Make It Monday...

I'm up at Papertrey Ink today (Nichole's blog) with a new video for our weekly Make It Monday tutorial! I decided to try something a little bit different and talk about a particular style that my friend Wida Miller has coined, "Modern Whimsy". She tells me this is what my style is called! So I've been thinking about this a lot and what defines the style I'm most drawn to. I made a video to share a few tips on achieving this look. I hope you enjoy the video! And thank you to Wida for helping me figure out what my style is. I didn't know it had a name! :) It really helped to hear her view of what my style is, and how others view it...

You can watch the video HERE. To me, the Modern Whimsy style is a little carefree, not perfectly straight, light and airy, yet colorful with a lot of detail. Layered with hints of items peeking out from the back. Vellum and light backgrounds are always great additions to this style!

I did make a Pinterest board with more examples of what I feel this style looks like if you want to take a peek at more samples: Modern Whimsy on Pinterest. I get a lot of inspiration from scrapbooking pages. You can do anything on a card that you can do on a layout. Please let me know if you have any questions, I'd be glad to answer them. Have fun with this challenge! One winner will be chosen on Nichole's blog for a $25 gift certificate to use however you'd like at Papertrey Ink. Give it a try!

Peace card:

(All supplies by Papertrey Ink unless otherwise noted.)

STAMPS: Holiday Button Bits, Layered Postmarks: Holiday

INK: True Black, Versamark

PAPER: Pure Poppy Pattern Pack, Sweet Blush Pattern Pack, Aqua Mist cardstock, vellum

DIES: Damask Snowflake, Half & Half, Fancy Flakes, One Liners

OTHER: twine, stars by Studio Calico, white embossing powder, washi tape.