Tuesday Stamping #136

Hey guys,

Time to get our stamping on

Basically, this is how I am going to do it.  I am going to be stamping over black and white. White will be the lightest colour you ever wear and black the darkest.  What better way to see how a polish works over dark and light colours.  Now, obviously, not many will actually want to stamp OVER black but it will be a good way to find out if a polish will show up over dark colours.  If it shows up on black you can be pretty certain it will show up over everything.  That does mean that if it is noticeable but not very, it will probably work much better over say a purple or a blue.  I will try to address this with each polish I show you as well.

I will also be using the same plate for all the stamping to make sure there will be continuity.  I chose a stamp that had some images with thin lines, with bigger spaces, with some detail etc.  That way you can see if a polish will stamp crisp lines when they are thin or if it will smudge when the image has bigger spaces.  I decided to go with Pueen11. I will be using the 4 full nail images on this plate.

I will show you 4 of my ordinary polishes with every post.  If you want to see more or less per post please let me know.  I will use 4 random polishes each time until I have worked through all the polishes I have (excluding glitters of course) and I will show you everything, whether it stamped well or not.  I will also be showing you my first attempts at all of them.  Sometimes it happens that you move the stamper a little bit when you stamp onto the nail.  Or you waited just a second too long and the whole image doesn’t transfer.  Or you press too hard and get the shadow stamping.  Usually if this happens I would remove it and stamp again.  It also happens that a polish looks so promising and after you’ve stamped you think, ah this could look better if I tried it once or twice more.  I will not be doing any of that.  What I stamp first try is what you get.  I just feel that you can get a better result if you keep trying but the mark of a good stamping polish is how well it works straight off the bat.

To see all the Tuesday Stamping posts you can use the Tuesday Stamping tag in the tag cloud or you can go to the Swatches tab in the top menu and look under Stamping swatches.  These are sorted by brand, then name alphabetically.

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The four polishes today are all requests.  They aren’t necessarily similar except for that so this should be fun right?  Let’s go!

China Glaze – Don’t mesh with me

This did not go well.  This is a very find glitter in an almost clear base and nothing about it lends well to stamping.  Even when you can see it a little bit on the black it doesn’t really keep the shape of the stamped image well.  I would not recommend this one for stamping.

China Glaze – Pearl jammin’

Well colour me surprised, This stamped perfectly AND shows up beautifully on the black.  Doesn’t that look stunning?  It doesn’t show up as well on the white but it is visible.  It is a very light colour though so I am not surprised.  Big win!

China Glaze – Sin-derella

And another win! After seeing how well pearl jammin’ performed I was very excited to see this one and it didn’t disappoint.  It also stamps perfectly and shows up in all it’s glory on the black.  It’s more visible on the white than pearl jammin’ was but it definitely shines on the dark. I love this polish and now I love it stamped too.

China Glaze – You don’t know jacket

This blue stamps beautifully and shows up so well on the white.  It is quite dark so doesn’t do too well on the black visibility wise but it’s a great stamper!

What do you think? Do you have a favourite? I think I love them all except Don’t mesh with me.  The others all did really well. Do you want to see any of them stamped over a specific colour? Do you have an idea for a stamped design you would like me to do?  Do you have any suggestions for changes or additions you would prefer on these posts?   I would love to hear from you.  Or if you want to choose the next 4 polishes let me know.

Thanks for reading,