I know I’m not alone in saying the most spectacular time of the year has to be Autumn! Wouldn’t it be nice if we could capture it and preserve it in all its colourful glory to help see us through the dark days of Winter? Only recently, this was the scene on one of my…
I love Holland with its canals town houses and beautiful cities. The people are just the friendliest and the lifestyle is so laid back it’s untrue. I’m so lucky to only live a four hour drive away from the Dutch coast so we recently took a short break and explored some of the gorgeous places…
Canvas Corp like every one of us crafters like to keep and use every last scrap of paper or fabric. That’s why they provide scrap packs so we can use some of the most valuable pieces in smaller projects such as this scraps key ring. It’ll take a couple of hours to make and you’ll…
Hello everyone! I am Jaine Drake and I want to share me newest project with you. I will also show you an easy trick that made it so much easier than if I had to do it freehand. I love sewing and I love painting and bringing the two together is just so much fun….
The title sounds pretty curious, right? Our Crew member, Jaine Drake take us on an adventure to the world of a ‘one sheet mini book’… let’s see where it takes us… I wanted to create a mini book which was just a few pages, enough for a couple of photos and a message from one…
With the busy lives we all seem to have these days, most of us resolve to using planners to keep up with the things that need to be done. We have Filofaxes, Happy Planners, Travellers’ Journals, Day Designers and loads other options. Some of us prefer vertical layouts, some of us stick to the old-school, horizontal alignment. No…
It’s time for another post in our 2017 Canvas Corp Crew Interviews. We are extremely privileged to be able to work with a group of over a 100 of amazing designers from around the world. They have all come together to create, share ideas, support each other, let us know what we can do better and remind us of what we…
How many of you have almost unlimited deposits of scrap paper, pieces of ribbons and thread lying around ‘just in case’? We know that every crafter is guilty of hoarding scraps just because ‘you never know, I might need it’. Well… now is the time when you can finally open the drawer/box of shame and put the bits and pieces…
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…
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….