Bundle Monster 2013 Create Your Own Stamping Plate Collection Review

The wait is over! Bundle Monster has finally released their 2013 Create Your Own Stamping Plate Collection. Earlier this year, they had fans submit their designs to be chosen for this collection. The process of selecting winners and producing the plates has taken some time, but I'm glad I finally have them to review for you today. The set is comprised of 26 plates and all of the images are fan created. There is a huge variety of images in this collection including patterns, tribal print, nautical, nerdy, gamer, sugar skulls, sports, music, animals, and romantic images. The list goes on, but when I say variety, I mean it! There are a lot of full nail images and single images as well. Here are a few manis I have already did using the new plates.

Here's the packaging for the plates. It has a zip lock so you can keep the plates in there if you wanted to. You can also see the plates have the same backing as their other sets to prevent you from getting cut on sharp edges.

All of the plates come with blue film to protect the plates from getting scratched in transit. You must remove it before use.

OPI A Piers to be Tan stamped using BM 410 in Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Orange Impulse

It was so much fun creating this crime scene mani. I used China Glaze Liquid Leather and OPI My Boyfriend Scales walls and stamped using BM 421, 414, 416, and 409 in Konad Yellow, MASH Black, China Glaze With Love, and Konad White. 

The small circles on the DNA image (pinky) didn't want to pick up on my Konad stamper, but I switched to my XL squishy stamper and it picked up with ease. I will also say I am impressed at how clear the caution tape details came out so crisp.

OPI My Boyfriend Scales walls stamped using BM 423 in Konad Black. The red is OPI First Date at the Golden Gate and the glitter is China Glaze Glistening Snow. The zig zag image is the image I was looking forward to the most because achieving this image with tape/zig zag scissors or polish decal/zig zag scissors is not always user or time friendly. (Manicure inspired by Selenadee Nails)

The new set is the exact same size as BM 3 and BM Holiday sets.

Click for enlargement. I don't usually include my scans, but I really want to show all of the creative images in this set.

I really love this set. The images are so fun and creative and I am already planning out so many manicures. There is a ton of variety and the quality is just as good as BM's other sets. The best part--the whole set of 26 plates is only $16.50. It is their largest and cheapest set. You can purchase Bundle Monster's 2013 Create Your Own Stamping Plate Collection here. Enter coupon code "thanks" for 10% off your order. Coupon code valid until November 15, 2013. 

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Mint Mani for Talia Joy

Hey everyone. Today I have a mint mani to take part in #mintmanisfortaliajoy. The nail community is doing mint colored manis today in honor of Talia Joy Castellano, a 13 year old girl who battled 2 kinds of cancer for over 6 years and passed away this week. Talia was an aspiring MUA, YouTube beauty guru, and an inspiration to many with her positive outlook on life and by reaching so many of her goals before she passed. Prayers go out to her family. For this mani, I used China Glaze Highlight of My Summer and did an accent nail using China Glaze I Herd That stamped using Konad M57 in Konad Black. I also added some gold square studs because Talia liked her nails blinged out!

My Girly 'Man of Steel' Nails

Happy Friday! Really quick post today because I have to be ready to go watch Man of Steel when my hubby gets off work soon lol. Here's the mani I'm wearing. I used China Glaze Bottoms Up and stamped using Fab Ur Nailz Fun 2 in Konad White. My accent nail is China Glaze Glistening Snow. It was actually my husband's idea for me to use pink and white. I love when he participates when I do my nails lol. How about you ladies? Does your boyfriend/husband ever give his input when you do your nails?

The pink is not color accurate. I can never photograph neons right! =/

China Glaze Trendsetter & Bundle Monster 312

Hi loves! Today is my first day back to nursing school. I had a nice winter break and got to paint my nails a lot and now I gotta go back to naked nubs! I have a few posts saved up so you won't see my nubs for a couple weeks. Today's theme for the January nail art thing is vintage so I did a mani inspired by vintage wallpaper. I used China Glaze Trendsetter and stamped using BM 312 in Konad Yellow. These colors don't compliment me, but they go well with today's theme!

