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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.


Guest Artist

Guest Artist Challenge Melissa Peck We feel very lucky to have Melissa Peck joining the gypsies for our textured rubbings challenge this month. We love Melissa’s work for it’s whimsical nature, use of color and attention to detail. What you might not notice in her work below is the bits of ephemera or messages Melissa…

Christmas Project 1

Nativity Accordion Book artist Ann Mabee Supplies: 7gypsies House Board Book 7gypsies ribbon 7gypsies papers-Gypsy Market line 7gypsies chipboard (wings, star, window) Distress Ink-Ranger (Vintage Photo) The pattern from Plum Creek Collectibles- “The First Christmas” is really designed for fabric but works great for paper also. Adaptations were made to fit on the shape of…

Ready or Not!

Today is already November 10th, the days are flying by! Can you believe it’s only 7 weeks till Christmas? We thought you might need a little inspiration to get you in the Christmas spirit and get those creative juices flowing. Our design team is hard at work putting together some great ideas for wrapping presents,…

November Challenge

Can you believe October is gone? We can’t either! We have been so busy here…so much for CHA has already begun. For those of you who will attend in January you are going to love what we have up or sleeve for the booth…not to be missed! Now on to our NOVEMBER CHALLENGETextured RubbingsWhat is…

She’s a clever girl…

Who you ask? Well our very own Ranjini, that’s who! Just check out this clever little display piece she made all about her daughter. It is so ridiculously simple (yet stunning at the same time) that I just can’t imagine why we never thought of it before. Supplies:wood boxBarcelona papermetal paper fasteners6″ elasticsmetal page edge-black…

Check it out!

Our friends at BlueMoonScrapbooking loves 7gypsies so much that they are celebrating with a special 7gypsies week filled with lots of great deals, exclusive kits and giveaways. Get the scoop on the BlueMoonScrapbooking blog and at their the online store. From what we hear they will be doing a new gypsy giveaway every day!

In search of Good Junk

So it’s time for another episode of “In Search of Good Junk” (our favorite post of the month…because we love looking for junk). Today we are going more up scale in our junk search for three reasons: 1. We love the inspiration we get when we visit this store… and it really is just as…

October Guest Artist

Our guest artist this month is Janet Hopkins. Janet has been a long time friend of the gypsies. She is so very friendly, genuine, and talented (and that’s just a start). We also know Janet shares a love of junking… finding the beauty in things of the past, things that someone else wouldn’t think twice…

How about a litle sneak peek?

It’s that time of year…time for our fall line to be released. Six new double sided papers…think sea-blue, melon, black and brown…yummy prints and beautiful script. Add in new script paper tape (can you see it in the photo? and that’s only one of three new patterns!), a MUST HAVE for every gypsy stash. If…

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