Back to School Featuring Clearly Besotted!
Hello everyone, it’s Nina-Marie here with you today! With August already in full swing, this week’s tutorial seemed like the perfect time to break out the adorable, new Clearly Besotted stamp set, That’s Genius! Have you seen the cute critters in this set? I love their oversized glasses! While this set could be used in so many ways, I’ll be pairing it with the Clearly Besotted Bookworm stamps and creating a “back to school” card!
In the video below, I will show you how I watercolored these images and added extra details with simple brush strokes and techniques. Along with the images from the That’s Genius and Bookworm stamp sets, I also paired these critters up with some of our newest Simon exclusive sets! The fun, die cut background is from our popular, new Diamond Pattern background die; this die is perfect for adding great texture! Additionally, I used a couple of sentiments from our also-new, School Bus Messages set.
Tune in to the video to see all these pieces come together and create an adorable back to school card! These are perfect for giving to kids as a bit of encouragement on their first day of the 2018 school year! I hope you enjoyed today’s tutorial… I will be back again on Monday with more inspiration for you!
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This card is so adorable!! I loved how you used the new die as a background. The critters look like they are ready for school!!
What a fabulous back to school card…gets me excited and I work in a school!!!
Super cute card….great for a child or even the teacher!
Love the new diamond die.
Clearly Besotted is one of my favorite companies… And these new critters do not disappoint! I love the way you laid these out, the coloring and the background die!
The stamp set is darling.
Love the scene – time to start
hitting the books.
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So cute! Almost makes me wish I had little kids again.
This is such a fun card, the bookworms were a great combination and using the die for the background was a great idea!
OMG! Those critters with their glasses and books are adorable. Love your design. The background is fun and playful. Great card!
Is summer already over? Is school already starting up again? Sigh, but that card is fantastic!
Very fun card. I love the background, too.
Oh my goodness, your coloring is amazing.
Love everything about it.
Thanks for sharing.
The book worm is ADORABLE!!!!!! Great design. Perfect for book marks.
OMGoodness, could this be any cuter?! Adorable!
I so wish I had these stamps right now! I have three grandchildren starting school next week and I’d love to send this card to each of them. They’re definitely going on my wish list for next year.
So adorable. Waiting for my set to arrive.
Sweet, cute critters…my granddaughter would be tickled to receive this card.
What a cute fun card! :)
Very cute!
Your card is absolutely adorable! Love the little critters in school, great idea and thanks for another great video Nina!
For some reason I am all about bookworm stamp sets right now. I love this card
Oh my gosh, adorable! Such a great design!
Oh! This is so, so fun! The little critters are absolutely adorable! Love the way you’ve assembled this card too!
Adorable card! I love the simple texture in the background – interesting but doesn’t detract from the beautifully colored critters. Btw, LOVE your vintage crayons and chalk!
So super adorable!
Awww!!!! Adorable and sweet card! Too cute!!!
Such a great card. Those critters are just adorable!
Love the fun design!
Hard to believe it’s about that time again and what a cute card for the occasion! The stamps are just adorable and I love how you’ve colored and arranged them. Too cute!
This card is so cute!!
This is such a great card! I love those cute critters and stacks of books :)
What a fun card…so well designed! tfs
ADORABLE!! Love the over-sized glasses on the critters! Fabulous coloring and card!
Such a sweet card, perfect for school! I love that Clearly Besotted stamp set with the cute little worm :-)
Super cute!!!
Adorable!
So cute and colorful–perfect for back to school.
What an adorable card :) Love those critters.
Super cute card! I love the detail that you added with that small brush. That Diamond Pattern background die is awesome!
the stamp set are so cute! love the die cut background and the color combination.
This is adorable!
I love that adorable bookworm….. my sisters and I are avid readers and share lots of books. This would be perfect. Nicely done.
Utterly adorable and your coloring is fabulous! I, too, love those glasses!!
How cute is this? I love it!!!
So super cute!!
These are Super Adorable critters and card
What an adorable card!! Hard to believe the summer is almost over! I remember what it felt like to be happy that summer was over and my kids were going back to school and now the my kids are grown and are productive humans I sometimes forget what time of the year it is. I do have one grandchild but she’s only 7 months old so I have a few years before she’ll be starting school :) . Thanks for sharing your tips on watercoloring, I’m still a newbie and I always love to learn new things and the clear gel pen??? Had no idea they made that! I ordered that! I love the black one and use it all the time! Thanks for sharing!
Oh how adorable all of them with their glasses! Too cute for sure.
Cute card! Thanks for the tips on adding detail to our watercoloring!
What a cute card Nina-Marie,I love all those critters with there big glasses. Thank you for the great video tutorial and the tip about the thin brush for adding details, it’s those little things that makes from a nice card an awesome card.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE these little characters! SO CUTE