Leadlighted peonies

Hello again!

We've got flower power! Lovely peonies from MoYou London plate pro collection 06. This is the first time I used the leadlight technique: you just colour your design over the stamped nail with sheer nail polishes. The base is typically white or other light colour and you stamp with black or otherwise dark nuance, which would be well seen through the sheer polish layer.

 

First I painted my nails with pure white and added some glittery sheer white polish (Yves Rocher Blanc neige) above. Then I stamped with black. And then I coloured the peonies with some polishes which I made more translucent by adding clear polish. Also I've got a really sheer red polish by Shiseido, and it suits very well for leadlighting. It is on the big petals around and over peach-colored areas. Due to its transparency the polish looks rather pink than red.

In the middle of November my chrysanthemums are breaking into bloom.
I think leadlight technique is more fun, if you've got ready to use sheer polishes. Some of mixed with clear polishes are stell not transparent enough.

Funky French

Today's theme is Funky French. I am not sure, if that was really funky. :)

Base: Catrice LE Check & Tweed 02 England's Rose.
Stamping plate: KONAD m64 (yes, I still own it :) ).
Stamping decals with gray stampy polish by essence from LE Love Letter and white and copperlike Brun cuivré by Ives Rocher.

I think it's easier to place decals on nails then to stamp directly, if the design has to be centered right.

Yellow... Honey!

Hello Beauties!

Today's theme is stamping over yellow base. And I have got the perfect chance to try out the new mini polish by Misslyn 103 mangolicious - warm yellow nuance.
I think that colour is close to the honey and I selected some images for the honeycomb, honeybees and honey flowers.
Here we are with honeycomb from BM-422, fat bee from Winstonia W202, flowers from MoYou Princess-08 and bee and a flower from QA3 (though not sure, if it's the correct number. It was a plate with Pooh).

Bollywood

Hey hou, Beauties!

Here we go again. This time AiS meets Bollywood.
Actually I only remember the very old Indian movies, which I watched as I was a child. They were most about some tragic love story. But now Bollywood is associated with colorfulness and joy.
So lets the colours strike and enjoy the Indian imagery.

Luckily I have got the "Indian" plate by BBF. :)
First I created multicolored background with sponging pink, red, blue, yellow, peach colour polish and so on. Then I stamped with my favorite Yves Rocher Violet electrique - what would I do without it? I like this colour of endorsing ink.
Then I added some purple rhinestones and and pink "glitter-rhinestones" and plenty of golden glitter.

Amur Tiger

Today's challenge is International Tiger Day, which is held on 29th July. Tigers are amazing animals, the biggest cats in the world, but graceful and beautiful.
One very poetic description of a tiger was made by Yann Martin in his bestseller-book "Life of Pi":

He was incredibly muscular, yet his haunches were thin and his glossy coat hung loosely on his frame. His body, bright brownish orange streaked with black vertical stripes, was incomparably beautiful, matched with a tailor's eye for harmony by his pure white chest and underside and the black rings if his long tail. His head was large and round, displaying formidable sideburns, a stylish goatee and some of the finest whiskers of the cat world, thick, long and white. Atop the head were small, expressive ears shaped like perfect arches. His carrot orange face had a broad bridge and a pink nose, and it was made up with brazen flair. Wavy dabs of black circled the face in a pattern that was striking yet subtle, for it brought less attention to itself than it did to the one part of the face left untouched by it, the bridge, whose rufous lustre shone nearly with a radiance. Tha patches of white above the mouth came off as finishing touches worthy of a Kathakali dancer. The result was a face that looked like the wings of a butterfly and bore an expression vaguely old and Chinese.

How can you not admire such creation of Mother Nature? It's impossible.
My mani was inspired by this picture:

It is a siberian or amur tiger.

First I created the snow landscape over catrice Entering Atlantis: I painted with white and turquoise acryl paints fir trees covered with snow. I added also a bit Color Club Angel Kiss for sparkling.

Then the tiger body is gradient with white and orange. The head and body part on the middle finger are Moyou London Suki 01. The head on my thumb is also Moyou Suki, but 09. I did them as decals.

The ring finger is just a normal stamp over gradient. Cheeky CH2 for tiger thigh. And the tail is just freehanded.

After everything was done, I added a snow blizzard, which is surely happens in the cold Siberia. Actually the name of the snowy polish is very sommerlike: Blue Sky (Rival de Loop, Sorbet Nail Collection).

Inspired by phone case

Hello!
It's time for inspiration by your phone case.  Actually I've got a boring phone case (only one colour and a logo), but I have also another one. Last winter I was in my home town and discovered a really nice shop which is called "Шерстяной шкаф" ("Woolen closet"). You can find it here and on their blog there are many pictures of their products. I couldn't help but buy this pink phone case!

So, and here we are with a pink base (essence 106 free hugs) and added some sponged other pink shade to imitate the colours of the case. Then I stamped with different plates:
Konad m70 - yarn-like pattern;
Cheeky CH2 and CH7 - single flowers;
Bundle Monster BM-313 two little flowers
MoYou Mother Nature 07 - leafs.

I painted the snap freehand...

