Can you believe that Christmas right around the corner? I can’t! I want to share a few snowflake Christmas cards I created for the holiday season that look like a lot of time and money was spent on them but weren’t; I spent around an hour and half completing these cards. I hope you like…
With a cheeky smile Tonya Trantham is saying goodbye to Winter today. She alters an old snow globe (snow = Winter) and turns it into a welcoming and colourful Spring and Easter inspired globe. I found the musical snow globe sitting in my husband’s study window – all the water evaporated and the base and the “winter scene”…
It’s time for another post in our 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 are doing…
Altered art is a very popular form of mixed media art. Most of the time is to make one thing into another but … what if you want to alter something you have and maintain its purpose? Tonya Trantham alters a cover one of her pocket Bibles to give it a new, refreshed look and…
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…
A handmade gift is always a pleasure to receive and when it is full of spring, flowers and can be part of your daily life, then it becomes precious. Crew member, Tonya Trantham shows us how to make a notebook from scratch using the wide range of designs of the Canvas Corp Watering Can collection which matches…
At Canvas Corp we have anything to fit a crafter’s needs, that includes crates and shadow boxes. They are such a versatile design that depending on what occasion you are preparing for, all you need is some ‘themed’ embellishments and… you’re good to go! And what’s the best place for ‘themed’ items? It’s the ‘collections’…
How many of you have had a minor panic attack when you found yourself in a last-minute situation requiring a card? Be it someone’s birthday, anniversary or a simple ‘thank you’… Instead of getting a ready-made one from the shop, why not make it? That way you will always have a stash of any-occasion, unique cards that you can…
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…
Do you have an old piece of furniture sitting around in the garage or maybe you have hidden it in a back room. Well some of us love things that look old and others of us love old things with a little touch of something new as simple as a coat of paint. Crew Member Tonya…