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!

Frosty Trees

I seem to have snowflakes on the brain; probably with all the snow, flurries, freezing weather and wind chills we've been having this winter.  Not to mention that there are so many different snowflake images, one could stamp for a couple weeks and not use the same image twice! Even with snowflakes on the brain, I went with something a little different with frosted trees instead and think they turned out OK. Right now, this is the only snow around as the rain and the milder temperatures have melted all the snow away.  I wonder how long it will last?  Anyway, here's what I came up with!

Started with a sponged gradient of KBShimmer Up To Snow Good, Different Dimension Be There or Be Square and Different Dimension Good Witch.  

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped using image from Lina 4 Seasons-Winter 02 using FunkyFingers Gesso.

Lina 4 Seasons-Winter 02

Topped with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

I'm sure snowflake mani's will be shared soon; even though I didn't use them for this mani, I still have some to share!  Love all the snowflakes lol!

Thanks for looking!

Gray Nautical Nails

Believe it or not, this is a gradient but unfortunately, one of the colours that I had picked out didn't show up that well when sponging.  Instead, I pretty much got the base from the one colour and the shimmer from the second one.  But sometimes that's just how doing your nails go; they don't always turn out as we expect but I went with it anyway!  Here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of Love & Beauty gray.

These are the two polishes I used; the gray for the base, then both for the gradient.

This was the end result of the gradient.  I sponged quite a few times and the seafoam just wasn't showing up so I just left it.  It's too bad; I think it would have been a pretty colour combination.  And would have gone well with the nautical stamping.

Stamped using an image from Star Nails 10 using FunkyFingers Gesso.

Star Nails 10

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

Thanks for looking!

Welcome 2018!

Happy New Year!  These are the nails that I rang in 2018 with!

Started with a base of two coats of Pahlish Oogie Boogie, no top coat.

Did a sponged gradient using Pahlish Oogie Boogie and ILNP Varsity Jacket, then topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped confetti using assortment of MdU's that I didn't mark down (sorry) using MoYou Festive Collection-39.

Stamped using Sugar Bubbles SBS04 using MdU 1.

 Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

 Have a fantastic 2018!  Thanks for looking!

Digit-al Dozen Does Futuristic; Day 1

It's Digit-al Dozen week; this month's theme is futuristic.  As always, the theme is a challenge but I got to thinking, if we already have self driving cars, maybe in the future, pigs really will fly!  You never know, right? There might be some really weird advances in genetics (let's hope not!).

Here's what I came up with!

Started with two coats of KBShimmer I'd Rather Be With Blue, no top coat.

Did a sponged gradient using same base and KBShimmer Sky Jinks.

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Made stamper decals using images from Creative Shop 60 and 65.

Then applied them.

 

Creative Shop 65

 

Creative Shop 60

Topped with KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

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

An InLinkz Link-up

 Thanks for looking!

Digit-al Dozen Does Throwback; Day 2

Here's my day 2 mani for Digit-al Dozen week; I again did nails based on an older mani I had done for a past Digit-al Dozen week and then mixed it a bit.  I love those these turned out even though I wasn't quite sure how the colours would work out...a little on the fugly side but I think they work for fall!  Regardless, I like how this turn out; here's what I came up with!

Started with a base of two coats of Color Club Je Ne Sais Quoi, no top coat.  This seems to be a staple to my fall nails this year; I've wore it so often!

After applying Girly Bits Border Patrol, did a sponged gradient using Color Club Je Ne Sais Quoi, Color Club Tribe and True and SpaRitural Clay, then added a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Stamped using an image from LS-20 on all nails, then added one from BM-XL204 on the thumb.

BM-XL204

I added a few more geese on the middle and thumb using same BM plate, then finished with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

Here's the past DD mani that I updated and the post is here!

Here's the other ladies Day 2 mani's!

An InLinkz Link-up

Thanks for looking!

Flowers and Birds!

This is a mani I had from the spring but hadn't had a chance to share, but it's still pretty appropriate as we still have flowers, butterflies and robins out and about; here's what I came up with!

Started with a sponged gradient of KBShimmer In Yacht Water, I'd Rather Be With Blue and Sky Jinx.

Topped with a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top.

I made these stamper decals using images from BM-314, UberChic Yay Spring! and Moyra 24-Primavera.

Applied the decals but didn't end up using the UC Yay Spring one (day lilies with orange) as was able to split up the rest of the decals to fit my small nails lol.

Applied a coat of KBShimmer Clearly on Top to finish.

Loving this nail!

Thanks for looking!