Another Asian card I will be doing for my card class down at the Wellness Center today. I used my Cuttlebug and embossing folder to make the pattern on the kimono. I then had to hunted down my white craft ink. This was not an easy task since, I don't remember the last time I used it. I rubbed the white ink over the embossing to give the kimono that Japanese denim look.The rest of the card is basic stamping.
I normally don't make 6x6 cards for my classes since it takes extra postage to mail but there was no way I could make everything fit on a standard A2 card. I was tired and my brain had enough creative thought for one day. :)
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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