Wednesday, April 29, 2020

Hot Pink Owls!

I was sorting through my image plates and came across these super cute owls and thought, they need to go on my nails stat!  So I set the plate aside to use for one of those days when I don't have time to sort through plates to find an image and that was not too long ago.  So here are those super cute owls on my nails now!  Here's what I came up with!


Started with a stamper smooshy base of Color Club polishes Warhol, Modern Pink, Beach, Please! and All that Razz, no top coat.  One of my polishes apparently has a little DYI fluid it it, as you might notice on the thumb and middle finger! 


Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top. 


Stamped using FUN 25 (pinky and index) and FUN 26 on the rest using Painted Polish Blanc Slate.



Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.



I thought the hearts on the owl image were a little too cutesy so decided to do a few dots in different sizes.


Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.


Thanks for looking!

Monday, April 27, 2020

Bursts of Blue!

While I love how this turned out, I feel badly because you can't see the beauty of the base that much.  What I mean is that while you can see the colour, the double stamping covers a lot of the flakies and I love flakies and feel badly that I covered them up so much here!  After I finished this, I thought, man, I had better use this polish again and not stamp so much on top of it!  Anyway, here's what I came up with!


Started with a base of two coats of Moon Shine Mani Rise of Azshara, no top coat.


Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.  Please excuse middle nail; applied too much polish!


Stamped using image from EYNails n. 2 using Painted Polish Stamped in Cinderelly.


Then added another image from TU-042 using Painted Polish Deux 2.0.  (My notes said Painted Polish Stamped in Deux 2.0 hahaha.  If you have a lot of the Painted Polish stamped polishes, you'll get this!) 


TU-042


Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.


Thanks for looking!

Sunday, April 26, 2020

More Cherry Blossoms!

Here's another cherry blossom mani and OMG I cannot believe that I didn't do terribly bad using the layered images on the plate with lining up the outline and the filled in part onto the nail!  Thank you Clear Jelly Stamper lol!  Even with it, I rarely line up well and while this isn't perfect either, I'll take it as a win!  Here's what I came up with!


Started with a base of Different Dimension You Betta Werk (February 2020 PPU), no top coat.


Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.


Using images from Creative Shop 166, first stamped the fill in part of the blossoms using MdU 20, Painted Polish Stamped in Rose and Painted Polish Blanc Slate.  


Then using the outline image on the same Creative Shop 166 plate, stamped on all the blossoms using Painted Polish Midnight Mischief.  In case it's not clear, I stamped the on the four fingers to make it look like a long branch and stamped the thumb with the part of the image I liked best!


Creative Shop 166



Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.


Thanks for looking!

Friday, April 24, 2020

Bright Tropical Nails!

Anyone else itching for summer?  If I'm being honest, I'd be happy with warmer weather and less wind; it has been oh, so cold and windy lately!  I'm hoping the sun will soon shine as bright as these nails!  


Started with a base of Painted Polish Midnight Mischief with accent gradient nails of Fancy Gloss Neon Green, Fancy Gloss Striking Blue and Color Club Almost Famous.  Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.


Using an image from Infinity 77, did a scraped gradient using MdU 11 and 38.


Infinity 77.


Using the same image from Infinity 77, stamped on the accent nails using Painted Polish Midnight Mischief.  This mani was actually a trial of sorts; I wanted to see if I liked the gradient with the black stamping or the black base with the gradient stamping....and to be honest, I prefer the black base with the gradient stamping!  Plus soooo much easier to do versus doing the sponged gradient, not to mention less time consuming!  But this was an interesting variation too.  I think lol!  Which do you prefer?


Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.


I guess if there's one positive to the colder weather, it is keeping people indoors, away from one another and less of an urge to go to cottage country so I guess there is a plus side to this cooler weather!

Thanks for looking!

Sunday, April 19, 2020

Purple Circles!

I've never been one to be overly creative with post titles and you can't get much more to the point with calling this mani Purple Circles!  Here's what I came up with!


Started with a base of three coats of Lilypad Lacquer You Got My Attention, no top coat.  How appropriately names; your nails will get a lot of attention with this polish on them!  Love it!  I rediscovered this polish while shopping my stash.  And I wonder when I see it, why have I never worn it before now???  


Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.


Stamped using image from Lina Mark Your Mark 01 using Painted Polish Blanc Slate, then added studs on accent.


Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.


Thanks for looking!

Saturday, April 18, 2020

Cherry Blossoms!

I've been seeing some pictures of cherry blossoms; hard to believe that the weather is warm enough for this as we certainly don't seem to have warm enough weather for much budding right now.  Although I guess I do see a few buds on the trees and sprouts of plants coming up.  But man, it is chilly!  And windy!  Hopefully warmer weather is right around the corner!  I haven't done cherry blossom nails in a while (if ever, come to think of it) but have done a couple so far this year so thought I'd start sharing as part of my spring sharing right now.  Here's what I came up with!


Started with a base of Enchanted Disco H20 (teal) with accent nails of Elevation Polish The Cow's Mouth.


Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.


Made a stamper decal from Creative 167 using Painted Polish Midnight Mischief, then filled in with MdU 20, Painted Polish Stamped in Rose and Painted Polish Blanc Slate and Enchanted Disco H20.  Also stamped the branches for the blossoms on the rest of the nails using Painted Polish Midnight Mischief from Dixie Plates DP10.


Edited post to add Creative Shop 167 pix.




Added the cherry blossoms to the branches from Dixie Plates DP10 using same polishes from the middle; MdU 20, Painted Polish Stamped in Rose and Painted Polish Blanc Slate by doing an gradient on the plate.


Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.


Added either black dots on some blossoms or the tri-colours on others as centers of the blossoms.


Finished with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.


Have a great weekend and thanks for looking!

Edit:  I loved this picture shared on Riyets on IG recently and thought it was appropriate to this mani!


Wednesday, April 15, 2020

Butterflies!

Continuing with sharing spring nails, as it is that time of year, I'm sharing these butterfly nails.  I know, butterflies usually show up in the summer, but we can dream of warmer weather, can't we?  For these, I went with a little tone on tone stamping, then added dots for a pop of colour!  Here's what I came up with!


Started with a base three coats of Painted Polish Keepin' It Krill, no top coat.  


Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.


Stamped with an image from Fab Ur Nails FUN 6 using MdU 49, 68 and 78.


Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.


Added a few dots using Painted Polish Stamped in Taro.


Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.


Thanks for looking!