
Apologies for the horrible glare/reflection, I do my nails in the bathroom. Need to get a good silicone mat. Mostly looking for commiseration and troubleshooting tips.
Anyway, this is after a good dozen or so tries to get a clean image from the plate. None of ‘em got clear enough to the stamper to actually be used. Not sure if my scraping angle was wrong, or if I need to wash my stampers again, or if this plate in particular is just rough to work with. I tried four different polishes, including two actual stamping polishes, and none of ‘em worked. This is my third/forth time trying stamping, so I expected some fails, but jeez.
The polish on my thumb in the picture is Carnival Chaos’s “Zero Gravity”, from HHC a couple months back. T-shirt in the reflection is a band shirt for the band Marianas Trench, which I can recommend much more than my stamping skills.