There is a refreshing new idea running around out there…. creating art and leave it for someone to find to brighten their day. They cal it Art Abandonment. You can create anything you wish for someone to find then leave it out in the open or in a fun little hidden place. Our own Erin Reed…
Canvas Corp Papers and supplies are perfect for any style layout and you will find papers with a wide range of themes and artwork designs that allow you to create layouts with the most amazing themes. Take a peek through the various papers to find basic dots and stripes, ticking and paisley or theme specific like western, baby, garden or kitchen. So…
It is amazing when you look out the window and the nature around you inspires you to create art. Creative Crew Member Kimberly did just that. She looked out her window, saw a beautiful dandelion and wanted to recreate it but how she did it is truly a work of art. She uses rice as…
As far as crops go, this is one of the best I know. The whole room you are in is full of inspiration, creativity, laughter, and plenty of dry humor. The store, Scrappiness, holds an annual event in Norway filled with scrapbooking, mixed media and any other craft they might want to embark upon. It’s…
The Canvas Corp Brands Creative Crew is an amazing group of designers that help us here at CCB to show creative ways to use products from our Brands: 7gypsies, Tattered Angels and Canvas Corp. Along with creating projects for the blog, many of our Crew teach classes around the world. Today on the blog we are…
Creating is thinking differently and making beautiful things. Kyriakos Pachadiroglou has done just that with this stunning necklace made from paper and paint. Yes you read it right…PAPER and PAINT!! Just amazing. The Tattered Angels Origins papers are perfect for making all kinds of different art since it holds up well to lots of layers…
We love to do exchanges, support our team and do fun things that keep us creating. We just finished up a postcard challenge that let us send postcards around the world. It was fun to see them flying around, posts of crew members sending them, receiving them and enjoying a surprise in the mail. Postcards do not need…
Ever find end-of-summer deals that are just too good to pass up but the color is off or just doesn’t match your decor? Tattered Angels High Impact Paints to the rescue! Gina has been busy giving her pots a fantastic makeover and wow do they look awesome. You can update old pots you have hanging around, grab some inexpensive…
Crew Member Jaine Drake caught the swapping fever after our recent ATC swap and decided to keep up the momentum with a postcard swap. Take a look at how she created a faux wood background then protected it and the other decorative elements before sending her art on its snail mail journey. After Canvas Corp…
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…