Sunday, April 21, 2013

Sunday Stamping: Earth Day!

Tomorrow is Earth Day, so quite appropriately it is the theme for today's Sunday Stamping challenge in Adventures in Stamping. I didn't have a chance to create something specifically for the challenge because I'm having a fun weekend with a cousin visiting from out of town. I do, however, have a manicure to show you that I created recently and I think it is perfect for the Earth Day theme with nature and animals...


For this manicure, I created the panda bears as decals ahead of time. There are a few different ways to create decals, but I prefer to make mine on a ziplock baggie by first painting a little bit of clear polish and allowing it to dry. After the clear polish is dry, a pattern is stamped onto it and then colored in with nail polish or acrylic paint (my preference). For these panda decals, I stamped the panda pattern from Winstonia plate W115 using Essence Stampy Black. I flipped one panda over so that they would face each other and then colored in both of them using white acrylic paint. It is a fairly simple and fun process, but opens up the opportunity for so many beautiful and colorful designs. If you would like to see a tutorial please let me know.

The base on all the nails is the beautiful holographic Color Club Kismet. I stamped two different bamboo patterns, both from Winstonia plate W110 using Color Club Wild Cactus. After the background pattern was stamped, I added the panda decals and sealed everything in with a top coat...


Don't they just look so cute among all the bamboo? :D




I found this cute little cartoon online a while ago. I'm couldn't find the original source to give credit to, but I think it is so adorable that I had to share...


Happy Earth Day everyone! :)

Thanks for looking and commenting!
Anutka :)


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13 comments:

  1. This is adorable. I am always so amazed by your stamping skills!

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  2. This is too cute!!! Seriously, I'm about to cry (*blushing*), I adore panda bears that much!, and the "background" is just perfect.
    *sigh* so adorable..

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  3. P.S. I am just currently adventuring into making my own decals and would love to see a tutorial on your method, especially flipping it over to get a different direction.

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  4. This is a super cute combination and that panda cartoon is adorable!

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  5. Haaaaa this is so cute!!! <3

    http://wolkedrei.blogspot.de/

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  6. I just love this!!! I was going to do panda nails too! But I think I'll do something different, I think these are way cuter than anything I'd have come up with.

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  7. I would love to see a tutorial! This is soooo cool!!!

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  8. Ahhhh the pandas <3333 Sooo cute! This is officially my favorite mani now! Soooo adorable <3

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  9. Thank you so much everyone! I'm excited to know that you like the pandas so much :)

    I will work on a tutorial for creating the decals!

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  10. Oh Anutky, this is beyond cute. Love it!

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  11. sooo cute!! love the combo together!

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  12. Thank you ladies! I'm so glad you like it :)

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