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Today we're going to take a look at another new plate from Dixie Plates, her Camouflage 01 plate...Here's the video review I did of the plate:
Here's a look at the plate:
This is a layering plate, designed to work together to produce different types of camo print. The first four images from top-left over are designed to work together; the last image on the top and the first two bottom left work together, and the final three go together. Of course, you're only limited by your imagination, so you can layer whichever ones you want for whatever effects you want.
My advice for using this plate is to start with the biggest print and move to the smaller print, starting with your lightest polish and ending with your darkest polish. That will make sure you don't just obscure your first layer of stamping as you go along. But of course, you can play around however you want!
Here are four sample camos I made with the plate:
Of course you can use this plate to make camo prints in whatever colors you want. But you can also use these images for other types of background texture. For example, the first print looks like antiqued gold-leafing to me, and is so much easier than pulling out a pot of the actual leafing stuff you can buy for nail art. And how cute would that pink camo look under some Valentine's Day stamping?!
For my first mani, I wanted to play with a cool color combination for my camo. I started with a base of Zoya Isa and Ellie (also available from Zoya's website), and then stamped my images over it with Hit The Bottle Polish Purple Reign, It Mossed Be Love, and Pool Party (also available at Lantern & Wren):
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| Dixie Plate Camouflage 01 over Zoya Isa & Ellie, stamped with Hit The Bottle Polishes |
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| Dixie Plate Camouflage 01 over Zoya Isa & Ellie, stamped with Hit The Bottle Polishes |
Something about this looks very 80's, don't you think? I love how well the bright colors worked together.
For my second mani, I wanted to create the look of a Hawaiian sunset with a smattering of clouds; I started with a gradient base made with Zoya Ellie, Minnie, and Missy. Then I stamped with a gradient of either Sally Hansen Night Flight or Grease Lightning and Zoya Minnie, and Sally Hansen Silver Stallion and Zoya Missy, to give the look of the colors being reflected on the clouds. Here's how it turned out:
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| Dixie Plates Camouflage 01 over a gradient of Zoya Ellie, Minnie, and Missy |
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| Dixie Plates Camouflage 01 over a gradient of Zoya Ellie, Minnie, and Missy |
I think the colors in this one are soft and tropical, and I love the ethereal way the 'clouds' look.
For my next look, I wanted to do something with the gold-leafing look I got with the metallics. I started with a base of Zoya Marigold, and then stamped Moyra SP-08 Silver, Messy Mansion Jingle Bells, and Hit The Bottle Polish Everyday I'm Truffling. Then I stamped over that with Dixie Plates DP-09, and Kaleidoscope St-01 Black:
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| Dixie Plates Camouflage 01 and DP-09 over Zoya Marigold, stamped with metallics |
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| Dixie Plates Camouflage 01 and DP-09 over Zoya Marigold, stamped with metallics |
This has a wrought-iron feel to me, like an old antique gate or balcony. This would be a great look for the holidays, with Christmassy images stamped over the top. I'm in love with how it came out.
I liked the look so much, in fact, that I did a second manicure with it. For this version, I put dots of Moyra Silver and Messy Mansion Jingle Bells on my index and middle finger, and I put Sally Hansen Blacky O on my pinkie and stamped the same image with Messy Mansion Jingle Bells:
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| Dixie Plates Camouflage 01 and DP-09 over Zoya Marigold, stamped with metallics |
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| Dixie Plates Camouflage 01 and DP-09 over Zoya Marigold, stamped with metallics |
If you're interested in getting the antique-leafing look, I did a tutorial showing you how I created it:
What do you think? Are you a camo person? What do you think of the versions I created?
You can find this plate in the Dixie Plate store, on sale now. You can also find this at Lantern & Wren if you're in the US and Canada, and you can keep up with Dixie Plates around the interwebs here:
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