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.
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:
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
Click on the images to link to the products.
 |
 |
 |
|
|
|
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
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.
This may be a slightly random comment - but I love that you are still reading out-loud to your kids - even as they get older and are learning to read for themselves. I did this with my daughter from time to time up until quite a good age and we shared soem really neat stories this way. possibly stories that she may haev got "bored" with on her own but that reading a chapter a night really kept it going. There is something about having someone else read out load to you!
Sign in or sign up to comment.
Love what you did with ink. LOVE Tim Holtz products - thanks for the opportunity.
Sign in or sign up to comment.
Wow! What a generous giveaway....thank you! Love his regular sized distress inks and just started collecting the minis which are great on stencils.
Sign in or sign up to comment.
Beautiful and creative week! I love it. Thanks for the chance to win!!!
Sign in or sign up to comment.
You used an idex card! LOVE it! I'm definitely going to have to 'borrow' that idea...thank you :) The stamps and ink colors on the card are sooo yummy! I will have to add them to my wish list.
Sign in or sign up to comment.
Awesome Tim and Ali! Thanks for the chance to win!
Love tim and his line(s) of creative awesome! Hope we soon carry more at our local Joann store! Small town = snail mail shop...ugh drives me crazy!
Sign in or sign up to comment.
Love the journal page with all the little sections! Thank you so much for the chance to win those adorable mini's!
Sign in or sign up to comment.
Beautiful work! I always love your layouts. Love all of the white space with these wonderful pops of color with these new inks! Thanks for sharing.
Katie B.
Sign in or sign up to comment.
Love your pages and the many different ideas you give me. Thanks to Tim for giving us a chance to win these terrific inks.
Sign in or sign up to comment.
Cool use of TH's distress inks. Thanks for the chance to win.
Sign in or sign up to comment.
Love that you are showing us your catching up pages, and those colors of Tim's inks!! I think I need :)
I've been itching to be a bit messy and creative, time to break out my neglected stamps!
Sign in or sign up to comment.
Thanks for the tips. Would love to win a set of Tim's mini ink pads!
Sign in or sign up to comment.
I've just started my first pocket page scrapbook about my recent trip to Italy. I love incorporating stamps like you do. I also love Tim Holtz product so very much. Would adore some of his new mini stamps ( so convenient!)
Sign in or sign up to comment.
Awesome pages! Love the little mini Distress inks... so perfect to pack up to take along to a crafty get-together with friends!
Sign in or sign up to comment.
Great colors and a great week! Thanks for the chance to win!
Sign in or sign up to comment.
Would love to win these distress inks! Thank you!
Sign in or sign up to comment.
Great giveaway.
Sign in or sign up to comment.
I love Project Life and have 8 different core kits, which I use interchangeably depending on my photos. I also love all things Tim Holtz and use the distress inks on a daily basis! Seeing your photos and suggestions helps fuel my creativity! Thank you for the chance to win.
Sign in or sign up to comment.
Thanks for the chance! Love these babies!
Sign in or sign up to comment.
Love your stamped pages and the idea of changing things up a bit. Thanks for the inspiration and the chance to win some cool inks!:)
Sign in or sign up to comment.
love the 'stuff' added, the stamped words, and adding your circle brush to a journal card...remembering all of this :)
Sign in or sign up to comment.
Thanks for the giveaway Ali and Tim!
Sign in or sign up to comment.
Would love to win the distress inks. Nice job in the way you are using them
Sign in or sign up to comment.
Love your share of your projects Life... love how you used the mini stamps and Tim's mini ink pads ... looks so fun. Those were great tips you gave for this type of project, Thank you !
Sign in or sign up to comment.
I can see the fun you had in these pages!! I love that you give us tips/thoughts at the end and want to make a card like your Saturday one. Thanks for always inspiring and keeping it fun with your pages.
LOVE the giveaway, thanks so much!!
Sign in or sign up to comment.