Crumpled Paper Stamping!

Hello!

Happy Friday! I hope you have a fun-filled weekend ahead of you! Those of you who will be seeing The Hunger Games...you're in for a TREAT! I saw it at midnight and it was absolutely incredible =]! Today, I think I have a brand new technique to show you. I was literally sitting at my desk, staring at a piece of paper when it hit me like a truck..."I wonder how it would look if I used crumpled paper to stamp with?" I gave it a shot and WOW, the outcome is really cool!

Basically, I painted my nails with Wet N Wild Black Creme, and then I crumpled three nickel-sized pieces of paper (one for each color) so that there were no perfectly flat sides. To do that,  I wrapped all the edges into the middle until the paper was in a misshapen ball. Then, I dabbed a fairly generous amount of polish on the paper ball and gently applied the colors (Bettina Aqua, Essence Mellow Yellow, and Zoya Dita) by repeatedly dotting them on my nail one at a time until I achieved the desired look. To make sure that the pattern was different on each nail, I kept rotating the stamping surface of the paper ball after each stamp. I think it looks sort of like bright watercolor meets splatter nails...if that doesn't make sense, just take a look below...you'll see what I mean =]!

 

 

Whenever I do a mani that I believe hasn't been done before, I always search around and see if anyone else had the same fabulous idea before I did. While I haven't seen anyone do this with paper (PLEASE don't hesitate to let me know if someone has!), I did come across a similar technique over at ChromaCraze where she used plastic wrap to make a pretty, light, sponged mani. Although her technique is related to what I did, the outcomes are VERY different! I really like the unusual effect from this technique! For those of you struggling to get the hang of the splatter mani, this might be an easier alternative for you to achieve colorful, random, and FUN nails!

Have a great weekend =]!

<3,
Lindsey