I've been wanting to try cutting out the pennant banners my daughter asked me to make a few years ago using an Accucut die. Hand cutting all those banners is very time consuming and takes a lot of space to do.
Looking on eBay these dies are super expensive, so I just waited. Any reseller at some point should take a lower offer just to get rid of their stale inventory. If they don't, they will end up with a warehouse for dead stock. Selling it for a small profit is better than no sale at all. So for the past 2 years (yes, I waited 2 years) one of the sellers finally agreed to $10.00 plus $12.00 shipping. This same die is on eBay (by a different seller) for over $100 and the seller has had it listed for years. Can't wait to test out my new die!
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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