Metallic Fish Scale Nails

Since getting these Red Angel image plates, I have been wanting to use the scalloped design on my nails.  I was finally able to get around to using it and love the results. 

On top of a base coat, I painted one coat of Metallic Green and then sponged on Metallic Purple, Metallic Aqua, and Metallic Yellow.   Once dry, I used Black Creme on  RA plate 111 scale/scallop full nail image and stamped the image on each nail.

I am so in love with this image plate series and next time I might try a blue sparkly base instead since the aqua did not show up well on top of the green.  I also plan to make some Koi nails using this stamp with some oranges and whites:)  Stay tuned!

Stormy Nails

For these I painted my nails with a coat of Aruba Blue then while wet painted a thin coat of Secret Admirer and then another coat of Aruba Blue.  I then used a nail art brush to dab on some White On in a cloudy formation.  I then mixed Luna, Recycle, and Secret Admirer and dotted the mixture over the white clouds.  Last, I used a small nail art brush and added lightning with more White On.  I plan to work on this design a bit more after looking at some paintings of storms.  Personally, the picture looks better than the nails actually turned out.    For me this was a nail fail if only because it doesn't match the picture in my head.  The key is to keep on trying.