We’ll be back soon!
Hello, gypsy friends! Just letting you know that we are out on our journeys preparing big things for CHA Summer and will be back soon with more unique treasures, vintage finds, and creative ideas to share with you!!
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Canvas Corp Brands is the home of Tattered Angels, 7Gypsies and Canvas Corp (Canvas Home Basics). We are a manufacturer of surfaces, paint and vintage reproductions coming to you from Springdale, Arkansas.
April Project Challenge & Guest Artist!
This month’s product product challenge is ENVELOPES. We love the simplicity of our Naked Envelopes… just waiting to be stamped, altered and or left completely naked. Or the brightly colored gypsy envelopes perfect for tucking cards and letters into or adding to a mini album. 4 lucky gypsies will win a set of envelopes!…
yes… good things come from small spaces!
What does your creative space look like? Is it a large studio? A portion of your dining room table? Or a nook in the corner of a spare room? We love exploring where all of your creative magic happens… big or small! This month gypsy artist Ann Mabee let us take a peek at…
a few more ideas
If you’re still not convinced that you NEED to give the stacked accordion a try then check out what these fabulous gypsies were able to do with theirs! First up our Blog winner, Debby Podgorski found that the stacked accordion was the perfect place to tuck her photos and journaling from her trip to NYC….
photo juxtaposition
Yet another fabulous way to use the stacked accordion! The focus of this project is all in the photos. Each page in the accordion is filled with a black and white image, which makes for a stunning presentation when it is displayed fully open. BUT it was the way that Ann used the…
what on gypsy earth is a “stacked” accordion?
Simply put it’s an accordion book done 7gypsies style. When we created this little gem we weren’t quite content just offering your standard accordion… we knew it could be so much more. So we “stacked” a stitched seam book into several of the accordion folds for an unexpected addition to an already interesting book…
create your own gypsy fabric!
We love that gypsy artist Ann Mabee created her own gypsy fabrics by printing her favorite Avignon collection papers onto printable fabric she purchased at her local craft store. She used her custom fabrics to add a little gypsy to a basic apron. So simple and So gypsy! P.S. check out the cute spoon…
YOU can so do this…
THE {KL_necklace} We all know how much gypsy artists Kerry Lynn adores texture. All of her fabulously vintage projects are adorned with lots of it. So to create a piece of wearable art she used a gorgeous combination of french linen from her stash and our favorite seam binding ribbon to create this stunning necklace. …
Gypsy Bling!
Part of being a gypsy is knowing how to accessorize~ and yes we tend to overdo it. Whether it’s on the covers of our albums, the binding rings that hold them together or pretty much any project we do we love to add our own little flair. And most often the sparkly and shinier,…