Digit-al Dozen Does Fairytales; Day 1

Welcome to Digit-al Dozen week; this month's theme is Fairytales!  

This is The Three Little Pigs, as adapted by me!

Once upon a time, there were three little brother pigs. They decided to venture out into the world on their own. Now, two of the little pigs, they liked to play and dance all day but knew they had to build a house to live in. So they quickly built their houses in the woods. The first little pig, he made his house out of straw.  The second little pig, he built his house out of wood.  Once they were finished, they laughed and played all day!  

But the third little piggy, he decided to build a sturdy house, and made it out of bricks.  But this took some time; he wasn't able to laugh and play all day like his two little piggy brothers.

One day, a wicked, hungry wolf came into the woods and seen the first little piggy's house.  The big, bad wolf said, "Let me in, let me in!" The first little piggy responded, "Not by the hair on my chinny-chin-chin!

 So the big bad wolf said, "I'm going to huff, and puff, and blow your house down!".  And he did.

That frightened little piggy quickly ran to his brothers wooden house in the woods.  Shortly after, the wolf came to the second little piggy's house, which now had two of the pigs hiding in fear there! They heard a knock on the door; the wolf said, "Let me in, let me in!"  But the piggy's cried, "Not by the hair on our chinny-chin-chins."  

So the wolf said, "I'm going to huff and puff and blow your house in!"  So he blew in that piggy's house too.

Terrified, both little piggy's ran quickly to their brothers brick house.  The wolf came upon the house of the third little piggy in the woods.  He knocked on the door and said, "Three little pigs, I know you're in there, let me in!" The three little piggy's cried in unison, "Not by the hair on our chinny-chin-chins!!"  So the big, bad wolf said, "I'm going to huff and puff and blow your house in!"

So the wolf huffed, and he puffed....but he could not blow the house in!  The third little pig who didn't laugh and play all day had built a sturdy house..... the wolf could not blow it down!!

The wicked wolf went onto the roof and went down the chimney to try to get to the three little pigs but the three little piggy's outsmarted him; there was a boiling kettle of water waiting for him in the fireplace!  He yelped and jumped out of the pot and ran off into the woods, never to be seen again!

The three little pigs lived happily ever after in the brick house, never to see the big, bad wolf again!

This is the finished mani over time.

Started with a base of Barielle Pin Up on thumb with random brown polish sponged on, and sponged on The Kit Bombshell and CND Girly Pink on other fingers; topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped using assortment of plates; MoYou Fairy Tale Collection 04 (thumb), FUN 8 (pig on middle), Apipila 03 (upper pig on middle), FUN 5 (pinky), MoYou Mother Nature Collection-09 (index) and MoYou Mother Nature Collection-04 (ring).  Stamping polishes were black Konad special polish and Mundo de Unas in 11 (yellow), 22 (brown) and 57 (taupe).

Did some free handing; drew in doors on both structures, sun, clouds and birds.  Added grass using CND Green Scene.

Top coated to finish.

Added wording from MoYou Roxy Collection-10 on index and ring.  Also made a stamper decal from MoYou Punk Collection-05, using black and white Konad special polish; added on thumb.

Top coated all to finish.

For the wolf part, started with a base of Orly Boho Bonnet on all fingers but pinky; which is The Kit Bombshell, two coats each.

Sponged using Barry M Grey and FunkyFingers Gesso.

Top coated to finish.

Added images from MoYou Mother Nature Collection-09 (index), MoYou Mother Comics Collection-01 (middle and ring) and Chez Halloween 002 (thumb).  Stamping polishes used were FunkyFinger Gesso and Mundo de Unas #2 (black), 37 (green), and 22 (brown).

Before I stamped on the middle, I had removed the 'p', then stamped.  Hand painted in the H using white polish. Handpainted in the straw and wood on the pinky using Mundo 11 (yellow) and 22 (brown), which are shown above, and for the final brick scene, used MoYou Fairytale Collection-04 using Mundo de Unas 57 (taupe).

MoYou Mother Nature Collection-04

MoYou Comics Collection-01

MoYou Roxy Collection-10

MoYou Fairytale Collection-04

Just for fun again, because I know there's aren't going to be many times that I'm going to be able to give the finger in a mani!

Here's the other ladies Day 1 fairytale mani's; there are seven new members this month; please be sure to check them out!

An InLinkz Link-up

Thanks for looking!

P.S. Don't worry; I didn't do my own adaptions for the rest of the week...well, I am for the nails, but not the fairytales!

Digit-al Dozen Does Winter Wonderland; Day 5

It's Day 5 of Digit-al Dozen Winter Wonderland challenge!  I know I already said this before, but the ladies have been nailing this weeks theme; truly some amazing mani's been shared this week!  Hopefully you've had a chance to check them out!

This is my Day 5 mani; a vintage winter evening ride home to the homestead! (Not sure if this is how is looks but that was the intention!)



Started with a base of two coats of OPI My Boyfriend Scales Walls, topped with one coat of Contrary Polish Frozen.



Taking a cue from my fellow Digit-al Dozen member Sassy Shelly, who did a gray gradient here that I absolutely adored, decided to sponge on Glam Polish Lisbeth.



I have no idea what that dot was on my finger (probably in the sponge) but it annoyed me greatly, so picked it out as best as I could, then top coated with KBShimmer Clearly on top to finish.  This is yet another base that I would see so much use for stamping on top; I'm sure it will make an appearance at some point over the winter!



For the scenery, I first added the horse and carriage from WM59 using Konad black special polish and Mundo de Unas 23.  Then added the house from Infinity 13 using black Konad special polish.  Next, stamped the trees on the ring and pinky using Infinity 75 using black Konad special polish and Mundo de Unas 7.  Some of the path on the ring finger, I brushed in to make solid.  Lastly, using MoYou Mother Nature Collection-09, stamped in the barn and weather vane using black Konad special polish and Mundo de Unas 09.  I did the image shrinking technique and even then, barely got them to fit.  And yes, the sideway stamping was intentional; when I planned this in my head, the look was suppose to be as if the carriage was going along the path, heading home and the barn in farms is usually behing the house (if only my thumb could turn sideways and be higher up like I've seen other bloggers do!) but it was the best I could do.  Added the moon on middle finger using Infinity 75 using CND Silver Chrome, then high lighted with brush and white Konad special polish.



MW59.


MoYou Mother Nature Collection-09




Added a wreath over the front door, hand painted in more path on the middle finger and dabbed Mundo de Unas 48 here and here on trees for interest. Touched up the barn better, etc.



Top coated to finish.


Like so many other mani's this week, decided to matte it, mainly so imagery could be seen better.



In hindsight to make this a little bit more wintery, I should have added in some falling snow and maybe put some snow on the trees, etc. and maybe could have down with a darker backdrop, but none the less, I was pleased how this turned out! I particularly like the snowy look on the roof of the house.

Hopefully you have enjoyed this weeks challenge mani's!  I had a lot of fun doing them!

Here's the other ladies Day 5 mani's!

An InLinkz Link-up

Thanks for looking!  Now onto more seasonal and holiday themed mani's..............they will be coming!