Glimmer Mist Paint

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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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Use up your scraps on Mixed Media ATCs

How many of you have finished a project thinking… ‘I can throw all those scraps away!’ Well… don’t! Keep them and use them!  Our Crew members, Barbara Housner and Vicki Fortier show us how you can use your bits and bobs and turn them into beautiful pieces of mini art! Barb Housner ‘I had made a journal page…
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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…

canvas journal Burlap Journal- The Creative Studio- Canvas Corp Brands
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Canvas Corp Burlap and Canvas Journal

Today we have this lovely little Canvas and Burlap Journal to share with you created by Cindy Utter. She used a fun variety of embellishments and items to decorate in a unique, eclectic style that we just adore! Cindy did an amazing job of showing off the new 7Gpysies Architextures and just how versatile they…

Words of Wisdom - keep them together in a mini book and canvas envelope
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Words of Wisdom – keep them together in a mini book and canvas envelope

We all have our favourite sayings and words of wisdom that we keep referring back to or try living by. They can be passed on to us by family members, friends; we might have got them from a song, movie or in the street overhearing someone’s conversation… All the ‘life words’ but what do we do with them? How…

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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…

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