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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.


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The Prize Package New Venice paper, 4 x 6 Carousel and all the stuff to go with it (tabs, cards, transparencies, pockets), Family Matters 97% complete sticker, textured rubbings (you know you want to try those after last month challenge), brads, multiple adhesives from Therm O web and 3 cats eye inks from Tsukineko.  …

Show your Gypsy pride!

 Have you noticed our Gypsy icon in the side bar?  Show your gypsy pride by adding it to your blog sidebar!  You can copy/paste the HTML code or if you have a blog powered by Blogger there is a very simple method using a picture gadget.  Once your done, leave a comment here and we…

Christmas Project #6

Gingerbread Cottage artist Ranjini Malhorta Ranjini used ACT cards to create this little cottage.  She covered the cards with a large dot paper-Matarro, small brown stripe-Terrassa, and our favorite red polka dot-Coloma .  The Barcelona papers are two sided so you get a lot of choices when it comes to dots and stripes.  Love that….

Christmas Project 5

Christmas Countdown Calendar artist Paula Cheney Now that Thanksgiving is over it’s time to count down the days till Christmas.  And what do you need to do that?  How about this?  A very cool countdown calendar made by Paula using the new Photo Display Stand, cardstock and red polka dot paper, large binding rings ,…

Gypsy Girl Life

Gypsy Girl Life is an ongoing series where we step into the lives and homes of our design team as well as our good gypsy friends.  This month DT member, Renee Camacho has welcomed us into her life to see a few beautiful images of her home and the bounty that nature provides in her…

Christmas Project 4

Wish List & Receipt Book artist Vicki Boutin Instructions- 1. Cut or punch a circle from the top of 5 kraft colored paper bags. 2. Attach the 5 bags together with stripe Gaffers Tape. To make the cover:3. Cut 2 pieces of heavy weight cardstock slightly larger than the paper bags (approx 5 x 7″)….

November Product Challenge

Gift Card Enclosure artist Ranjini Malhotra I used one of the new medium sized Naked pockets (3 1/2 x 5 1/2″) for my first textured rubbings challenge. I covered the pocket with patterned paper from the Victoria collection (the blue polka dot is on the back of Rosewood paper). Then I cut up one of…

November Product Challenge

Butterfly Art artist Vicki Boutin This challenge was right up my alley! I love anything the sparkles and the Texture Rubbings are a perfect way to add a little glam to a project. First, I created a quick background by layering two sheets of patterned paper. The second sheet was cut slightly smaller, distressed and…

Christmas Project 3

Book Cover Wall Hanging artist Ranjini Malhotra “I love the Victoria Book Covers and of course, being a gypsy, I had to repurpose it for something other than its intended use. I used Victoria Gaffer Tape, ATC Chipboard Decoratif, the perfect size for this project and a bit of silver glass glitter, a resin cameo,…

Christmas Project #2

A Gypsy Tea Rachel Carlson Just a few peeks at “a gypsy glee tea” that I will be hosting in my home. Tea and cookies will be served to my close friends along with handmade gifts. Who doesn’t need a break before the holiday rush? Invite victoria 6×6 paper variety pack, hudson valley ribbon Place…

This blog is a compilation of inspiration from the Canvas Corp Brands family including Canvas Corp, Tattered Angels and 7Gypsies.