Wiki'd Nails Challenge - Antiblemma

This week's Wiki'd Nails Challenge was Random - you hit the random article button and go with what comes up (or maybe you cheat a bit - there are  a lot of articles about little-known towns in countries all over the world - I have gone with what came up 5th on my search)
So, my random article, which was very brief, was Antiblemma - "Antiblemma is a genus of moths of the Noctuidae family". I googled Antiblemma and found a copper /brown/gold moth.
Time for some reverse stamping. I decided to stamp my moth over the leaves mani from yesterday.
I chose 2 plates, UberChic Beauty UC 3-01 and Messy Mansion MM42. I used one of the larger butterflies from the Messy Mansion plate and a smaller one from UberChic.
I stamped using Mentality Hope and then I coloured the images in using Hit the Bottle Copper Haired Girl and A England Virgin Queen.
I am quite pleased with the outcome.

UberChic Beauty UC 3-01, Messy Mansion MM42
Mentality Hope, Hit the Bottle Copper Haired Girl,
A England Virgin Queen 

 

 

 

 

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Wiki'd Nails Challenge - The Water Babies

I'm a bit late on this one - it should have been posted last week but inspiration was on half term holiday I think! Anyway the prompt for the Wiki'd Nails Challenge was The Water Babies.
This is a story I am aware of but don't really know in much detail. The art work all looks a bit grim and sinister in quite muted shades.
I certainly wasn't going to try and paint any babies but there were a few images showing the caddisfly who seems to be part of the story, according to the Wikipedia entry. There didn't seem to be a whole lot of plates with caddisflies on so in the end I have used one of the butterflies from Messy Mansion MM42 and stamped with Mentality Hope over my pond mani from yesterday.
I quite like the dull brown insect against the watery green background so in the end I am quite pleased with this.

Messy Mansion MM42 and Mentality Hope

 

 

 

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May Challenges - White / Leadlighting

Today's #30daysofcolourchallenge was white/leadlighting. I hate white nails on me so I stamped on them as soon as they were dry.
I used Barry M Hi Shine Gelly Cotton as my base and then stamped butterflies from Messy Mansion 42 using A England Camelot.
I still don't have any jelly polishes but I do have Nelly Polishes. Nelly Polish was a UK Indie brand owned by a lovely lady called Hilary. I don't think the polishes are available any more but they were jelly based with really pretty glitter. I found that they are great for leadlighting and you get the occasional glitter added in which is lovely!! I have used Bodmin (blue), Looe (green), Jonah's Green (teal) and an un-named red sample polish that Hilary kindly added to my order.
I am still not sure about so much white on my nails but these are very pretty and I couldn't help adding a photo with my lovely Portmerion vase!!

Leadlighting with Messy Mansion MM42

 

 

 

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April Challenges - Vampy and Reverse Stamping

I am late with yesterday's #30daysofcolourchallenge, mainly because I thought it would be a good idea to combine it with the #ukstampersapril challenge and I didn't have time to do both yesterday.
The #30daysofcolourchallenge was Vampy - I have a lot of polishes which would be fine for this challenge but I really wanted to use an untried so I have gone for another new one by UK Indie Danglefoot Nail Polish. We are in Dream Country Now is a red/purple jelly with lots of pretty red, gold, and orange glitter which is really sparkly.
When I finally decided I would try to wear red, it is these dark red, burgundy type shades that I started with and I love them! The glitter is an added bonus in this one.
I did need 3 coats for full opacity, I might well use a dark red base next time but the formula was good, polish dried reasonably quickly, despite my very cold hands.
The polish was very sparkly in the sunshine, but to be honest I think of these as more wintery shades and I liked it best in the shade. You can really see the depth of the glitters floating in the layers of polish.
The #ukstampersapril challenge was reverse stamping and with hindsight I think I made this very difficult trying it over a dark red base. It was a challenge to find a suitable colour to stamp with and to colour with. I don't think black would have shown up, white would be too much of a contrast so in the end I went for Mentality Beige Opaque which stamps as a gold. I think this went well with the glitter in the vampy base.
I chose the butterfly plate from Messy Mansion, MM42 and I coloured most of my butterflies with Above the Curve Tardis, a teal holo and China Glaze Riveting. I also had a few false starts with other colours that didn't show up at all well but in the end I think these are not too bad.
Note to self, make life easier - use a pale base!!!

Danglefoot Nail Polish
 We are in Dream Country Now
#30daysofcolourchallenge

  

Reverse stamped butterflies with Messy Mansion MM42
#ukstampersapril

 

 

 

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