Mixed Media Origins
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Vacation at the Beach Mixed Media Art “First Vacation”

We launched an exciting challenge where the beach, the water, the vacation, the sand, the sea life and the family all can play a part.  The natural colors of the beach paired with the colors of the sea create an amazing color palette and backdrop for those vacation photos that you will treasure forever.  Create a photo journal, memory album or…
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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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Watercolor ideas with Tattered Angels Mists

Liquid watercolors are hot right now, and Tattered Angels has a full collection of beautiful watercolor paints with and without glimmer.  The results are stunning when you shake, pour and brush on Glimmer Mist and Simply Sheer Paints.  The other mists Chalkboard and Baseboard work well too, but they are more opaque and the look is a bit different….
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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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DIY Mixed Media Origins Rose Box

Sometimes we created pretty things, but we are not always sure what to do with the art.  We can frame it, we can make a card or we can stash it away for a rainy day.  Linda, from the Crew, did just that.  She started playing with the roses from the new Tattered Angels Mixed…

Shadow box - Free heart
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Free Heart Mixed Media Shadow Box with Tattered Angels Mixed Media Origins

Kyriakos, one of the Canvas Corp Crew Members, explores a different way to use the Tattered Angels Mixed Media Origins papers in a dimensional work of art.  The photograph actually captures some of the shimmer and shine that it sometimes cannot.  When painted and cut the Mixed Media Origins papers truly turns into embellishments that together make a stunning presentation.   When I…
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Origins Paper Pencil Case

Pop Art colors are all the rage these days especially bringing back that 1980’s splattered paint and ink vibe. The difference today is we have a lot more art supplies at our disposal giving that 1980’s look a modern twist. Bold colors, mixed palettes, stripes and circles, it all works together today.  With the surge in mixed…

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