It's Sunday Sunday Sunday and we know what that means round these parts ;) Adventures in Stamping time! Hehe - can you tell how much I love these challenges? This week it's all about 2 for 1 i.e. using two different stamps in a manicure. I do this all the time at least when I'm doing abstracts so I thought for today let me see what I can do without relying on double layering my stamps which I have done a lot before historically. I wanted something feminine, slightly whimsical, and cute. Here's what I came up with...
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| Cute, cute, cute! |
Mani-louge
Base colors: Essie Sand Tropez and Barielle Welcome Ohm
Stamping polishes: Konad Special Polish in Black Pearl & White, Barielle Welcome Ohm
Stamping plates: M57 (lace), KD11 (dog), NCO1 (hearts), BM19 (dots), RuiZ02 (paws)
Accents: Kiss Nail Art Stickers (upper lace), Kala Animal Love Nail Art Stickers (bones), 2mm clear rhinestone
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| For some reason here Welcome Ohm is pulling purple, but it's a deeper berry pink than shown here. |
There is so much to this manicure I don't even know where to begin. Initially, I posted up to my Instagram with just the french tips and accents thinking this would be a relatively simple manicure. All I knew is that I wanted to use a combination of nail art stickers and stamping and the rest just fell into place.
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| I love how the nude comes into this manicure in such a subtle way like the supporting role to everything else. |
All of a sudden I had five or six stamping plates pulled out from all sorts of different collections. This is the kind of manicure that's a nightmare to do a tutorial on hahaha!
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| Do you think the princess will capture her bones? |
So what do you think - isn't this just so cute? I have to say Princess Fifi La Fleur (yes I named the dog) is looking good with her little bling accent ;) Well never let it be said that I can't mix and match stamps with the best of them. When I see this manicure it reminds me so much of my Giesha girl inspired mani I did many yore ago. In any case I hope you enjoyed reading about this challenge as much as I did creating it. Thanks for reading and I'll see you next post! Toodles...