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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I love Distress Inks.
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Just started to get into Project Life....looks like fun!
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I love the size of Tim's new inks--great for toting to crops!
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I love to use stamps in my art journal!! Would love to try these out!! Thanks for the opportunity!
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Love how you used the minis!!!! I have started inking everything!!!!
Would love to win some of these minis.
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Great colors. I'd love to win them!
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I have yet to embrace the world of Tim Holtz... awesome giveaway! And thanks for the inspiration with your latest creation!
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Thanks! Glad you're on Week 9, too. Makes me feel better.
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Love the minis!
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Great giveaway, Thanks for the chance to win.
Love your spread with all the repetition.
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I love your style of project life. I wild love to win the mini distressed inks. Thanks for the chance!
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I love love love the idea of just stamping words on a card! Awesome!!!! Would love to win these inks, thanks for the giveaway!
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Would love to with Tim's new mini distress ink! Thanks for a chance to win!
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I've heard about Project Life so it's good to see your examples. I love the TH mini distress inks and would love the win them!
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I love seeing your finished PL pages! Thanks for the chance to win.
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Thanks for the chance to win the inks! Your PL layouts are amazing!
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I've never noticed the mini ink sets before--though I have many, many of the regular size Distress inks. Love them! The mini size is a great idea--I'd love to win!
I love to see your PL pages too, Ali--so inspirational.
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Love your project life pages! Inspires me to do mine! (even though I am currently wayyy behind) I would love to win a set of these inks! Thanks for the chance!...isn't chipotle awesome! Wish we had one here in Winnipeg!
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Love that the ink now comes in a smaller size! Awesome giveaway! Thanks Ali and Tim for the chance to win a set!
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I've just recently discovered and absolutely love Tim Holt Distress inks. Just got all the other minis! This is a great giveaway. Love the layout as always :D
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LOVE the layout...especially the stamped words! Thanks for the chance to win I heart Timmy's products!
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Really liked your layouts. something we don't have a lot to say so repetition is a great option. very simple, very nice.
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I'm just getting started with Project Life, and love the tips and techniques. I've come to your blog through my love of all your great stamps. Thanks for all the help and ideas. Very inspiring!
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Great week! Love all of the stamping and your thoughts on how it all came together and what you loved about it.
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Cool projects. Thanks for the chance to win
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