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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Great pages, they really tell the story. Love the new mini's can't wait to ad to my stash.
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Ali, you make Project Life so appealing. It's not something I've wanted to jump into just yet, but I've been thinking about it as a way to "catch up" since I had little time to scrapbook in 2013, and I'm "behind." Thanks, as always, for the inspiration. I love stamping, too!
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What a wonderful opportunity! Love how you used them...
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I love your Project Life pages especially when you add in wrappers or other packaging items.
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Fun.. fun colors!! Love the minis!!!
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You make this look so fun and easy! Love this! Thanks for the chance to win! :)
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I love the idea of the word repetition! Especially something like taxes, isn't much left to say about that chore. Your good day stamps are among my favorites that I find I use constantly. Thanks for sharing your actions/ideas. Thanks also for a chance to win. Michelle t
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The mini stamps are so cute. Thanks for a chance to win some.
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Always love seeing you layouts. Thanks for the chance to win.
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I <3 Tim's distress inks!!
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Love how you used the inks. Would love to try them.
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Great colors! Love the layouts.
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I love simple too! That's why the distress minis are so great! You can make something really simple or really detailed. Great layouts!
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I love everything Tim does!
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Funny...I just took a picture of my Chipotle cup for PL. Love that company! I would love to win Tim's inks. I have several of the bigger version and just bought a set of the small set for a friend to try.
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I love anything new. Okay, I admit it, I'm a scrap -aholic!
judi
highland, IN
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the minis are fun! and nice new juicy pads!
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Love your stuff, Ali. Love Tim's stuff, too.
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Love the news color. Thanks for the chance to win.
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I love how your PL is not super complicated, but also not boring to look at-something I'm trying to master. Love the stamping too. :)
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I really like these finished pages! Your style has a clean and lovely collage effect which can tell the stories of a day.
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Love, love, love the new colors!
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Great color combos on your pages! Thanks for a chance to win!
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I really love style, and I have since I first saw your work in Creating Keepsakes.
I love your idea with the new mini distress inkpads!
/Eriks
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Thanks for the chance to win some great inks.
~Kate~
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