OPI Just Spotted the Lizard & BM 215

Hey readers! Today I have a snakeskin mani inspired by the amazing Coewless. She did such a great job I wanted to re-create it. Too bad I don't have the same stamp that she used, but this is close enough! I used OPI Just Spotted the Lizard and stamped using BM 215 in MASH Black. Believe it or not, this was one of the fastest stamping manis I've done. I usually like to center everything perfectly and if it's not, I'll re-do it. I didn't redo anything here, so you get a glimpse of me not being perfect as I was short on time lol.

Essie Jamaica Me Crazy & MASH 39

Hey beauties! Today I have a mani inspired by something I saw a couple of days ago in the movie The Last Samurai. Katsumoto's samurai sword was kept in a fuchsia cloth with gold fans on it and I had the perfect idea for a mani. I used Essie Jamaica Me Crazy and stamped using MASH 39 in Essie Good As Gold. I love getting inspired by random things! Where do you ladies find your inspiration?

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Do you ladies remember the butterfly wing manicure I created last week? I entered it into a contest so if you liked it, please vote for me here--I'm entry #11--Natalie Niu.

Christmas Sweater Nails

Happy Friday! The holidays are just around the corner so I did some festive nails for today. I saw a Christmas sweater inspired mani by The Nail Network and I just had to re-create it because it's brilliant. Here's China Glaze With Love stamped using BM 14, BM 214, and Konad M57 in Konad White. I did a full mani so I ended up stamping 30 times! A little time consuming, but the end result is so worth it. My final is on Monday so you won't hear from me until after it's over. Wish me luck!

Delicate Feathers

Happy Humpday my loves! Today I have a mani I re-created from Pinterest--gotta love Pinterest right? Here's the mani by Tenshi No Hana that inspired me today. I made a glitter sandwich using OPI Don't Touch My Tutu and OPI Pirouette My Whistle and then stamped over it using Konad M77 in Konad White. It came out so pretty and I love how dainty it looks!

Zoya Purity and FUN2

Hey loves! I'm so bummed this is my very last weekend before school starts again next week. I won't be able to post that often because the nursing program I'm in keeps me super busy, but I promise I will post as often as physically and mentally possible. I think I may actually ask some people to do guest posts, something I have never done before! Anyways, to end my summer right, I wanted to do an awesome mani for you all so I did one I've been putting off--a Louis Vuitton inspired mani! I've used this image before, but with different colors. I used Zoya Purity and stamped using FUN2 in Konad: Yellow, Sky Pearl, Princess Apple Green, Psyche Pink, and Sally Hansen Insta-Dri: Orange Impulse, Lively Lilac, and Presto Pink. If you're interested in purchasing the plate, you can buy it from Ninja Polish or FAB UR NAILS.

China Glaze Peachy Keen and Bundle Monster 305

Happy Saturday ladies! Do any of you ever have a lack of nail inspiration? I do sometimes, but no need to fear, Pinterest is here! I love getting ideas from the stuff I see on there. I saw a beautiful mani from Pshiiit and I immediately had to recreate it. She used tape to create this look, but lucky me, I found a stamp that reminded me of it. I used China Glaze Peachy Keen and stamped using BM 305 in Essie Good As Gold. I'm kind of loving these =]

Batman Nails

Happy Friday! Today I have a mani I have been planning for a long time! Mr. heartNAT is a huge Batman fan and when I told him about an image plate that has Batman he told me to get it and he'll buy it for me so of course I took him up on that offer. I wore it to watch The Dark Knight Rises today and I have to say, it was amazing. It's high up on my all time favorite movies list. For my base colors, the yellow is China Glaze Happy Go Lucky, the black is OPI Black Onyx. The Batman image is D25 from Chez Delaney and I stamped it in Konad Yellow and Konad Black. The blue chevron is OPI Swimsuit Nailed it, and the building image is from FUN2 and it's stamped in Konad White. I knew right away I wanted to do the bat signal with the buildings, but I got the idea to do a chevron from Not Another Nail Blog. If anyone else catches the movie this weekend have fun!

