I appreciate all your suggestions. They were excellent. I really liked the idea stepping away for a while, of connecting the artist with the sketch, and getting rid of the purple but finished before the last suggestion of the pallette knife technique. So here is the redo.

Background: The Good Guys Conspiracy paper pack by Julie Mead from E-Scape and Scrap
Overlay: Aged Linen grunge overlay from digital Scrapbook Place's Antiquing Pack
Texture: Kim Klassen
Font: Delikat