Digit-al Dozen: Festiveness!

It was a thrill to be asked to join the Digit-al Dozen for their monthly challenges and this is my first time participating...unfortunately, I failed because the group does five consecutive daily posts starting yesterday; and for a variety of reasons, I wasn't able to post.  So I'm joining up with the group today and I'll be sharing four out of five days this month! 

Here's the mani I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of China Glaze Adventure Red-y and Ulta Green and Wear it, topped with SV.

Stamped using Konad white special polish using an assortment of image plates (Apipila 05-angel on middle finger, W232-wreath on index; SdP 56-bells on thumb, fauxnad E03-holly on thumb, QA19-small bells on index and random snowflakes and Nailways- ornaments on pinky, gingerbread man and tree on index, candle on thumb).

Added a few random dots using yellow Konad special polish for a splash of colour.

Topped with SV. 

A few of the other ladies in the group have the inlinkz posted at the bottom of their posts but I haven't figure it out yet (hopefully I will for tomorrows post! lol) but I do urge you to check out their posts which should all join up at the link!   There's a lot of awesomeness in these.....the creativity is phenomenal!

Thanks for looking!

Matte Mani

This weeks FB Adventures in Stamping Challenge was a mani with some aspect of matte.  I had picked up a few bottles of a new to me brand of matte polishes over the summer and decided to use one of them for the challenge; here's what I came up with.

Started with one coat of Lioele No. 9 (Merry Pink Wine). 

A couple of bottle shots.

I had picked this up at one of the stores at Pacific Mall in Markham over the summer.

Stamped using black Konad special polish using the different parts of the full size rose image from SdP 16 and a single rose image from SdP 56 on the bottom thumb; the top image on the thumb is SdP 16 as well.

Another pix that shows the stamping slightly better; however, the base is lighter than IRL.

This is a little...a lot...darker than I'm used to wearing but it was great stepping out of my polish comfort zone for a change. I may have to try a few more of these darker shades! 

Hope you're having a great weekend and thanks for looking!