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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Love Tim Holtz inks. Thanks for the chance to win!
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I always love seeing your project life pages. The inks look fun too!
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I like the way you let the edges of your stamps ink and show- makes for a great casual look.
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Tim's distress inks are the best because of the endless ways that you can use them. I am especially loving the little distress ink pads. Thanks for the chance to win.
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great colors!! just love those tim holtz inks!!
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oh! mini distress inks - very fun! would LOVE to play with those :)
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Love your work and Tim's products - so a win win. :) I just went away for a weekend with a friend and did lots of letter stamping, so this was timely. :) Thanks for the giveaway.
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love the colors of these distress inks! would love to be able to play and experiment with them; haven't tried any of Tim Holt stuff before.
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Those look awesome. I'd love to win!
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Thanks for the chance to win the mini distress inks! I haven't tried them yet but the regular ones are one of my go to supplies. I took a break from project life for a couple of years and now I am just starting back. I just had my 50th birthday (gasp!)and I'm doing PL for my 50th year. Reading your post has me charged up - thanks Ali!
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Love this week with a Tim "kick"!
:)
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so many lovely colors! thanks for the chance to win ^_^
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Woah those are awesome! Thanks for the opportunity!
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Love the distress inks and the minis just make it even better, yeah
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I hope to do PL next year...slowly collecting things this year that can be used! I love the simplicity of your layout, and it often have to remind myself even in other areas of art - be it art journaling, card-making, scrapbooking, whatever - that it doesn't always have to be fancy or complicated. Sometimes just the simple lists and wrappings are all that's needed!
Love the new TH Distress Minis - they are perfect for so many things!!
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I would love to win!! Thanks for the chance at it!
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Great Project Life spread. Thanks for the chance to win a great giveaway.
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Love the mini distress inks! I love all the distress line!
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absolutely loving these minis. They would pack beautifully for a stamping vacation.
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Your week 9 is pretty.
Thank you for reminding us that it is fine to be simple. I think all too oft, we can get caught up trying to make each and every page an elaborate masterpiece. I think scrapping/memory keeping needs to be authentic as well as visually interesting.
Thanks for the chance.
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I love that you included the weather! My grandma used to send me the school lunch menu out of the local paper long after I'd moved away. It reminded me of her.
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Great spread and I love that TH is coming out with all these mini pads.
Thanks for all the tips too!
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Very cool! I love these new mini sets too.
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Love these inks! How fun to give away a few. Thanks as always for sharing your great ideas.
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I've been eyeing the Tim Holtz distress ink for awhile. I'd love to give it a try.
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