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.

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.

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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").

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.

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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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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. Cindy P says…
    06/17/2014

    Love all things Tim Holtz!! Thanks for the chance. :)

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  2. Linda Standart says…
    06/17/2014

    What a week. I am on the opposite coast in the South East. We are just 2 years out of a terrible drought period and truly appreciate the rain. I made a card to send to my brother, with rain as the theme and using the first set of Distress minis. I LOVE those things. I can take them in my travel kit and have a wide variety of colours in so much less room. They are such fun to use. Thanks for sharing YOUR way with them

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  3. Kristen V says…
    06/17/2014

    I love how you use a sewing machine. I've been wanting to try sewing on cardstock, but I'm to unsure of myself to take the plunge. The price looks good for the machine you have listed. I'll have to research into this model. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  4. Gina M says…
    06/17/2014

    Thanks for the chance to win!

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  5. Linda says…
    06/17/2014

    I'd love to win these cute little distress pads. They would be so useful.

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  6. Jackie Bienemann says…
    06/17/2014

    I love using the distress inks, the colors are great! I love what you did with them and thanks for the chance to win!

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  7. Ellen says…
    06/17/2014

    Thanks for sharing these great pages! Love the zooming in to see the detail.

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  8. Bonnie Lamothe says…
    06/17/2014

    I would definitely put these to good use!!! I love the colours! I'm keeping my fingers crossed!

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  9. Kim Fuller says…
    06/17/2014

    So awesome and inspiring. Thanks for sharing your ideas, it's such an inspiration to me as I've just started using the Tim Holtz inks and these mini ones are incredible.

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  10. April W says…
    06/17/2014

    Wonderful pages! Great job on them all.

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  11. Cindy Trimble says…
    06/17/2014

    Thanks for the chance! How fun!

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  12. Carrie Alexander says…
    06/17/2014

    I love distress inks!!!!

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  13. Yvonne says…
    06/17/2014

    Thanks for the inspiration.....simple is good!
    love the Tim Holtz distress inks.
    I met him in person last weekend at the Great American Scrapbook
    Convention in Arlington, TEXAS! He is so nice and just loved
    watching him do his demonstrations.

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  14. ScrappyBarb says…
    06/17/2014

    Thanks for the chance to win!

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  15. Elin Larsson says…
    06/17/2014

    Wow, what wonderful colours for you PL. Love it all!

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  16. Jingle says…
    06/17/2014

    Ali, these pages look great! I love how you showcased the inks and I am so excited for the new colors!

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  17. nicole says…
    06/17/2014

    love the use of stamps and the ink...thank you for the opportunity to win the set of inks!

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  18. Rhonda says…
    06/17/2014

    Those minis are perfect for travel kits! Love them!

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  19. Jane S says…
    06/17/2014

    Great week 9. Such a wonderful way to capture 'life'. I'd love to win a set of the mini's.

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  20. Barbara Albrecht says…
    06/17/2014

    LOVE the new mini Distress colors!! Thanks for the tutorial and the chance to win!!

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  21. Amy J says…
    06/17/2014

    Thanks for the chance to win some fun inks!

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  22. Sam F says…
    06/17/2014

    Love how simply this layout turned out. (the distress ink colors you used look great and thank you for the opportunity to win some!)

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  23. Angie F says…
    06/17/2014

    I would LOVE to win the mini ink sets!! :) Thanks for the chance!

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  24. sharon peterson says…
    06/17/2014

    I love seeing your pages, Ali, and your suggestions for keeping things simple are much appreciated. I would love to win the mini's--have been wanting to try them.

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  25. Shae says…
    06/17/2014

    Love all of it!

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