Gratitude

Gratitude - that sums up my life.  I am so thankful for my life, my health, my savior, my husband, my kids, my mom, my sisters, my family, my home, my new home, my friends, my church . . . . I am so thankful.

As some of you are aware (mostly because I have been blogging about it), I am a digital scrapbooker.  It is a passion of mine almost as much as card making (and sometimes more than).

I love to make my own pattern papers.  It is so fun.  So rewarding.  So freeing.  I have been making my own patterns to coordinate well with the PTI colors lately.  This is one of my favorite color combos.  So, I am happy to share this card with you today.

Credits:  Dots Paper, Ribbon, Stamps (Pretty Peonies) - Papertrey Ink; Plaid Pattern Paper - SillyLeAnn Designs (that's me!!)

I thought it might be fun for me to share my plaid paper with you.  I hope this works and you enjoy.

Ok, I think I have it now.  Try THIS and see if you can download the plaid paper.  Thanks for stopping by today.

You're the Best!

I am super excited to be playing along with all of the Papertrey Ink's 4th Anniversary Celebration activities.  It is not short on fun, inspiration, and A-MAZ-ING prizes!  It is so kind of PTI and gang to offer free downloadable stamps for us to play with.  I usually don't play with a set of stamps so quick, but the prize of working with Nicole is too good to pass up.  I mean I don't know what I would say to her to help design a set.  It would just be a stick figure of me - wetting my pants - because that is probably what I would do if I won.  I mean where do you even begin in designing a set of stamps.  I never know what I want until I see some fabulous stamps from PTI and THEN the lightbulb goes on.  So, if I win, look out!

I choose to play with this cutie by Tiffany Pastor.  It was the first one to speak to me, so I went with it.  It seemed so "beachy" to me, but I couldn't find my inner beach bum with all this snow around me.  Hmm, maybe that is what all the black clouds are about.  Shrug.  But I still like it.  :)

Supplies - All Papertrey Ink unless noted
Stamps: 2011 Anniversary Tags, Mat Stack 3 Collection, Up Up and Away, Mat Stack 1 Collection
Ink: True Black, Fresh Snow
Paper: Hawaiian Shores, New Leaf, Stampers Select White
Other: Mat Stack 3 Die; 1.75 inch Circle Punch (EK Success); Copics; Edgers #1 Die; Black Grosgrain Ribbon (Hobby Lobby)

Thanks for looking and wish me luck!!!