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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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3D APPROACH TO TAGS WITH ARCHITEXTURES

The life-like qualities of the Architextures mixed media embellishments almost demand a new kind of art tag. Crew member Betsy Skagen of Paper Calliope answered that call with her unique approach to altered art tags. In addition to the rich layers that mixed media artists regularly bring to altered tags, Betsy has taken her tag…

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Architextures Cardboard Box Travel Tags

7gypsies is taking Mixed Media by storm with it’s new line called Architextures™. What is it all about you ask? Well in a few simple words, mixed media supplies that will ignite the senses, bring back wonderful memories of the past and inspire your creativity. A wide range of vintage and nostalgic embellishments in a…

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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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CREATE Word Art Decor with Architextures

7gypsies Architextures™ is probably the most innovative collection of items, from paper to special made decorations, to embellish your projects. The collection includes a range of vintage elements that except of looking they feel like the real ones; glass bottles look and feel like glass, leather suitcases are smooth like finished leather and the dress…

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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…

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The art of collage with 7gypsies and Tattered Angels

At Canvas Corp Brands, we encourage everyone to express themselves in the way they feel most comfortable. Whether it’s painting, home decor, mixed media, sewing… it really doesn’t matter! What matters is that you are having fun! Collage… for some it will be an easy, effortless form of artistic expression, for others… the worst nightmare…

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Gypsy travels to Vintage Market Days in NW Arkansas

You know how much we love our vintage markets, craft fairs, salvage shops and all things perfect in their own way. So you can imagine what happens when right in our backyard we get the chance to spend the day at one of the most amazing vintage markets we have come across and we get to…

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Nautical Home Decor Blocks

7Gypsies, Architextures, Canvas Corp, Classic Nautical, Cord - Hemp Jute Rope, Crafts, DIY, Home Decor, Maritime, Natural Nautical, Nautical, Repurpose Crafts, Themes, Travel, Vacation
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June 2, 2017

Some of the Crew have been inspired by our Nautical papers lately! We have seen some fun scrapbook layouts, cards, gift boxes, and today’s post even features home decor! Nancy Hawes created these fun, beach themed wooden blocks to display on her shelves, and we think this is just an adorable way to repurpose those…