Can't Wait For Fall - We Stamp On Sundays

This week's challenge over at Adventures In Stamping was a Fall look ' Can't wait for Fall'. I had an idea for this when it was announced this was the winner, but I thought it would be way, way too much effort to try and get a lightning bolt to look like a path going off into the distance - and I didn't have a tree image to stamp. So for the sake of my sanity I changed my idea :P

Base Coat: La Femme

Base Colour: ELF - Desert Haze

Other Colours: MUA - Shade 23

                           Essence Colour3 - A Walk In the Park

Stamping Colours: Manhattan - Lemonade

                                  Sally Hansen Insta-dri - Quick Brick
Image Plates: Bundle Monster BM04, BM316

Top Coat: Sally Hansen - Advanced Hard As Nails

 Here's a pic of the gradient before I hid most of the prettiness with the stamping :]

 Here's what I used:

I hope you guys like them! This is the first Insta-Dri I've owned. Well; I bought two, but this is the first I've tried. I got so excited for the idea of owning a red that'll stamp over anything, and I love it. I need to try them both over black, but for now it will stop my lusting for a red that stamps. Annnnnd this is by far the prettiest red I own. Slap a top coat over that sucker and it really comes to life, it looks so juicy!

I know I said I'd be good and be organised, but I'm not feeling well ( I know; it's just one thing after another right?!) but will have my birthday haul post up this week for sure =]

I hope you're all having a good weekend!

Lucy's Nails - Gradient & Stamping

Quick post today. I was all organised for posts and having photos blog-ready weekend before last, and then some how things snuck up on me again! But it's almost the weekend, and I shall be good, and organised :]

Here are some nails I did for my.. Niece-In-Law? I don't know. Brothers Girlfriend's Niece :P She already knew what kind of thing she wanted when it came to the gradient, and then went through my plates to pic out some stamps.

Base Coat: La Femme
Base Colour: Essence - Speed Of Light Blue
Gradient Colours:  Marks & Spencers - Unkwnown Mini
                            George - Hoax
                            China Glaze - Frostbite
Stamping Colours: China Glaze - Millennium
                            BYS - Black Satin
Image Plates: Bundle Monster BM316, BM314, BM311
Top Coat: Sally Hansen - Advanced Hard As Nails

On her little finger she had more silver stars, and on her thumb a silver pheonix - or is it a tropical bird? Anyways, I hope she liked these ^-^

Anyhoo I hope you're all having a good Friday!

Black And Red - We Stamp On Sundays

This week's challenge was for black and red stamping. For this; I knew what polish I wanted to use, and knew I wanted to use one of my new Bundle Monster plates, now my faulty plates are being replaced and are currently on their way to me.

The Red I used came from my swap with Susana, as did the shimmer. I used Essence Colour3 - Kiss On Top Of The Rock, and Dancing In The Street. So I chose to use two images from BM316 to stamp in black, and while I didn't hate the outcome, I wasn't buzzed about it. The image seemed to transfer a bit thin too - you can kind of see the shimmer through it.

Base Coat: La Femme
Base Colour: Essence Colour3 - Kiss On Top Of The Rock
Shimmer: Essence Colour3 - Dancing In The Street
Stamp Colour: BYS - Black Satin
Image Plate: Bundle Monster BM316
Top Coat: Sally Hansen - Hard As Nails

Here's Kiss On Top Of The Rock; it was so lovely to apply, If I'd been careful one coat would have been fine.

Here is Dancing In The Street; I didn't get any swatch shots though.

I hope everyone's having a good Sunday!