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.

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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:

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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. Laura says…
    06/16/2014

    The mini pads are so cute -- it would be easier to store the whole complement of colors if one were to switch to that size. Thanks for the reminder (for those of us who may be woefully behind on PL this year) that keeping it simple can be the way to go. :)

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  2. Jill Jackson says…
    06/16/2014

    I love what you did with the inks! What a great giveaway!

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  3. renee logan says…
    06/16/2014

    thanks for this opportunity to win!!!

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  4. Sharon says…
    06/16/2014

    Love Tim's stuff. Would love to have a new set.

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  5. Kris P. says…
    06/16/2014

    Great Giveaway! Love the distress inks.

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  6. Denise Luscan says…
    06/16/2014

    Love Distress inks! Thanks for your tips!

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  7. Tiffany says…
    06/16/2014

    I'm not the only one who would like to play with these mini inks...my three yr old daughter would have a blast creating with these too!

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  8. Piroska Czakó-Radványi says…
    06/16/2014

    Beautiful layout, beautiful colours! Would be great to win ;-)

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  9. Marcia Scantlin says…
    06/16/2014

    Your stamps +Tim's inks= happiness. Great giveaway.

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  10. Jody says…
    06/16/2014

    These inks are the cutest size and of course they are Tim's - so need I say more? Thanks for the chance to win such an awesome give away.

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  11. Ali S. says…
    06/16/2014

    Great layout and suggestions. Would love to win some Tim Holtz ink!

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  12. Heather says…
    06/16/2014

    Great reminders to focus on a simple approach, and the idea of using your daily lists and the stuff from restaurants, etc. I'm pretty good at collecting the stuff, not so great at actually storing them so I end up using them when I work on that week. Maybe a future blogpost about how you organize things so you don't lose track? Thanks!

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  13. Lynn Herrick says…
    06/16/2014

    Would love to win these inks! Thanks.

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  14. BettyLou says…
    06/16/2014

    Great colors. Would love to win these wonderful inks. Great ideas for using them, I haven't used repeating words. Ut like the look. Thank you for the inspiration.

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  15. betty lou says…
    06/16/2014

    Love "Embrace the mess"! Great PL pages! Thanks for the chance to win the minis!!

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  16. Sandra says…
    06/16/2014

    Love the mini distress inks- Thanks for the inspiration and the chance to win!

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  17. Susanne Rose says…
    06/16/2014

    Your layout looks fantastic. Thanks for the giveaway.
    Hugs, Susanne.

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  18. Michaela Kessel says…
    06/16/2014

    Wonderful layout and great chance to win! Thank you!

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  19. Becs Attwood says…
    06/16/2014

    Love how you used Tim's inks - so many fun colors. Thanks for the chance to win!

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  20. Ange says…
    06/16/2014

    I over visiting your pages. Inspired me to write done a PL journaling card every now and then just about ordinary stuff. Thanks. And thanks for the chance to win the Distress Ink pack.

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  21. Allison M. says…
    06/16/2014

    Tim`s inks are awesome! i definitely need to get back on track with PL. I am so far behind!

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  22. suew says…
    06/16/2014

    would love these!!

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  23. Deena says…
    06/16/2014

    Wow! I have been wanting to play around with inks! Thanks so much for the chance to win some!!

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  24. Anna Vollmer says…
    06/16/2014

    Im so happy theyre making more mini pads! I just started to collect Tim's inks, and its so much more affordable to get the small ones!

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  25. Becky M says…
    06/16/2014

    Great ideas! And I was wondering what I was going to do with my clear cards from my last SC kit. Where is my creativity? So thankful for you and yours!!!

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