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Altered Mixed Media Art Inspiration

We love the art of mixed media and we wanted to share these amazing altered frames and canvases that our Crew created to inspire you to create one of your own.   You can start with just about any base or surface that is blank or not blank, simply cover up something that is ready to be repurposed,…
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Teal Pumpkin Project – Food Allergy Awareness

Erin shares with us on the blog today and crafty idea that also helps build awareness to food allergies.  Children with food allergies have to be more cautious than ever during Halloween and the teal pumpkin campaign was created to help build awareness.  You can put a teal pumpkin out to show that you offer allergy free treats (generally not food related) and…
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Make Your Own Christmas Cards

Now is the time to create you design, gather your supplies and begin making your Christmas cards.  Whether making 1 or 100 it is good to determine your design, gather your supplies, tools and enjoy the process, so there is no creative stress as the holidays get closer and closer.   Making your own cards is so personal…
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Halloween Tags, Bags and Crafty Projects

With just about every Canvas Corp release, we create a tag, sampler or sayings paper filled with ephemera, signs and sayings. Our Haunt It Tags paper is full of parts and pieces designed to be cut about and easily turned into cards, tags, added to albums, bags, layouts and more with just one 12×12 paper.  This inexpensive set…
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Haunt It Halloween DIY Journal with the Cricut Expression

Die cutting our papers is so easy and Valerie shows us today how to do it with the Cricut Expression Die Cut Machine.  The cardstock weight of the paper makes them instant pages in your mini book that can be decorated, embellished, painted, distressed and more.  The Canvas Corp Haunt It Collection features a mixture of themed,…
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DIY Haunted Cake Halloween Centerpiece

Here is a clever, crafty cake with zero calories and all kinds of spooky fun.  Kimberly walks us through a fun way to make a faux cake that can be decorated for any holiday, season or event.  She decorated this one for Halloween and it is spectacular.  Once the cake base is done you can really…
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Spellbinders & Canvas Corp Brands Hop: Whimsical Woodland Blog Fest Day 3

Today marks day 3 of Spellbinders® Whimsical Woodland Blog Fest and Partner Blog Hop and we were so thrilled to be invited to participate and to share a special invitation and place card on National Card Day today!!!!!  In honor of this day we encourage you to make and send Thanksgiving invitations this year, even if it is…
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Haunt It ATC’s

What is an Artist Trading Card (or ATCs)?  For those of you new to the mixed media and craft world, they are tiny works of art that are self-producted and are about the same size of a baseball cards (2 1⁄2 by 3 1⁄2 inches).  The ATC movement has its origins in Switzerland where cards were traded, no money is exchanged.  Today cards are exchanged all…
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Halloween Card Without A Spook

Halloween is one of world’s oldest holidays and while the US and Canada take claim to over 65% of the population celebrating the holiday there are plenty of countries around the globe that also celebrate it, so one might think it is an American driven holiday it is not.  The holiday started about 2000 years ago in…
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Sisters Printer’s Tray w/Video

Today is Daughter’s Day according to some sources, we are not sure how national it is, we kinda think everyday is daughter and son’s day because they are so special to us.  Erin shares with us today the most amazing, creative tribute to her daughters.  What beautiful memories she has captured.  They will be cherished forever.  Creativity…

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