Cinderella Inspired Nails

Good afternoon lacquerheads! I didn't want to take my rasta stripe mani off yet, but I don't have anything in the vault to post. When I took it off, I had no inspiration LOL. I decided to do something from my "to try list". One of them was a Cinderella inspired mani by The Nail Network. At least I got to use one of my manyyy untrieds for today. I used Sinful Colors Cinderella and stamped using BM 213 and RA 119 in Konad White.

31 Day Nail Challenge--Day 30: Inspired by a Tutorial

Happy Saturday loves. I'm almost at the end of the challenge, one more day! I have no idea what I'm going to do tomorrow for the challenge, but I want to finish off strong. I really enjoyed today's theme. It's inspired by a tutorial. This kind of gave me the opportunity to try something I've pinned or always wanted to do, but never got around to it. The one I did today is from a tutorial by Sarah at Chalkboard Nails and you can watch her video tutorial here. It was pretty easy, mine do not look perfect like hers, but I'm still super happy with how they turned out. I used China Glaze Electric Pineapple, China Glaze Papaya Punch, and Zoya Reagan. I really want to try this one out again!

31 Day Nail Challenge--Day 29: Inspired by the Supernatural

Good morning pretties! Today's theme is inspired by the supernatural. This challenge is one of my least favorites, both with the theme and how my mani turned out. Maybe I'm just being critical of myself, but it's my first time wearing gray polish ever and I'm not sure how I like it on me. I have stamps with haunted houses and stuff, but I didn't want it to turn into a Halloween mani so I didn't use much for this mani. I decided to stamp on top of a water marble so it wouldn't look plain either. I used a base of China Glaze Recycle and did a quick water marble using China Glaze Recycle and Sally Hansen Xtreme Wear Black Out. I stamped using BM 223 in Konad White. 

31 Day Nail Challenge--Day 28: Inspired by a Flag

Happy Thursday! Today's theme is inspired by a flag. I was going to do an American flag one, but with 4th of  July coming up, I thought I'd hold off on that and do something else. I chose to do the black and white checkered flag of NASCAR. I used Zoya Purity and stamped using MASH 38 in Konad Black. I didn't stamp all the way up with the stamp because honestly, I was not looking forward to cleaning up black Konad polish off of my cuticles.Topcoating this was scary, but luckily I got no smearing.

31 Day Nail Challenge--Day 27: Inspired by Artwork

Good afternoon loves! Today's theme is inspired by artwork. I think this may have been the hardest challenge for me. I don't know much about art and had no inspiration whatsoever. I basically Googled as much art stuff I could until I found something I wanted to do. For this mani I used a base of OPI Ogre the Top Blue and then did a gradient using OPI Jade is the New Black. I added very small brushstrokes of Color Club Chelsea Girl and China Glaze Holly Day, but I don't even think they're visible. I stamped using Konad M70 in Konad Red, MASH Black, and Konad White. I used the red and black very sparingly on the image and only painted parts of it because I wanted the white to be more prominent. The image of the artwork I was inspired by can be found here.

31 Day Nail Challenge--Day 26: Inspired by a Pattern

Good morning! Today's theme is inspired by a pattern. I also have had this one planned out for a lonnng time. When I first saw the new MASH plates, this was the first image that caught my attention and I knew I would do picnic nails using it and a new polish I had just bought. For this picnic table cloth look I used Zoya Purity, stamped using MASH 50 in Konad Red, and added a coat of Nubar Black Polka Dots to look like little ants. I got the ants idea from Sarah at Chalkboard Nails. I think these are so adorable!