Traveling…the 7gypsies American Vintage collection is perfect for any projects inspired by travel across the USA to places near and far and big and small to explore. This collection features license plates, travel logs, maps, inspirational sayings that will inspire you to take the journey. Our Crew member, Monica Taylor, shows you how to upcycle your…
Creative Crew Member, Evelyn Walter, created a funky Art Journal spread using a selection of her favorite Tattered Angels mediums together with bits & bobs from her stash. The inspiration behind this project is our January Challenge. This month our challenge is based on a popular topic – Word of the Year! Facebook captured your top…
Each week there are different themes, words, colors and icons to inspire the CCB Crew. This week we thought it would be fun to throw out the word typewriter and see what happens. Maybe a project with type written words, maybe a love letter, but we were blown away with an actual handmade typewriter created by Crew Member, Agnes Kieler….
Every month we send out a creative challenge with simple guidelines, a color story and a fun theme. This past month we created masquerade masks! We love to see those gorgeous entries to our challenges from ALL around the globe. That is one of our biggest goals with our challenges is to reach crafters all over the world. …
Dream. Imagine. Design. Create. These are 4 of our favorite words and Crew Member Ewelina Gryglak brings them to life in this purple and black work of art. The variety of tones really shows us the texture and detail that is used to create this mixed media piece. Choosing one color and accenting it with black makes a very…
We welcome 2017 with our amazing CCB Crew Interview Series. If you are new to the Collective and our blog you might want to go back and meet some of our crew members through their interview. Here is a link to our Crew Member Spotlights where you will learn what inspires them, a bit more about…
Today we turn the page and begin sketching for the next year to come. Welcome 2017! We look forward to spending the upcoming year with all of YOU. We love getting to know you, to see the Collective grow and to meet people from all over the world. Thank you for helping to share our products and…
Secret Santa is a tradition in the USA, but we did our research and it is celebrated around the world in different ways. The idea behind a Secret Santa is for a group of people to put their name in a hat and everyone chooses someone to give a surprise gift or gifts to. It is…
Every month we send out a creative challenge with some simple guidelines, color story and a fun theme. This past month we were creating masquerade masks! We love to see those gorgeous entries to our challenges from ALL around the globe. That is one of our biggest goals – to reach crafters all over the world….
We are featuring our guest designer for the month Nadia Cannizzo. Nadia is sharing with us how to use unconventional Christmas colors is a simply magnificent way. The classic red and green are always on trend, but when it comes to thinking outside of the box, a wide range of color combinations for the holidays can and do look…