Vacation Nails-Part Four!

It's hard to believe I've been back to work almost two weeks and am still posting pix from my vacation! Here's another mani inspired by some nature related shots when I was away.



Here's mani in progress: Started with skittles. Colours starting from thumb and clockwise are Essie Splash of Grenadine, OPI Osaka-To-Me-Orange, China Glaze Entourage, OPI DC Cherry Blossom and Essie Shelter Island. All two coats.



Then stamped to match the pix below from my holidays as my inspiration. Image plates used were fauxnad's T39, T41, T44, T20, H30 and B03 with a variety of Konad special polishes.



Lastly added a few dots using the colours of the mani (blue is Essie Shelter Island and the orange is OPI Osaka-To-Me-Orange) and white (used Konad special white for dots).



The two nails I liked the most were the thumb and index...I think I may do another mani with just the images and colours from these two nails....another mani, another day! I think the purple and orange are kinda cool together!



These are the pix that inspired the mani:



I just realized when I posted these pix that the above pix has a bee on the flower on the left. Never noticed it before now or my skittles may have included yellow with bees!





We spent a few evenings fishing off the dock...if the mosquitoes weren't too bad, that is. This was one of the fish caught...and later released.



As we were fishing, some ducks swam right up to the dock! We decided to feed them our worms, which put an end to our fishing that night!



One night when I was scanning the waters edge to take pix of fish by the shoreline, all of a sudden this massive thing was seen in the water. You would have thought I seen Jaws as it seemed so huge and out of place and I was all excited about it...it literally was a foot from the shoreline and then went right under the dock where I was standing. It turned out to be a beaver...a little bit down the river, it finally surfaced.



Blue jay at the feeder at the cottage. The birds and chipmunks were entertaining to watch as we relaxed on the deck when we weren't out sight seeing or shopping.



I hope I'm not boring you terribly with my vacation pix! I can fully understand what was interesting for me may not appeal to everyone...especially when there's nothing too exciting in these pix!

Thanks for looking!

Happy Fat Tuesday!

Last night found me with a bit of free time, so I thought, why not do another Mardi Gras mani?


Used same plates as last mani as their aren't too many image plates out there for this theme and I'm just not creative or talented enough to do anything freehand!



IP's Konad m77, fauxnad m19, fauxnad T20 and fauxnad T39. All images were stamped with China Glaze 2030.



This time, I tried to find deep, rich jewel tones that, to me, say Mardi Gras. Polishes used (starting on thumb and working clockwise) Misa Like it Like That, Cheeky Monkey Raunchy B*tch, Misa Quirky Smile, Cheeky Monkey Brazen Hussy and Misa Spark my Heart Thats a Start. Here's the polishes before stamping:



I wish I had enough more colours like the deep finish found in these Cheeky Monkey polishes--love love love them! Any recommendations? I'd love to know your suggestions!

Thanks for looking!

Mardi Gras Nails

Tomorrow is Mardi Gras and being the theme kinda gal I am, I couldn't resist a Mardi Gras mani. Here's what I came up with:



The above pix was taken the morning after doing mani in nature daylight.

Base coats are CND Gold Chrome and Sally Hansen Turquoise Opal. Here's Turquoise Opal only...you can see the purple and blue but green hue was illusive...

IP used were Konad m77, fauxnad m19, fauxnad T20 and fauxnad T39.

Stamping polishes were Konad Green, Royal Purple, Violet Pearl, Beautiful Scratchers Iron Red, Sally Hansen Royal Purple Chrome and CND Gold Chrome.

Thanks for looking!