Hot Off The Stamping Press: Messy Mansion Holiday Plates!

Hey stamparellas,

You know I can't stand to miss a good plate release right?  I have so many of these little hot tickets that are releasing to put up on my blog it's nonsensical, but as usual my heart skips a beat when I see that Julia releases new plates.  If you don't know about Messy Mansion check out my Plates I Love feature it's chock full of my love and admiration for this lovely Aussie indie plate maker! Let me say I already ordered away as soon as I saw they released since I am totally in love with this brand!

These have actually been on the etching table for a while, but they finally released this week. It's a bit late for the Thanksgiving plate, but of course I had to have it anyway so next year I'll be all set ;)

The last plate MM29 in my opinion is the most sickening sickening plate I have seen from a creator in a while!  Still utterly blow away by this piece.  I got some big plans when that plate arrives.  In any event.  These plates are available now.  Get em here while they last. I hope the winter themed one makes it in time for me to create some lovely Christmas art.  I get plates from Julia pretty quickly though usually in about a week from when I place my order.  The plates retail for $7 USD and it's on $2.50 USD flat rate for world wide shipping.  Got I love your plates Julia!  Thanks so much for reading and see you next post!

Hot Off The Stamping Press: MoYou London Explorer Collection Expansion + Holiday Limited Edition Plate

Hey stamperellas,

I took a pause over the holidays.  Lol not really unfortunately I didn't really get a true holiday and spent most of the time working like the proverbial dog.  I did post some things to my IG including some Elevation Polish nail art that I will have upcoming on the blog, but today let's play a little catch up!   Remember the MoYou London Explorer Collection that I raved and raved about basically telling you which organs I would sell off in order to attain these lovelies? If not click here and relive my insanity and unquenchable lust!  Lol well MoYou has already updated the collection and these 5 new beauties have joined the crowd to play!

I can see so many amazing things happening with this design on my nails!

For me this plate is probably my least favorite but only because I feel like the Artist Collection with the Sugar Skull Madame that I secretly call La Catrina blows this one out of the water!

Look at this friggin giraffe!  How cool how cool is this plate! I freaking adore this!

 Love the dreamcatchers above lol questionable love over the little eagle head which is borderline creepy.  **Shrugs**

Just spectacular right?  This collection is sneaking up to the Artist and Suki for my favorite collections thus far.  These plates as usual are highly unique and even better I think this collection has an edge of funkiness which makes them even more superb! For a bonus I'm going to also show you MoYou's new limited edition holiday plate!



Aren't these plates awesome?  The Explorer plates released last week and the Limited Edition released today.  They retail for 4.99 Euros as usual and are available now so hurry up and go scoop some pretty.  Jeez I  honestly once again want everything!  It's unfortunate that right now I'm being pulled in multiple directions in terms of awesome stamping plates coming out now.  It's a travesty to my wallet!  Lol Thanks for reading and see you next post! 

Hot Off The Stamping Press: New Bunny Nails Plates

Stampaholics unite!

More hot and happening plates are coming off the presses from one of my favorite ladies in the nail art game - Bunny Nails!  Yup you might recall that she recently released HD-C and HD-D Halloween themed plates not that long ago and now she's back with a few more plates just in time for the upcoming holidays.  Oh be still my heart!  So let's see what she's got in store for us today shall we?

First up I'll show the holiday themed HD-E and HD-F plates.  As usual she knocks it out of the park with these creating something that every holiday lover will want to stamp with.  I know because I have her small HD set with holiday themes and they are so cute.  They feature reindeer, slices of pie, icicles, snowmen, you name it and they are absolute adorable!

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How cute right!?!  Lots of useful image here for the upcoming holidays.  The only thing that bothers me is her plates tend to release right before holidays like Thanksgiving so you are in a rush to get them so that you can use them before the season passes.  Clearly this will not be the case for Christmas and New Years.  I do see a few repeats from her smaller plate series the snowman, ski boots, Santa and a few others but I'd say only about 8 or so and only of the smaller images. 

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Ok now let's talk about the new BuNa plates.  I feel as though there were a few plates with this title when she originally released the small HD plates they were bonuses to the purchase.  This time she has come out with larger full nail images for everyday use i.e. no holiday themes like the historical releases of her plates. 

 

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I am in love with BuNa-A the floral scene at the bottom is gorgeous!  Reminds me of some beautiful prints I saw a while ago in Papershelf.  Also love the antiquated border in the lower left hand corner.   However in terms of originality and highest factor of desirability I'm looking right at BuNa-B.  This plate has images unlike many I've seen.  It's getting harder to create original designs for stampers. I think this is in part because we have seen a huge boom in indie plate makers over the last 2 years and because buyers are increasing their selectivity.  We want new and innovative approaches to nail art and designs that fit within the desire.  I think BuNa-B is a prime example.  I'd also like a moment to point out this is the first time I've seen a plate put a proper cardiac normal sinus rhythm on a plate before.  The little hearts and stuff are cute but I am bothered tremendously when I don't see the waveforms marching out in a manner that I'm accustomed to.

