Recycle and make art day! New tutorial

New tutorial showing you how I recycle stuff from around my home, 

things I used to throw away all the time without even thinking

about it, I am sure it´s the same for everyone and it´s my hope 

this blog inspire you to see materials as just that, materials that

can be re used and transformed into something new, for me,

it applies in the crafts and arts area because this is what I do

but I am sure it can apply to many other areas, just be creative!

Teach the kids to think this way and the 

world will be different in a few years

Does your tea bags come inside another bag?  Some of my 

favorite teas do and I´ve been saving them for a while but 

they had their turn today!  I used them in an altered book

if you are new about altered books, there is an introductory 

tutorial here about it. 

For those who are already altering books I have to share 

that I now simply use a masking tape to go around the corners 

of various pages to put them together, fast and easy just 

don´t use much watery mediums or the pages will have air

 bubbles in the center for it is not glued.

Here are the empty bags of two different teas I love, 

coincidentally the colors match and I used that same color 

palette for the  background colors and design of the page, I 

used squares for it was the same shape of the bags...

The page had some Mexican pottery or silver pieces so I used 

those shapes as a sketch and painted over them...

I painted the bags with guesso and then the same chosen

colors using the same design as the background...

I painted some paper and used a tag punch, some matching 

ribbons and used that tool for making a hole going through

all of the pieces and attached it with a tiny brad...

Now all is left is some embellishing, I used stamps and

a black pen, I wrote in each bag one wish and symbolically

represented it on the front of the bag...

Bonus project!

Why not use the same idea for other stuff like

these cute cards! Put inside a beautiful note attached

to a ribbon as well so it´s easy to pull out or

add cut shapes like this heart! Know anyone who would 

enjoy this?

I hope you are inspired to recycle and create! This will also help your creativity expand!

Much love to you!

New Snowman!

Christmas has already arrived on my studio and the reason

is that I will be attending some Christmas fairs and so I am

preparing some cute goodies for it!

Snowman are always a favorite subject for me and this two

guys are the first. I had a debate over my facebook to decide

which was the favorite and many picked the blue sky guy, I

of course, love both and I am painting more and also 

 I am making some cards with them!

Since little I`ve been fascinated by paper crafts so when I discovered

hand made cards I went to heaven and I visit often! Lol!

 Besides being an artist I love crafts and so I am always busy making

some cute stuff as you can see bellow, I have a hard time now trying to

keep my studio clean but I have to so the inspiration keeps flowing!

I`ll be busy for a while and I won`t be posting here a lot but I

will be up dating my facebook page if you want to check

and see what`s up over Hands and Heart, I also

hope you have a wonderful time and keep your self creative!!

Freebie Halloween Digital Collage Sheet!

Hello sweets! I was making this cute card and 

I thought why not sharing this with my 

blogger friends?

It`s fun to make the treats with a touch 

of extra cutness I hope you like it!

 Simply download the page and print, cut circles,

cut pieces of black cardstock to make the hat and

use some stars to emmbellish it!  look bellow!

This digital collage sheet is made entirely by me

 and you are allowed to use it for your personal 

projects, I appreciate you not sharing it on the web 

or anyway  digitally! You can post a link to this site

so your friends enjoy of it as well!

I have more over  digital collage sheets over my 

Etsy if you want  to take a look!

Now use some worrds from a book or cut some paper

to write some spooky words, super easy!  

Now use your witch in your projects, make cute cards to give 

with tricks and treat or give them as thank you notes after 

Halloween parties, or in some scrapbook displays!

You can invite children to make them with you!

I hope you enjoy this and that you have a 

great Halloween!  

New carved stamps and cards!

I have been carving a lot these days and I can`t seem

to stop, it`s really addictive and fun and I want to share

some of my new stamps!

This lady is the first of hopefully many more, I want to make!

Then this flower is used as a background for this cute card!

Then my brother made this one, he just started to carve and he seems to 

really like it, I loved his Frida and made a couple of stamps to make this card!

He even mounted it on wood!  I am hoping he makes more!

I`ve used a pan for food for the background, I usually use them for my

palettes but this time I loved it and so I`ve cut a piece and tried and yes,

I liked it a lot! You should try it!  It`s also good for adding dimension to 

some pieces like the kitty bellow!

I love this circus! The kitty was inspired by  the collage piece I made for the

card and so I made a stamp of  one cute kitty!

I hope you enjoy my cards and that you get inspired! 

Thank you for visiting!  ;D