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Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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If you've ever hesitated to try making a custom stamp due to any insecurities about your drawing skills, this is the class for you. Printmaker and book artist Sarah Matthews shows you her method of easily turning any photo into a sketch with Procreate on the iPad. You'll then learn how to transfer that sketch to a carving block, carve out your stamp, and print. To create stamped art with sections of different colors, Sarah will also teach you how...
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Publisher
Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Want to learn more about how to use Creativebug? This quick video will give you a tour of the site, along with some tips and tricks for finding classes, leaving comments and participating in our community galleries. Sign up for a free trial and try it out for yourself!
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Publisher
Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Artist and educator Courtney Cerruti has an enthusiasm for the postal system that is both abundant and contagious, and she demonstrates that you don't need elaborate materials or even perfect handwriting to spread joy through the mail. In this class, be inspired to make unique postcards, address envelopes decoratively, and try out wax seals. She shares her favorite materials, postal requirement guides, and an addressing template that creates tidy...
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Publisher
Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
The pairing of Simplicity and Madalynne Intimates is a match made in lingerie heaven. Designer Maddie Flanigan uses the Simplicity 8711 pattern to show you step by step how to sew a gorgeous set of intimates. The underwire bralette features a monowire for support, housed in an interior frame called a floating bridge. The monowire and bust darts create a bralette that gives exceptional support and shapes without flattening. You'll also learn how to...
Author
Publisher
Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Lettering artist Jess Park shares her techniques for creating colorful watercolor script. You'll learn the basics of pen and brush lettering first, then pluck away at painting plants, stems, and flowers to create wreaths and laurels. From there, you'll expand your skills, learning how to create illustrations that live inside of a letter or word. By the end of the class, you'll have all the skills you need to fill your sentence with a sunset or your...
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Publisher
Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Artist, author, and avid art journaler Mou Saha shares her love of art journaling through the technique of cut paper. Learn what inspires Mou's collaged art journal pages, including how she uses color to create emotions, and how she simplifies images to create graphic layouts. Mou shares innovative ways of working with new and familiar materials in order to express yourself vibrantly, and explains how the mundane can become a memory worth saving.
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Publisher
Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Creativebug is excited to release our first-ever Daily Quilting Challenge. Designer and quilter Anna Maria Horner created "Dear Diary" to help you build skills as you move through the month, resulting in the perfect modern sampler quilt. Beginning with traditional blocks and techniques updated with contemporary color choices and block arrangements, this quilt top serves as a record of your patchwork journey. Use half-square triangles in different...
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Publisher
Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
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This lace beret won't take all day to knit but you'll want to keep wearing it all day long to show it off. Debbie shows you how to cast on with smaller circular needles and create the ribbed band, then switch to larger circulars and create the lace pattern. You'll learn left-leaning diagonals and right-leaning diagonals to create this sweet zig-zag pattern, as well as decreasing at the end. Pattern included - a $6 value!
12) DIY Boutonnieres
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Publisher
Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Learn how to make fresh flower boutonnieres from the wedding experts at 100 Layer Cake and Emily of Shotgun Floral. Emily gives tips for choosing focal flowers and greenery, and then demonstrates how to assemble and secure these tiny arrangements. In no time, you'll have a full set of boutonnieres ready for all of the groomsmen in your party.
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Publisher
Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Artist, educator, and A Field Guide to Color author Lisa Solomon shares her unfettered enthusiasm for color in this daily practice series. You'll experiment with color theory, patterns, and layering as you move through a variety of watercolor prompts. You'll also work with masking fluid, gesso, gouache and other materials as you alternate between painting and revealing color. Be prepared to fully engage in color exploration and cultivate mindfulness....
Author
Publisher
Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Once you've taken Yao's Beginning Watercolor workshop, you're ready to learn more complex techniques. Yao begins this 2-part course by sharing her unique style of painting roses, tulips, peonies and more. In the second class, she focuses on layering techniques, showing how to use watercolor's transparent qualities to create stunning abstract paintings and gestural landscapes. By the end of this skill-building course, you will have learned how to create...
15) Tape 101
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Publisher
Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Ever wondered why there are so many different types of tape? In this overview, mixed media artist Courtney Cerruti explains the characteristics of the most commonly available tapes--like masking, painter's, duct, double-sided, decorative washi, and glue dots--and demonstrates the best uses for each. You will learn which tape is best for taping papers, photos, card stock, and other mixed media, as well as fun ideas for using these common tapes in entirely...
Author
Publisher
Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
This pretty and sweet adornment adds a midsummer night's feel to any season. Working with felt in bright color combinations creates a wearable bouquet of plush happiness - but you can equally create a bracelet, garlands, or decorate the edge of a lampshade. Beads add texture to the bohemian feel of this project.
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Publisher
Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
In this class, Maggie shows you how to make adorable baby booties two ways--one with a keyhole opening that is perfect for beginners, and the other in a moccasin style that uses slightly more advanced techniques. Once you've mastered the knit and purl stitches, these booties are a fun way to learn new techniques like shaping and seaming. For new knitters, we recommend starting with Maggie's baby blanket and hat classes and then graduating to the bootie...
Author
Publisher
Creativebug.com
Pub. Date
2024
Language
English
Description
Award-winning quilter Sarah Bond comes from a long line of quilters. She loves traditional quilt patterns with wonderful curves and twists that provide the eye with motion and interest. One of her favorites is the Pickle Dish. Sarah shows you four variations of a traditional Pickle Dish block: Sliced Pickles, Pickle Wedges, Pickled Geese, and Diced Pickles. Learn the basics of foundation paper piecing and how to sew large and small curved seams so...