticking process with the back cover- if you are using a paper with a “one-way” design you’ll need to match up the patterns nicely on the two covers.

1. I decorated my cover first by cutting some design paper and sticking it down on top of a plain gift tag then I added some lace, a die-cut piece, some heart puffy stickers and a bow to make my tag even cuter. I added two strips of lace to the bottom of the tag just because I love lace. Then I just added some decorated stickers that also came from the June PFP Fave Planner Kit- the motivational “Mega Babe” and “get it girl” stickers and some puffy heart stickers. Cover is done!

2. Inside of your card is completely up to you on how you want to design it whether it’s a themed card for a gift or just a memorable keepsake for yourself. Mine is a gift for my best friend who is graduating from college! I used four [4 in x 4 in] PFP Fave design papers that were double sided and glued them down on the four center squares. I grabbed my triangle pre-cut pieces and added those to the corners of the top and bottom folded squares.

3. I added some puffy heart stickers throughout and my toddler drew some art work that I added to the square pieces using the polka dot washi tape that came in the PFP Fave Planner Kit. But feel free to add photos, stickers, die-cuts, or whatever your heart desires. And, that’s it!

Here is what my complete book looks like with everything added ...

I hope you liked this book idea and will want to have a go at making one for yourself, they are fun to make and even more fun to share. I’d love to hear what you think and if you make one of these books I’d love to see yours so make sure you tag me on Instagram or Facebook in your photo.

Hi there! Have you all been creating with your June Planner Kits? As soon as I got mine I knew I wanted to make some sassy embellished paperclips with the decorative sticker sheet so I took photos along the way to share with all of you! The great thing about the method I used is that it gives the glossy look of lamination without the cost of a laminator! All it takes is clear packing tape!

Here’s a look at what you’ll need!

You can make these in any shape either freehand or with a paper punch! It’s up to you! It’ll look best if it fits within in the width of your packing tape to avoid any seams so keep that in mind as you are choosing your shape! For my first one I made a simple flag out of the paper from the kit. I layered some of the gold washi and then put down the sticker “Fries before guys” (I think it’s going to be my new life mantra- sorry husband!). Then for added thickness and color contrast I cut another flag slightly larger and glued them together!

Once you are happy with your embellishment it’s time to laminate! Cut 2 pieces of tape larger than the paper and lay one down sticky side up. Place your embellishment in the center and cover with the second piece of tape face down. Firmly seal together and smooth out any air bubbles. Trim the excess tape evenly around the edges to match the shape of your paper!

Now all you have to do is glue the paperclip to the back with your hot glue gun, let it dry, and you have a snazzy embellished paperclip with a laminated look and feel!

Here are a couple other designs I made!

I’m so happy with how these turned out! Embellishing paperclips is such a fun and easy way to get crafty without much effort. I find it to be a great way to unwind after a long day! Plus, they look so cute peeking out of your planner!

If you like embellishing paperclips too I’d love for you to tag me on Instagram so I can see!