Digit-al Dozen Does Tropical; Day 4

I cannot believe that this is yet another mani with hibiscuses; I honestly didn't have the intention of sharing 4 hibiscus mani's when I was planning manis for the challenge but this was yet another mani that didn't turn out on my test hand and I had to improvise.  The plan was the base and then zigzag stamping then a full accent nail of lizards with a lizard or two on the rest of the nails.  But the lizards didn't stamp well on the accent nail and, as I seen this Delaney Hibiscus 001 plate sitting out from the night before, I decided to go with the hibiscus decals and this is how it turned out!  Here's what I came up with!

Started out with a base of two coats of Contrary Polish Cocoon Galaxy, which was part of the April 2018 Polish Pickup.  This is a magnetic polish but I didn't magnetize it; I bought it strictly for my love of these steel blue/gray shades of polish with the holographic micro flakes and it happens to have a little pink shimmer added for good measure! Unfortunately, this beauty is no longer available unless you are able to find one in a destash.  

 Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped with an image from Konad Square 14 using FunkyFingers Gesso.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Here's the plate, ZZ Hawaii,  that I was going to use with all the lizards.  In fact, any of these images would be good for the tropical theme, this is why I pulled it to use!

I did a test stamp on my test hand of the full image using both green and navy and was meh about how they turned out.  I didn't have time to search through my plates for another lizard image to use so used the same Delaney Hibiscus 001 that I had used before; made five stamper decals, filled in with Quo by Orly Femme Fetale and applied them directly onto the nail once the sticky base was tacky.  Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

Here's the other ladies Day 4 tropical mani's!

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I still can't believe that I did four hibiscus manis this week; I had pulled plates for palm trees and leaves and tropical fish and tropical birds; I guess they will have to wait for other times.  Stay tuned for Day 5 manis tomorrow; don't worry, it isn't hibiscuses!

Thanks for looking!

Digit-al Dozen Does Stamping; Day 3

I've had this mani in the archives for a bit; well a long while as it goes back to November 6, 2014!  You know it's been a while as I don't wear my nails this long now.  Rarely anyway.  But I think this turned out pretty cool and thought it would be a great time to share as part of the Digit-al Dozen stamping challenge so this is what I came up with for day 3!

Started with one coat of Quo by Orly True Blue, no top coat.

Sponged on Quo by Orly Baby Blues.

Then sponged on FingerPaints Leonardo's Lime.

Added a coat of OPI The Man with the Golden Gun.

Stamped using images from MoYou Sailor Collection-05.

I even did Cindy; she didn't turn out too badly either!

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

I haven't stamped like this in a long while; I think I need to revisit this soon!

Here's the other ladies day 3 mani's.!

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Thanks for looking!

Crows!

These nails were loosely inspired by a book that I read not too long ago, The Tenth Circle by Jody Picoult. I had read it a few weeks before Digit-al Dozen does Story Genres and was going to share it then...but then really didn't think the nails were that relevant to the book so didn't share (if that makes sense lol).  But in the book, the father character recalls several instances when crows (or blackbirds) are present at certain times in his life and that stood out for me when I was reading the book.  So when I sat down to do my nails shortly after reading the book and seen a couple plates with crows of them, I decided to use crows in my mani; this is what I came up with!

Started with a stamper smooshy decal using OPI I'll Have A Gin & Tectonic, China Glaze I Just Cant-alope, OPI Krona-logical, Quo by Orly Nude, China Glaze Tis The Sea-sun and FunkyFingers Gesso.  (Another dogs breakfast look to me lol).

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped using images from Creative Shop 57 (thumb), Creative Shop 31 (index and middle) and Creative Shop 38 (ring and pinky) using FunkyFingers Dark Knight. Can you tell that the thumb is a reflection?  The image barely fit my nails so to me, it's not overly obvious.  

Creative Shop 57

Creative Shop 31

I like the look of just these four fingers as to me, it just tells a different story.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

Just the four fingers top coated.

I also have to admit; every time I see crows, I always think of Lauri at CrowsToes (Polish); don't you?

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Digit-al Dozen Does Paper; Day 2

For Day 2 of the Digit-al Dozen paper challenge, I did books!  Here's what I came up with!

Started with one quick coat of Quo by Orly Nude.  It didn't have to be pretty or opaque as I knew I'd be sponging on top.

Sponged with assortment of neutral tones until I got a look I was content with.

Top coated with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

I made a couple stamper decals from images from MJ JR 2; applied them on the ring and thumb, then stamped the rest of the images from the same plate. (I couldn't get the "I" to stamp so did it with a brush.)  I love that little bookworm!

Top coated with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

I thought the mani might look better matte, so added a coat of OPI matte....but can't decide which version I like better!

I don't know about you, but I still prefer a paper version of a book versus a tablet....old school, I guess!

Here's the other ladies Day 2 mani's!

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Thanks for looking!

Digit-al Dozen Does Rainforest: Day 3

Sorry I'm late for Day 3 of Digit-al Dozen rainforest nails; unfortunately, life got in the way!  Today, I'm sharing these gorilla nails; I was pretty happy how they turned out!  

Started with a base of Quo by Orly Nude, two coats.

Sponged on American Apparel Army Jacket, American Apparel MacArthur, Maybelline Go Go Green and Essence Walk On The Wild Side.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

My nails are fairly long here (for me, anyway!) and I was itching to cut them down but had planned this mani in advance a while ago.  (It may seem odd to plan in advance for some, but I know what the DD challenges are and some other things I participate in, so I go through all my plates every so often and pull them and gather ideas of what I'm doing to do, say even for mani themes months in advance!) So I had been waiting until they got a good length so that the thumb image from Bundle Monster S153 would fit.  I was in luck as it justtttt fit.  Added accent images from MoYou Literature Collection-08; both images using Funky Fingers Dark Knight.

Bundle Monster BM-S153

MoYou Literature Collection-08

Stamped pinky and middle finger using an image from Delaney Feuillages A001 using MdU 7.

Delaney Feuillages A001.  (I was into a lot of the images on this plate; I used quite a few of them to accent Ms. Cindy on quite a few days!)

Using same image and a clear stamper, placed foliage around the index and ring finger.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

Well, I thought I was finished but the next morning I thought adding more gorilla images would be cool, so stamped them on all fingers using same image from MoYou Literature-08.

Did a finish with matte to cut down the glare!

Here's the other ladies Day 3 mani's!

An InLinkz Link-up

Thanks for looking!

P.S. Immediately after these nails were done, I cut down my nails....too long! lol

P.S.S. I look that that thumb image and all I can see is sad gorilla...am I the only one?