Hello Hello Everyone! It’s Juanita here and boy oh boy do I have something fun to share with you. I don’t know about you but I was completely inspired by the June planner kit that we received this month. I wanted to make something fun and girlie and this is exactly what I had in mind.

Yes folks, I have taken on the woven hot air balloon that has haunted my Pinterest feed for the last three years.  Check out the PaperMatrix website for templates and tutorials on how to make this wonderful little hot air balloon. 

But lets talk about the rest of the card before we get to the hot air balloon. I grabbed some items from the planner kit that really spoke to me and I added some other items from my craft stash.

I started by taking the description card from the kit folding it in half and adding a white glitter piece of scrap cardstock. The adorable white and gold foil polka-dot washi was used to line the edges and create a cute shinny frame.

Next, I grabbed another scrap of white glitter cardstock and decorated it with the hearts from the decorative sheet and added some dots from the headers and flags sheet. I picked my favorite quote from the decorative sheet and mounted it on the black and white polka-dot paper.

I used 3D foam dots to attach the quote to the decorative scrap paper. I then glued the whole thing to the card.

Inspiration didn’t stop there. Oh no! I created a banner using the teeny tiny oh so small flags from the header and flag sheet. I used twisted washi tape to make a rope to attach the flags to the card. I think it turned out pretty cute!

Now we get to the hot air balloon. This thing was a beast! My original idea for this post was to do a tutorial on how to make this balloon. But honestly it can really only be done as a video. So, if you want to see a tutorial on how to make the hot air balloon please leave a comment! I would love to take the time to show you guys how this can be done because yes, it can be done.

To finish off the card I attached the hot air balloon with more 3D foam tape. So, its kinda like a pop up card/display for the adorable sticky notes that were included in June’s kit. Plus, the gem pen just brings the whole thing together. And it’s Fabulous!!!

Happy Crafting!

I'm Sabrina and I'm so excited to show y'all how to create an awesome card for any occasion. No need to spend $3.99 or more on a Hallmark card that just gets stuffed away in a drawer or worst … thrown away. Whomever you are creating this card for is going to love this card so much that it's going to be displayed on their desk or on a fridge because unlike a Hallmark card this card is created by YOU and with so much love! This is such a simple and quick tutorial all you need are a few items which I'm sure y'all have lying around in your craft boxes or in your desks. The best part about creating a card is you can use whatever you want to make it special. Let's get started...

Here are the supplies you'll need:

Cardstock (any color and make sure it’s a little thick)

Patterned Paper (I'm using watercolor lilac flowers from the May PopFizzPaper Planner Kit)

6x6 in decorative paper

Pencil

4 brads (Use a color that will match your card)  

Scissors (I’m using Craftsmart Decorative scissors)

A ruler

Decorative lace or ribbon

Die cut pieces (I’ll be using a mix of My Art C and Heidi Swapp)

Adhesive tape, glue stick and double sided tape

Stickers (I will be using Mambi stickers, Recollections dimensional alphabet stickers, and decorative stickers from the May PopFizzPaper Planner Kit)

Before I even start any project I like to choose a theme and spread everything that I may be using out on the table that way I can see everything I will be working with. Now if you’re like me this is not all that’s going to be used, I will probably be going back and forth inside my craft boxes to find more items to use. Since it’s graduation season the theme of this card is … Graduation! But you can choose any theme you'd like whether it's for a graduation, birthday, wedding, get well, etc.. I am making this card for my cousin who is graduating from High School next month and I want it to be an inspirational card for her.

First step: I'm going to be keeping the size of this cardstock which is about 5.5 in x 8.5 in. I’m going to measure my decorative [lilac] paper to be the exact size because I’m to just glue the lilac print right on top of that thicker cardstock. I’m going to get my smaller 6x6 in decorative paper and measure it at 4 x 5 in size to fit the center of my card. [The “dream big” decorative paper is from Heidi Swapp’s Minc collection.]

