Sunday 20 May 2012

The Sky's The Limit - We Stamp On Sundays

'The Sky's The Limit' was the challenge this week over at Adventures In Stamping. At first I had no idea what to do, or where to start. But then I decided to use the rainbow image from the second set of Bundle Monster plates that I've never tried. The idea was to stamp in white, over a cloudy looking base, but I painted my nails white, and then realised :P So it was time to attack a different plan of action.
Base Coat: CND - Stickey
Base Colour: Rimmel - Tip Whitener
Sponged Colours: Essence - Speed Of Light Blue
                              George - Cloudless Sky
Stamping Colours: BYS - Black Satin
                              Konad Special White Polish
Image Plate: Bundle Monster BM201
Glitter: Etos - Effect Nails 03-04
Rainbow Colours: Nail Art Pens
Top Coat: China Glaze - No Chip Top Coat
Here's the base of sponged colours before stamping, plus a coat of the little bottle of Etos glitter I won from Ingie, trying not to get the big pieces of glitter on the nail (which was extremely hard!)
Because my black stamping polish is starting to get a bit goopy it wouldn't pick up the image properly :( So I decided to mix a bit of black in with a stripe of white on the plate so the image would pick up. Then I decided to fill inthe rainbow =]
Then because it was feeling a tiny bit bumpy after top coat I decided to do a matte coat, which I am really loving. Looks so powdery and magical xD
Here's what I used:


68 comments:

  1. this is absolutely adorable!!

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  2. This looks amazing! Your rainbows are awesome and I love the sponged sky!! WOW! :)

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  3. oooohh i love it!!!! way to make the rainbow look cool rather than childish!!!

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  4. I totally love what you did, it's soooo cute :)

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  5. Wow that's brilliant! This looks amazing and I love your blue and white sponging

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  6. Omg this is sooo amazing, I LOVE it. So so cute :)

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  7. Pretty rainbows!! I love them and they look really good. :)

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  8. Wooowww, this is amazing, they look gorgeous : )

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  9. Wow!! This is absolutely amazing! The sponging is perfect as are the rainbows! You always have such fun and creative stamping ideas!

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  10. That is the cutest mani ever! I love the sponged sky, and the tiny glitter makes it so dreamy looking!

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  11. That really looks amazing. I love it.

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  12. I am screaming over this! Amazingly done. Where did you get the 4 colors striper polishes? :D

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    1. :D wow thanks! & the stripers I got from eBay, they were really cheap, I got a small set for myself, and then my cousin also bought me a set. They're a bit hit and miss with the brushes, but most of them are really good.

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  13. That is awesome!! I love how they look before you stamped too... You got the sky look spot on!

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    1. Thanks! I really loved them before I stamped too, so I'm glad I got the chance to get a photo even though the sun was hiding :P

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  14. amazing!! i like you have glitter but its subtle!! :) i love this

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  15. OMG Jenni! This is absolutely the most amazing mani I've seen in awhile! The detail and the colors and bit of sparkle are just perfection! You rocked this one my dear!

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    1. :D Wow Fingers! Such an awesome comment :D! Thank you!

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  16. WOW!! So awesome that you added the matte TC, it really looks powdery and magical :D Amazing job!!!

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  17. This is the BEST sky ever made!!!!!!!!

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  18. I've just found your blog through Drinkcitra, and I have to say these nails are amazing!!! So celestial and reminiscent of the pegasus scene in Fantasia!! New follower :)

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  19. these look amazing!!

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  20. utterly and 100% AMAZING. You deserve each and everyone of these ^^^^ comments - this is a MASTERPIECE xxxx mwah xxxx

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  21. My god this is bloody awesome! Can you please tell me which nail art pens you have? I really want to get some but there's sky many out there x :-)

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    1. :D Thank you! & The only nail art pens I have are really cheap ones from ebay, from Hong Kong. I think I paid about £10 for 24 a couple years back, and for christmas my cousin bought me more ^_^ The brushes are a little bit hit and miss, but nothing super bad, and the glitter sometimes gets stuck in the nib of the dotter, but overall they're pretty good :]

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  22. These look like such an adorable illustration in a book somewhere! I really love them matte too o.O I am in awe of that sky!

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    1. :D Thank you! I wasn't really thinking about where to sponge when I was doign the sky and it just turned out; luckily, perfect :D

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  23. So cute! And the nails without the rainbows are awesome too!

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  24. This is awesome! The little rainbows are soooo cute! You made them so detailed! I love it!

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  25. These are absolutely incredible! First of all, the sponging is gorgeous! Second, you made the stamp look so great over it! Cute!

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  26. This is a seriously awesome mani... packed with detail! So, so amazing. Nicely done!

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  27. omg this is like the cutest thing i've seen all day!!!!

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  28. ohhh sooo amazing!!! you are so talented!

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  29. biiig woow!:D this looks really amazing!:D Love it!!!! <3 have a nice day.

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  30. Unreal!! you are so handy with stamping!! Amazing! And gorgeous long nails btw :)

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    1. Awh! Thank you! I've actually just trimmed them hehe!

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  31. I really love the background sky you started with! ^.^

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  32. I love it! it's so pretty ! only if i was that good with stamping I literally can't stamp to save my life lol

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  33. OMG!!! This is awesome!! I can only think of a storytale and fairies :) This is one of the best manicures from you that i have seen!! :D***

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