Olympic Nails!

I've had the plates set aside to do an Olympic mani since the beginning of February but here it is, the games are almost over before I finally got around to doing a mani as I just did these Thursday night.  Here's what I came up with.

Started off with a base of skittles in the Olympic colours; Essie Avenue Maintain, China Glaze Happy Go Lucky, Sally Hansen Black Out, Orly Raging Vine and Duri Taming of the Shrew, all two coats except the Essie which is one.  Topped with SV.

Stamped using assortment of images from following plates; MJ XI (snowboarder on thumb), MJ XVIII (hockey skates on thumbs), WB08-04 (figure skater on thumb), SdP 101 (speed skater on thumb), MJ XXIV test (images on ring finger), MoYou N10 (rings on index), MM13 (buildings on index), W219 (pinky)and MJ VII (flame on middle).  Polishes used were black Konad special polish and assortment of Mundo de Unas polishes.

The flames on the Olympic torch weren't as bright as I hoped, so hand stripped in some flames.  Added a few dots on the thumb in the same colours.

Wistonia W219

Messy Mansion MM13

MoYou N10

MJ XXIV Test plate

Nail Art Diva WB08-04

SdP 101

Topped with SV to finish.

I'm hoping to do a couple more Olympic mani's before the games end including a "GO Team Canada" for the men's hockey game in the morning!  

Thanks for looking!

Digit-al Dozen, Books; Day 2

Day 2 mani!

My mani is based upon the book I read entirely this past weekend, Live to Tell.  This was the first time I read any of the D.D. Warren stories and I must say, I'm going to hunt down a few more as it was one exciting...but gruesome....read!   In fact, there were a couple times early on that I thought I couldn't continue reading the book...not because of the killings but some of the graphic description of the actions of one of the characters harming others.  I'm not usually fan of these suspense type of books but was glad I stuck with it. 

Started with a base of two coats of OPI Bride's Bouquet; topped with SV.

Stamped using VL009 (thumb), Apipila P.2 (index), Apipila P.01 (middle), MJ XI (ring) and Chez Halloween 001 (pinky) using red Konad special polish.

Added body from MJ XVIII on index, gun from VL007 and knife from Cheeky Jumbo 7, Home Sweet Home plate using black Konad special polish.  (The first time I stamped the knife, it only transferred a bit so I had to restamp it and try to align it...did so so job but that is why there are two top lines.)

Topped with SV to finish.

I have to say that I generally never would have did a mani like this without the challenge...but glad that the challenge took me out of my stamping comfort zone...this is so often the case with the Digit-al Dozen challenges; I do a lot more mani's that I wouldn't have done otherwise!!

Here's the other ladies Day 2 mani's....they are utterly fantastic!  So much talent!

Thanks for looking!