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9. Stamping Plates with Overlapping Layers

Another way to get awesome designs with multiple layers of color, more easily, onto your nails is to use stamping plates that have layers. LAYERS! :D  Also described as overlapping designs. I'm so excited about this, because it opens up new options with less time, because I don't always have HOURS to spend.

Check this out, for an example:

from Lantern & Wren

Paint your nails as normal. As always if they're too dry, you can apply a layer of the sticky base coat over your base color to hold onto your stamps. Or, you can apply a fresh coat of paint and wait for it to mostly dry.

Then, you'd first stamp once with the underlying color from your layered stamping plate...the first stamp layer. (On the plate above, the solid design is the base layer.)

Then you'd stamp again with a second layer of color... the plate's next layer of details. (For example, the next part has the face outlines in the above example.)

Finally, if it has another layer, the small accent marks are then stamped on top of all that (I generally only see two layers on these types of plates though, not three but some do).

So in summary: to reiterate, you would get your plate out and paint, scrape, stamp. 
Then move to the next color. Paint on the next image on the plate, scrape it, stamp it to your nail. 
Repeat until done.

There's no need to put clear coat between the layers, but definitely apply it over the top, when you're done.

You can also layer "normal" plate designs to stack the art, of course by just stamping on top of any stamping. It can be harder to get the layers to line up just right without a stamper that you can see through, so get one if you don't have one yet. 

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