Three more layouts from the Think Pink Charity Collab Kit

I completed another three layouts from this kit. I decided to post a different preview image of it today. This one focuses on the ribbon and trim that is included with the kit. The paper preview gives you a better idea of the diversity of papers in it.

The next couple of nights are going to be pretty busy so I’m not sure I’ll have time to work on anymore until this weekend. I have a board meeting tomorrow night (I’m the Secretary for our youth hockey association). I’ll be finishing up the minutes on Thursday night so Friday will be here before I know it. Our association is hosting the State Squirt Festival this weekend so I’ll probably pop in at the rink to see how that is going. The kids don’t have games this weekend but we do have two more tournaments to play in.

This layout has a completely different feel from all the others that I’ve created from the kit and I’ve only played with about a third of the kit.
Our office attends one Orthodontic Meeting each year. He pretty much lets us pick between the AAO (American Association of Orthodontics) or the PCSO (Pacific Coast Society of Orthodontists). We have picked the PCSO meeting the past two years. In 2007 it was in Monterey, CA and we had fun shopping in Cannery Row and took a daytrip up to San Francisco. Up there we rode the cable cars, visited Alcatraz and shopped in Chinatown. This is the first photo I have taken the time to scrap from the trip.

This last year we went to Palm Springs and the three of us (Jodi, Lee and myself) zipped over to Disneyland and California Adventure for the day. This year the meeting is in Phoenix and we really haven’t planned our “side trip” per se. My only request is that we take in a Coyotes game…provided they are playing at home that weekend we are in town.

I had fun playing with the flowers and string element with this layout. I actually created the border by using the element twice on each side. It turned out to be the perfect “paper” for showcasing my niece in her kimono. She participated in a Japanese Immersion program from Kindergarten thru 7th grade. She is one smart cookie and the program challenged her in a great way. I honestly believe that if she had been in a “traditional” school she would have been bored to death.

This last one is a photo of Velvet again but was probably taken when she was in 2nd or 3rd grade.

As I said before…it’s absolutely amazing how many ways this kit can be used. It’s definitely worth every dollar that you donate for it.

Think Pink – A charity collab kit I’ve fallen in love with!!!

Omigosh, this kit is absolutely wonderful. When I first saw it I thought hmm..it’s got purples in there…I could use it for some Relay for Life photos I’ve accumulated over the last four years. So I went ahead and got it. Most people shy away from charity kits because they aren’t sure if their “donation” is really going there but they have created a way to donate directly to the charity then forward a copy of your “email reciept” and then you get a coupon code to get the kit for free. But if you prefer to just purchase the kit directly through the store the donation will get made and you can get the kit immediately. So far I’ve done five layouts using it and not a single one is a Relay for Life one!

For the first layout I used a series of photos taken of my aunt back in the 50′s and 60′s. I interconnected a circle frame to create the “cluster” then added the buttons to complete the whole circular feel.
Rachael of Creations by Rachael contributed all the elements/papers to the kit that I’ve used in these first three layouts. The second one is a photo of my Great Aunt Ruth, her daughter, grand daughter and great grand daughter.

The third in this series has a completely different feel which shows how versatile the kit actually is.

For the fourth layout I decided to play with the contribution from “Late Night Scraps”. I had fun with some photos of my newest niece. This was the first grandchild that my brother has been able to see of his three grandchildren. The other two live here on the westcoast while he is on the eastcoast. Because it was a low resolution photo and a bit blurry I decided to play with the effects that are stock with PSE7. I used a dry brush effect and extracted the rest of the hospital room that was in the background. I also played with the “cookie cutter” tool for the first time and created butterflies and tufts of grass.

For the final layout last night stuck with the brown/pink and new niece theme I created this last layout. Since I was trying to stick with using only items contributed to the kit by Late Night Scraps I used the brown paper with the Live, Laugh, Love border as a mat paper and frame and used her hospital card as an element.

Well, I completed a total of six layouts in less than 24 hours. That is probably a record for me! I’ve got a couple more in mind for this layout that I’ll be working on this week.