Stamping! Born Pretty 02 with ATC Moon Dance

Today I have been stamping again. It didn't work out exactly as I'd planned but I am still quite happy with it. Although I've experimented before, I wanted to try stamping with 2 colours so I chose Above the Curve This One's for My Peeps and Caty Perry-winkle, a pink holo and a blue one, both quite pale colours and quite opaque so I thought they'd work well over Above the Curve Moon Dance that I was wearing from last night. I decided to try a very pretty lacy pattern on one of my Born Pretty Plates, BP02. These plates are really good value and despite the long wait for them to arrive I am really pleased I got them. 

The plan was to do half the image in pink and half in blue, and allow any merging of the colors to happen but although the polishes are opaque enough to stamp with, the colour has not really come through so the whole nail looks the same. Not the end of the world, the image stamped well and the design is pretty, so although I could see my plan had failed I kept going just in case the top coat helped the colours out. It didn't, but the stamps I did on paper worked so I think I was just a bit too optimistic stamping over such a dark colour. Note to self - things to try next - pale colours over white, not nearly black and stronger colours over a dark base.

The piece of paper where I wipe the scraper between scrapings looks really pretty with the pink and blue wipings :)

I could pretend that I'd just used one colour and that it all worked out perfectly but you never know - this might be a useful note to anyone else thinking about trying this. I still consider myself to be very new to stamping, still have heaps to learn and my blog is about what I did and why, so you get it all -successes and failures.

I don't consider this a failure, it is a lesson learned and luckily I still have a very pretty pattern stamped over last nights stunning glitter, the glitters still peeping out between the stamped image and I really like the end result!

As usual where I really like a mani, heaps of pictures. There was no sunshine today but I have a mix of daylight, LED and flash pics.

BP02 stapmed over Above the Curve Moon Dance

 

   

 

 

 

 

   

Above the Curve Moon Dance

I was so lucky to get the beauty I am wearing on my nails for New Years Eve. Above the Curve's Moon Dance was a limited edition polish. I am not sure from when although it looks like the most up to date bottle design so maybe some time in 2014 - I was lucky enough to buy it when a friend in the UK was having a destash. I couldn't find any swatches on line, but I could see from the pic that it was dark, and it was Above the Curve so chances were I was going to love it!
I was actually quite surprised when it arrived to find it was a glitter polish since I know ATC mostly for fabulous holos - surprised but not disappointed, I love glitter too!
This is a mix of blue, teal, pink, purple and I think I saw a flash of red too, with tiny silver micro glitters, all in a deep dark blue / indigo base. The base is slightly sheer. Based on a quick swatch I did, I think I would need 3 coats for full coverage but I am fussy about how much glitter, so I did a coat of dark blue as undies first and then added 2 coats of Moon Dance.
I haven't worn dark nails with glitter for absolutely ages, it's all been stamping and holos, so this makes a really nice change.
Also, my blog was 2 years old yesterday, and I started it with dark glittery nails so I think it is appropriate to be wearing dark with with glitter now. This beauty doesn't just celebrate New Years Eve but also the 2nd birthday of Knitty Nails.
Moon Dance is lovely, it is a shame it's limited edition, I don't expect there are many out there but do snap one up if you see it!!! It is so dark and glossy but sparkly too - the coloured glitters really glow when they catch the light!!! Moon Dance is a really beautiful addition to my collection.

Above the Curve Moon Dance