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How To Make A Mixed Media Canvas – Enjoy the Garden

So you love the new mixed media art you are seeing, but have not taken the leap and tried it for yourself yet, well here is a great step by step that might just help get you started.   Here are a few rules to follow when creating mixed media art: 1. There are no rules…

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Vintage Photo “Family” Canvas

 Mixed Media is a very creative and personal craft, colors, techniques and style come out in each mixed media artists work and they can make it more personal by adding family photos, found objects with meaning or quotes that resonate.  Crew Member, Evelyn Walter, created this elegant mixed media art piece with subtle colors of purple and black…

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How to Make A Mixed Media Shadowbox

So the entire project started with a plain 8×8 7gypsies Shadow Box and a coordinating 8×8 Wooden Insert.  Not sure where she was going with the project, Shannon just started and one video turned into a library of 6 amazing videos that take you through the process from beginning to end.   Here is a peek inside the amazing box…

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Art and Craft Pocket Cards

ATC’s are quite the rage again in the world of paper arts.  Artist Trading Cards or Art Cards, for those who may not know, are small works of art that have a base size of 2.5 inches by 3.5 inches. You can trade these, turn them into banners, books or use them to create a…

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Canvas Corp Brands May Challenge Reminder

The month is already 1/2 gone, where does time fly?  We wanted to remind you that there is still time to enter the Canvas Corp Brands May Challenge presented to you by the Crew.  You will be entered to win this amazing prize when you link up to our challenge blog with your “family” project….

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Lace and Wings Mixed Media Art

Adult coloring isn’t limited to coloring books or printed sheets. Rubber Stamping was and is another version of adult coloring and are coloring sheets like our latest Mixed Media Origins Papers. These papers take coloring and your imagination on a whole new adventure. The weight and density hold the inks, paints, pens, markers and pencils very…

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Mixed Media Paper Collage – French Teapot

Vicki Ross shares amazing painting, collage and mixed media techniques on her video French Teapot.  The project begins with a single sheet of Canvas Corp Paper and a Stretched Canvas and Vicki transforms them into a work of art.   The teapot is the focal point of this piece with beautiful details all around and the…

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Crafting in Black and White

Mixed media can be vibrant and colorful and these days it seems as if there are no limits to what designers are doing with color and materials, with the color palettes they are creating and exploring way outside of the traditional crafting boundaries.   Black and white photos, black and white imagery and black and white crafting is truly spectacular….

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