Game Day!

Hi Everyone!! It's game day here in Packer country and while this would normally be a day full of fun it's also the 15th anniversary of the Sept 11 attacks. It's a somber day mixed in with the fun.  But this is also how the world works. For every day of joy is someone's day of sorrow.  I wanted to support my team today but also show my patriotism and reflect on the sorrow on 9/11

I used Zoya Song and Giovanni for my blue and green and OPI Wocka Wocka for my red. Some Dashica SdP and FUN stamping along with my custom Packer plate with Mundo White and Yellow

Not sure if anyone is watching the Packer Jaguars game is pretty intense!  My sister and brother in law are in Florida for the game I'm sure they are having a great time

Sort of missing my square nails today so you could see all of the Go Pack Go down at the tip but I'll live with it LOL!

Thanks for stopping by!  Hope you all have a great day!

Happy St Patrick's Day!!

Hi Everyone!!!  Happy St Patrick's Day!!! I hope the luck of the Irish is with all of you this year!

I have a lovely marker alcohol ink  base with same cool Dashica stamping and even topped this mani with a way cool Celtic shamrock image from Messy Mansion.  

I started this marker art with a base of Sinful Colors Pistache first and then did some green, brown and black markers over it.  I love the look of this one!  I stupidly didn't get pics of just the base though

I'm really having a lot of fun with these markers I picked up albeit the pastel and neon ones really do not work.  Once the topcoat hits them they completely disappear so I might have to invest in some alcohol inks after all!

My decal is from Messy Mansion MM04 and I believe it was my first Messy Mansion purchase!!!  More than 20 plates later I'm still loving my Messy Mansions!

This upcoming Saturday is the annual epic corned  beef dinner with the family.  I've been doing this for a few years now and we look forward to it so much.  My Aunt Lynette came down for it last year and she told my mom it was the best corned beef she's ever eaten in her whole life so guess what??? She's coming back for more LOL!  She's a permanent fixture for the corned beef dinner she told us.

I hope this post finds everyone doing well.  May the luck of the Irish be with you always!

The Digit-al Dozen Does Nature--Stormy Seas!

Hi Everyone!  Hope you are all having a great day.  I'm really starting to sound like a broken record with this cold but I just can't shake this sucker.  I'm coming up on a week with this baby now and honestly it's like 5 days too much for me! Find a cure for the common cold already for crying out loud!

But the good news I have been feeling well enough to work on some new nail art things which makes me pretty happy.  I decided to get in on the alcohol ink/permanent marker craze going around.  You can get some really cool bases uses alcohol inks out of the bottle or in the form of permanent markers.  The possibilities are pretty endless.  I check out a few YouTubes on the process and just decided to play around.  Instead of going over a white base I decided to try something over one of my fave Elevation's--Storm In The Morning Light.  Here's the look I came up with!

You can do so much with these things!  I bought a 24 pack of Bic permanent markers the other day and have really been enjoying some of the things I've come up with.  You can do different looks using a brush or cotton swab dipped in alcohol.  You can also spritz alcohol on to the nail with a spray bottle too.  It's really cool

One of my friends thought this looked like the ocean at night and I thought  oh how perfect then as this fits right in with this week's Digit-al Dozen Nature Theme!

I think my favorite is the ring finger but as you can see you can get a lot of different looks just using the same colors of markers put in different spots on the nail

I decided to add some stamping because I think we all know I ALWAYS decide to add some stamping.  I hauled out one of my Dashica SdP plates

 It's not bad at all but it really looks amazing without the stamping over it I think and you know I rarely say that!

I think this week in the DD has just been amazing.  Oh my gosh there have been SO MANY awesome mani's.  Everyone is coming up with something completely different and a lot of us were worried it would turn into nothing but a leopard print and floral week LOL.   

Here's a little collage of the mani with and without stamping over it

Which do you like better??

I'm going to head over and see what everyone else has come up with for day four of The Digit-al Dozen Does Nature

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My boyfriend and I got matching tattoos!

Hi Everyone!! Happy Friday!!!  For those of you who might know me you know that my current heart throb is the gorgeous Jason Momoa.  My friend Emily challenged me the other day to do a nail design like the tribal tattoo Jason has on his arm.  Naturally I had to accept the challenge!  First up a couple of pics of the beautiful Jason and has arm tattoo

Nice tattoo!

Even nice incredibly hot guy!!! 

Because Jason is Hawaiian I wanted to do something with an Island feel to go along with my tattoo

I started with an easy gradient of yellow and blue to give me my 3 colors of yellow, green and blue.  Next I enlisted Dashica SdP A for the thumb, index and pinkie and used CiCi & SiSi 10 for the middle finger.  To recreated exactly Jason's tattoo I used my black sheer and stamped with BM423 and then matted it for a "skin" look.

The results are amazing!  I love it and think it's perfect!!  Here's a little collage to show everyone all together!

Challenge accepted Emily!!!!  This mani turned out so great this is definitely one I'll be wearing for more than a day!

What do you think?  Do you think this mani is perfect or can you hardly see it sitting next to such an incredibly hot gorgeous man??!

Thanks for stopping by!! I hope you all have a fantastic day!