Leave of Absence

Hi all! I sincerely apologize for my recent absence. Don't worry, I haven't gone anywhere. :) I should be back, up and running, in January.

Before I disappear off into wonderland, here's a quickpage from my exclusive Grilled Sammich mini kit. I've also included the same quickpage without the frame. Simply click on the preview to download:

I wish you all a happy and warm holiday season!

Grilled Sammich Mini Kit Giveaway

The winners of the Grilled Sammich Mini Kit by No Ordinary Kinna are:

#1 Shuckclod
#2 Myak808

Congratulations!! Please send an email if you haven't already with your full name and e-mail address to kinnasays@gmail.com to claim this giveaway! Have fun scrapping!

If you enjoy digital scrapbooking or have ever wanted to try the craft, I have a cute and fun giveaway for you! This kit can be great for picnics and barbecues.. but I personally enjoyed it to scrap pages of me and my six year old niece's first time cooking and making sandwiches together. :)<3 Enter for a chance to win!

Grilled Sammich Mini Kit Giveaway

FIVE No Ordinary Kinna followers will win a Grilled Sammich Mini Kit. Giveaway includes:

• Grilled Sammich Mini Kit by No Ordinary Kinna
• Sunburst Templates by No Ordinary Kinna

How to Enter

To be entered to win the Grilled Sammich Mini Kit Giveaway, all you have to do is follow this blog with an account (see: 'Accepting Followers' in the sidebar) and comment this post with your favorite sandwich ingredient, and you're entered.

Contest ends Wednesday, December 14, 2011 at 8pm PST. One entry per person, please. Winners will be chosen by Random.org, and notified by email (if linked to your account) and through this blog. Giveaway provided by Kiran Saeed.

Good luck you guys!

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Oh and psssst... There are a few extra tid bits in the Grilled Sammich kit that aren't shown in the preview! ;) In addition, here's a freebie to bring more creativity and excitement to your pages. Click on the preview to download:

Thank you for stopping by!

Busy, Busy Bees

This week has been fairly busy. I've been applying for a very important internship, working on a few side projects, balancing my budget, researching fun and interesting marketing books and jogging in my spare time to shake off the jitterbugs. It feels great to finally take a break with my hot cup of jasmine honey tea and crunchy nut thins (have you tried these? they're new, nutritious and very delicious! you can find them here), and blog to you guys.

I was digging through some digiscrapbooking pages from over the last two years and thought I might share some every now and then for inspiration. I'll be sure to link any quickpages I have used for you to pick up.

Back in late 2009, I became an active member of the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) at UC Riverside and immediately joined the board as Historian Chair. UNICEF is dedicated to saving the innocent lives of children across the globe through humanitarian efforts and collecting funds.

Thousands of children die from preventable causes every day. Children, who for lack of clean water or food or basic medical care, won't get to grow up. On behalf of the world's children, UNICEF strives to reduce that number to zero. You can join their efforts through their website or help by donating here.

Joining UNICEF at UCR sparked my interest to play a more active role in our community. It was such a pleasure to work among fellow students who were also passionate about giving back and making a real difference. As Historian Chair, I blogged about our activities on the UNICEF at UCR Website (due to technical and financial circumstances, the original website has been taken down), took meeting and event pictures, and scrapbooked to my heart's content. :) So don't be surprised if you see 'UNICEF' stamped on many of the pages I'll be sharing over the next few months. Here's one that inspired a freebie I made below:

Kit: Le Petit Poodle

Since my schedule has been pretty busy the last couple of weeks, I made an agenda/ weekly planner for you other busy bees out there! I hope it comes in handy. :) Just click on the preview to download:

Make sure to stop by soon for upcoming giveaways, freebies, tutorials and updates!
Have a wonderful week!

Classy Thanksgiving & A GIVEAWAY!

Time's Up!

The winner of the African Plains Elephant Collectible by Tusk is:

#4 Laura

Congratulations Laura! Please send an email with your full name and address at kinnasays@gmail.com to claim this giveaway! Have fun decorating!

My blog is finally up and running and I'd like to celebrate with a giveaway!
(There's no catch, I promise!)

Today's giveaway is a limited edition collectible by Westland Giftware. It's a beautifully hand-crafted and hand-painted African Plains Elephant figurine from Tusk. It's great for urban home decor and collectors! Tusk recently decided to come out with a new line of quality designs, called "New Tusk". And so, you will find that this product is no longer in stock. I absolutely love their line of parade collectibles and the details on this piece are amazing. I am so excited for one of you guys to win it.

Tusk African Plains Elephant Collectible Giveaway
($35-56 value)

One No Ordinary Kinna follower will win a limited edition Tusk African Plains Elephant Figurine Collectible. Giveaway includes:

• 4.5" Tusk African Plains Elephant Figurine

How to Enter

To be entered to win the Tusk African Plains Elephant Collectible Giveaway, all you have to do is follow this blog with an account (see: 'Accepting Followers' in the sidebar) and comment on this post, and you're entered.

