Digit-al Dozen DOES It Again; Day 8, Animals

I was looking through my plates recently to get ideas for the animal challenge and discovered a super cute animal image.  While I've looked at this plate a dozen times at least, I never noticed this particular image before but as soon as I seen it, I knew I wanted to do my animal challenge mani around it; this is what I came up with!

Started with a base of one coat of Sinful Colors Cool Gray and two coats each of Sation Drama Doll (pink), Maybelline Sweet Clementine (orange) and Sinful Colors Pull Over (yellow), topped with SV.

Stamped using Apipila 03 (pig and tiger), Cheeky Jumbo Plate 9 Wild at Heart (giraffe) and the super cute animals is from MJ XII replacement plate using black Konad special polish.

Added a few random dots using same base colours to accent throughout; topped with SV.

Unfortunately, my little nails don't show a whole lot of the animals so I took a pix of it...and they still don't all show up because the image is larger than the stamper ( I couldn't get it to pick up on any of my XL squishy stampers for some reason). This would be an amazingggggg image to make a stamper decal with, don't you think?  Those little giraffe's are adorable! 

Here's a closer look at MJ XII replacement plate. For those not familiar, the originally shipped MJ XII plate had a couple of misetched designs and MyOnLine Shop sent replacement plates out; the replacement plate had a few slightly different designs.

Here's the other ladies animal mani's.

Thanks for looking!

Digit-al Dozen DOES It Again; Day 7, Geeks

Hopefully you had a fantastic weekend!  Day 7's challenge is geeks...this is what I came up with!

 

 

Started with a base of two coats of OPI Bride's Bouquet, with an accent of Duri Taming of the Shrew, topped with SV.  No pix as I've shown these before.

 

Stamped using black and red Konad special polishes using assortment of image plates:  m60 (index), MJ XXI (ring), FUN 7 (thumb and middle) and FUN 6 (pinky).

 

 

Added a few more images to the thumb from FUN 7 and added tape to the glasses on index.

 

 

 

Topped with SV (first pix). 

 

Here's the other ladies geek mani's.

 

 

 

 

Thanks for looking!

 

 

 

 

 

Digit-al Dozen DOES It Again; Day 6, Love and Heartbreak

Here it is Day 6 of the Digit-al Dozen challenges; if you are keeping track, I didn't do a Day 5 challenge simple due to time restraints so sorry about that.  This and the remaining posts you'll see over the next week are scheduled posts as I'm heading off on vacation.....I hope there are no glitches while I'm away as I'll have limited to nil internet access for the next days 10 days.  I will be sharing some pix of my holiday when I return (at some point) as well as sharing the mani I'll be wearing while away which will include a review of CND Vinylux...really excited to try this while I'm away as I know I won't have a spare minute to do my nails while I'm away!

It was kind of hard to get into some of the holiday themed mani's when they aren't in season and I found the Love and Heartbreak challenge a bit of a challenge.  I don't typically do lovey dovey type of mani's except around Valentine's Day...but I guess that's why it's called a challenge!  Here's what I came up with...not overboard by all means, but enough hearts that I hope I hit the theme!



Started with a base of two coats of Ruby Wing Mystic.  I had bought a few of these these colour changing polishes a while now but this was the first time I've tried them out so was interested to see how much they would change.



Decided to do a glitter gradient so added NYX Dark Red glitter.



Topped with p2 Glamorous Finish Holo Topcoat.



While I didn't mind this, it wasn't giving me the glitter factor I was going for, so added a little CrowsToes Morticia at tips.  This wasn't exactly what I was looking for either but at least added a little bit more interest.



Stamped using white Konad special polish using Big SdP W.



Topped with SV.



The next morning was a bright, sunny day so was able to see the colour change...wowzers!!  I was pretty impressed!



I find polishes like this pretty fascinating.  I think I bought three of these colour changing polishes but for sure, want to pick up a few more.  I also want to try some thermal polishes; hopefully soon!

Here's the other ladies Love and Heartbreak mani's!





Lastly, a reminder about the Digit-al Dozen $200 gift card giveaway; please go here to check out the details and for the entry form!



Thanks for looking!

Digit-al Dozen DOES It Again; Day 4, Festiveness

This is a mani I've had in archives since last Christmas as I didn't have time to post it at the time but I think it works well with the Festiveness theme....plus it doesn't seem too odd posting it now as it's not over the top Christmas-y!

Started with a base of two coats of Glitter Gal Teal Green.

Here's one coat pf Glitter Gal Teal for comparison purpose.  One coat gave pretty good coverage and I would do just the one if I was looking for a lighter shade of teal or if I was going to stamp with a full size image that was going to cover a lot of space...and it would extend my bottle of polish!

