Thankful Thought | No.1
Tags:I love that when my parents come to visit my kids only want Grandma to put them to bed.
"Grandma do it." says Anna.
"Grandma!" calls Simon as he rounds the corner to go upstairs to his bedroom.
I'm so thankful for that relationship.
I'm starting a new occasional series called Thankful Thoughts and you're invited to join me.Each time I post a Thankful Thought (a photo + a few words) I'll include a free numbered overlay download for you to add to your own photo. I'm also included a rounded-corner photo mask in this first download for those of you who'd like to have rounded-corners on your photo.
Download Thankful Thought | 001 here.
Also for this first download I put together a video tutorial on how to use the overlay and the rounded-corner photo mask.
Ali Edwards | Thankful Thoughts Overlay + Photo Mask Tutorial from Ali Edwards on Vimeo.
Enjoy!

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Thank you! Love it!
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Ali, this is great! I love it! Thank you so much for not only sharing your products/creations with us, but also your creative process and how-to's! You are truly one of a kind; there are not that many people out there as talented as you who like to share so much...so thank you!!
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Thanks Ali - for the download and the tutorial! Have a great weekend!
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This is lovely! Thank you and have a great weekend.
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What a fantastic idea thanks for the template that is great thanks you xx
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Thank you, and it is so thoughtful of you to share so much with us. Your videos are always so helpful. Have a great weekend.
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Thank you Ali - how wonderful.
I also love that Grandma is loved the same way in our house.
So very lucky!!!
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Thanks
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that is awesome Ali!
thank YOu for sharing! you are
so kind!! I want to go look through my photos
right now and find my first
"thankful thought" photo! you are amazing!
and how GREAT the kids have a great relationship with your beautiful and amazing mom!!! love that!
tara
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I can see that I'm going to love this little series!
Thank you so much for sharing your ideas (and free downloads) :)
My grandparents lived in Korea so I didn't get to see them that often... so I make sure my kids get to see their grandparents as much as possible (even though they are 8 hours away). It is a special bond.
Looking forward to checking in often!
Rosa
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Thanks Ali! You inspire me to scrapbook the great things in life!
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hey ali, sorry to bother you, but do you know what the command + ? letter is for cs5??! thank you!! tara
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p.s. I tried command g and it didn't work!
I use PSE but if you are on a PC try Cntrl G, making sure you are on the photo and the mask is on the layer below.
If that doesn't work, use the hover between the two layers and use the Alt(mac) or Opt(pc) button and click between the two layers when you see the two overlapping circles. hth!
In CS2 for the PC, the clipping layer command is Ctrl-Alt-g
HTH
thanks maureen & melissa, but I have a mac! it just didn't work for me using command g....not sure what i did wrong and the mac is pretty new to me! but it just didn't do ANYTHING!!! I am using cs5, so it may be different?! anybody know what to do?! thank YOU! tara
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What a lovely gift to your readers and groupies. I"m definitely one of the latter. I had to laugh I was in a LSS this week and she mentioned something she attributed to you on the Ranger site (I haven't gone to look yet) but I said "She didn't do that on her blog, I never miss a beat!" You're my first stop every time I open my reader! Love the pic, the sentiment and the freebie. I sometimes get bogged down in the 'where to put it' aspect of something like these layouts. Can you share what you are going to ultimately do with these or are they simply going to be recorded in your blog? Thanks!
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Hi Peg - I don't have plans other than just having these on my blog for now. They would make a nice little minibook too - but for now, I'm just doing it as a series here on my blog.
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Thanks Ali! I love the overlay and the whole "thankful thoughts" idea! I also always appreciate your video tutorials. They're so helpful. ~Jen
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Thanks Ali, you inspire us all so much. Have great weekend :-)
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love this! thanks for the download!
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Thanks, Ali! This is great!
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Ali, I love the fact that your kids love it when your parents visit and how they want them to read the stories. I am now on the other side - as a grandma - and my granddaughter now wants me to read the story and put her to bed. I cherish every single one of those moments that she's asking for me. Thanks for the overlay. Looking forward to more Thankful Thought posts.
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Grandparents are great! My son is 15 and LOVES being around his grandparents, as sometimes I think that is their mission in life. To see Nick, and FEED HIM! His nana and papa love to watch him eat(an dplay baseball) for some reason. Maybe because I was such a picky child. He has ALWAYS been extremely close with them especially his papa! Every kid in my neighborhood calls them "nana and papa" too, and they love it. Especially his best friend, Lizzy. My dad says that she is is only grandaughter, since he only has grandsons.
We are so thankful to have such wonderful parents/grandparents and I know my son and nephews are too. Enjoy your time with them!
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This is great Ali! Thanks so much!
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