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So thoughts? Are there any you absolutely have to have or do you think you'll hold out for a bit?  If I could I would snatch up all 4 right now!  I want those holiday plates pretty badly lolol.  In any case you can find the new plates here on Bunny Nails.  They retail for $17.99 and have free shipping worldwide shipping.  I will be throwing myself upon the mercies of the upcoming holidays to ahem increase my stash.  Lol my wishlist is once again swelling.  Randomly more than anything at the moment I'm wanting a carbonated water maker.  I keep forgetting the name of it but every time I go into Target or Bed, Bath, & Beyond I keep staring wondering when the price will go down.  Gah!  In any case thanks for reading and I'll see you next post!

Hot Off The Stamping Press: New Tourist Plates from MoYou London

Hey lovely lacquer ladies,

I've got a quick post here with more stamping plates releasing from the MoYou London Tourist Collection!  Honestly this is probably the collection that I favor the least of all the plates.  I really love ones I have but there are several in the lasts few releases that are Back To The 20's, 30's and so on that I just didn't like.  The main reason being that they were sort of outfits you could stamp onto your nails in the XL size of plates and each of the outfit images on the XL plates are massive.  I have some fairly long and wide nail bases and I would be hard pressed to make these images fit.  They released around 5 or so plates of that variety that I passed on.  That's why I'm pretty pleasantly surprised to see these new tourist plates.




































 Instead of offering the mega-sized outfit images that will not fit a regular nail bed these two plates feature images that I'm more interested in with designs closer to those that drew me to the MoYou company in the first place.  These are based more around the recent Explorer Collection themed plates featuring imagery revolving around Australia and Spain.




I do think it's a bit odd though to have recently released the Explorer collection and then put similar imagery on the Tourist Collection.  However what's kind of cool about this set of plates is that there is really no geogrpahical area that can't be covered from such a broad vantage point.  Though I guess the same could be said for the Explorer Collection "shrugs".  In any event the images from either collection do not overlap at all despite the similar themes.


 


This plate for me is a little wack-a-doo.  Lol I'm not trying to be mean or funny, but look how insane the eyes on both of the faces are.  Lololol.  I do have to admit though that I love the matador, psalms, and floral motifs.   So what do you think? I'm  definitely not as impressed as I was by last week's release but I'm glad to see the potential of the Tourist Collection heading back into the direction I initially loved.   These plates will release on Friday as presale and ship out on the 1st week of December.  As usual they retail for 4.99 Euro and can be found at the link above.  Thanks so much for reading and see you next post!

Hot Off The Stamping Press: MoYou London Explorer Collection

Hey hot stampin mama's,

I have some more nail art news from the creative labs of MoYou London.  They released yet another collection last Friday.  I'm a touch late the the stamping press is still steaming ;)  This collection is really one after my heart!  It was designed by two ladies in my AIS group Lisa and Mel and I have to say they did a bang up job.  As someone who enjoys a trip or two and values the richness of the world's cultures the Explorer Collection satisfies my inner anthropologist in the best ways!  




































These Egyptian themed plates are making me want to cry.  If they get some Babylonian and Sumerian stuff going I will just die.  Although the Mayan and Aboriginal themes are nothing to scoff at.  Yeah I wasn't kidding when I said this get's my anthropological juices going after all one of my college majors was Anthropology. Anything involving an ancient culture with ties to the development of a written language and I am there.  I love love love this collection!





 Ah the one is everything as well.  Ankh and felines there is so much mythical allusion here <3




For those who are wondering the MoYou plates are some of the best quality I've come across.  I got half of my order of plates this weekend including The Comic Book Collection and The Artist Collection and my jaw nearly dropped.  I have some cool nail art coming this week so stay tuned.

 Scarab beetles and the Sphinx dying seriously dying over here!

Ayer's Rock people this is Ayer's Rock and the Dreaming Circle! Love it!

So thoughts? What can't you live without? I can't live without any of them thus I will have them all!   According to the MoYou team this collection is going to have many more plates added to it in the near future.   As usual these plates retail for 4.99 Euros and they will be shipping out on the first weekend of December.  Also some great news for ladies with shorter nails and nail beds the XL plates which measure roughly 1.5 x 2 cm will now come in the smaller size of 1.2 x 1.5 cm.  I will of course be sticking to the XL though my nails will be shrinking in terms of length soon my nail beds are still massive.  In any event thanks for reading and happy stamping ladies!

