Preplanning Sticker Theme Pages for Your Planner

[@leelove5926]

Hi Heather. Love the video because I love wax paper and use it to preplan every spread. A couple of tips though. 1. The wax on the paper does deteriorate after multiple uses. I replace mine after 4 or 5 uses. 2. Any leftover stickers should be put back in sticker books or sheets. Eventually the stickers will become stuck permanently to the wax paper. I'm not sure why but I lost a couple of beautiful stickers. ☹ So use caution when planning out too many weeks in advance. I hope this helps all the newbie wax paper users.

[@plansinthemaking]

Thanks for the warning. I did not know that and have some stickers on wax sheets from a while back so I will get them off asap!

[@scorpionlz]

Can use transfer paper

[@beverlycraddock6700]

Wow that's really nice to know Lee. I would never have thought of that until it was too late...Thanx

[@tarasloan3718]

That’s a great idea! I also think using a old weekly page with the layout your currently using and tape the wax paper to it.That way you could just stick them where you actually want them to go.

[@stephanieellet]

I use old sticker backings as my preplanning sheets, too! Made several so I can work on several at a time (I get lots of ideas all at once! 😂)

[@stephanieellet]

I took a large sticker back, cut it to size and taped/glued it to a piece of cardstock. Punched it. And popped it in my planner. Easy peasy

[@brandiogle7095]

Could try using washi tape along the spine on both sides of wax paper before punching (Lord knows we all have extra washi tape laying around). That would prob sturdy it up some instead of using paper...then you could have both sides of the wax paper to use for more space. Could even lay wax paper on top of a blank weekly page to preplan where you might want to lay out stickers so you have an idea of how many stickers you might need. Good thing about the wax paper is you can always change your mind if you decide you don’t like where they are laid out!!! 🥰💕

[@lyndaoneal7741]

The washi tape on both sides of the spine worked perfectly! Now I can use both sides of the wax paper! Also saves a lot of time!

[@beverlycraddock6700]

What a great idea especially when your short on time and you still want to not only be efficient but also end up with a qualitative spread!! Nice job Heather!!

[@catwelches7129]

♡♡♡♡♡♡ I always get stuck with the insane number of sticker books I have and I never know where to start when I'm sitting down with my planner. This video is GOLD! You (along with the other ladies) have changed the game. Thanks Heather

[@smftyler]

Love this idea. It would also be great when traveling. I always struggle with what to take with me.

[@emilyrogers3271]

Neat idea. I just like using a sticky note on the upcoming weeks to remind me of spread ideas. I like picking my stickers the weekend prior to the upcoming week. It relaxes me!

[@Sneadwoman]

@heatherkell sometimes I just want to live in your crafty big brain. This is so awesome.

[@authorbrandimaccurdy]

This is a great idea if you are doing your planning away from your supplies. My friend and I get together once a month to plan and instead of taking ALL my sticker books with me to her house, I can preplan my spreads on pages like this and then actually place them with her at her house. Thanks Heather!

[@charlottekunkel8487]

Amazing idea! Being a newbie I find planning my spreads to be stressful which is the opposite of why I’m using a planner! Also learning what stickers are in each book is a bit overwhelming! Doing it this way will make it so much more fun! I almost wish there was a list for every sticker book to refer to! Lol that would take more time than I have! 😂 Thank you so much for sharing this! It’s truly a game changer for me! 💖

[@mcarcamo1211]

I feel this in my soul. I am also a newbie and definitely went all in on the sticker books. I never know what to use and I forget what stickers are in which books.

[@xoCarissa16xo]

I love this idea. Last summer I made a leftover sticker book just like this. I ended up having to switch to parchment paper because the wax was melting and the stickers wouldn't come off. The parchment paper is still working great. I might have to make more pages to preplan like this. - CarissaVeronicaDesigns

[@hnoto01]

This was a great idea for pre-planning. I use wax paper taped/glued/stapled to both sides of a piece of cardstock cut to the size of a sticker sheet. This helps me reorganize stickers into categories and find things more easily. :)

[@nicolecarlson8629]

I know that this video is using wax paper and all... BUT. I have challenged myself to only use 1 sticker book a week; I couldn’t decide between Farmhouse and Fun Florals. I will take this video as a sign... Florals it is!!

