Crafts

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Alter old drawer into a beautiful center piece

Every gypsy loves old, full of history items. But what’s better than that is giving those item a completely new life and prolonging its history-gathering adventures. From old bottles to typewriters to picture frames to furniture. Our Crew member, Kerstin Inga-Peters alters a vintage drawer and turns it into an eye-catching centre piece worthy of being…
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DIY Shabby Chic Fabric Wings On Wednesday

Welcome to Wings on Wednesday! This time we have a real treat for you! Our Crew member, Viktoriya Porechnaya mixed Canvas Corp fabrics and Tattered Angels mists to create this shabby chic pair of wings.  These wings are a great way to use up old bits of lace and fabric, repurpose an old dress or grab scraps at the…

Fun Background Technique With Glimmer Mist and Gesso tattered angels canvas corp brands
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Fun Background Technique With Glimmer Mists and Gesso

Did you know that Tattered Angels mists react so cool with water? What it means is that even once they’re on paper, you can still play with them using water – you can dilute the colour, do ‘ghost prints’, etc. Add some white gesso to it and you have even more options – lighten the colours,…
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City Lights – Urban Travel Challenge

Today, Crew Member  Viktoriya Porechnaya share a layout inspired by our June Challenge “Urban Travel”. This is what Viktoriya tell us abut her project: So many ideas about our Challenge were in my head, but I couldn’t stop for one of it. Suddenly I took a look through the window . Modern city is so…
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Altered Jewelry Box

Mixed media that is functional is a great way to introduce your projects into your home decor.  Crew member Priscilla Lim created the sweetest nautical themed box that is perfect for the beach house, lake house or beach themed room.  If nautical is not your style, choose the colors and embellishments that work for you and create the perfect little wooden…

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Wings on Wednesday – My Guardian Angel

Does it ever happen to you that you dream out your project, literally? It did to me, for the first time. Call me crazy but I woke up in the morning and had to make it happen. When I looked at the finished piece, ‘Guardian Angel’ was the only thing that came to mind… But let’s…

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The art of collage with 7gypsies and Tattered Angels

At Canvas Corp Brands, we encourage everyone to express themselves in the way they feel most comfortable. Whether it’s painting, home decor, mixed media, sewing… it really doesn’t matter! What matters is that you are having fun! Collage… for some it will be an easy, effortless form of artistic expression, for others… the worst nightmare…

Nautical Home Decor Blocks- The Creative Studio- Canvas Corp Brands
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Nautical Home Decor Blocks

Some of the Crew have been inspired by our Nautical papers lately! We have seen some fun scrapbook layouts, cards, gift boxes, and today’s post even features home decor! Nancy Hawes created these fun, beach themed wooden blocks to display on her shelves, and we think this is just an adorable way to repurpose those…

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Your Important Dates in a 7g/CC Perpetual Calendar Book

Album and book making can be an art form in itself. There are many different sizes, themes, and ways to bind albums together to create something unique and fitting for your own needs. Kimberly has created and shared this gorgeous little Perpetual Calendar Book to share with us today! She cleverly used some of our…

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Travelling Art Journal – May 2017, group 1

June is here, which means it’s time to share with you the first part of the May travels of our Art Journals. Our Crew is spread all over the world and the journals are slowly making their way visiting the fabulous places filling up with beautiful, one-off pieces of art. As usual, the entries are full of Tattered Angels…

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