Second step: I then used my decorative scissors to cut my dream decorative paper to size however I didn’t like the way the scissors cut the edges it didn’t come out as precise as I wanted it to. But no worries, just grab a piece of lace or ribbon and place that around the edges. I hole punched the four corners, measured 2 strips that were 4 in and 2 strips that were 5 in, laid those along the proper edges and secured the corners down with 4 cute, purple brads. Grab some double sided tape roll a piece and add to all four sides this is going to create a 3 dimensional look for the center of the card.

Third step: This is the fun step that we all wait for … decorating! This step you can get as creative as you want; just be you and have fun. I pulled out some Mambi stickers, Recollections Alphabet stickers, PopFizzPaper May decorative stickers, some die cuts and adhesive tape. I placed everything down on the card first before taping or gluing it down this way I can move pieces around as I please. I’m thinking it looks pretty cute BUT it’s not perfect. Remember when I said in the beginning I’m more in likely going to go back into my craft box … well that’s what I did here. I found some other die cuts pieces that just gave this card a better flow.

Final step: Yep, this was definitely missing something and I think this little blue dollies die cut just completed my entire card! Here it is the final look, I think it came out simply perfect! I didn’t want this to look like a simple folded card I think this flat lay out is perfect for displaying on a cork board, corner of a mirror, in a binder, on the fridge, etc.  

I hope y’all enjoyed this simple DIY and if you create a special card tag me in the comments or photo, I’d love to see your fabulous creations!

Hey everyone- Brittany here! Today I want to share with you how I made tags- both for organizing and for gifts using full box stickers!

I thought these notebook paper full boxes from PopFizzPaper would be perfect for organizing craft supplies!

I pulled out some paper from my scrap bin and applied the full box stickers to the patterned side. I made sure to line up with the edges as much as I could so that there was less cutting for me to do! Then all I had to do was trim around the stickers to my desired width.

Next I used some black ink for definition on the edges. This is completely optional I just really like the effect it gives! With an 1/8” hole punch I made the holes for the twine!

All that was left was for me to decide on my categories that needed labeling (I went with stamps & ink, hot glue gun, and paper punches) and attach the twine! I made sure to leave plenty of length to the twine so that I could easily attach it to my bins and trim the excess afterwards.

I love labeling bins to make it easy to find my supplies and even easier to remember where they belong once I’m done! Here’s how it looks on my shelves!

This same concept also works for making a unique tag for a gift or project! I used the floral watercolor full boxes from the May Kit, placed them on cardstock, trimmed, inked, punched, and tied!  I even embellished a few of them- the possibilities are endless! It’s a great way to clear out those bits of string and scraps of paper we are all holding on to because us crafting ladies can’t seem to throw ANYTHING away!

I hope you enjoyed this simple DIY! Do you have a go-to project you find yourself making time and time again when you have extra scraps and supplies to use up? Please share in the comments!

Being relatively new to the planner world I have been trying to figure out what type of planner I am. There are many groups of planners the vertical girls (raise your hands), the horizontal girls (where are you?), the hourly planners (your turn!) but of course there are the non Erin Condren planners (all of you raise your hands). In addition to that we have a whole different group the white space planners and the non white space planners. When you are first learning to decorate your planner it takes some time to figure out what you like. This took me almost 2 months and even today I am still working on it.

I have discovered that I am more of a white space planner because I like checklist flags more than I like ombre heart boxes. I also really love half boxes or large label stickers. I tend to really like functional stickers and the great thing about Pop Fizz Paper’s planner kits is that there are plenty of functional stickers to do a perfect white space spread.

The new add on kit that you can purchase when you buy the Planner Kit or the Gimme Stickers Kit is great for those that want to non white space plan. I encourage everyone to get it though because for us white space planners it gives you more options and while you won’t use all of it it really jazzes up your white space spread.