[@simplifiedplan]

Nicole Carlson both books are so beautiful but florals always win. Especially this time of year. 💙

[@KenyaPatterson]

This is genius. I love using wax paper so I will definitely be doing this idea😍

[@mariettemacdonald9645]

You can also put wax paper over old unused spreads. That way you can preplan exactly how it’s going to look.

[@CieraMychele]

This is so smart! I was collecting all the sheets that have only a few stickers left and I initially had them just in a pocket in my happy planner... but that made it so fat and I kind of hated it! I'm literally switching over now as I watch this. 1 sheet for to do lists, 1 sheet for moods, 1 sheet for labels, etc. Etc etc... so excited, it's so much neater!!

[@cherylrobertson5629]

Can’t wait to see you use this page in your planner. The flowers and color scheme is beautiful. One thing I would do is write on the wax paper where I got the boxes, etc. from because by the time I use the page I might have forgotten. That way I could go back to that sticker book to get more boxes or checklists, etc. if I need them.

[@christiner5731]

I absolutely love this idea. I sometimes skip weeks bc I just don't have the time to do it bc it takes me so long to pick out all the stickers..so this is great

[@tabbiepettit3600]

I love this idea. However I found that if you leave them on the wax paper to long they don't like to stick in your planner. They like to peel up. At least for me they did.

[@agittleson434]

I have experienced this as well.

[@leeblakely3383]

So glad you shared this! I like this idea, but I'm going to limit how far in advance I do this. Thank you!

[@hollygiovanetti466]

Me too! Anyone have any tips for this?

[@magickaldust1213]

@@hollygiovanetti466 just dont leave them on the wax paper very long

[@tiptoes209]

@@hollygiovanetti466 use a glue stick on any stickers that are peeling up around the edges and they should stick down again.

[@elysecoil3588]

I was going to suggest Butchers packing paper or even Parchment paper. Both are a little thicker and have a waxy side.

[@laurielyon1892]

I finally started using the wax paper and I love it!! I just used those flowers in my spread for next week. I had used the leaves that had the blue with them and used that as my 2nd color instead of the green. I need another floral book. I definitely like the idea of making planning sheets this way.

[@planningcreatively4460]

I love this idea so much. It takes me forever to plan out my week, this would definitely make it quicker!

[@Kimba1080]

This is such an awesome idea. I’m making mine now. You have such amazing ideas...keep them coming.

[@woodfordtheservicegolden884]

This is perfect if you are traveling over the time you’d want to be decorating, too. (Or perhaps during lunch break at work where you can’t take a whole duffel bag of stickers, lol). Thank you! I don’t have wax paper but I do have parchment paper so I think I will try it.

[@dustybaney7787]

Heather that is a great idea. I never thought to use wax paper to help with planning stickers for my layout

[@jacirogers9109]

Now I want to see the pages when you do them!

[@ann4u458]

I've made a book like this in a mini Happy planner size. You tape two empty stickerbook sheets together to make it double sided, then trim to size and punch. They're the right width. In the edges I put some washi tape folded on both sides so the edges are nice and neat. 😘

[@jomariehayes5958]

Heather, I think I would use regular clear tape along the edges before punching. If you fold it over at the top and bottom, it will help hold the wax paper on--and it would give your punches some stability!

[@rhondawilliams2140]

Such a great idea! Thank you for sharing!

[@jacirogers9109]

I have used backer sheets to put possible stickers for a spread. Great way to do that!

[@carolynjones5222]

Great idea. I have to try that. Thanks for sharing.

