New Moyou plates

I have no idea what a squishy stamper is I just have a normal Konad one lol

The squishy stampers are great for full nail images, particularly if your nails are quite curved like mine are. You can press the nail into the stamper rather than rolling it. I still use my konad stamper for some small images, it's better for the more intricate designs.

Laura wrote:I agree about the full images, less room to completely fuck it up haha! My single images always come out wonky

Mine too. Or I can't decide which way up to put them.

I got Lisa's extra plate this morning I think I must have small nails as the only one I might have aproblem covering is my thumb. This is first stamping plate I've got so don't expect to see anything from me for a while yet until I've practised ! And I only have a Poundland stamper...but my daughter did manage to use it successfully earlier this week!

Can you recommend a squishy stamper, starry?

They're all pretty much identical from what I've seen. I think I got mine from ebay. Just search for XL stamper. They look like this...

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Couple of things worth mentioning for anyone thinking of buying one. The rubber bit falls out, this is normal, just stick it back in again. If you can come up with a way of getting it to stay in the handle, we'd love to hear it. I've tried all sorts. Also, DO NOT DROP THE STAMPER ON THE FLOOR. It loves fluff, you'll be picking bits off it for a fortnight, I speak from experience.

Thank you, I've bought it! In advance I shall apply for a research Master's in Keeping the Rubber Bit in the Handle  

I've found a way to make it stay a bit longer - wrap an elastic band round the rubber bit. It doesn't keep it in forever but it stops it moving quite so much.

I'll give that a try, thanks Han.

Thanks starry, I think I might try a bigger stamper too  

Geordie Nails wrote:Can you recommend a squishy stamper, starry?

Try saying that when you're drunk  

starrystarry wrote: The rubber bit falls out, this is normal, just stick it back in again.

I had the opposite problem with mine, after a few uses it got pushed in too far

Wesker wrote:

starrystarry wrote: The rubber bit falls out, this is normal, just stick it back in again.

I had the opposite problem with mine, after a few uses it got pushed in too far

that'swhatshesaid

Got my plates this afternoon!

They look rather nice. Apart from the large Suki plate, I only got plates with single images. I might make some decals later. The rhinestones look nice, and next time I do my nails I'll try out the cuticle pusher/knife thingy.

Starry: try adding a roll of sticky tape or a lint roller to your nail art case. It's really helpful for squishy stamper clean-up, especially if you drop it:)

Thanks for that tip Tatty x

I had big plans for my plate from the Sailor collection last night.  I was going to do a quick gradient then cover it with all sorts of sea creatures....but....I liked the gradient too much to cover it up.  Isn't that typical, when I want a gradient to look great it doesn't and when I'm not bothered whether it looks like a dog's dinner it turns out too nice to stamp over.  So I just added some bubbles from the Sailor plate.  Sorry ladies, I know that's a bit of a poor attempt at using my new plates.  I'll do better next time (planning a sunset gradient to stamp with the lighthouse image).

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I agree that's too nice to stamp over starry!
The foamy bubbles look just right, but I'd have to add one teeny tiny leetle fish in your blue ocean  

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Wow wow wow!!!

Eeeeee it's Nemo!

I am a bit gutted by the bird and flower pattern...

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Opinions: do I add gold flecks to the black accent nail or do I leave well enough alone?

could you reverse stamp the accent?
So it is white on black, not black on white?

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Pretty. Love the gradient.

Thing is my base colour isn't white, it's Sally Hansen's Lavender Cloud. So it might looked a bit mismatched?  

HanSpan wrote:

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Pretty.  Love the gradient.

Starry! so cute!! a wee Nemo in the sea  

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 Very nice, so cute!