Thursday 20 May 2010

Back to the 70's



Although I was very young in the 70's I still remember the fashions, colours and music of this fun and carefree time. During this era I was still in Karachi, Pakistan and I remember my older cousins going out with their way out fashions and funky hair do's. I myself was quite the fashionista with my bell bottoms or hot pants and turtle neck sweaters, even at that young age I cared about how I looked, LOL.


This card was made with the 70's in mind. The Bohemian patterned paper, the crocheted flower, the image of the funky "sista" on the paisley and the general brightness of the card all takes me back to this funkadelic era.

The silouhette of the girl and the paisley are both characters from "My 70's Ding" font at approximately 400 point. It was a lot of fun creating this card and I might do some more using this fantastic font which I downloaded legally and free from the internet.

The challenges I have included-

Blast from the past-Incy Wincy Designs
Bright and cheerful-Ooh la la creations
Patterned paper-Practical scrappers
Anything goes-Crafty Ann's challenge blog
Celebrate-Stamp something
Birthdays-All sorts
As you like it-Whopsi Daisy Challenge
For the girls-Just Magnolia
Use your patterned paper-Papertrey PALs

thankyou so much for visiting my blog, hope you have enjoyed your time here.

14 comments:

Ann Whitfield said...

This card captures the '70s so well! Yes I do remember them, I think I was the right age to enjoy the early to mid part of the decade and you've brought back memories with this card. Thank you for sharing it with us at Crafty Ann's
Ann x

Beryl said...

I remeber this era well also. Great card with lots of colour and style.
Thank you for sharing it with us at Crafty Ann's.
Beryl xx

Wendi said...

I loved the 70's and I love your card thank you so much for sharing with us at ooh la la
Wendi

Boni Boutelle-Jones said...

totally bohemian and cool!!

Erin... said...

so coool! Love it! Thanks for sharing it with us at Stamp Something!

Liz said...

Wonderful card Susan lovely to see you back Hope you got my message hun

Liz xxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Linnie said...

yes this is the 70s just so trendy and cool
Thankyou for joining in at whoopsDaisy
linniex

pinky said...

This is very cool. Thanks for sharing at WhoopsiDaisy this month.
Pinky

Mina said...

To enter the Just Magnolia challenge you need to use a Magnolia image
Mina xxx

Heather "Hev" said...

This is very cool :)


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savvy teaching tips said...

Nice to see your work again Susan. Great card. Awesome use of patterned paper. Thanks for joining us at Practical Scrappers.

Blast from the Past said...

GREAT card, Susan! I really captures the essence of the '70s. you could probably do a whole series of these!

I love the '70s so much that I ended up writing a book about it. It was a lot of fun - if you're interested, you could check it out here

Long live the '70s!

Beccy said...

Cool! This was my era and this just sums it up. Thanks for joining us at Whoopsi Daisy.

Hugs Beccy x

Rleen said...

Beautiful card! I love the colors and design.
Thanks for joining us at Whoopsi Daisy. Hope to see you again next month challenge.
Hugs,
Rleen