I've been wanting to do one of these Christmas light man's and was pleasantly surprised how many plates have these designs. However, just before I sat down to do my nails this night, I filed them all down so not many of the images fit my shorties, but thankfully, there's stampers on the market that resize images by making them larger or smaller, which I used for this mani. I actually use them quite a bit as my nails are on the smaller side. I'm thankful for the trick that you put a ruler on your stamper with guides and then you can reduce even a layered mani by using the guides, which is what I did her. So smart, whomever it was that shared that hack! I can't give credit but I know I had seen it in a group on FB. Kudos! Anyway, here's what I came up with!
Started with a base of Different Dimension Wonderful Christmas Time, two coats on a base of Cupcake White Blur, no top coat. Fun fact: this is a glow in the dark polish which I didn't know when I did my nails and it freaked me out when I went to bed as I kept on seeing these white flashes until I figured it out!
Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.
Layered stamped using an image from UberChic Holiday Jingle using resizing stamper with Painted Polish Stamped in Salt Water, MdU 11, CjS 062 and What's Up The Othere Side, with Painted Polish Midnight Mischief base. The image on the thumb is from Lantern & Wren All The Jingle Ladies and the same stamping polishes used on the other fingers. In hindsight, I wish I had of used the resizing stamper to make the words a little larger, but they are just super small IRL; you can clearly see the words on micro. But if I was to repeat this mani, I would for sure increase the size of the image on the thumb. I also seen this wording on another plate, so who knows; might use it when I repeat this! And I know for sure I will repeat this; I loved it so and wore it for a few days which is unusual for me. And got so many compliments on it....everyone thought it was such fun! Here's another tip. I'm not the best at shadow stamping although I love the look of it. So as I was working on the stamper decal for the bulbs, I took a brush and outlined some of the words on the thumb to mimic shadow stamping but without having to line up the letters. I thought I was brilliant lol!
Lantern & Wren All the Jingle Ladies
Added the light accent on all nails using Painted Polish Blanc Slate.
Finished with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.
This was so fun; I can't wait to recreate this next year! Oh, and here is the glow in the dark pix...not the best pix but hopefully you can see it glowing!
