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:

Project Life® 2014 | Week Nine from aliedwards.com

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.

Project Life® 2014 | Week Nine from aliedwards.com

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

Project Life® 2014 | Week Nine from aliedwards.com

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.

Project Life® 2014 | Week Nine from aliedwards.com

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").

Project Life® 2014 | Week Nine from aliedwards.com

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.

Project Life® 2014 | Week Nine from aliedwards.com

"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.

Project Life® 2014 | Week Nine from aliedwards.com

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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Project Life® is a product and a system and a lifestyle created by Becky Higgins. It can be anything you want it to be. The core pieces used in my album are available here. If you live outside the US check Becky’s site for more information on sources. View all my posts about Project Life® here.

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  1. allyson says…
    06/16/2014

    I haven't tried the distress inks yet - thanks for the opportunity!

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  2. Mary R says…
    06/16/2014

    Now that things have settled a bit at our house with Madison, I hope I can get started on my 2014 Project Life. I have all my photos and journaling, just need to put it together. Your pages always inspire me Ali!!

    thanks for the chance - LOVE all things Tim Holtz!!

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  3. lynne moore says…
    06/16/2014

    All the colors used look yummy. Thanks for your insight into making your pages. There is always something good to take-away and think about. Oh, and we love Chipotle too. Don't get there (and Rubio's) as often as i would enjoy.

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  4. Michelle A.T. says…
    06/16/2014

    Great pl spread... Love it! I have to grab some chipotle packaging good idea :)

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  5. Debbie says…
    06/16/2014

    Awesome stamps! I would love to win these!! So much fun for the summer layouts!!!

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  6. Kelly says…
    06/16/2014

    Love this! I just added some stamping on a project life guest album I made for my daughter's grad party. I used Tim's inks and they were great.

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  7. Mary says…
    06/16/2014

    I love the way you manage to get so much into a few pages - bring on the simplicity! Love the new Tim stamps also!

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  8. young says…
    06/16/2014

    Thanks for sharing your layout! Love the new distress inks - thanks for the chance to win!

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  9. Melissa says…
    06/16/2014

    Would love a chance to win. Thanks for the oppertunity! Love your suggestions!

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    06/16/2014

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  11. Brigitta says…
    06/16/2014

    I'm new to the whole project life thing and I can just imagine how handy these mini inks would be!

    Thanks for sharing your PL I'll have a browse and am pretty sure I'll get some great ideas!

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  12. cristine redmond says…
    06/16/2014

    As a traditional scrapbooker who has been on hiatus now that I prefer making cards, I always love seeing pocket layouts. Your pages are wonderful! I love how thorough they are and how they will provide such fun, often forgotten, details of everyday life. Thanks for sharing.

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  13. Jennifer says…
    06/16/2014

    Fun inks! I love what you did with them, as usual! :)

    Jennifer

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  14. Sonya B says…
    06/16/2014

    Thanks for the opportunity to win!

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  15. doreen obrien says…
    06/16/2014

    WOW I'm such a fan....thanks for the give-away.

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  16. Judi says…
    06/16/2014

    Fun giveaway love Tim Holtz

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  17. Cristina says…
    06/16/2014

    I love distress inks!! Thanks for the chance!

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  18. rhonda n says…
    06/16/2014

    I love looking at your PL pages Ali and there are not enough words to express how much I love Tim's inks, I would love to win these so thanks for the chance!

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  19. tammy g says…
    06/16/2014

    With all that is new in the world of scrappin, it makes me happy to see some stampin.

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  20. Chris-Ellyn says…
    06/16/2014

    I've been eyeing those inks in the store...thanks for the chance to win!

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  21. Jennifer Greer says…
    06/16/2014

    It is time to get some mini distress inks!

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  22. Vanessa Babin says…
    06/16/2014

    I love your layouts. Great inspiration. Love to win Tim Holtz distress ink. thanks for the chance.

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  23. Barb says…
    06/16/2014

    great to see inks used with Project Life-great ideas

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  24. Angela says…
    06/16/2014

    Love the repeated stamped title words! Thank you for your continued inspiration & great give aways!

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  25. Christen says…
    06/16/2014

    Love this PL layout and love these inks!

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