The Day of the Dead

The day of the dead 

November 2nd

is very popular around the world, 

we Mexicans are used to see death as a part of life, 

we consider it is a cycle, we grow up with this day 

a  c e l e b r a t i o n  d a y,

 it`s a little mixed up with Halloween now due to 

the proximity with the USA and so

the children learned to go out for their trick or treat 

as well but we call it "calaverita", we set up 

our altars with flowers and food, and dedicate

this day to remeber our loved ones that have

gone before us, I made this 

spread for that coming day, maybe I`ll attach 

some photos of that day on it!! 

I`ve carved some skulls and made beautiful cards with it as well

as the altered book page!

In here you can see my paper doll skull, you can find a tutorial in the 

right column! I`ve used my own skull design, I just Love

to make fun characters!

My brother who is also learning to carve and has been doing some 

awesome works, like this Frankenstein!

 I`ve been making tiny paintings, this is made with my tehuanas

skull doll, the rest is painted with some carved stamps!

And couldn`t resist making some cards!!

This is fun, all hand made! Can you believe it?

This are some more tiny paintings, they are too cute

to be scarry and a lot of fun to make!

I hope you enjoy my whimsical spooky characters and that

they bring you a smile to your face, that`s the intention behind all this! ;D

Enjoy life!

Boo Card and Spooky Journal Page

I love working inspired by the seasons and holidays, this keeps me
motivated and changing helps me in not get bored so this week I
made a cuple of proects one a cute card using my new home made
stamps wich I can`t stop telling you about how much I love making them!

The background is also a stamp I`ve made, then I`ve cutted the stamped pumpkins,
I`ve been making this caracters for quite some time and now I love having them
as stamps!  A long time dream! The bats are made carving an eraser,
the rest is die cutted or hand cutted!

To finish I added a splash of glitter to the background for I love this
look of splattered stars! This unique card could be framed as it is!

The other fun project is for the new journaling group over

Hands and Heart Online Comunity I`ve creadet this group to share

my ideas on creating fun art journal pages, I love this art form,

is so relaxing, freeing and I learn so much from it!

The prompt for this month included making a paper doll witch!

Making a pocket and using the colors of the season...

Of course again those swirls stamps were home made!

There are some that repel the idea of halloween, I think is super fun and

this works prove it!  Halloween can be so inspiring and full of diverse caracters,

it is just how you apporach to it, everything has two sides and one can choose

how bright or dark you want to go! Don`t you agree?

Happy Halloween Sweet Friends!

Spooky whimsical caracters

This is my latest spooky acrylics painting  "Noche de brujas"

witches night, a cute sweet girl in her Halloween custom going for trick or treat so 

be ready to give her a sweet treat or else be ware of a horrible spell!  Lol!

Of course she`s  listed over my Etsy  SOLD! THANK YOU! 
for those who love Halloween and collect cute spooky paintings!

Are you a card lover? I am! I remember making my first cards and I feel so humble 

about how people used to encourage me to keep going! I now am a lot more confident
on making them, I know its simple to make them but there is something about the design
 part that take it`s time to develop, here are some ideas to make some fun cards for this
next Halloween along with a brand new digital collage sheet I`ve created to make them!

This time I`ve recycled some pages form old magazines, I just have a huge collection and so
I will be experimenting with all that material!  This time I simply used them to make some papers
to create this cute cards bellow!

I simply went over  them with some acrylic paints, no guesso, no sanding, no prep, just paint!
How about that? So simple and it works! They crumble a little so I ironed them to make them
flat again of course with a paper on top or else you will ruin your iron!  And that`s it!
Happy, happy, easy, easy soooo happy! ;D

Of course they are made with spooky colors, you can make your palette unique and use it to create
your projects by going for the colors you truly like!  No science, simply use those favorites!

And this is the newest digital collage sheet I was talking about, it`s super new and I love those
cute characteres which can be painted with color pencils, watercolor pencils, pan pastels, you name it!

It is now listed over my Etsy!

Here is one printed and cut, some with a punch, ready for more...

This time I`ve used my color pencils, I have a fun set of a great quality which at the end give a great result, I simply added a little color and shade a bit, again, easy!

I chose one painted magazine that I liked to go with the colors of each character, I simply put them

on top of them to see which look better!

Here is the gallery for you to be inspired! I hope you try my new spooky digital collage sheets

and have lots of fun making cards, tags, invitations and a lot more...

I simply attached the painted papers over card stock paper, sometimes simple is best!  Some images 

are  cut, some are left as they come, some have been fully painted and some just a little color!

In this one, I`ve added some glitter to the background and a circle punch to create

a spooky scenario! 

I`ve printed the mini set included over sticker paper and cut with a circle punch and used some

paper bags as the envelopes...

I looove! 

This are simply folded in a circle and they hold a candle inside!  You will have three

characters showing! I plan to put this over my window!

Is Halloween fun or what? I just love this celebration of life!

To find this collage sheets, please visit my Etsy! 

I hope you are having a great time planning your Halloween celebration!

As a gift to my dearest followers, 

I am giving away this set of 6 cards I`ve made,

simply leave a comment on this post

so I can count you inn the draw!

 Of course you have to be a follower to 

be able to enter! 

The winner will be announced

over the first post of October!