Before & After: Zoya Merida + Messy Mansion MM79XL

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Hello!


Today I have another serene winter scene for you--I'm really enjoying winter this year since we're actually getting rain and cold weather in my neck of the woods after several years of drought! No snow, of course, but I can dream about it, which is probably why I love this type of nail art.


For my base, I started with Zoya Merida (also available here), a gorgeous deep forest green scattered holo:

Zoya Merida

I chose this to capture the complexity of winter pine trees, and then I stamped the big reversed tree image from Messy Mansion MM79XL in Messy Mansion Chalk:

Messy Mansion MM79XL

Here's how it looked after that step:

Messy Mansion MM79XL and Bundle Monster BM-H02 over Zoya Merida

Then I added made a decal of the cardinal image from Bundle Monster BM-H02:

Bundle Monster BM-H02

I stamped the decal with Messy Mansion Carbon, and colored it with Messy Mansion Red-y Or Not and Banana Bender. Here's how it came out:

Messy Mansion MM79XL and Bundle Monster BM-H02 over Zoya Merida

Messy Mansion MM79XL and Bundle Monster BM-H02 over Zoya Merida

What do you think?! I love how this came out, and I love looking at it. The holo creates a deep dimension that makes it look like there's a bunch of needles, and I love the snow accents. And while I've never seen a red cardinal in real life, I did once come out to find a yellow cardinal on my bird bath, and that was a very cool moment that this reminds me of. :)


Happy stamping!
M.