26 Great Nail Art Ideas - Blue Floral

I am having such a lot of fun trying to master the "blank" image on the Lina Stamping plate, Lina Make Your Mark 03 that I think background gradients will feature on a lot of my manis.
It is so much less messy than using a sponge for a gradient and as I only ever using a gradient as a background for stamping the results I am getting are encouraging and acceptable.
This time I used two blues- A England Tristam and A England Dancing with Nureyev.
Then I added flowers from Lina Make Your Mark 03 with Esmaltes da Kelly Wendy, and then a second layer of flowers with Lina 4 Seasons - Spring 01 and A England Natasha's Dance.
This was one of those manis that parts of the stamping were invisible to the camera at certain angles but overall I think the effect was quite pretty and of course being blue I really did like it!
I included a shot part way through to show the steps although I was a bit pushed for time so I did not do a a full step by step collage.

Partial blue floral mani

Blue Floral with Lina 4 Seasons - Spring 01

 

An InLinkz Link-up

When Colours Collide - Inspired by Art from another Country

I joined in on a collaboration with some lovely ladies from When Colours Collide.
The theme was Inspired by Art from another Country, and I decided as my husband is Welsh and I love all those Celtic swirls, I'd go for a Celtic look.
I started with a gradient of A England Tristam and A England Dancing with Nuryev, then I stamped a spiral pattern from DRK A with A England Saint George and A England Fotheringhay Castle and finally I stamped a celtic pattern from DRK A with SV by Sparkly Vernis Gilded Lemon Drops.
I was so pleased with how this turned out until I tried to capture it on camera, you could have the holo or the stamping but not both, so I took hundreds of pictures!!!
If you have access to Instagram take a look at #whencolourscollide to see all the other fantastic contributions - the collaboration pic is at the bottom of this post, all pulled together by lovely Mary from Dreamymm.

DRK A and SV by Sparkly Vernis Gilded Lemon Drops

gradient of A England Tristam and
A England Dancing with Nuryev

DRK A with A England Saint George and
A England Fotheringhay Castle

Stamping! A England Tristam over Smitten Fire Burn

Today I have gone for some contrast stamping, using A England Tristam - the most gorgeous holographic blue over my Smitten Fire Burn. I have stamped some pretty roses very much in the style of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, using Moyou London Mother Nature 11.
The colours work well together but in bright lights Fire Burn is still so sparkly that Tristam doesn't get a look in. In softer lights this is really very pretty!
Although it seems criminal to dampen the sparkle of Fire Burn, I couldn't resist a quick coat of my Avon matte top coat, and I really like the effect. Not all of the sparkle is gone and the depth is still there, like glowing embers through the dark blue roses.

A England Tristam with Smitten Fire Burn

 

 

A England Tristam with Smitten Fire Burn - matte