Hot Off The Stamping Press: MoYou Nails Biker Collection!

Hello lovelies,

This collection actually released last Friday and for some reason the post didn't post like I thought it did.  Eeep!  That's okay though because you can still get this awesome collection along with a little bonus coupon code for 30% off if you keep reading.  Lol that's what I call winning!

 "Owning a motorcycle is not a matter of life and death.. it is much more important than that..."

This collection is utterly what it sounds like.  Inspired by those road hogs that muscle along on the highway.  Look at sister-friend up there I'm digging her whole style including the nonchalantly held aviators ;)

I'm also of the  opinion that one has to be a bad-ass b**** to ride or die.  Lol all that power and responsibility.  I have never in my life ridden a motorcycle but one day I'd like to!  Ahem of course I will be rocking my biker nails and a glam helmet whilst doing so...

  

Totally hot-rod mama right?   That last plate made me drool along with plates 2 & 4. These plates are just so unique!  The lady who inspired this collection is none other than Sarah Smith of Spellbinding Nails.  I will say though I think because the theme is so focused it will be up to the creator to stretch the longevity of these plates i.e. all of the tattoo like images could probably revamped to create some other awesome nail art aside from biker sleek if one was up to the challenge.  Now what about that code?  Well some ladies in my AIS group have gotten the MoYou to give a 30% off code to the group and has generously extended that out to the community.  The code is LISA&MEL30.  You must create an account and be logged in for it to work but it's 30% off your total purchase no limits on plates etc!  Pretty awesome right?  I have already clearly taken advantage and ordered all of my plates with the exception of a few that were sold out when I went to buy, but they are now back up on the website.  You can buy MoYou plates here and hurry the code expires on the 31st I believe!  Thanks for reading and see you next post!

Hot Off The Stamping Press: New MoYou London Suki Plates...

Polished prisoners,

Ugh I can't believe I haven't been able to get things going this week.  All I can say is it's been a really hectic week and where the hell is the sun!  I'm tired of trying to swatch all of my amazing holo's and then I look outside and see rain and gray skies.   Is this England?!?  Killing me! Lol Enough ranting let's talk about the new plates that have released from MoYou London yesterday from my favorite collection by the brand.  I am of course referring to the Suki Collection.  It's supposed to be for the Japanese samurai in us all, but frankly I just think it's the collection that is the most feminine and seemingly attached to the parts of nail art that I find most precious.   It also doesn't hurt that this collection triggers every single "moe" instinct in my body as a Japan-o-phile.  There hasn't been a plate that they have released yet from this collection that didn't make me gasp or go "I must absolutely attain this plate or die trying!"  Up today are two new plates that are of the full image plate variety.

I wonder if you are asking yourself why I am always releasing new plate news from MoYou London.  Lol let me assure you nothing is in it for me.  It has more to do with the fact that I'm stalking this brand obsessively.  I can't stop buying their plates and waiting to see what they are going to come up with next!  I have never ever loved a brand as much as I like this one.  Hmm except maybe Messy Mansion and Vivid Lacquer.  At the end of the day I'm a sucker for inguinity and invention so this brand continuously keeps my interest alive.  I need to post up some of the mani's I've done using their plates. 

Brilliant right?  The detailing on both of these plates is so intricate and I love love love the circling koi fish on the 9th plate!  Well as usual you can find these plates at the link above.  I'm not going to ask which you like because I'm going to pretend you are crazy as me about this collection and just have to have them all! These are available on the MoYou London site now.  They are marked as late shipping and will not arrive until some time in the 1st week of November along with the Comics Collection,  Festive Collection, and Mother Nature Collection.  Last time I put that they retailed for $7 USD, but actually I think it's closer to $8USD because of the conversion from Euro's.  Still totally worth it!  I promise to have some pretty up tomorrow.  Toodles and thanks for reading!  See you next post...

Hot Off the Stamping Press: MoYou London Festive Collection!

Nail art lovers,

More good news!  Lol maybe some bad news for your wallet and a shocking double post from me today.   Because, yup you guessed it, there are even MORE new plates coming down the pipelines.  MoYou London is really on fire right now creating so many amazing designs that leave this little stampers heart fluttering.  This time the creative team has launched a collection themed around holidays called the Festive Collection.  Let's take a look shall we?

 Look at all the amazing detail on this plate!  The little north pole sign, the sleigh and reindeer, a shooting star.  It's really unbelievable!

