Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving if you are celebrating today!  Hopefully you shared it with friends or family and your turkey was moist, the potatoes wonderfully whipped and your pie cooked perfectly!  (I've been watching too many episodes of Chopped and Beat Bobby Flay apparently lol!)

Long time, no post.  I know.  It saddens me too.  Life has been extremely busy and while I can't go into details, it has pretty much kept me from doing my nails much, never mind finding the time to do a blog post.  I have oodles of mani's in archives, like in the hundreds, but that still doesn't mean I have the time to post them.  So thanks for hanging around to check out my little blog and hopefully, I'll find time to share some more manis again!

I did these nails last weekend in the hopes I'd find some time to share them with my US nail pals; here's what I came up with!

Started with a stamper smooshy base using Fancy Gloss Golden Leaves, Sweet Potato and Sugar Maple and Essie On the Bright Cider, Fall for NYC and Hay There.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

After making stamper decals for the thumb and middle using Delaney Autumne 003, applied them.  Using a layering image from UC Mini:  Hello Fall & Pumpkin Spice, applied it on the ring finger.  Did another layering nail on the pinky using CjS LS-57 using a few different MdU polishes.  The index finger was stamped first using BP-49 then double stamped using MM 23.  Used mainly MdU polishes for most nails.  I just love that thumb image; I had plans to do a mani with that image on all nails but just ran out of time as I've done so many other fall mani's!  Hopefully, next year!

Clear Jelly Stamper CjSLS-57.

Finished with a final coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Thanks for looking!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving!  I hope that you are enjoying the day with family or friends and thinking of everything you have to be thankful for!  I know I am thankful for a lot; I've been blessed with a husband that loves me to pieces even after 26 years of marriage, three wonderful children, a career that challenges me and has provided well for my family and everyone has pretty good health (everyone but me but I'm getting by lol!).  Lastly, I am thankful that I have the means and time to support my nail art hobby and then be able to share it with everyone who chooses to see it on the various social media accounts that I have for over the last nine years and hopefully you enjoy it as well.  Thank you so much!

Polishes used starting at the thumb and going clockwise are Pretty & Polished In the Buff and then alternating nails of SpaRitual Kindness and SpaRitual Positive Vibes.

Topped with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

After making a few stamper decals, applied them.  Images are from Lesly Golden Leaves (thumb), Creative Shop 91 (index), Infinity 65 (middle), Lina 4 Season - Autumn 02 (ring) and Delaney Automne 003 (thumb).  Used assortment of MdU stamping polishes for all the decals.

Absolutely love this stamper decal!  I only wish my nails were wider and longer so that it could really be appreciated!  I'd love to do a mani with this on all nails; it is so cool for sure! It didn't help that I didn't place the decal centered on my nail but sometimes these things happen despite best efforts!

The finished nail; not placed very well but at least you see the leaves well on the one side!  Still love it!

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Shadow stamped words on thumb using MdU 2 and 106 using image from Maniology M023.  My test hand shadow stamping was much better and I have a feeling that the solid words are to be stamped before the outlined ones but that's OK!  I'll know better for next time!

Maniology M023.

Thanks for looking and Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving! Plus Digit-al Dozen Does TV Shows; Day 1

Happy Thanksgiving!  I'm sorry for posting so late but I didn't have time to do my post in advance and didn't expect to spend so much time driving today!  I am thankful to have enjoyed two turkey dinners with family and friends over the weekend and tonight, am enjoying turkey dinner leftovers.  I hope you enjoyed your weekend and have many things in your life to be thankful for!  I'm thankful for many things and thankful if you by chance happen to read this post given blogging is on the downward spiral haha!  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a stamper smooshy base of SpaRitual Kindness (which is also solo on the thumb), Turtle Tootsies Tailgating Makes Me Drive Slower!, Sally Hansen CSM Butterscotch and Yummy Yam, Girly Bits Butternut Leave Me Alone and Another Brick in the Fall. Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

I made stamper decals using some of the same smooshy base polishes as well as MdU 8, 9, 53, 59 and 106. Images used are Creative Shop 91 (thumb), Delany Automne 003 (index), UberChic UC Mini:  Give Thanks Thanksgiving Special (middle and pinky) and Lina 4 Seasons-Autumn 02 (ring).

I thought the words on the ring finger were too faint plus black is on every other finger so shadow stamped (not very well though) using MdU 2.

Topped everything off with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

It's also Digit-al Dozen challenge week; this week our challenge is TV Shows.  So these nails are also going to double duty and one of my favourite TV shows of the past being Married With Children and to tie it into today, the A Bundy Thanksgiving episode!  Oh that show cracked me up so often and I can remember just how different it was and out there compared to anything else being aired at the time.  Here's the youtube link if you care to watch it!

Here's the other ladies Day 1 mani's!

An InLinkz Link-up

Thanks for looking!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Happy Thanksgiving to all my US nail friends who are celebrating today!  I hope you are spending it with friends and family, being thankful for all today!  I did this little Thanksgiving mani for anyone celebrating today!

Started with a base of Picture Perfect Autumn on the thumb and OPI My Boyfriend is Buff on the rest of the nails (no pix, sorry).  Stamped Delaney Automne 003 on middle using a mix of Mdu 13 and 32.  Applied stamper decals I had made from Lina 4 Seasons - Autumn 01 on ring, index and pinky and Creative Shop 91 on thumb.  The polishes used for the decals were Picture Polish Autumn and Jealousy.

Stamper decals.

Creative Shop 91

Lina 4 Seasons-Autumn 01

Topped the mani off with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

Thanks for looking!

Digit-al Dozen Does Throwback; Day 1

Happy (belated) Thanksgiving to all my fellow Canucks!  I'm sorry for posting late; I did these nails well in advance of Thanksgiving day (on Saturday morning as I was going away for the long weekend), but I couldn't get the pictures to upload from my phone yesterday to do the blog post!  I had to get them uploaded to my computer in a very roundabout way so am late!  I'm also using these nails for day 1 of Digit-al Dozen does throwback, as a throwback to Thanksgiving nails I've done in the past!  Here's what I came up with!

(The above nails are without topcoat; the nails below have topcoat - I couldn't figure out which ones I liked best!

Started with a base of skittles; starting at thumb and going clockwise:  OPI Santa Monica Beach Peach, Sally Hansen Butterscotch, SpaRitual Clay, American Apparel Mac Arthur Park and L'Oreal The Perfect Trench.

Added a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Made a few stamper decals using the base polishes and a couple others.

Applied stamper decals, and also stamped a couple fingers.  Used images from Infinity 65 (thumb), UberChic Lovely Leaves (ring), Delaney Automne 003 (middle and ring) and UC mini Give Thanks (pinky).  Used MdU polishes for index and middle.

Delaney Automne 003

UB mini Give Thanks

Finished with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.  

Here's a past Digit-al Dozen mani that this mani is (loosely) based upon!

I did Ms. Cindy a little different but liked it enough that I thought I would share!  On a base of Sally Hansen Butterscotch, stamped using Delaney Feuillages A001 on all fingers except thumb which is Helen 19.  Used a few different MdU stamping polishes.

Helen 19.

Here's the other ladies throwback mani's!

An InLinkz Link-up

Hopefully you had a great Thanksgiving weekend!  Thanks for looking!