Saturday, March 8, 2014

Review & How-To: MoYou London Landscape/Mother Nature collection 05

(Stamping plate purchased with my own money.)

Heylo heylo heylololo!

Welcome to my next MoYou London review & How-To. Today I'm going to show you some ways to use Mother Nature (aka Landscape) collection 05. :)

You've seen this video before 'cause I reviewed all my Landscape/Mother Nature collection plates at the same time in it, but here it is again if you missed it or just feel like reviewing it again:



And here are the up-close-and-personal shots of the plates:


MoYou London Mother Nature (Landscape) collection 05

MoYou London Mother Nature (Landscape) collection 05


MoYou London Mother Nature (Landscape) collection 05


And of course, here is the comparison with a standard Konad plate, so you know approximately how big the different elements are:


MoYou London Mother Nature (Landscape) collection 05 Vs. Konad


For these collage-style plates, what I like to do is walk you through some of the possible types of manicure you create. Each plate is a little different, although most of the basics stay the same. All you need to get your money's worth out of these beauties are the same stamping skills you use with other plates, plus the ability to isolate an image. If you're not sure how to do that, check out my tutorial by clicking here. :)


What I'm going to do today is show you three manicures I did with these plates; these three manicures demonstrate the three most common things you can do with these plates, two of which are very easy.


1) Use a portion of the plate for a full-nail design. This is the easiest method, in my opinion. You just pick a section of the plate that's big enough to cover your nail, paint, scrape, and there you go. For this manicure, I used Sally Hansen Lively Lilac to stamp the rose bush, and I used Barry M Silver Foil to stamp a small portion of it as an accent on the ring finger (of course you don't have to do that if you don't want to):








Here are the portions of the plate I used; for the accent portion, I just used the smaller end of my stamper and used my nail to scrape away the portion I didn't want:





(Wondering what that base polish is hiding under there? Tune in next time and I'll show you that polish, plus the base polish I used in #2 below. :) )


2) Carry a larger design element across two or more nails. This is one of my favorite techniques, because you can do really unique-looking things in no time flat. For this manicure, I chose the top of the arch over the birdbath to use as my design element, and stamped with Barry M Silver Foil:




I chose to do three fingers only because for some reason that appeals to me, but you can do as many or as few as you want, including the lonely thumb. :)

Here are the portions of the plate I used for the manicure:





3) Build-A-Scene: And finally, let's end with the manicure I showed you on Monday. Here it is again for your reference, so you don't have to click back and forth. Here I decided to recreate the enchanted-garden feel of the plate; this is a bit harder than the other two manicures and takes a few more stamping techniques, but you should be able to do it with a little patience.



First, I Saran-wrapped some Sally Hansen Brisk Blue over the back to give the sky a more realistic feel. Next, I stamped the birdbath/fountain using China GlazePassion; I kept the bird portion of the design as well, and you can see the gold shadow underneath them. Next, I stamped my rose branch design; I put dots of Konad Red on the roses, and then Sally Hansen Lickety-Split Lime over the rest of the design. Then, on my thumb and pinky, I stamped the ivy using Sally Hansen No S-pear Time. Finally, I used Konad white to re-stamp the birds on the fountain, and on the other two nails. You don't have to stamp them twice if you don't want to--you can scrape them off when you stamp your fountain, and then just stamp them where you want them in white. Here are the portions of the plate I used for the design:





So there you have it, three lovely manicures from Landscape 05, with many, many more fun opportunities awaiting you...I'd love to see what you do with this plate, please share!!

I hope this has been helpful. Hugs and loves!

M.





26 comments:

  1. Such gorgeous nail art you got with this plate. Love the last one the most :)

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  2. Love it! I've hesitated to get any of these full-design plates because I was hesitant about how to use them... You're making me think I should give them a try, though. :) Thank you, awesome post!!

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    1. I'm so glad it was helpful for you!! You should definitely give them a try, they're so much fun. :)

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  3. I just ordered some of these and now I'm even more excited to get my plates!

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  4. This is so pretty. wow. I need these plates so badly

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    1. You really do. They are sooo much fun, I know you would do great things with them. :)

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    2. I really don't have a choice, do i?

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  5. *sigh* These plates are already works of art all on their own.. I really like your rose bush nails. So pretty!

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    1. They really are. There are several that I just look at and wish I had 30 nails so I could get the whole darn thing on my nails, lol!

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  6. I am in love with Moyou plates. Loved all the manis.

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    1. Me too. Not only are the plates awesome, but they have so many different ones!

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  7. I love MoYou plates too, was thinking about buying some of their stamping polishes, absolutely adore your Build A Scene... I need to try one!

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    1. Hmmm...I've never tried their stamping polishes...I think I need to get one with my next order...

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  8. You make me want to buy more stamping plates!

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    1. I have been called an enabler before, lol, especially by the lady in the next comment below...I'm lookin' at YOU Inky!!

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  9. Dang, you're good! I'm finally getting the hang of stamping on my nails & now it seems so 1 dimensional. Time to up my game! <3

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    1. You. Need. To. HUSH. :P Ppppllltthhhhbbbbbbb. (That's me sticking my tongue out at you)

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  10. wow thanks so much for this! I personally like the second idea the most... it's really making me want to get some of these plates!

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    1. I believe every stamper should try at least one. It's amazing the things you see once you start playing with them. :)

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  11. This plate is awesome!!! They are finally selling MoYou plates where I live, but not this one grrrrrr.

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    1. Keep checking, because I know that their stock on Amazon has been growing like crazy. I watched the plates they had there triple in under a month. And contact them via their main site and ask them to send it to whatever venue you shop from--they are extremely open to suggestions from their customers. :)

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