Sunday 9 February 2014

Loves Me, Loves Me Not?

Hi!

I haven't done a Stamping Sunday manicure for a few weeks and this week over at Adventures in Stamping we had two themes to chose from - Valentines day or Love and Hate. I did a bit of both, and I must say I'm rather pleased with my effort! I started with a base of OPI If You Moust You Moust - a mid-pink creme. I then stamped on love hearts (the little sweeties!) in pastel colours by mixing Konad White Polish with primary coloured polish. I have sooo many pastel polishes, but I didn't think any of them would stamp opaque enough. It was really easy to do, too - I just put a blob of the stamping polish on my plate, then a smaller blob of the colour polish and mixed them with a nail art brush before scraping and stamping as usual. The polishes I mixed were Orly Lucky Duck, Sinful Colors Amethyst, Nails Inc Notting Hill Carnival, Orly Shockwave and If You Moust You Moust again. The plate I used was Bundle Monster 421, which has two versions of the love hearts - the usual, lovely dovey ones (lover, cutie pie, crazy 4u etc) and not so lovey dovey ones, which I stamped on my right hand (stalker, go away, don't call me, dumped, and my personal favourite, not tonight!). Please excuse the lumpy thumbs, they both have patches that I'm struggling to get smooth.









I think the stamping on the "mean" side came out better, but I don't actually mind the miss-stamping because I think it looks like the real sweets. Or that's my excuse anyway...

I'm starting a little Valentines week tomorrow, so check back for that!

Hx
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11 comments:

  1. Love the stamp and the colour of polishes used, which stamp is it Helen?

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    1. Wendy, it's Bundle Monster 421 from their Create Your Own collection x

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  2. Oh so damn cute!

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  3. Oh my gosh! These are too stinkin' cute...these are fabulous.

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  4. I love the mi colours, girl.

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  5. I wanted to use this plate for the Week of Love Valentine's challenge, as today's theme is "Candy Heart Sayings". But I just couldn't get the lettering to come out right. You did a really great job with this. they look fab.

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  6. So cute, i love the idea of love heart stamping plates, must get some!

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  7. So cute and perfect for this week!

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