Stamped using CND Gold Chrome using BM306 (candy) and Apipila 01 (stripes).  I remember at the time being so proud of myself finally getting lines relatively lined up and not all wobbly as sometimes happen with straight line images like this!

Another pix as it shows the holo underneath a little better!

Here's the other ladies Festiveness mani's!

Don't forget that the Digit-al Dozen is having a Giveaway....for more information and to enter, please go here!

Thanks for looking!

Digit-al Dozen DOES it All Again; Music, Day 3

What do some people do to music.....(well, that's a loaded question now, isn't it?)...but I was thinking dance....even though this mani is probably more like dancing in the disco era and I'm not sure how many people are dancing to disco music nowadays.....anyway, this is what I came up with for the music challenge!

Started with a base of skittles, starting from the thumb and going clockwise the polishes are China Glaze Flyin' High, Sally Hansen Insta-dri Orange Impulse, China Glaze Happy Go Lucky, OPI  If You Moust You Moust, and Sally Hansen Insta-dri Lickety-Split Lime; all two coats, topped with SV.



Stamped using black Konad special polish using images from Lilic A06 (ring finger), MJ XVII (thumb), Big SdP W (pinky and middle), and FUN 2 (index).



Added peace symbols in assortment of sizes using Lilic A06 and QA 11, flowers from SdP 67 and love wording from Lilic A06.  The colourful stamping polishes used were Sally Hansen Insta-dri Lickety-Split Lime and Orange Impulse, FUN stamping polishes in Mango Shake, Bubble Blue and Cotton Candy.



Added random dots throughout using same colourful stamping polished mentioned in last paragraph.



Topped with SV to finish.




Big SdP W was a plate I had used for the first time here; here's a closer look at it.









Personally, I love disco era music.  The Bee Gees are one of my favourite all time groups and there's nothing better than driving to a cranked Jive Talkin' or Stayin' Alive in the car...although on their more recently released CD One Night Only (I have the DVD too!!)  (These albums were just coming out when I was a pre-teen so I have all the original albums too (and some of this era's music on 8-tracks some place in the attic or basement...makes me feel old now!)  I recently watched Saturday Night Fever on TV when it was on....love John Travolta's strut...which is unusual for me as I'm not a person to watch a movie more than once but I've watched it several times now!

Here's the other ladies Music mani's.



Thanks for looking!

Digit-al Dozen DOES It Again; Halloween, Day 2

No, Halloween didn't come early!  It's just day two of the Digit-al Dozen DOES it again challenge; Day 2's theme is Halloween....this is what I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of NYX White, with an accent of FingerPaints Black Expressionism, topped with one coat of China Glaze Ruby Pumps, then topped with SV. 

Stamped using Chez Halloween 001 on all fingers except index, which is MJ XIII using black Konad special polish.

Added drippings on thumb using China Glaze Ruby Pumps.  The web design is slightly visible underneath in these pix but you can't even see it IRL.

Added a spider on accent using white Konad special polish from Chez Halloween 001.

Topped with SV to finish.

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

Don't forget to enter the Digit-al Dozen Giveaway here!

Thanks for looking!

Digit-al Dozen DOES it All Again; Blue, Day 1

There's lots of exciting news for those of you familiar with the Digit-al Dozen!!!!

First of all, between today and September 14th, the ladies in the group will be re-creating a mani for each of the themes during the past year (almost every day; there's no posting on the 8th)....so I'm sure there are going to be many fantastic posts from the group over the next couple weeks! 

This in itself is going to be amazing as there is so much talent in the group and 12 days of posts is a lot of awesomeness!  But here's even more awesome Digit-al Dozen news....the ladies in the group are having a giveaway!!!!!

The giveaway prize is a $200US gift card to the etailer of your choice!!  This is open internationally; the winner will have 48 hours to respond to prize email or a runner up will be chosen.  You must confirm every follow option and email to be considered for a winning entry.

If you are interested in entering, please check go to the bottom of the post......and good luck!

On to today's mani......Day 1 is Blue mani's...here's what I came up with!



I knew I'd be doing a glitter bomb so did a base of two coats of Nail Pattern Boldness, then my normal base routine and lastly, topped with two coats of Pahlish Train Under Water.



Bottle pix of Pahlish Train Under Water; this is a darker version of it. (I have a lighter version too.)



Stamped using white Konad special polish using an image from FUN 5.



Topped with SV.





Here's the other ladies Day 1 Blue mani's.



Thanks for looking....and don't forget to enter the giveaway!


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