Digit-al Dozen DOES It Again; Day 7, Geeks

Hopefully you had a fantastic weekend!  Day 7's challenge is geeks...this is what I came up with!

 

 

Started with a base of two coats of OPI Bride's Bouquet, with an accent of Duri Taming of the Shrew, topped with SV.  No pix as I've shown these before.

 

Stamped using black and red Konad special polishes using assortment of image plates:  m60 (index), MJ XXI (ring), FUN 7 (thumb and middle) and FUN 6 (pinky).

 

 

Added a few more images to the thumb from FUN 7 and added tape to the glasses on index.

 

 

 

Topped with SV (first pix). 

 

Here's the other ladies geek mani's.

 

 

 

 

Thanks for looking!

 

 

 

 

 

Trial and Error....Stamping with Foil!

I seen a post over at Madam Luck where she just received her order from Dollar Nail Art ** which got me to thinking that I should try stamping with nail foils again. The last time I ordered at Nailart und Mehr **, they were good enough to include a few foil samples for me to try out but despite my best efforts, I couldn't get any to transfer. So I fiddled a bit with it again last night and somewhat got them to work... here's how it turned out.....



Some are perfect....and others, not so much! The foil is actually hot pink/magenta but the mirror of the foil kept on picking up the blue from my shirt so that's why you see a hint of blue!

Not the best but I think its just like the first time I started stamping...the first few times weren't the best....but eventually got the hang of it. Same with using the rubber stamping plates....couldn't get them to work at all the first few times, but have gotten the hang of it now.

I think stamping with nail foils has a lot of possibilities and will give us stampers a few more options when doing stamping and opportunity to come up with some really cool stamping designs...I know I have a few mani's in mind....if I can ever get the hang of it!

Here's how I did it if you want to try it out. Cut a square of of your foil and have it ready at your fingertips as you have to be fast! Stamp polish as normal (I used Konad white in this instance), immediately after stamping, place foil on polish and rub and press hard 5-10 seconds. Then peel away foil. When you're placing the foil, the shiny side goes up (this may be common sense to you but for someone who never used foil before and when no one told me, I never knew which side to put down so I'm spelling it out for anyone who may not know!! Like I never!!) If the stamping polish has already dried, no image will transfer and if you have too much polish, it will smudge. I tried large full size images and smaller ones, and found smaller ones worked well...I'm guessing because the polish dries so fast and you need to press and rub fast....but I'm going to keep on trying to see if I can get the hang of it.

I know this isn't the best but thought I'd share anyway for anyone who wants to try it out. If anyone has already had good results with stamping with foil and has any more tips, please let me know...I'd love to hear from you!

Base polish is Orly Polo Princess using Konad IP m60. Here's before stamping:


Thanks for looking!

**I do not endorse nor promote this website/etailer other than I am passing on the info of where I got them to those who may wish to know. I have no affiliation with any company and received no compensation for promotion of these products, nor am I promoting them...just letting fellow bloggers where they may be obtained should they be interested!

OPI Red, Three Days!

I was kinda over the muted colours of China Glaze Ahoy Collection as I've worn them for a couple of weeks now so was looking for a 'power' red for a business meeting I had to attend...so I picked this up as I was searching thru my stash....


Day two...stamped! Konad black special polish, using Konad IP m63.


Last night, my area got hit with snow...just enough to make driving miserable... so I didn't get home until almost midnight...I wanted to change my mani but it was too late so I just added another stamp....Konad white special polish, using Konad IP m60.

Excuse the tipwear, it was Day 3 of the mani!

I'm sure I'll be looking at this polish again with Valentines Day coming up soon....

Thanks for looking!

Oh....I almost forgot...don't forget to enter my 100 follower giveway...my first ever too!....for six polishes of your choice of the China Glaze Anchors Away collex...and fauxnad IP H12 here! Good luck if you've already entered and if you haven't yet, there's still time...open until January 22, 2011!