Project Life® 2014 | Week 9 + New Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Giveaway

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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.

TO BE ENTERED into this giveaway please leave a comment below (if you are reading this post on Facebook please come to my blog to leave a comment). Comments will be closed at 8pm Pacific on Thursday, June 19th. The winners will be announced shortly after. Please be sure to check back or subscribe (click here to get posts delivered to your email box) to see if you are receiving one of the items.


I decided to put them to good use to finish up Week Nine (February 24th through March 2nd).

Here's a look:

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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.

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"Around Here" card is a printable found here: Story Prompt Cards Vol. 1.

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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.

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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").

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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.

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"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.

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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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  1. Jenny W says…
    06/18/2014

    Love the mixture of words and colors. Your work makes me happy. Thanks for the chance to win.

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  2. Pat says…
    06/18/2014

    love the new mini distress inks and would love to try all the colors.Great give away and thanks for the chance to win

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  3. Pat says…
    06/18/2014

    love the new mini inks and would love the new colors Thanks for the chance to win

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  4. Anjouli says…
    06/18/2014

    love your handwriting! thanks for a chance to win the mini distress ink pads, they are so versatile :)

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  5. Cathy R says…
    06/18/2014

    I am so inspired by your simple but oh so eloquent way of journaling. Here's crossing my fingers to win!

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  6. Kailash says…
    06/18/2014

    Would love to win these inks. Thanks so much for a chance!!!

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  7. nancy faith says…
    06/18/2014

    Thanks for the opportunity to win the great mini sets…

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  8. Patty says…
    06/18/2014

    Great layout. Love the mini distress inks

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  9. nancy faith says…
    06/18/2014

    Thanks for the opportunity to win this great set..

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  10. Pernilla J says…
    06/19/2014

    I would love to have some distress inks! Still haven't tried any...

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  11. kim t says…
    06/19/2014

    I love Tim Holtz Distress Inks and can't wait to try the mini ones! Thank you so much for the chance to win!

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  12. Vana says…
    06/19/2014

    These are so adorably cute. And their size would be perfect for me!!! Thanks for the chance. :D

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  13. Jeanette S. says…
    06/19/2014

    Love your work! Thanks for the giveaway.

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  14. silvia gonzalez dupuy says…
    06/19/2014

    Thank you for the opportunity to win this great giveaway Ali!

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  15. Jlyne Hanback says…
    06/19/2014

    Awesome giveaway! I've been scrapbooking for years but am new to Project Life, so you are always so inspiring! Hope to win!

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  16. sulieen says…
    06/19/2014

    Lovely, simple, timeless...I love it!

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  17. TracyM #6773 says…
    06/19/2014

    Pretty pocket pages - great stamping too - LOVE your "hello today" :) THANK YOU for your top tips - I always struggle with journaling, so going bigger sounds exactly what I need to do, along with EMBRACING THE MESS because I am so good at making one!!!
    I already LOVE my distress inks and I LOVE the idea of the new minis, I confess that I haven't tried any yet but I was thinking that they will be such a handy size to create with and even better, I will be able to fit a rainbow of them in my stash - a WIN-WIN situation :)
    THANK YOU SO MUCH for the chance to win some CRAFTY AWESOMENESS in such DELICIOUS colors :)

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  18. SuZeQ says…
    06/19/2014

    Ohhhhhhhhhh, Ali ... I just love what you've done here - even the mess! Embrace it all. Thanks to you, Tim and Ranger for the chance to win this giveaway. Y'all ROCK.

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  19. Jodell says…
    06/19/2014

    Like your ideas for week 9-has given me inspiration! Thanks for the chance to win.

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  20. Nicole says…
    06/19/2014

    nice pages you created with the inks. I try my best to win. thanks.

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  21. lauren says…
    06/19/2014

    oh wow, those mini distress inks look SO fabulous, especially the way you've used them! (as do the alphabet stamps, actually; i feel a certain amount of enablement about those, lol!) thank you for the demo and the chance to win the cool inks! :) :) :)

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  22. ßeulah ßee says…
    06/19/2014

    I love Chipotle! And yes, they do have great packaging. I'm always keeping stuff like that and I'm especially fond of the little tags that are attached to new clothes. Thanks for the generous giveway!

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  23. Susan C says…
    06/19/2014

    A Tim Holtz giveaway on your sight, what could be cooler. Keeping my fingers crossed on this one. Thanks!

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  24. Elaine Clark says…
    06/19/2014

    I keep seeing those distress inks and thinking, I can't start using another product. But I love them. I would love to be a winner!

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  25. Barb C says…
    06/19/2014

    Love this layout - thanks for sharing & the chance to win :-)

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