Free Projects

Cut four pieces of sticky back canvasdown to 2½" by 4½". Paint the other two pieces with the purple palette paint and leave the other two blank. Cut a piece of canvas that is ¾"...

Glue a sheet of newsprint onto a 10" x 10" canvas or piece of heavy-duty cardboard. Once dry, cover lightly with diluted Gesso. Allow to dry thoroughly, and then apply a scalloped edge to the border...

Start with a paper mache book. Paint the cover, bind and inside with white acrylic paint. While the paint is still slightly wet use some tape adhesive to glue a piece of scrap paper onto the front of...

With watercolor paints and watercolor paper begin painting a pink background shading areas with either grey and white paint (or colored pencils). While your background is drying stamp, with black...

Beauty and endearing sentiments should be shared throughout the year with those we hold dear. A bit of sparkle, a collection of words and lovely prints come together in a lovely fashion when used...

Start by painting the shadow boxwith pink acrylic paint. Allow to dry. Mix Gesso with a little water. Paint over the entire shadow box with the gesso mixture to give it a chalk-like finish so the...

Start with Cavallini small parrot notebook. Lightly add white acrylic paintall around the cover except for on the bird. Add a rusty chipboard crown to the bird’s head. Stamp wrought scroll...

Using the packing tape transfer technique, create tape embellishments from the Alice in Wonderland Collage Sheets. Affix Tim Holtz Journaling Tickets to papers from the Jenny Bowlin Vintage Black Kit...

Spring is the season for all things new, charming and full of beauty and bliss to arrive. An altered spring journal filled with pages that have been adorned with sweet clip art, envelopes for...

Keeping an art journal is a creative way to artistically express your thoughts, dreams, and goals - anything! The Bind-it-All is a great tool to use to gather pages (art journaling, scrapbooking,...

Tear the edge of a piece of newspaper, and glue to a sheet of paper from the Ambrosia Paper Pad by Basic Grey. Rip any excess newspaper from the edges. Using a Chipboard Scroll as a stencil, spray...

Cover the front and back covers of 7gypsies Naked Handbag with vintage French book paper (available in our French Flea Market). Decorate each of the pages and the cover of the Naked Handbag with...

Begin with plain white cards from the stationery pack. Cut out 3 pieces of the red paper in the Lynne Perrella collectionthat are 4½"x 3½ "and glue to the front of the cards. Glue to...

Don’t throw away old bottles because they have so much potential! This particular bottle is an old wine bottle but there are so many shapes and sizes of bottles that we go through and so many...

This is a great way to creatively organize your favorite recipe clippings from magazines! I used the Cover All Curved Spine 6" x 6"and painted it with red acrylic paint. Once the paint has dried...

Start by painting the outside of the Window Box with Shabby Shutters Crackle Paint. Allow the paint to dry thoroughly. Paint the shadow tray with Picket Fence Crackle Paint and allow to dry. Once all...

Start by printing out sheets of journal paper from the template located on this page on a laser printer, and trim them to size. Distress the edges using a Distress Ink Pad in Vintage Photo. Glue the...

Begin with a Cavallini file folderthat has a left tab. Open the folder and lay it out flat. Take the bottom edge and fold it up 4" and score with a bone folder. Staple the left and right edges that...

Treat yourself to a Heartfelt(ed) sentiment or use one as a gift for someone special. Kristen Robinsons handmade felt hearts are a lovely sentiment that can be used in a variety of ways. Our FREE...

Choose your favorite 7gypsies tags and using gaffer tape bind two tags together to create a small card, repeat this for as many invites as you will require. Add some brown scrapper’s floss to...

Add some simple elements to your stationery to spruce it up a little! Using our new Clover collection of stationery from Papaya Art, and our new rub-ons from Daisy D’s, I have created some...

Watch our FREE how-to video for step-by-step instructions on how to create this shadowbox! To decorate the frame I simply painted it with white acrylic paint, then added pieces of torn paper form the...

My inspiration for this project came from page 13 of the autumn 2008 issue of Somerset Life. Artist Connie Govea Stuart regularly creates artwork for the Store Sweet Magnolia and her paper wreaths...

This ATC carousel project can be used to store seeds and display any garden themed ephemera, ATCs, quotes, and much more! I have included below some brief instructions for the ATC cards, once they...

This quick and easy Easter favor box features the "Birds of a Feather" stampsand the ATC matchbox by 7gypsies! Begin by covering the inside (drawer) part of the box with the polka dot patterned paper...

The ARTchix Studio Paper Doll Collage sheets are so creative and inspirational! I knew that some fun cards with quirky quotes would be the perfect project for these cool collage sheets. I used three...