Stamping

Well, I finally received my stamping plates and kit.  I was dying to try it out.  First, I went through all of my polishes and tried a stamp on paper to see how they look.  The polishes that have the most pigment, and/or are the thickest seem to look the best.  Some will look good over light base coats, and some will look good over dark base coats.  At least now I will know before I get too far.

I picked out a couple stamp plates to try, and decided to do a semi-patriotic theme on my thumbs.  I used Pure Ice - Mint Dream for the base coat.  Then, I used Bon Bon Red and Blue for all the stampings.  The thumbs have red stripes with blue stars.  The other fingers have random flowers and hearts.  This was my first ever stamp attempt, so it's not the greatest.  It was a learning experience.

What I learned:

• Don't be afraid to really push hard with the stamper.  You have to in order to get the edge of the nail stamped.
• Sometimes, you have to swipe a couple directions with the scraper before picking up the stamp.
• You can put too many stamps on one nail.  :)
• Using the full finger plates will require a bit of clean-up afterwards.