Restrictions: This giveaway is open to United States only.

Contest ends Saturday, December 3, 2011 at 8pm PST. One entry per person, please. Winner will be chosen by Random.org, and notified by email (if linked to your account) and through this blog. Giveaway provided by Kiran Saeed.

Good luck you guys!

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Onto our freebie! "Classy Thanksgiving" is a fun kit designed to scrap Thanksgiving, family gatherings and making dinner, but at least half of the pieces can be used for just about anything. As I mentioned earlier this week, this kit is a misnomer. I'm dedicating it to my family. We strive to create the perfect family gathering every Thanksgiving but never quite get it right. I love them. :) So, I apologize if this kit isn't coherent with my other work, but that's just how my family is! Classy and, well, awkwardly funny. :) Another reason that this kit is different from my other collections is because I didn't add an overlay to most of the pages; mainly, so you can select the material and mix it up however you like. If you Google-Image "overlay freebie", you should have plenty to choose from. :) I hope you enjoy it! Just click on the preview to download:

Thank you for stopping by. :)

Day 2 - Countdown to Thanksgiving

I have plans to save up for a new camera so that I can share more than scrapbooking materials with you. Who knows, I might be inspired to pull some colors, patterns or items in some of the pictures and make a kit to share! ;) I'll talk more about this and a fun project I have in mind later.

As promised, here is today's freebie! It's a compilation of random but related things I chose to scrap as a super-mini kit for the month of November. Click the preview to download.

I hope you enjoy your Thanksgiving break! Don't forget to stop by tomorrow for another freebie! :)

Day 4 - Countdown to Thanksgiving

My apologies, this post is a little overdue. I was experiencing some internet connection problems earlier. Now that it's back up again, I am thrilled to announce the release of my first mini kit! Anybody who is anybody knows that Twilight: Breaking Dawn (Part 1) has finally hit the screens. (Family-goers beware! It's better suited for mature audiences). To commemorate yet another chapter of the popular series, I chose to make a Twilight-themed mini kit for us to scrap premiere night pictures, movie nights, book clubs and/or fan pages. I hope you enjoy the kit! I really enjoyed making the pieces. :) Click the preview to download.

My favorite embellishments out of this collection are the "vamples." They are a hybrid of the symbolic Twilight apple and.. you guessed it, vampires! Aren't they cute? I also have a few other ideas that I am thinking about designing.. I'll try to have them scrapped and posted as an Add-On to celebrate the next (and last) movie of the series.

On a side note, I do not own the rights to the "Team Jacob" design in the above mini kit. I tried searching for a copyright but was unable to find the rightful designer. By default, I presume that I am permitted to incorporate this in my mini kit. Please, if you have any information on this, as well as any other copyright related issues in my past and future projects that you find have been handled incorrectly, email me at kinnasays (at) gmail.com . I do my research and try to make sure that my ideas are original and if they are (intentionally) not, then I want to make sure that they are credited properly.

Day 5 - Countdown to Thanksgiving

Thanksgiving is just around the corner and to show my appreciation for all of you, I've decided to post a daily freebie until the big day. That's a total of FIVE FREEBIES! I hope you enjoy them!!

If you haven't heard, the Thankful Hearts Blog Train was released just earlier this week! Hop on over to Just For Fun Designs to pick up the kit featured below. Making quickpages from mini kits with unusual color palettes can be a challenge to scrap, so I've taken on the task to create my a quickpage and share it with my fellow bloggers. This layout was inspired by one of SSD's templates (our Featured Blog of the Month!). Click on the preview to download:

No Ordinary Kinna - TOU

TERMS OF USE - PERSONAL/ S4H TERMS

No Ordinary Kinna by Kiran Saeed

© 2012 No Ordinary Kinna

Last Revised 07/20/2012

Thank you so much for purchasing/downloading my graphics!
By downloading files from any of my affiliated stores, or from my blog, you acknowledge receipt of a license to use the downloaded files for PERSONAL and LIMITED COMMERCIAL USE ONLY, but not the rights to the designs themselves. YOU MAY NOT SHARE OR REDISTRIBUTE MY FILES IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM. The graphic files contained in my downloads are the product of Kiran Saeed. I reserve the right to update my TOU at any time. While notification of changes to my TOU will be made, when possible, notification is not always guaranteed. By purchasing this product, you agree that you will remain aware of my current TOU found here on my site and agree to be bound to its terms AND future changes. It is your responsibility, as the end user, to be aware of changes to my TOU and to follow such changes accordingly.

