Bollywood

The AIS challenge for Sunday 10th August is:   Bollywood.  I thought I'd go for a full nail image in a hot summery colour as a background to some striking dark flourishes.  Unfortunately, my stamping was off, and so every finger has a wonky black mess on it instead.  For this reason, I thought I'd start the post with the base stamping images.


Base colour: OPI Ski Slope Sweetie HL E15
Stamp colour: Barry M Gelly Hi-Shine, Papaya 416
Base Plate: Moyou London Suki Collection - 06 and Artist Collection - 11

Under a tree

Halogen lighting

For the black bits:

Stamp colour: Konad black
Stamping plate: Moyou London Pro Collection - 07  XL and Tourist collection - 20

Self timer function helps position fingers to hide wonky stamping

Right hand, missing parts of every flourish

Left hand, spectacularly off center :)

Scary close-up of the base stamping

Metal Leopard

Inspired by my phone case

Scroll to the bottom to see my inspiration.  I think the print would have been more striking had I stamped with black, but I couldn't resist combining this coppery / bronze metallic from Asda with pretty summer pastels. I love the way this metallic polished stamped and think I will be returning to asda to pick up the other shades in this range.

Base colours: Barry M 309 Strawberry I/C, Barry M 318 Peach Melba, Rimmel 60 Seconds, 450 Get your Shades on and OPI Ski Slope Sweetie HL E15
Base stamp colour 1: Konad White
Base image plate 1: Konad m57-1

Stamp colour 2: George Molten Metals, No 5 Party Animal
Image plate 2: Konad m93


Have a look at my previous post here for more details about the base for this manicure

I am very impressed with Asda's Molten Metal range for stamping

Grrrr!

Sorry about the glare

Tools of the trade

My phone camera seems to increase saturation

My inspiration: htc desire hd phone case

English Rose

Here is my English celebration of the 4th of July

This manicure was intended for the Adventures in Stamping Sunday Challenge, but I kept smearing stars and my stripes went on wobbly.  Flowers are much more forgiving.



Base colour: Sinful Colors, Snow me White 101
Stamp colour: Barry M Gelly Hi-Shine, Grapefruit
Image plate: Moyou London Tourist Collection 13

Halogen Lighting

One last picture for luck

Tools of the trade: Moyou Tourist Collection 07 for the roses

Sunny spot

British Summertime, early evening light