June Challenges - Green and Purple manis

Once I'd worn my Mint Green Watercolour mani for while it was time to stamp on it.
I decided to stay with green so I used UberChic UC 5-01 and Barry M Black Pistachio to stamp the large rose pattern over the smaller freehand roses. I really liked this effect.
Then, later I added the more solid rose image from the same plate, UberChic UC 5-01 using Barry M Black Currant. I love this image and the look you get when there is something going on underneath the stamping.
Finally, Purple for #clairestelle8june - I added a coat of Barry M Purple Pop - it changed the look completely but I have to say, I loved every stage of this mani. As you can see from the varying light, these manis spanned a number of days.

Mint Green Watercolour

UberChic UC 5-01 and Barry M Black Pistachio

UberChic UC 5-01 and Barry M Black Currant

Barry M Purple Pop

February Challenges - Smooshing, LOVE! and Flowers that I Love

Another combined post here - starting with a Valentine's Day smoosh.
The colours were pastel yellow, bright light blue and bright purple - I don't really have a pastel yellow but the picture they posted looked just like the 3 Leighton Denny colours that were part of the summer collection a few years back - Shipwrecked, Blue Lagoon and Maroon Me Knot so i went with those. They didn't end up quite as vibrant as I'd planned but I was nervous of adding a second layer of smoosh and turning it into a mess. so I went with the soft watercolour look.
As soon as I saw these colours the next thought that went through my head was flowers - a prompt for a weeks time for #clairestelle8feb was Flowers that I Love and these looked like the perfect colours for sweet peas, which are my favourites! I found an image on Moyra 10 Florality 2 that I am certain is sweet peas and stamped that with Barry M Black Grape.
Then after a day, I disguised this mani with a single coat of Kandy Colors Hey Girl and then stamped hearts with Barry M Black Currant and UberChic UC4-03 for the LOVE! prompt for #clairestelle8feb.
So, the time line is a bit mixed up for this mani but photos are in order of how the mani came together.

#smooshattack 

 

Moyra 10 Florality 2 and Barry M Black Grape

UberChic UC4-03 and Barry M Black Currant

February Challenges - Love letters

Today's prompt for #wnac2016 was Love letter - I don't have any plates with writing on but I figured if I was sending a love letter to my husband I'd have to write about the things he loves so here we go with science, maths and coffee.
I used  Moyou London Scholar 01, Vivid Lacquer VL017 and Moyra 13 Sweet Dreams with Barry M Black Currant all over a coffee looking smooshed base of Barry M Pitstop, Attitude Masking Tape and Jacava Cappuccino Cream and some hearts stamped with A England Briar Rose and UberChic UC4-02.
I did add a matte top coat but then I went and dented 3 of the nails before they had dried, so I only have a shot of the ring finger.

November Challenges - Wings/Feathers

The next prompt for pancreatic cancer awareness #pcanovember15 was Wings/Feathers.
I started with a saran wrap base of Ciate Sugar Plum and Ciate Pillow Fight and then used Barry M Black Currant and DRK XL Designer 2. This is such a wonderful plate, packed full of images, and I didn't even realise these sweet little birds were there until I spotted them yesterday!

Saran Wrap with Ciate Pillow Fight and Ciate Sugar Plum

DRK XL Designer 2

 

November Challenges - Purple, Watercolour and Flowers

Another brief combined post where I completed 3 challenges.
I started with Watercolour for #wnac2015 - I didn't quite trust my freehand so I stamped a flower outline from Uber Chic UC4-01 with HJ Manicure Lavender and then coloured that in over a base of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls. I used a number of polishes mixed with a small amount of nail varnish remover to water them down.
Then Flowers for #pcanovember15 - for this Pancreatic Cancer Awareness mani I stamped with Moyou London Pro XL10 and Hit the Bottle Purple Reign over the watercolour mani. The watercolour background did obscure the detail a little but I think it looked OK.
Finally, Purple for #clairestelle8nov. I used Uber Chic UC 3-01 and Barry M Black Currant (Black Purple) over the Flowers mani and one picture stars the last flower on my passionflower plant.

Watercolour with UberChic 4-01

 

Moyou London Pro XL10 and Hit the Bottle Purple Reign

 

Uber Chic UC 3-01 and Barry M Black Currant

 

November Challenges - Hearts / Love

One of the November challenges I am participating in is being hosted on Instagram by @ladyandthe_stamp and @starryeyed83 for Pancreatic Cancer Awareness - there are 5 prompts and they all have to be purple.
The first one is Hearts / Love so I chose to use one of my new Uber Chic plates, UC 4-03.
I started with a base of Barry M Black Currant - these new Barry M black polishes are lovely, really dark and glossy - I am afraid I had to buy all 4 and I expect I will try to use them all this month. I have already stamped with each one and I am really pleased with them.
This applied nicely, I did 2 coats but coverage was pretty good with the first coat.
Pictures are taken with top coat but it was beauitifully glossy anyway.
Then I added a coat of the gorgeous flakie from Violet Rose, I Have a Dream.
Finally I stamped using Uber Chic UC4-03 and 2True Pro Metallica Artemis. I chose the image because I liked the look of the hearts but didn't really properly think it through - my nails aren't really big enough to show the full image but I was quite happy with the end result.
Finally I added matte top coat - you have to matte anything with flakies, don't you!

Barry M Black Currant

 

 

Violet Rose I Have a Dream

 

Uber Chic UC 4-03 and 2True Artemis