A slightly earlier card in my making adventures, I tended to try and use properties of the card/paper I purchased and modify them to give a theme. A perfect card for an old friend still living the spirit of the 60's right down to the Vote NIXON 68 poster on the inside of his bathroom door (so Nixon can lovingly look you in the eye as you take a dump - and yes i wish i was joking)... OK so i say spirit of the 60's.. what I really mean is he likes the occasional 60's band and 60% whickey (living in Edinburgh this is apparently perfectly normal -and I myself am partial to the Glenfarclas 105) but the Nixon this is rather reassuringly true. The swirlyness of the card paper provided the perfect excuse for the motherload of happy hippyness in one card complete with pre-bought flower-power aplenty, swirls stars secret symbols, bad religious occultism, drug references akimbo and a playful nod to that popular saying "BAN THE F**KING BOMB" (obviously in reference to Harry Bannerman the popular golfing hero). Most of this card was a liiiidle bit of cutting and glueing, so not so technical here, but i make no lie of the fact i was pushed for free card making time at this point and it was quick and effective to do. I shall leave it up to you, the discerning reader, whether to feel or not that the blotter tab in the bottom right corner actually contained substances that probably shouldn't be handled by royal mails finest (maybe not so true now privatisation has kicked in). If you can read the text (a challenge befitting that of a short sighted librarian rainbow shrimp who is also an amateur astronomy enthusiast) then you will find a convoluted weaving of nonsense slang, twisted folk rites and a splattering of upside down ancient non-wisdom lovingly wrapped inside the Gaia systems (of which JLovelocks new book has convinced me is kinda true) eternal embrace. The picture on the Left represents an image that all humanity should be aspiring to (complete with flower feather, huge amanita mushroom And MAAAASSSSIIIVE splifette )and was meant as a motivational poster to replace the one currently hanging on the back his bathroom door, needless to say it didn't work and Nixon still sits as proud as ever. However, luckily this card sits happy on the mantle piece to remind him of the Birthday path He took and how his hair could have been so very different had his life choices instead strayed a little more towards Goa...
If you liked this card I recommend you listen to this blistering album by Biz Baz Boz:
And yes, those are my leopard print bed sheets.... saucy, I know...
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