I waited for months to get both the fish stamps and matching die cuts. Ordered from two different places which was part of the problem. At first I was going to put the fish in a small glass fish bowl filled with blue jelly belly for my crafting group but after thinking about it, I didn't think the ladies would have much use for it, so I made them into cards. Late last night I couldn't decide if I should use the Hero Arts girl or the vase (sorry can't remember the name of the company) with my fish. Thankfully I have crafting buddies who are night owls so I sent them a text for their opinion. So far it's a tie, one liked the girl and the other one liked the vase. :) I put the eyes on the fish because I thought it was funny. Reminded me of the fighting fish that have to be kept separated. I don't use a glue pen a whole lot but the only way to secure the white ring was to dig out my pens, which of course many have dried up. I think finding a working pen took longer than make the card!
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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