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Traveling Art Journal – what our Crew made in February, part 1

Every CCB Traveling Art Journal has started its travels; they have all their first beautiful entries in and are on the way to their first destinations. Today, we would like to share with you the first entries made by the ladies in Group1. We have a quick review of all of the entries in this slideshow…
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Pieces of metal wire and other junk on a Vintage Art Journal Page

Art Journals are so ‘in’ this season and here, at Canvas Corp Brands, we have everything you might need to get started. From 7gypsies Starter Journals and Architextures Books (which can be your bases), through a variety of embellishments like brass domes, Architextures basis and loads more, to Tattered Angels paints of all imaginable type and colour. With all…

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Mixed Media Ideas – Creativity with Heart

The creations have not stopped for the enter month as we match up with our buddies at The Crafter’s Workshop.  We thought this would be very cool, but we had no idea it would be this amazing!!!! So grab yourself a cup of coffee and enjoy this post by Crew Member Yulia Popkova as she…

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The Story of the Art Journal – Sharing Art With The World

Have you ever seen the movie called ‘The Sisterhood of Travelling Pants’? It’s an easy watching flick about a group of best friends who, after spending most of their lives together, are preparing to spend their first separate summer vacations in various parts of the world. On one of the final days of their time together,…
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Create A Bookshelf For Your Mini Books With An Old Book

There are many ways in which you can alter old books. You can take a book (old, new, recycled or multiple) and cut it, tear it, glue it, fold it, paint it, rebind it, create pop-ups… You can add pockets and niches to hold other items. Or, like Crew Member, Lena Holmstrom, you can turn it into a…
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Create Your Own Mixed Media Wood Background – You & Me Canvas

Natural stretched canvas are one of the singnature products of Canvas Corp. We have a range of sizes available and if you can’t find the size you need, guess what?, we have custom sizes available, too! The raw, un-gessoed surface leaves it totally up to you when it comes to creativity. You can paint it, stamp it,…
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Mixed Media Fun and Games with The Crafter’s Workshop – ‘Fly’ Canvas

Have you played with The Crafter’s Workshop Products before, maybe you have in the past, maybe you have some old stencils stored away that need to come out and be played with our maybe it is time to stock up on a few new designs.  Once upon a time stencils were used with a pencil…
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Nautical Mixed Media Journal ‘Dreaming of the Beach’ – Exploring Crafting with Canvas

With the rain and wind outside, maybe even snow if you’re lucky, a beach is probably the place that most of us dream of. Rather than wearing our winter coats and wellies, we could sit under a palm tree and dig our feet into a hot sand. oh, how wonderful! To make those experiences more achievable…
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How To Make Your Own Perpetual Calendar

Important dates, birthdays, anniversaries… there are so many of them each month and sometimes it’s hard to keep up and remember them all. Putting them in a diary means that we’ll have to copy them into a new one at the end of the year. Why not make a perpetual calendar?  Our Crew member, Ina Solsbery,…
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Life Was Meant For A Great Adventure Pennant “Gypsy Inspired”

What is a gypsy? Some may define a gypsy as a wanderer and one with a free spirit; others may say it is someone who travels from place to place with no place to call home; and others may say that your gypsy is on the inside and it gives you the freedom to be creative, dance when…

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