As you can see the plates are themed around the Christmas and New Years holidays, but a pretty little birdy told me there will be more plates associated with other holidays coming soon!  I have to say as usual I am so impressed with the MoYou teams' creativity.  In particular, I love how they have created an entire image and packaging to each collection that defines this brand.  I also can personally attest to the high quality of these plates which makes it somehow impossible to resist whenever they drop a new collection.

So what do you think stamp-a-rellas?  I am clearly in love!  My favorite plates are the intarsia sweater images and of course the full nail plate gingerbread house.  Ah that one is just adorable and the detailing is exquisite!  Which ones do you like ladies?  As usual these plates are pre-sale and will launch on the MoYou website on Friday.   They retail for 4.99 Euros or roughly $7 USD and are worth every penny.  Someone asked me recently about the backing on these plates.   They are backed by hard plastic that surround the metal portion of the plate like a picture frame and have the MoYou logo on them.  So there you have it.  Happy hunting ladies and thanks for reading!  I'll see you next post....  

Hot Off The Stamping Press: Bunny Nails HD-C & HD-D Halloween Plates!

Hey polished prisoners,

There are so many HOT plates coming out right now it's really ridiculous!  Bundle Monster just realeased their new Make Your Own Set, Red Angel has a 2013 set, and waaay too many more to count.  I need to do a weekend round-up post just to keep up.  However today I've got some AMAZING ones! Let me tell you I have been a fan of Bunny Nails since waay back in the day essentially when I discovered her Angry Birds plate which was the first of its kind.  She has been slowly putting out holiday plates over the last 2 years.  This ridiculously cool HD small plates that were all Halloween themed and largely stole my heart.  Then she started with her larger HD Holiday plate series which encompassed most if not all of the major holidays including the 4th of July, Easter, New Years, Christmas and so on.  Well she's done it again releasing two more large HD plates entirely devoted to Halloween and Dios de Muertos!

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The plates measure roughly 14.5 x 9.5cm while the full size images themselves measure approximately 2 x 2.5cm.

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The images made me drool!  What are your favorites?  I'm in love with baby bat and dracula and the dancing skeleton.   Because of the time sensitivity of these I wanted to get the post out ASAP!  You can pre-order them now and the will ship out between 3-7 days depending when they land on her doorstep from the manufacturer.  The plates retail for $16.99 USD a plate with free world wide shipping.  Get them here at the ecrater store.  I've never been disappointed by her creations yet and I'm looking forward to these lovelies!  Thanks so much for reading and see you next post...

Hot Off the Stamping Press: MoYou London Mother Earth Collection

‘Every girl should use what Mother Nature gave her before Father Time takes it away.’

-Laurence J. Peter

Loyal Lacquer and Nail Art Enthusiasts,

I have some exciting news!  Lol I'm always excited about something especially when it comes to nail art. It's a bit pathetic but hey I'll take my joys where I can find them.  Anyway if you recall from my I'm Back! post I wrote about several new stamping plate makers who were up and coming.  One of those happened to be MoYou London.  If you don't know who this company is when you finish reading this post you surely will!   MoYou has created about 10 or 11 collections at this point inspired by a variety of themes including 80's, 70's, rockstars/music, japanese culture, nautical, travelling, hime/princesses, kittens/animals, and more.

I love everything this company does including something I have never in my life seen until they started releasing their special collection plates and that is full sized plate images!  I know you are wondering what I mean when I say that but I'll show you below.  Today I'm happy to announce the release of their newest collection inspired by Mother Earth, hence the quote above.  Anyway talk is cheap so let's get to the awe-inspiring pictures!

This is what I meant by the full-plate sized images.  It requires the skill of selecting out various elements from the image plate to create a cohesive mani.  Love this idea to DEATH!!!!

This one is my favorite! Peacocks <3 <3

How Garden of Eve!

OMG this one is adorbs - see the little Tanuki?!?

For some reason this one seems highly romantic to me.

Heidi-esque!

The idea behind this collection was actually suggested by a nail art enthusiast by the name of Joey Helland.  She actually wrote us an email  to MoYou suggesting the idea.  Pretty cool eh?  If you are interested in seeing a nail art idea or collection come to life don't be shy!  Email moyou at moyou at info@moyoumarketing dot com.  Sorry I didn't want them to get spammed so I separated it out so those little internet bots couldn't get a hold of the email.

Oh my so thoughts ladies?  Did your jaw just drop in amazement? I adore this company so very very much! The end result is that I own almost every single collection they are released so far!  Oh my greedy lol.  These plates retail for 4.99 euro's or roughly $7 USD. They will be releasing to pre-sale this Friday.  Are there any that you are interested in? Honestly this is such an innovative brand no matter what you choose you'll be pleased!  You can find the MoYou Store here or stalk them on Facebook here!  Happy shopping ladies ;)