This was a quick and simple card for my class at FabMo this past weekend. Since I switched to a Gemini die cutting machine I have to come up with cards that don't need a big machine, since I don't want to take my machine into class. All my equipment really gets beat up in class so can't risk my Gemini. The Tim Holtz side kick mini machine works so well in class. Only has 2 plates so you don't have to think about how thick the sandwich plated have to be. This card used to different stamp sets, if I had saved the packaging I could tell you which company. :)
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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