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. Kari says…
    06/16/2014

    I always enjoy seeing your finished pages and especially love the use of Tim Holtz distress ink! Thanks for the chance to win!

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  2. Margaret in NY says…
    06/16/2014

    Love the ideas at the end of the post. The ink colors look great on the layout.

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  3. Gail says…
    06/16/2014

    Love keeping it simple...thank you for chance to win!!

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  4. Laura Adams says…
    06/16/2014

    Love the look that Tim Holtz products give to paper!!

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  5. Rossella says…
    06/16/2014

    I love the mini distress ink pads. Thanks for giving us a chance to win them! Good luck to everybody! XOXO Rossella

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  6. Crystal says…
    06/16/2014

    Would love these!

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  7. LouAnn V says…
    06/16/2014

    Another great week done and a great giveaway too!

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  8. theCook says…
    06/16/2014

    Love your use of the letter stamps for the dates, with a nice color combination!

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  9. Jan says…
    06/16/2014

    I have just discovered PL when on holiday in Australia. Its so great for scrapping all my bits and bobs with a 12x12 LO. Its not big in the UK yet but suppliers are stating to stock stuff. I would love to win a mini set of the DI. x

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  10. abbeyviolet says…
    06/16/2014

    Thanks for the encouragement to make a mess and let stamping be imperfect. Something I needed to hear today. Love all the colors and fun!

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  11. anne says…
    06/16/2014

    Thanks for the chance to win, would love to use this set!

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  12. Cathy Poirier says…
    06/16/2014

    Love your pages..the mini size ink pads it will make it so easy to travel with...thanks for the opportunity to win some!!!

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  13. MeganM. says…
    06/16/2014

    Love the inking you did on your layout! And thanks for the fun giveaway! Love TH inks!

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  14. Julie says…
    06/16/2014

    Love the new mini Distress pads and would love a chance to win them, thanks for the opportunity.

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  15. Barbara L says…
    06/16/2014

    Great post. Always fun to see how different artists use a product. Thanks for the chance to win the minis.

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  16. Immi says…
    06/16/2014

    The new minis are so much fun to use! I love the ones I have and can't wait to add the new ones!

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  17. MarshaB says…
    06/16/2014

    Love this stuff and always love Tim Holtz anything! Thanks for the give-a-way chance.

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  18. {vicki} says…
    06/16/2014

    distress inks are my very fave!

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  19. Candy says…
    06/16/2014

    I don't do PL but I thought this was really interesting! Thanks!

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  20. Jo says…
    06/16/2014

    I'm beginning to play around with stamps more and could definitely use some more ink pads. Thanks for the inspiration.

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  21. Elaine Clark says…
    06/16/2014

    I absolutely love the simple, creative way you do PL. I am sorely behind but this just pushed me to get moving! Thank you!

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  22. Teresa Zuehls says…
    06/16/2014

    I love how you used the inks and the "messy" look. Thanks for sharing with us and for the chance to win the inks. I love all the distress inks. They are so fun to work with!

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  23. andrea says…
    06/16/2014

    This would be so awesome to win those inks. Thanks for the chance.

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  24. Georgia says…
    06/16/2014

    I need to bring out my stamps more:) thanks for this giveaway!!

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  25. Christine says…
    06/16/2014

    I've always loved these ink pads. The mini size is even better. Thanks for the chance.

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