The primary stickers I used from the kit are the Checklist Flags both full box and half box, Labels both skinny and large, Round Labels, Headers and a few full box checklists. I accented the design with some decorative as well as washi at the bottom of the spread. 

One of the questions many of you may have is how did you do this with only enough headers for one checklist? Well this is simple many times planners (including myself) make too many lists of to dos that are just simply unrealistic. To not make this mistake I allowed myself one checklist per day. The three days I added in a second checklist using the full box checklist heart boxes was due to the fact that I blog and podcast and have specific things only on those days that need to get done. I always make sure to put in a spot for TV shows because as busy as I am I have to remind myself to have some fun every day. As for the weekend I went a little more decorative because I was trying to give myself some time off of being stressed. So to do this I gave myself minimal space to write in to do lists.

I did a few things different with this spread than I have done in my other ones. I decorated MDNs with washi tape. I wanted to tie in the colors of the spread by using coordinating washi. I also used hydrate stickers which I usually don’t use. I have noticed however that perhaps I need them to hold myself more accountable for my fitness goals. I also used the circle labels which are not included in all sticker kits (from other shops) but this is a feature I LOVE about Pop Fizz Paper. The circle labels make white space planning so much easier and they are designed beautifully. The side bar design I have done before but I love it even more with the half box checklists because it minimizes the weekly goals and forces me to pick just a few! My goal is to not over plan myself. In other words don’t over extend yourself Teresa!

I hope you amazing ladies got some ideas on how to do your white space planner spread or even just a planner spread using Pop Fizz Paper

Hello Hello PopFizzPaper! It’s Juanita again and I am just giddy to be a part of the PopFizzPaper creative team! YAY! And today I am sharing a fun way to use extra appointment boxes to organize important papers and mail.  We have an important paper sorter on our counter where we put bills, tax info, receipts and any other important papers that we need on hand. As you guessed it this is has turned into a hot mess that has taken over our entire counter. Yikes! 

PopFizzPaper appointment boxes to the rescue!!!

I had some regular sized appointment labels left over from the watercolor floral weekly kit and I had some snappy white binder clips.

 I wrote down the different categories to organize our important papers on the stickers.

And placed them on the binder clips.

The neat thing is that these appointment labels are the PERFECT size for medium sized binder clips (if curious I got mine from Target) The stickers were a little bit long but you just wrap the sticker under the clip and no one is the wiser.

The last thing I did was put all my neatly organized papers into our paper sorter and Voilà! All is right in the world again. Plus it looks super cute!

There are many different colors of regular sized appointment labels that would fit any filing system or color schemes you may have in your office. Check out the shop and see what might work for you!

Happy Crafting! 

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  

Hi guys, Dani here! Today I thought I would share my May monthly spread in my personal sized planner with you. I used SewMuchCrafting monthly inserts, Tombow Irojiten colored pencils, and the Summertime You-Color-It stickers from our shop.

Because these are personal sized pages, there wasn't a ton of room for decorating so I kept it fairly simply. I colored in the stickers with the Tombow pencils in pretty spring colors. The "Tranquil" colorway worked perfectly!

I can't do a spread of any sort without some washi, so I added some grass washi to the bottom of the pages. I also created a shelf (sorta? kinda?) with the wood washi. I really liked how I colored the flower pot sticker and wanted to feature it prominently on the page. 

I like how the stickers let you use whatever colors you want so you can coordinate with your spread. I tried to color them in so that they had a bit of shading, but I think I need more practice, lol. :D

Overall though, I'm really pleased with how these little pages turned out! I still have to write in some important to-do's and dates, but I wanted to go ahead and share now.

Thanks so much for stopping by the blog today! Let us know in the comments what other kinds of You-Color-It stickers you'd like to see in the shop! 

PS: I am a Brand Ambassador for Tombow so I received these pencils for free to try out. My opinions about them are 100% honest and my own. I do not receive any compensation if you purchase them for yourself. :)