You May:
* Use these files for personal use only, in exception of S4H.
* Alter the files any way you want-resize them, recolor them, blend them together, you name it.
* Submit layouts and other creations that you make with my products to online galleries, magazines etc. Please note, if you are sharing in an online gallery, on Facebook, or your personal blog, credit for my designs is always appreciated, but not required. If you are being "published" in either a print or online publication, please do ensure that I am credited for my designs.
* Use my designs to decorate your own blog or website, as long as you are the person doing the work and no one is being paid to decorate your blog or website for you. When my designs are used on a blog/website, they must be right-click protected and credit must be given in the sidebar or other conspicuous area of the site, with a link back to my site at http://www.noordinarykinna.blogspot.com. If you do not know how to protect the graphics from right-clicking, or you are unwilling to provide credit for the graphics on your blog/website, please do not use my designs in this way.
* Email me with comments, feedback or completed layouts at kinnasays@gmail.com

* When a product is approved for Scrap4Hire/Scrap4Others, You MAY use my designs in your home based business AS LONG AS...
1. The finished product is a FLATTENED JPG file or in PRINTED form.
2. My original files are not redistributed in any way.
3. You are selling a finished product complete with photos, to the end customer.
* Please email me with any further questions.


You MAY NOT:
* You MAY NOT make any "quick pages" that you will redistribute or resell for other people to "complete" with their own photos, unless I explicitly state otherwise
* You MAY NOT use my designs in any online graphic design business, including the design of other websites or blogs, without my prior permission. I offer a special license for blog/website designers who wish to use my graphics in their work and I evaluate each request on a case-by-case basis. There are special terms that must be followed and a separate license fee that must be paid. Please inquire about my licensing policy for further information.
* You MAY NOT use my designs to create "freebies" that you offer for download on your blog.
* You MAY NOT claim the images as your own work, whether it is altered or in it's original form.
* You MAY NOT distribute, redistribute, repackage, re-sell or in any other way share the designs.
* You MAY NOT use these files for obscene, defamatory, or immoral works or any other purpose which is prohibited by law. You MAY NOT use my designs in "tagger" designs featuring scantily clad, half-dressed, or "revealing" figures. If you are in doubt that I would approve of the image, please email me for clarification OR do not use my designs at all.

Limited Liability:
The content is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. No Ordinary Kinna and/or Kiran Saeed shall not be liable for any incidental, indirect, or consequential damages of any kind, or any damages in connection with the use of the content.

For any further questions, please e-mail kinnasays@gmail.com
Thank you for your purchase and Happy Scrapping!
Kiran Saeed
No Ordinary Kinna


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TERMS OF USE - COMMERCIAL USE TERMS
No Ordinary Kinna by Kiran Saeed
© 2012 Kiran Saeed
Last Revised 07/20/2012

Thank you so much for purchasing/downloading my graphics!

By downloading my designs from any one of my affiliated stores, or from my blog, you acknowledge receipt of a license to use the designs for PERSONAL and LIMITED COMMERCIAL USE ONLY, but not the rights to the designs themselves. YOU MAY NOT SHARE OR REDISTRIBUTE THESE FILES IN ANY WAY, SHAPE, OR FORM.

The graphic files contained in my downloads are the product of Kiran Saeed. I reserve the right to update my TOU at any time. While notification of changes to my TOU will be made, when possible, notification is not always guaranteed. By purchasing this product, you agree that you will remain aware of my current TOU found here on my site and agree to be bound to its terms AND future changes. It is your responsibility, as the end user, to be aware of changes to my TOU and to follow such changes accordingly.

You May:
* Use these files for personal use and S4H (please observe the personal/s4H terms above). My commercial use products are also permitted for commercial use to create your own elements and papers for sale, provided those elements and papers are a finished, flattened JPG or PNG file. NO CREDIT IS REQUIRED when using my Commercial Use products to create your own designs, however, should you like to give me credit for the tools I've provided you, it is always appreciated.
* Alter my CU tools for your own purpose. These CU files can and should be altered to create a NEW finished, flattened JPG or PNG product.
* Submit layouts and other creations that you make with my products to online gallery, magazines etc. Please note, if you are sharing in an online gallery, on Facebook, or your personal blog, credit for my designs is always appreciated, but not required. If you are being "published" in either a print or online publication, please do ensure that I am credited for my designs.
* Email me with comments, feedback or completed layouts at kinnasays@gmail.com

You MAY NOT:
* Recolor or otherwise alter my commercial use products and then sell them as your own CU product. You may NOT redistribute my CU products as your own CU product in any way, shape or form.
* You MAY NOT recolor or otherwise alter my Photoshop styles and re-sell them as your own CU/PU product. All Photoshop style products are provided as a Commercial Use TOOL only, meaning you use them to create NEW elements, papers, alphabets for digital scrapbooking kits you plan to sell.
* You MAY NOT use my commercial use products to create freebies to give away on your blog.
* You MAY NOT claim the images as your own work, whether it is altered or in it's original form.
* You MAY NOT distribute, redistribute, repackage, re-sell or in any other way share the designs.
* Use these files for obscene, defamatory, or immoral works or any other purpose which is prohibited by law.


Limited Liability:
The content is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. No Ordinary Kinna and/or Kiran Saeed shall not be liable for any incidental, indirect, or consequential damages of any kind, or any damages in connection with the use of the content.


For any further questions, please e-mail kinnasays@gmail.com

Thank you for your purchase and Happy Scrapping!

Kiran Saeed
No Ordinary Kinna