One thing I will note is that Bundle Monster stamping plates, like many other companies, arrive with a blue plastic film on them to protect their surfaces. I personally hate using my finger nails to peel anything off because they are so fragile this winter (no matter what I do). I did find that a set of precision tweezers easily removed the film though with no fuss.
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Came right off! |
First Try
I initially chose a "kiss" stamping image. I used Cult Nails Manipulative (love it!) as the base and used butter LONDON Dolly Bird for stamping. While the colors look gorgeous together--green/blue and pink combos are my fav--the stamp didn't fit on my nail well because they're super curved and narrow. I think I'll probably try it again another time, but for my first try this was the best I could do:
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Bundle Monster plate 303. Base of Cult Nails Manipulative with butter LONDON Dolly Bird for stamping. |
Second Try
For my second attempt, which I did directly after my first, I chose a bigger image on plate BM311. The second time around everything worked so much better and I finally had a bit more confidence to work fast enough to get the image to transfer pretty well. I think that was my biggest hang-up initially. I was so worried about doing it right I hesitated and second-guessed myself a bit because I'm a bit of a perfectionist with some things and didn't want a messy image. I should have just moved faster and worried less! Which is what I did the second time. The other issue I had was that I was so worried about scraping the plate well enough that I actually scraped off too much--believe it or not lol. Anyway, I found my rhythm the second time and here's the results (keep in mind that in order to focus in macro on the teeny words on my nails a lot of the holo in Princess Tears was not picked up):
I was actually really pleased with these and I think (hope) my 3rd attempt will be even better!
On little note, I love the double-ended Konad stamper, but I personally found using a credit card was better for scraping than the actual scraper because it was easier to use and I got polish all over my hand because I had to stamp right after scraping. It might just be me, but I would recommend trying both a card and scraper like this if you've never attempted stamping before.
What do you think? Ready to take the plunge and try stamping?
A-England Princess Tears can be purchased on the A-England website HERE.
Cult Nails Nevermore can be purchased on the Cult Nails website HERE.
Bundle Monster Plates can be purchased from Bundle Monster HERE.
I purchased my Konad double-ended stamper from Amazon HERE.
I loved both of your designs! I have a Konad kit that's in a drawer somewhere. Now I want to take it out and play with it. Like you, I'm a perfectionist so when I couldn't do them well, I gave up. You inspired me to try again! Thank you :)
ReplyDeleteAw you're welcome and definitely let me know how it goes! I think my biggest obstacle was me worrying about making a mess lol. I bet you you'll get it super fast now that you've attempted once before!
DeleteI started stamping not so long ago either, I also recommend the credit card trick it's so much easier, I tend to find it's practice with these sometimes it just goes better then other times
ReplyDeleteI can only imagine some days are just off and some days are right-on! And then you have to take into consideration the polishes you're using. I tried stamping a few on paper to see how they'd transfer prior to doing my nails. Some were just far too thin, thankfully the two I worked were much better. Trial and error I suppose ;)
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