[@jessicasingh6736]

You sparked an idea I've been thinking...what about photo copying your actual weekly vertical pages that your using in your planner, print out however many weeks you want to preplan for, and put them under the wax paper, that way you can actually see where the stickers are going to go, that would make it even faster, knowing where your already going to place them in your real pages ya know? Sorry if so confusing. Lol

[@simplifiedplan]

This is what my heart and mind have been needing. 😂 For Real’s. Because trying to find that sticker or where can I temporarily put these stickers. Perfect. Totally going to give it a try!

[@Howetoplan]

I love the Simply lovely book! I bought it because I had a coupon and needed a second book. Pretty sure I like it more than the one I thought I wanted. ALSO pre-planning a spread to have in case a color scheme just in case I don’t have time would be great.

[@JustScribble]

I found myself talking to you during the video. Trying to warn you that wax paper was too flimsy to stay on the discs and then that the adhesive tape wouldn’t take on the wax paper. But I like that you troubleshooted while doing it so people could see the issue and your quick thinking for a remedy. I watched a couple of videos last week from another HP planner girl that uses wax paper to plan out her whole layout/spread. She lays wax paper over her week/pages and lays down stickers and plans where to put them all. It was interesting. But I think just grabbing what you like that goes together is better. Less overthinking.

[@leelove5926]

I talked to Heather also. It's nice to know I'm not the only one.🤪

[@JustScribble]

Lee Love 😁

[@ccloveyourcreativityyouare4227]

Love your tutorials! Wouldn’t it be sturdier to use page protectors cut down and then slide card stock inside and put stickers on outside front of page protectors. I think they might punch easier and more sturdy also....just a thought!

[@marshaastar]

Thanks sharing very creative thinking ❤️

[@magickaldust1213]

This is so smart! The only real pre-planning I do is sometimes writing SUPER lightly in pencil haha

[@Susanamounce]

I use 8 x 11 sheet pages of address labels that I've ordered. When labels are used up I store stickers on them. those live in a 3 ring binder. Now I'm working on organizing my mambi sticker books into the happy planner sticker books but need to get more of those sticky attachment inserts. Or make my own.

[@unejourneebienremplie]

Thank you for sharing these very useful tips.

[@Bettystroup]

this is like scrapbook kits i make before a crop.. make these and go to a planner meet up. and you will be ready.

[@rhalbert79]

Happy planner needs to create a sturdy pre planning prep page with the different layouts available, that’d be so nice. Heather you need to tell ‘em 😉 Until that happens, I’d use a blank planner page and put the wax paper over that

[@korichamberlain]

The base sheets that the clear stickers come on are thicker and nicer then the sheets that matte/paper stickers come on. It's also easy to remove the whole plastic background sticker and rearrange your clear stickers to make space and combine pages. (That way you can steal one of those nice thick pagwse for reusing stickers from a book you already have.)

[@plantastickim1385]

I’ve been saving my empty sticker sheets too!!! It is perfect for preplanning or if I come across a sticker I didn’t know I had but was thinking of a sticker like it so I can go ahead and pull it out and have it laying out so when I think of it again it’s there. I hope that makes sense lol 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@aekfuturewriter13]

I love this idea! Thank you!

[@sumeyamohamed1596]

Have you tried using washi the super thin ones to mark the sizes of happy planner paper on your paper trimmer I did that and it works so well. I just line my paper up to the line I need and bam Its the right size.

[@colorcrayon54]

Love this idea!

[@keekerskiwitiwi]

So awesome for travel!

[@anniefields-chapman7129]

For more stability, I would use card stock paper in place of just regular paper.

[@bellepepperxx]

🧡 neat.

[@sallyis6084]

I'm pretty sure these are the exact stickers I picked out for the first week of February haha

[@TeamD2012]

U could washi tape the punch edge for sturdiness too

[@caroleisfeld1554]

I love this idea.

[@krissitheimperfectplanner8359]

Reusable! Yay. Awesome

[@kcueva313]

Great ideas TFS 👍🏻

[@eyespy14u]

You could washi tape an overlay of wax paper over your pages and test sticker placement without commitment! Once you have it right you can move to the planner pages!

[@agittleson434]

If you tuck the lid into the box, the paper cuts smoothly and evenly! Tear quickly from top to bottom like you do when you grab your planner pages out

[@Ddouglas0302]

This is such a great idea!

