Spring!

Spring is in full swing here; the robins have been out and about, the weather is warmer, the sun is shining and my perennials are starting to peak up through the soil.  Time to do a little gardening to get beds ready and rake the leaves off the lawn that didn't get done last year! So I thought I'd share some spring nails!  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a sponged gradient of Color Club polishes:  Factory Girl, Seas the Day and an unlabeled one (sorry! that was one problem with those 7 packs from Winners; some came unlabeled!)

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Made stamper decals using Lesly Flowerbed 2 (thumb), Lesly Flowerbed 1 (ring, index and pinky) and Moyra 24 Primavera using too many polishes to name and Painted Polish Midnight Mischief stamping polish, then applied them.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Added words using image from Lina 4 Seasons-Spring 01 on middle finger using Painted Polish Blanc Slate.  I tried a few times to shadow stamp it with black but it just wasn't showing up well enough on the stamper so left it as shown.  Then finished with a final coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Hope you're having a fabulous day; thanks for looking!

More Butterflies!

Another butterfly mani; I did these a little over a year ago but didn't get around to sharing them.  Not sure why because I love this mani; here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of Zoya Sawyer, no top coat.

Sponged Zoya Tangy at the base of the nails for some interest.

Topped with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped with image from Lina Make Your Mark 04 using MdU 33.

Added butterflies Lina 4 Seasons-Spring 01 using FunkyFingers Gesso.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

Thanks for looking!

Another Spring Mani!

Here in Southern Ontario, we still are experiencing the typical indicators of spring; low temperatures and rain on a regular basis.  In fact, we've only had a handful of days when the temp has actually been warm!  And enough with the rain, OK!??! Although technically spring, we usually do have much warmer weather by now so I do hope it warms up soon.   The spring-like weather means I can still share spring nails, right?  Right or wrong, I'm sharing them anyway; here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of Illamasqua Smash, no top coat.  I love how bright this is; an awesome spring colour! Or any time of the year for that matter!

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

This was part of my floral phase; stamped using Lina 4 Seasons-Spring 01 using MdU 1.

Added glitter center dots using Love Angeline Alexandrite Apreggio.

Added a few more dots for colour and interest using CND Bicycle Yellow.

Finished with a final coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Thanks for looking!

Happy Spring!!!

It's the first day of spring....well officially this afternoon at 5:58 pm!  

After a long, cold, wet and icy winter, let's hope that spring-like weather is just around the corner!  I did these nails a year ago but didn't get around to sharing them but I do think they are kinda cool so wanted to be sure to get them shared this year!  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats each of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls and Pretty & Polished Walking on Sunshine.

Did a sponged gradient using Pretty & Polished Walking On Sunshine and I'm Kale-ing It With This Color.  Love the gradient!

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped using Lina 4 Seasons-Spring 01 (index and pinky) using Painted Polish Stamped in Greenery and Creative Shop 41 (thumb, middle and index) using FunkyFingers Gesso.

Creative Shop 41

Added few accent dots using CND Bicycle Yellow.

Decided to add dots on all fingers using same CND Bicycle Yellow.

Love!!!

Finished with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Thanks for looking!

Digit-al Dozen Does In My Garden, Day 3

Are you ready for the weekend?  The weather forecast in my area is fabulous and I'm really looking forward to relaxing, trying to recover from this cold or whatever I've had for the last two weeks, sleep, read and eat. That's my agenda all weekend long!  This is my mani for day 3 of Digit-al Dozen in my garden challenge!

Started with a base of Scofflaw Drop Dead Fred, two coats, no top coat.

Topped with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Made a couple stamper decals using an image from Lina 4 Seasons-Spring; filled in with CND Raspberry Parfait for a couple accent nails, then stamped the same image on the remaining nails.

Added few dots on the images that weren't a stamper decal using same CND Raspberry Parfait.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

This is the flower from my garden that my mani is inspired by!

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

An InLinkz Link-up

Thanks for looking!

Hello, Spring!

Spring....where are you?  We've had oodles of rain and it's a bit on the mild side but overall, it is cool and damp....well like spring, I suppose! But hey, it's May now and we haven't had much nice weather...not lately, anyway.  Maybe if I post this spring mani I did, it might be some good juju!

Started with a base of two coats each of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls and Zoya Tilda, no top coat.

Applied a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

I had made a couple stamper decals from an image from KADS 023 using acrylic paints.

KADS 023

Before I applied them, stamped using FunkyFingers Gesso using an image from Lina 4 Seasons - Spring 01.

Lina 4 Seasons - Spring 01

Applied stamper decals.

Then disaster struck.  As I moved my hand away from the lighting after taking the last pix, I knocked over a bottle of polish remover, hitting the middle nail on it, which caused a flaw.  I had only made the two stamper decals so didn't have another to fill in, so I just patched it up as best as can be but its obvious in the pix unfortunately. But I soldiered on so added a few dots from Nicole by OPI Bee in the Moment.

Then added a few black to tie it all in using FunkyFingers Dark Knight.

Topped everything off with a coat of KBShimmer to finish.

It was too bad about the fixed up nail but I think these nails were cute anyway!  Hopefully they will bring on the much anticipated spring weather we are longing for!

Thanks for looking!