Paper Crafts
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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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Product Match Up: Tim Holtz Fresh Brewed Die and Tea Time Die and Canvas Corp Beans and Bags

Kathy was so excited to hear about our new Beans & Bags Collection and was so ready to match it up with the Tim Holtz Fresh Brewed and  Tea Time Dies by Sizzix.  Tim’s trendy take on the traditional coffee and tea cups is a perfect companion to the new Canvas Corp Bean’s and Bags…
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Coffee & Tea DIY Gift Ideas

Canvas Corp’s new Beans and Bags Collection is the perfect collection for making holiday gifts for friends and family who love coffee and/or tea.  This classic, vintage collection of papers is so fun to work with and great for making journals, crates, cards, atc’s, trays, etc.  The collection is a combination of kraft and ivory papers…
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Product Match Up: Sizzix ScoreBoards XL Die – Box, Train Case & Canvas Corp Pink

As the month of October comes to an end, we truly hope that your support for building awareness for Breast Cancer does not stop, in fact we hope your support of building awareness for all cancer prevention and detection only increases not only with breast cancer, but all cancers.  We have focused our efforts this month…
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New Release: 7gypsies Ordre du jour (Order of the day)

As the creative world gets organized with handmade planners, agendas and journals we thought there was a need for a little vintage gypsy twist.  The gypsies have been making journals and books forever and now they are turning them into agendas, planners and more functional journals.  This new collection was inspired by old fabric, vintage ads,…
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Quick and Easy Halloween Gifts

Even though Halloween is not celebrated in most schools anymore, the holiday is more popular than ever, we thought it would be fun to show some clever, simple Halloween gift ideas you can make for a teacher, coach, dance instructor, neighbor or favors for a Halloween party.   One of our favorites are these Halloween Journals.  Made with the new 7gypsies…
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Mixed Media Halloween Layout

When you have a great photo, creating a mixed media layout around it is so much fun.  Linda shows us how on the blog today with this layered, painted, textured, stamped….layout that will inspire you to make your own spooky layout.  Halloween is fairly new to Norway, here is a great article with the history of…
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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…

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