[@dragonmommadesigns7763]

This is an awesome idea!

[@ajvaldez42]

I totally had the same idea, but to make a sticker book. Also, I think freezer paper would be sturdier. I have way too much going on to be able to sit down and actually do it atm, but I will get to it. In the meantime, wish someone would try it out. You would only be able to use the front page, because the back is normal paper. But, from past experience, when removing small stickers sometimes we bend the paper and the ones on the back could be damaged. If someone tries it out, I would love to hear about it!

[@TheSimpleRomantic]

I also use bits of postit tape to position ideas for future layouts - but I leave Backing on

[@TheSimpleRomantic]

Can use things from the recycling box instead of scrapbook paper - inside of cereal or cracker box or a much used Manila folder

[@tinnamarie2251]

Hey Heather, did you do something different in your videos? It just seems like this one is really "echo-y" lol... just wondering.. thanks for sharing tho! I ALWAYS LOVE all your ideas!

[@jessicagarrett5644]

Awesome!! Lameka Alston of Capitol Chic Designs recently came out with a book that has about 50 pages that allows you to do this. The books are available at Michael’s!! I saw this on her Facebook and IG pages where she shows you how to do this! I love it and I keep 10 to 15 spreads ready at a time!!

[@leemoehle7934]

what is it called?

[@MsRae123]

I just purchased this book a couple of days ago and it awesome!

[@MsRae123]

lee moehle I’m not sure what it’s called but it’s by Capitol Chic Designs and on the front it says “We go together like PLANNERS and STICKERS”

[@leemoehle7934]

Raven Wilson thank you

[@skinnyandrich]

im so goofy i saw that n thoughtbit was a sticker album lol

[@krissitheimperfectplanner8359]

I washi tape the punched edge of the wax paper. It stays better

[@Finlawbear]

You could also place washi tape on the edge of the punch side and then punch it

[@pleasedtobehere]

I use label paper, for my eBay store. Once I peel the label, I use the backing, for stickers. I thought about putting them in a small binder. Tfs Heather! Kathy. @kokolivestoplan

[@marthahinton1438]

If you ran a strip of washi along the left side you could punch that and it would be even sturdier

[@tonyapinet2217]

Put a strip of washi on the wax paper before you put the wax paper in your book

[@KermitGreen82]

This is what I was thinking too!

[@tonyapinet2217]

@@KermitGreen82 I put washi strips on wax paper and cut out shapes to use as stickers

[@KermitGreen82]

@@tonyapinet2217 omg what a great idea!

[@quirkyprincess77]

I found wax paper didn’t work so well my stickers didn’t want to come off so I was just using the baking until I got my new sticker albums

[@PinkAlphaMom]

Why not make a copy of your planner page with cardstock and then laminate? Then you can just change the wax paper as needed.

[@darkmoore05]

Yeah well, wax paper is extremely hard to come by in Germany. (About the only place I found it had 250 sheets for 16!!! Euro) I think I might just have to find something else...

[@brimac9261]

Parchment paper?

[@darkmoore05]

@@brimac9261 Parchment paper is not coated with anything though. I don't think that will work.

[@brimac9261]

@@darkmoore05 oh. It is used in baking here and seems like it would work for stickers. It's like wax paper, but you can bake with it. Maybe it's something different there.

[@darkmoore05]

@@brimac9261 No, it's actually exactly that. A sheet of paper used for baking goods in the oven. They're not coated though. They are made non-sticky some other way. Wax would melt at these temperatures ;)

[@brimac9261]

@@darkmoore05 yeah. I know. I just didn't know if what we called parchment paper and what you called parchment paper was the same thing, but it sounds like it. It's weird to me that y'all don't have wax paper. lol We use that for a lot of things.

[@pleasedtobehere]

I use label paper, for my eBay store. Once I peel the label, I use the backing, for stickers. I thought about putting them in a small binder. Tfs Heather! Kathy. @kokolivestoplan