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Handmade photo album using Architextures – Lviv

7Gypsies, Altered Art, Altered Layouts, Architextures, burlap and canvas, Canvas Corp, Crafts, Decor & DIY Paint, DIY, Glimmer Mist Paint, Mixed Media, mixed media scrapbooking, Paper Crafts, Photo Ideas, Scrapbooking, Tattered Angels, Travel
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July 6, 2017

Architextures papers are amazing!!! Have we told you that before? We sure have! You can cut them into pieces to use as additional texture, cut elements out to use as embellishments, you can use them as they are and build up on the design already there. Add to it some of the other Architextures elements…

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Easy Way To Alter a Cigar Box

7Gypsies, Altered Art, Architextures, Crafts, DIY, DIY Gifts, Home Decor, Mixed Media, Repurpose Crafts
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July 6, 2017

Lena Holmstrom is our very own mini-book maker; she can create those small beauties in many different designs – one prettier than other. Having amassed quite a sizeable collection, she needed a box to house at least some of them. With the help of Architextures elements and some Canvas Corp garland, Lena made not only some…

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Art Collections – Mixed Media On Canvas

Our Crew member, Cristin Stevenson is an artist like no other with her dark grungy paintings. Today, she shares with us one of her pieces where she used Tattered Angels mists and an Architextures base to create this dark, reaction provoking canvas. ‘Every time we create we are telling a story. That story might be told in…

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Wine-themed mixed media canvas

Hello! It’s Kimberly here today! I am hoping to inspire you to have fun making these adorable mixed media wine-themed canvas. First, you will need to prepare an Architextures Junqe pack and a stretched chunky canvas – they will be your base. OK, let’s start now that you’re ready for the mixed media fun! What…

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July Challenge “Flags of the World”

Our Crew has members from all around the world. This month we want you to use the colors from the flag from YOUR country when you create. There is no limit to what you can do with this challenge – home decor pieces, water color paintings, cards, tags or altered items. The How to: To…

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“Awesome” Mixed Media Heart shaped Canvas

A canvas is the perfect homedecor gift, showcasing a beautiful memory. Heart-shaped canvases are something other than your basic square, but can be a little challening when working on them. Though 7gypsies Architextures may give off a vintage vibe, they can be used perfectly in modern mixed media scrapbooking. Crew member Mandy Leever-Koel used various Architextures…

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Floral Guide Handmade Journal Midori Style

7Gypsies, Altered Art, Architextures, Art Journaling, Canvas Corp, Crafts, DIY, Journals, Mixed Media, Paper Crafts
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June 29, 2017

Did you think that all envelopes were good for was to address, stick a stamp on and throw in the mailbox? Well, I am here with yet another way to create a journal this time using 12″x12″ Kraft Envelopes and five of the 7 Gypsies 8.5″x11″ Starter Journals. – says mysteriously Tonya Trantham, our Crew…

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Wings on Wednesday – Altered Grater

Wings on Wednesday are here again and today we have for you a mixed media masterpiece! Sanna Lippert transformed an old grater into an industrial-inspired piece of kitchen decor using old cigar labels as wings for her fork-bodied insect… words are not good enough to describe it but we’ll do our best… When junking, I ran…

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Decorate Your Cards with Architextures Trinkets

Have we ever mentioned how versatile Architextures are? We probably have but it won’t stop us from saying it again! So… You know how cool the Architextures papers are and how great the bases work to add textures to any project; you also know that our rub-ons can be added to almost any surface available. Today, let’s focus on…

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Sweet Simple Things – altered piece of wood

Mottos or ‘words of wisdom’ are popular decor elements on our homes and we tend to use the ones that appeal to us most. But how about displaying them in a form that we like too? Rather going for a ready-made supermarket versions, why not release your creativity and make your own piece of decor in your…