This card was for the LTC tracker Famous Authors. I ended chose Doyle because i was in the midst of doing a Sherlock Holmes tracker as well as having seen the tv series and movies recently. He just stood out as someone who would be cool to do. I originally did not carve his name on the stamp but thought it might be better if i had it on the card so proceeded to carve his moniker on a separate stamp. It took me quite a few tries on some scraps to get that lettering right and i still had it just a 1/16 or so longer than the card stock so that also made it more difficult to line up correctly. I stamped them both of a glossy card stock which really made the black pop. You cannot press hard on glossy card stock or else the images will smear. So you just have make sure you have enough inked applied and just give a firm but delicate impression when stamping. The lines on his face and jacket could have been tighter and less jagged but i think the area around his moustache, lips and mouth came out very well.
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