Project Life® 2014 | Week 9 + New Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Giveaway
A couple weeks ago Tim Holtz emailed me to see if I'd be interested in playing with some new colors of his Distress Mini Inks and doing a giveaway of the new color sets.
Sounded like a good plan to me.
GIVEAWAY | One person will receive all three new Distress Mini Ink sets from Ranger & Tim Holtz.
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I decided to put them to good use to finish up Week Nine (February 24th through March 2nd).
Here's a look:
This spread had most of the photos in place and a bunch of sticky notes when I started the process of finishing it up (you can see a recent Project Life® in progress post here).
I gathered up some 3x4 cards - mainly from the Midnight kit and one of my own and started stamping using these great Amy Tan letter stamps and my Good Day set.
"Around Here" card is a printable found here: Story Prompt Cards Vol. 1.
For the title card I used a regular old 4x6 lined index card (go office supplies) + Tim's inks + Amy's letter stamps and just repeated the dates.
Seriously it can be this simple.
Eat at Chipotle? They have fun packaging which make for great Project Life® content. I need to remember to include more stuff like this - I tend to go through phases where I remember to save stuff and other times I'm more focused on getting rid of the clutter.
The clear 3x4 card with the circles is the back of a card I made for Week Eight. I simply repeated the same shapes with some pattern paper circles (2 inch punch) + label tape stickers + DIY clear stickers.
A little stitching to connect two 3x4 journal cards using my Brother sewing machine. You'll notice that I used other pieces of those cards (the cut off portion) on other elements of this spread (one piece on a 4x6 photo for journaling and one piece on a 3x4 photo for the single word "yes").
Weather cut from the local paper.
Again, so simple. It adds another dimension to the story of this week that's not reflected in my words or photos. Rain. Ah Northwest, I love you so.
"Hello Today" stamp is from one of my favorite sets: Good Day.
I stamped it with Tim's ink, punched it with the 2-inch circle punch and adhered it to a card from the Midnight kit.
I hand-wrote "I love you Mama" on the photo of Anna and me using Staedtler pen.
Gold label is from Studio Calico's Hello Hello Scrapbook Kit and I stamped "just awesome" from the stamp set of the same name (another one of my favorite Technique Tuesday stamps).
ACTION ITEMS/IDEAS
- One of the things I loved this week was the simplicity of pulling out just a few stamps and using them multiple times throughout the spread. Loved using those Amy Tan letter stamps specifically.
- Embrace the mess. I like that these letter stamps are messy and imperfect. They made me particularly happy for some reason today.
- If you don't have a lot to say think about going bigger with your words or using repetition of words. I didn't have much to say about working on my taxes so just repeating the words and adding in Saturday was a fine way to fill up the card.
- I love my Monday card from this week that was a simple list of the things I did that day. Need to remember to do that more often. Love the simple lists.
SUPPLIES | 2014 | WEEK NINE
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Loved seeing how you used the stamps and inks!
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I just joined project life. I sure am behind and appreciate seeing this post.
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I love the Tim Holtz mini's! One day I will get started on project life!!!
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I like your mix of colour photos/black and white photos. Nice with the stamps in different colours. I have not tried Project life yet, but I think I must. Thanks for the inspiration and also the chance to win.
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How fun and bright and colorful you have made this!!! I love the inks for just normal stamping. Reason number 97... What's YOUR 100?(copying the way the Amer. Express commercial ask what's your 20?) Hehe...
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Wow this is really a stunning project! And what an awesome giveaway!
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I love the way you add fun and pretty little details on your cards!
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Love what you do in your project life albums. Would love to win the inks.
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What great little stamps! Seems perfect for smaller projects!
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They look like fun!! I would love to win thanks for the chance!!!
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What a great size (and cute!) for taking on the go! I can see taking a few of these and a stamp set to work on my art journal by the lake.
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I just love these little guys. So handy and portable and I can scoot them in little cracks and crevices!
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Love your blog and Tim Holtz's! Such creativity! Great giveaway!
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Ooooooh, I love these new mini distress cubes! Thank you so much for the chance to win! :-) xo
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Great colours and so cute!!! Thanks for the inspiration - got to get those stamps
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Oh I so needed to read your note snout embracing the mess tonight :). Love those inks but never have used the minis.
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Great colors! Would love to win them!
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Great week 9 makes and what a cool way to use those minis!! Thanks to both you and T'm for a chance to win!!
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I love the size of these mini Pads would be great to travel with.
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I love to ink on my layouts! Such nice colors Tim has included!
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What a great page and beautiful ink colours by Tim to complement it!
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I like the suggestions you give us at the end of the posts. Simple works!
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Hey Ali, great layout!! I love the way Tim's ink pops off the page! I have been incorporating more stamping in my PL and would love some new inks. PS. Lists rock! When you don't want to say a long story, I toss in a list. It's so great looking back down the road and seeing what you accomplished in a day.
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love the new colors!!!! thanks for the chance
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HA- love the taxes card! Thank you for the chance to win the mini inks- super cute!
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