And added some glitter:

Image I don't like

Today's theme is an image you don't like. Actually you don't buy images you don't like on purpose, right? But there are some plates in the sets (Cheeky, Gals etc), that I wouldn't choose ever. For example this one:

But here we go with the challenge. :)
This is "watercolor" base with different greens:

Then I stamped with even more green color and added a coat with sparkles:

Lacy

Today I do a many for the theme "Lace" (FB group AiS Sunday challenge).
I gathered already some plates by different makers with lace patterns, so it's a good opportunity to try them on.

Base is Yves Rocher polish 64. Menthe, which is actually dark green of the brilliant green kind. Then I stamped with BBF-04 and light green KONAD polish.
On the accent nail I used Dance Legend Kiwi Smoothie, MoYou Bridal-06 and the Menthe as stamping polish.

"It's good to touch a green, green lace of home..."

White Lilies and Green

Hello,
this time the challenge is stamping over green base.
Essence' green palette is rich, and the polish names are funny. So the base was the polish "L.O.L.".
I made stamping decals from the image of lilies (Bundle Moster BM-314) and painted lilies with white and light green.

I can always pepper my nails with glitter: 

Pastels

Hey ho and all heil spring!

The sping came this year early, even our sakuras have ceased blooming, although they usually bloom about middle of April. Anyway the mood is springlike and AiS (FB group Adventure in Stamping) challenges us to use pastel tones today.

And here we are:
Butterflies and butterfly wings (Bundle Monster BM-424 and BM-307) with several Catrice LE's and grey stamping colour by essence.

Unfortunately the grey contour is slightly translucent, and I noticed it clearly only on pictures :((.

Skyline

Today's skyline is greenish!
The sky is also greenish-blue gradient (Bleu nacre by Ives Rocher, p2 Catch Glow 040 chilly breeze, Catrice  Holo In One, Yves Rocher Menthe). And some blue glitter...

 The images are from the plates Dash-33 and Dash-3. I was disappointed with the Bundle Moster, the image with skyline didn't work for me... And the skyline is "dancing".

Mani with three purples

Hi!
Today's challenge in the FB group Adventures in Stamping is mani with three purples.
So I thought of many purples that I used to rarely and of not even used stamping plates.
And that's what came out.

As a base I painted plain white polish. The OPI Nicole Count on me is very translucent, I painted like 5 coats over white colour to get near the colour of polish in the bottle.
Then I stamped with Maybelline Colorama Lavender Lies grass and little butterflies from the Mother Nature Collection 01 by MoYou.

Oh, almost forgot, that the middle finger and thumb are stamped also with Konad purple metallic.
Then I put larger butterflies from the other MoYou plate Kitty collection 01, using violet electrique.

Then I added some glitter to butterfly wings and to the "ground".

OPI Nicole Count on me has got a blueish nuance at some angles of view.

Merry Christmas

Hello and belated merry Christmas!

Прывітанне і спазнёныя вітанні да Калядаў!

Unfortunately I am divided from my polish collection and majority of other stuff, because I am on vacation in Belarus. I took something with me, how could I restrain from nail painting the whole holidays?
And for Christmas time and theme I had in my luggage the new creation by ASTOR with "smooth velvet effect". Good as Gold is also a suitable companion for creating a matte gradient.

На жаль, я мусіла развітацца з маёй калекцыяй лакаў і іншых прыладаў для нэйл-арту, таму што я зноў на радзіме - у Беларусі. Некаторыя прылады я ўзяла з сабой, бо як сапраўдны лакаманьяк не магла інакш. У маім багажы знайшліся прыдатныя для каляднай тэматыцы фарбы і шаблоны. Новы лак ад  ASTOR з матавым вельветавым эфектам. З залатым лакам essie (Good as Gold) я зрабіла градыент і настэмпіла залатыя зорачкі на цёмнай частцы градыенту з новых шаблонаў Банні Нэйлз.

Then I stampes with gold the stars (Bunny Nails HD-E) and with black the nativity scene on the middle finger and the rest of it on the thumb nail. The three cute magi are walking towards the nativity set on my ring and pinky fingers. All stamping images are from the new plates by Bunny Nails HD-F and HD-E.

Таксама з шаблонаў Bunny Nails HD-F і HD-E паходзяць і астатнія выявы: яслі і тры сімпатычныя мудрацы, якія крочаць да яслей па маіх безыменным і мезеным пазногцях.

Three Blues

Challenge on Adventures is Stamping: Mani using three blues.
Man, was that hard to choose only three of blues! Blue is one of my favorite colours anyway, I've got many shades, but not every of them qualifies for stamping. First thought was about some snowy motives, but I already used them for an other challenge, so I took just some paisleys and filled them with colour.

Base: 010 frosted mint by p2 from Snow Kissed collection. Stamping: Konad ultramarine, Konad light blue and essence 158 if i were a boy. For two accent nails I prepared stamping decals with Dashica SdP-39 plate. There are also if I were a boy, Konad light blue and IsaDora 684 Dazzling Acqua in decals. The other motives are from three essence plates (it's a shame they don't have any serial numbers, no idea how do distinguish them...) And some glitter. Blue, of course.
For decals I used also Catrice Gel Like top coat. It was pretty good, but still a bit smearing images... I hoped to find a substitute for Seche Vite, but Seche is still the best top coat in terms of stamping.