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Make Your Own Spring Snow Globe

With a cheeky smile Tonya Trantham is saying goodbye to Winter today. She alters an old snow globe (snow = Winter) and turns it into a welcoming and colourful Spring and Easter inspired globe. I found the musical snow globe sitting in my husband’s study window – all the water evaporated and the base and the “winter scene”…

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Spring Inspired Canvas Clutch Purse

Hello! Michelle Renee Wells here and today I have for you a slightly unusual project… Well, it’s unusual in the way it was made… here goes… The first time I spotted the Canvas Corp Banner Shield, I envisioned a clutch style purse. Grant it, I had never made one before, so this was sort of a…

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Wings on Wednesday – Gypsy in a Bottle

Wings on Wednesday have so far featured numerous projects, from cards to notebooks but never a bottle… Today, Cathy Frailey shares her winged project with a Gypsy in a Bottle – rusty, grungy and totally awesome!!! We’ve all heard of a genie in a bottle – well, how about a gypsy? You can create your own Gypsy in a Bottle…

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Memories – Distressed Frame for Old Photos

Hello everyone! I am Kimberly Sisco and it’s my turn to share my project with you here. I am currently decorating our home in a vintage shabby chic style and I wanted to create a unique way to display old photos I have of my grandparents. We had purchased several black plastic frames at a garage…

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Love life – altered wooden box

Hello! It’s Irit Shalom and I have for you this altered wooden box made with a love story for life. For me, romantic love is not the only possible love. I cherish it a lot, but the love of life is the must for the humanity. So I made this love box with hearts connected, but…

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Meet Spring with Bright Colors! Fun home decor

All of our European Crew members (we’re sure they’re not the only ones!!!) are eagerly awaiting Spring time and at Canvas Corp Brands, we have plenty of products that will help you prepare your home for the day when it finally comes. From Splash Of Spring paper Collection, through a variety of nature inspired Mixed Media Origins papers to…

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Display your Photos in this Spring-Inspired Frame

We’re probably all waiting for winter to finally end and for warmer and brighter days to come back and add a little sunshine to our days. Using an old frame and Tattered Angels paints, Kelli Cool made her first step towards the new, colourful season ahead. With Spring approaching (and maybe I’m rushing!), I wanted to create…

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Altered bottle for a tincture strenghtening the heart

Upcycling, also known as creative reuse, is the process of transforming by-products, waste materials, useless, or unwanted products into new materials or products of better quality or for better environmental value. Karina Chelmaniacka picked an old glass bottle and gave it a new steamunk-ish life. Let’s allow her to tell us about her new project… Since…

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Sisterly Love – Oval Photo Frame

Hello, It’s Lynda Lindley here today. Are you ready for the highly anticipated Valentine’s Day yet? Today, I have for you a quick and easy project that makes a great special gift. Having a sister means you have a built-in best friend. I was lucky to have these amazing pictures taken of my girls and how…

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January Challenge Winner & Features

We had a couple of amazing projects entered in January. We love to see those gorgeous entries to our challenges from ALL around the globe. We want to say THANK YOU for being part of the Canvas Corp Brands community, reading and supporting our blog, and being a part of our challenges!!!! We also want to remind…