Larissa — Pink Paislee

Spring Fling Week {Matryoshkas Easter Eggs}

April 4, 2012 By Larissa 12 Comments

Hello Pink Paislee fans! Larissa here to show you something cute and meaningful that I created for the Easter celebration!

Inspired by the amazing “She art” collection and Christy Tomlinson´s work, I prepared a set of 3-D paper matryoshkas Easter eggs:

By definition, a set of matryoshkas consists of “a wooden figure which separates, top from bottom, to reveal a smaller figure of the same sort inside, which has, in turn, another figure inside of it, and so on”. Instead of wooden, my set is made from paper.

Easter eggs are meaningful. They are symbols of renewed life and hope. When I put together these 3-D paper eggs with the powerful messages that I found in the “She Art” collection it was almost like the dolls, from the bigger to the smallest, was gaining life!

I used the same template to create and mold each one. I just had to resize it and then, after molding my eggs and painting the dolls´ faces, I embellished them with some butterflies cut outs and words like “she left her fears behind”, “She knew she was loved” or “she dared to dream” using “She Art” and “Spring Jubilee” lines by Pink Paislee.

The biggest is this one:

Here is the second:

And the little ones – numbers 3 and 4:

You can open each of these matryoshkas eggs to insert the smaller dolls.

Pink Paislee products used:

No matter how big or small they are – they are the perfect handmade gift for this celebration!

Happy Easter to you and your family!

Filed Under: Studio Inspiration Tagged With: Larissa Albernaz, she art, Spring Jubilee

Color Crush {fancy combos}

March 15, 2012 By Larissa 4 Comments

Hello Pink Paislee Fans! Welcome to day 3 of our Color Crush week! Larissa here today to share a layout that I did inspired by this color combo, a fancy combination of soft tons of green and cream:

Color combos are very useful. They allow us to be more creative.

That´s true. When we create, we tend to get into some color ruts and choose the same basic color combo, but the inspiration of a new color combination like this one brings us something new.

For instance, I started creating a layout by gathering everything I had on my stash that matched the color combo: the Nantucket line, some Butterfly Garden and Vintage Vogue papers with a touch of the Old School collection. As I couldn’t find papers that matched all the colors, I decided to use some inks, sprays, art mediums, stamps and the Mistables line and the creative journey simply led me to a textured layout.

In fact, all the texture I added here and the Nantucket and Mistables lines were perfect to portray some memories and feelings related to the sea, the sea breeze, the warmth and coziness of the beach.

I could not resist working with the Nantucket clear stamps and adding some out-of-the-ordinary elements to my layout.

What a nice and colorful surprise!

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I hope I have inspired you to create something with this color combination!

Thanks for stopping by this blog today!

Filed Under: Studio Inspiration Tagged With: color inspiration, Larissa Albernaz, layout, Nantucket

Epiphany Crafts Blog Hop: Day 2

February 7, 2012 By Larissa 122 Comments

Welcome to day 2 of Epiphany Crafts blog hop!

Hey everyone! It’s Larissa here with my first blog post as a Pink Paislee Design Team member!!!

Today I want to share a layout I did recently in which I added some cool custom embellishments made with Pink Paislee papers and the Epiphany Crafts Shape Studio tool – a super cool tool that allows us to create unique embellishments with just scraps of paper, a few Epiphany Crafts acessories and some creativity!

Let me give you some tips on how I did these three custom embellishments.

Instructions:

1. First, stamp desired pattern onto a strip of paper.

2. Place desired pattern into the tool and position through the viewfinder.

3. Place epoxy shape through the viewfinder directly onto your image and press.

4. Place insert into tool.

5. Close the lid and press to punch.

6. Glue it to the charm.

7. Cut off the handle of the silver charm.

8. Glue it to the paper rosettes.

9. Or sew Pink Paislee´s trims to create a beautiful flower.

10. Here they are – 3 new embellishments!

That´s it! I hope you have enjoyed this tool and tutorial as much as I did! Thanks for stopping by today and don’t forget to come back this week for more Epiphany Crafts projects ideas!

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Materials/Supplies:

Epiphany Crafts Shape Studio Round 14