Be Gentle I Am A Noob Lol :)

[CDAArtlady]

My 1st project & 1st post .Figured I would practice on bracelet blanks.Made a lot of mistakes & not much tooling, more stamping but proud of myself anyways:) Any advice on keeping stamps ( lettering & border) straight would be greatly appreciated.

[Red Cent]

The stamp tool rule says always work away from you. 'Course, a lot of attention to detail is required. You can make that barbed wire look like a contious fence line. Just gotta line up the point.

We all started at the beginning and some has more God given talent than others. A good start. Keep at it and read, read, read,...................

If you behave , this is the best sight ever for information.

Gosh darn it, forgot something.

Welcome pilgrim.

Edited December 29, 2013 by Red Cent

[CDAArtlady]

Thanks so much for the welcome

[Northmount]

When you are stamping letters, write it out first and maybe even check the dictionary. Then stamp it following a rule or lightly scribed line.

When stamping an item for a customer, especially names with some of the strange spellings today, get the customer to print out the letters, or type up, or email, and keep a copy. Then a miss spelling is his mistake, not yours ... if you followed his script.

Tom

Edited December 30, 2013 by northmount

[Peter Darby]

It looks to me like you have the talent you just need to learn and practice the techniques.

for the barb wire I would have lightly run a line to use as a base to keep things lined up. You can do the same for the lettering.

[CDAArtlady]

Thanks all for advice I had to giggle at the spelling as is good advice if know me lol. As I have gotten older I tend to misspell often.Also I type dyslexic if do not go slow. Friends joke I have my own language :D

I didn't think to do a line for the border.Will try that next time !

Sadly I did for the letters and still messed up the I is higher and the spacing is off. the doodle I did under after exaggerated it even more

Will keep practicing

[King's X]

Don't be afraid to run guide lines for any type of stamping. Keep up the good work!