A Knight of Chess

Ahah!  I believe I just may -- someday -- lure my hubby into the world of LTCs!  I had his help through much of this one.  When he first found out I was going to do an LTC based on the game of Chess, he went to the internet (after I had gone to bed) and found a couple dozen pictures to give me some ideas.  I found them the next day when I got up.   

Carving:

I must have carved on a flawed area of my carving material, because in the end there was a vertical line running through the stamp that wouldn't pick up the ink very well.  Dear Hubby insisted that I not re-carve the stamp, although I told him that I enjoy the carving process.  He insisted that the line gave the image some character.  So if you get one of the "flawed" LTCs, just smile and think, "This one's got CHARACTER!"         : )

With input from Hubby about layout, and a trip to the craft store for just the right color paper, we were ready to start building the LTC.  Hubby loves the embossed look, and willingly pulled up a chair to help again.   I stamped (and REALLY pushed down hard, trying to fill in the vertical sunken area on the stamp), Hubby sprinkled the powder.   I tapped the paper off and Hubby used the embossing heat tool. We both cut out all the little horses.   Then I glued / glue dotted the pieces and Hubby placed them.  What teamwork!  And such fun to do it together!