Today is my day to volunteer at the Yu Ai Kai, the Japanese Senior in downtown San Jose. I know the ladies really wanted to do a Holly Berry type card but it take way to long to make. So I came up with what I call "faux Holly Berry". It has all the layers but no cutting. I used the Cricut cartridge "year of the child" and cut out the snowflake starting four inches and working my way down. I know it should have glitter but time is an issue so I used white StarDreams paper to add a little shimmer instead. The picture looks blurry but it's all those layers that make you think it is.
Flat Fish Paper Arts was born many years ago when blogging first started. My family did a lot of camping and diving along the California coast. California halibut are huge fish that start out as any normal fish. As they age, one eye will start to move to the other side and the halibut will become flat so it can lay on the bottom of the ocean with both eyes facing up.
I always like the idea that we all start out the same but life experiences slowly changes us. In my case, my creative talents went the way of paper arts. Flatfish are always looking up when they mature and as with any artist, we see inspiration in everything around us - always looking up.
Evan and her flatfish
Years ago a local dive shop had a photo of a diver who caught a halibut so big he had to throw it over his jeep to take the picture. Our little spoof with our daughter sitting in her toy jeep with dad's halibut on the hood. 1987
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