Butterfly stamping in gray/grey, black, pink and blue

Figured I might as well show the second version of my butterfly stamping manicure (which I showed you yesterday) too. I decided to make a gradient i black over the accents and then do a stamping in black, creating a disappearing pattern. And then a butterfly in each color on top. Then I liked this version better but today I liked my other version better. XD Which one did you like best?

Polishes and materials used:
La Femme (gray creme)
Kleancolor - Yogurt Raisins
Kleancolor - Black
MoYou special pink polish
MoYou special blue polish
MoYou N07 Image Plate 
MoYou rhinestones 2 MM in light pink and blue

If you buy a nail art set, any of you choice, you can pick one polish OR one image plate of your choice if you use the code CEL246. Which polish or the number of the image plate you want, you write at the comment section at the checkout. You can use the code as many times you want, as long as you buy a nail art set. :D

***Some products in this post have been provided for review***

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Butterfly stamping in gray/grey, pink and blue

Yesterday it was 19 degrees in the shadow and I saw a the male version of a Common Brimstone (what we in sweden call Citronfjäril). Inspired by that I decided to bring out some photos of some of my first successful stamping attempts with my MoYou stamping kits (photos from September last year). As I've told you before I was happy to receive some plates, stamping polishes, stamper and scrape from MoYou to try out. Since then stamping has been so fun! I like the mix of colors and even though the butterflies aren't aligned perfectly I'm still very happy with this. This is also from my first attempts with my (then new) camera (canon 550d), before I only used my phone so below are a mix with both camera and phone photos. (I'd say that my phone did a quite good work producing pics, below it's not overly obvious to know which are done with phone or camera. Take a guess if you like ;) Now the lens on my phone is scratched so I can't even if I wanted to take photos with it.)

Polishes and materials used:
La Femme (gray creme)
Kleancolor - Yogurt Raisins
MoYou special pink polish
MoYou special blue polish
MoYou N07 Image Plate 
MoYou rhinestones 2 MM in light pink and blue

And as you can see I have another version of this mani (the one below) which I'll show more photos of soon. :)

If you buy a nail art set, any of you choice, you can pick one polish OR one image plate of your choice if you use the code CEL246. Which polish or the number of the image plate you want, you write at the comment section at the checkout. You can use the code as many times you want, as long as you buy a nail art set. :D

***Some products in this post have been provided for review***

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Crochet Butterfly Fiona

Crochet Butterfly Fiona


How to make a crochet Butterfly

If you are a beginner, you can find a playlist for the basic crochet stitches by clicking on this link.  Beginner Crochet Stitches


Crochet Geek YouTube -http://www.youtube.com/user/tjw1963


Crochet Geek 2 YouTube - http://www.youtube.com/user/crochet


Written by Teresa Richardson

Video Tutorial: Crochet Butterfly Fiona


Video Tutorial: Crochet Butterfly Fiona Left Hand Version

Skill Level - Intermediate

Abbreviations
DC - Double Crochet
SL ST - Slip Stitch
SC - Single Crochet

Materials
Size I/5.5 mm crochet hook
4 ply yarn
Tapestry Needle
Optional: Chenille Wire stem for butterfly body
Optional: Magnet


Chain 5, join


Round 1: Chain 1 (won't count as a stitch), *2 DC through the chain, Chain 3, continue around from * 8 times total. Join with the beginning stitch. ( 8 sets of 2 DC, CH 3)


Round 2:  Work a slip stitch between the double crochet.  Work a chain 1, *SC between the DC. Working in the next chain 3 space, work 4 DC, CH 3, SL ST to DC, 4 DC in same space. Complete from * a total of 8 times.  Join with the beginning stitch.  ( 8 sets of 4 DC, CH 3 join, 4 DC, SC between DC)


Upon completion, you will fold and align the double crochet together so there are 4 sections on each side.  Sew together so they stay in place. Knot secure and sew in the tails.


Chenille Stem:  Approximately 8 inches.  Align around the butterfly.  Twist at the top and shape antenna. 


Magnet: Glue a magnet to the back for using on a refrigerator or magnetic board.

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