Tutorial: Using the Savannah Documenter Kit with Kelly Noel
For this 4" x 6" card, I wanted to fill in the circle inside the text. I used an exacto knife to cut out the inside of the circle, but you can use a circle punch if you have one that's the right size. The back of this card was white, so I covered the white circle I had cut out with the vellum heart stickers from the kit. I layered different sizes and colors, which looks neat since they are somewhat transparent.

I added some adhesive to the punched circle around the hearts and stuck it to the back of the 4" x 6" card. I love the way the hearts are peeking through, but how they drift over the edge of the circle as well!

This next card was super simple! I created these tiny butterflies using just a a pen and the tiny wood veneers from the kit. A little dab of glossy accents adhered the hearts and then I added the antenna detail with a black pen.

I always love the journal cards that are covered about 3/4 of the way up (or down, depending on how you look at it) with a pattern. I use these cards a lot in the basic form, adding a small photo to the patterned part of the card and then journaling in the blank space. I had the idea to create a pocket with this card. To start, I used a ruler and an exacto knife to cut a slit along the pattern/blank line of the card being careful to not cut all the way to the edges.


Next, I adhered the cut card on the edges and stuck it onto a plain journal card to create a pocket. It's a simple little pocket that's great for holding ephemera!

For my next card, I stamped one of the phrases from the kit stamp set multiple times onto a plain grid card. Using watercolors, I painted over the stamped phrases. *Note: To avoid smearing the ink, next time I'll paint the watercolor stripes first, let dry and then stamp over the stripes. ;)



Supplies: Kit - Savannah Documenter Kit; Ink - Studio Calico Color Theory Clean Slate; Watercolors - Peerless Watercolors; other - waterbrush
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These are awesome!! And the butterflies? Genius!
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Love what you did with the vellum hearts. It looks like they're floating. Brilliant!
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Adorable AND Brilliant! Love this, Kelly!
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Super love this! Especially your butterflies!
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Oh my goodness! This has to be one of my favorite SC blog posts @KellyNoel ! So inspirational . . .especially love the hearts and am glad I haven't used mine all up yet.
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So amazing. Love the ideas!
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These are so clever and fabulous! I love the thought process and the minimal yet striking results, you're good!
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So inspiring...thank you!
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so stinking cute!
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Love these! Great ideas!
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These are such cool ideas. Thanks Kelly!
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Gorgeous!!!!
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The ephemera pocket is a brilliant idea that I will definitely use, thanks Kelly
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Kelly, I love this!!! So much amazing inspiration! Thank you!
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Such creative ideas kelly! Thanks so much for the inspiration.
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Such cute ideas! Thanks for sharing, kelly!
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Kelly, I can't tell that the "real life" stamping is smeared. But what a great idea, even if it is! How appropriate to have an "imperfect" image with a sentiment about REAL LIFE!
Thanks so much for the tutorial.
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LOVE THIS POST!! Great Job Kelly!! Beautiful and personalized, just awesome!
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Brilliant, Kelly!
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The butterflies! Such a simple idea ... but I wouldn't have thought of it in a million years. Great blog post.
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