Stampin' Up! - Picture Perfect

Hello, I'm sharing a card with you today that I made to say thank you!  As soon as the On Stage event in Telford finished, I drove to Alsager (Cheshire) to attend a party with a friend.  It was my first ever vinyl night!  Even though I was shattered and suffering from an almost total lack of sleep, it was a lovely evening and one that I hope is repeated very soon!

I used a favourite set of mine, By The Tide (unfortunately about to be retired) to create a background panel.  I then used Picture Perfect and some two step stamping to create the star fish.  I inked up the inside of the embossing folder with Sahara Sand ink before embossing my cardstock.

Here is the inside:

Here is the finished card and matching envelope:

The party took place at 'The Beach Hut' which is a community based project operated through Rainbow CIC - hence the theme of my card.

We were asked to bring three records from the following categories:

• The first record you ever bought
• Something to do with betting/gambling (the venue was a former betting shop)
• Bear with me on this one, it's a bit weird!  Apparently you can now get your ashes made into a record - so, if you did this, what would you choose?

I do have some vinyl records but unfortunately they became bent on a hot water pipe many years ago:(  The rules of the evening were you either had to own the record, borrow it or buy from a charity shop.

Unfortunately I could not find a copy of the first record I bought when I was 9 years old (thank goodness, rather embarrassing!) but I did manage to find a copy of Every Day Hurts by Sad Cafe that I remember buying when I was around 15.

The second choice was really easy - the first song I thought of was The Winner Takes It All by Abba.  Again, I was able to buy this from a charity shop.

The third choice was much easier; I knew exactly what record I would choose as it is an all time favourite of mine.  I have been telling my children for years that I want this particular song (Don't You Forget About Me by Simple Minds) played at my funeral LOUDLY!

I was unable to get a copy onvinyl, fortunately I was able to borrow Sound of Silence by Simon and Garfunkel as an alternative and I was happy with this. Unknown to me, my friend had managed to get hold of a copy and it was played as a surprise for me!!

Thank you so much for looking at my Blog today, if you don't have a Stampin' Up! Demonstrator I would love to be yours!  If you don't have a catalogue and you would like one, please let me know and I will send one to you.  

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Susan xx