Hi Everyone! We had a pretty difficult challenge in AIS on Sunday. It was the dreaded--using a tip image. I don't know about you but none of those tips fit on my tips AND I have longish nails. There were A LOT of fantastic mani's done in this challenge on Sunday. I was really blown away by everyone's creativity. I decided to go with my favorite tip image BM217. I love this image SO much I can't understand why someone hasn't made a full image of it for crying out loud!
I decided to go with my latest faves--the China Glaze Bohemians for it
I can't say it enough I LOVE the Bo's over black!
I was going to pass on these babies too! I'm SO glad I didn't!
Here's a shot in the shade--seriously just as cool!
I know this looks a little complex using a tip image to cover your whole nail but really it's not! There are definitely a lot of tip images I haven't used yet though and after seeing pics from the talented group of gals in the Facebook Group Adventures In Stamping I'm going to make an effort to do more stamping with them!
Thanks for stopping by! I hope you all have a fantastic day!!!
Hi Everyone! Welcome to October. There are lots of things going on in October but the biggie is Halloween month! And guess what?! After grumbling about the 31 Day Challenge and how harrowing it was, I'm back in another month long challenge LOL! This one isn't so bad though, it's not daily AND I'll be able to do some MSMD mani's during this challenge.
The challenge is a fun one, it was thought up by some of the gals in Crumpet's Nail Tarts. This is an open group on facebook so if you want in please stop by! Here's the link! http://www.facebook.com/groups/purplecrumpetfairy/
Here's the banner listing all the challenges and their days
First up is Trick or Treat! I don't know why but I decided to combine two things I'm not a huge fan of--candy corn and Hello Kitty LOL!
Many of my friends call me the gradient queen but I have to tell you this is by far the ugliest gradient I've ever done lol! White and orange just do not belong together in a gradient. EVER.
I don't get the Hello Kitty obsession. I have a few friends who love her though. She's cute but I guess I'd rather be obsessed with Elvis LOL!
I'm not a fan of candy corn at all. When I was a kid I used to give away all the candy corn I collected Trick or Treating LOL! Give me a reeses peanut butter cup over some ding dang candy corn thank you very much.
Looks like Tuesday and Thursday will be the day for some Halloween fun this month. I hope you stop by to see how I'm doing!
Thanks for stopping! Have a great day!
OMG I hope everyone will bear with me because I'm doing something today I really dislike! I'm posting more than once! Usually this drives me bonkers BUT I have to see this ding dang 31 Day Challenge through to the bitter freaking end. Day 31 is to recreate a mani--it's up in the air whether it's recreating a mani you love or one you loved from challenge. Well for me my mani recreation happened on day freaking 1. Yep Kayla Shevonne knocked it out of the ballpark for me with her sexy fishnet ruffian.
Here's my interpretation!
I didn't have any of the colors Kayla used so I pulled out stuff I had that was close.
I had some trouble with "smooshing" on my ring finger--Ruffians can be a bit thick somethings and stamping on them can be tricky
Black and red together are so sexy though. Great idea from Kayla!
I have a love/hate relationship with Kayla. She is fantastic at artwork and jealousy often rears it's ugly head with me lol! Thankfully we're friends and she knows all my teasing is in good fun!
Kayla posted this mani on day one of the challenge. I've been chomping at the bit ALL month long to recreate it lol! Check hers out here
Thanks for sticking with me these 31 days. This month should be fun because it's October and some fun can be had with Halloween mani's!
And thank goodness for that! Hi everyone! It's a gorgeous Sunday here with the sun out and a lovely 63 degrees. I'm not outside though, I'm inside watching football! Packers play this afternoon and we grilling up some steaks for the game!
I'm so glad this challenge is almost over! I'm going to have double duty tomorrow posting a recreated mani AND starting my nail Crumpet Nail Tart Halloween challenge.
But today is all about the tutorial for day 30 of the 31 Day Challenge. For my tutorial I went with one by Miss 80 Million. I watched a lot of her stamping videos on youtube when I was first starting and between her and Soguesswhat11 I guess a stamping star is born lol!
Here's my Miss 80 Million Herringbone!
I'm happy with it despite some of my lines getting a bit thick.
This is a SUPER cool look using BM201 and a striping brush!
In case you'd like to recreate this mani please visit Miss 80 Million's youtube tutorial! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cvZGQMJysNA&list=FLzPavqkLCko-ySvwlpldJ3w&index=2&feature=plpp_video
Tomorrow is the last freaking day of this challenge and I, for one, cannot wait. Remember if I try to pull this crap next year tell me to knock it off!
I hope you have a great day! Hope to see you tomorrow!
Hi Everyone! OMG I was out shopping all day with my mom so I barely had time to come up with day 29 in the 31 Day Challenge! Today's theme is supernatural AND I wanted to do an awesome wicked dragon but a certain someone I won't name *cough* Kayla Shevonne *cough* beat me to it! Why does that gurl have to be do so ding dang good?! WHY?
Anyway I did manage to come up with something! Here's my Supernatural mani!
These are all the fairies on the 1st Red Angel set WITH wings over one of my frankens Ringo. I think it turned out quite lovely!
This challenge is almost over (thank God) what's up for tomorrow?
Tutorial! I know just the one I have in mind!
Hope you're having a great weekend!
Hi Everyone! Thank God it's Friday!! AND this challenge is almost freaking over! Today's theme in the 31 Day Challenge is flag. WOW there a like a zillion flags out there I could have done. Honestly I just didn't feel the inclination to look at all of them and try to do justice to some country's flag. Sooooo I decided to do another well known flag
I wish I could say I know more about this flag other than it's the checkered flag but I really don't. I don't watch Nascar--never have, probably never will.
This is a pretty fun mani though and if you stare at it long enough your eyes start to go wonky!
Only a couple more days of this thing! What's up for tomorrow?
Oooooh Supernatural! I wish there was a way for me to get some of the hunky supernatural heroes Cynthia Eden writes about on my nails! I guess we'll have to see what I can do instead LOL!
Have a great day!!!
Hi Everyone! Wow today's theme in the 31 Day Challenge was a toughie for me! Today is artwork and let's face it, I can't make art work. PERIOD. I wasn't good at it as a child, I'm not good at it now. I can't draw so I really had bupkiss for today
Then I got to thinking that they only thing I do know how to do is stick people and probably some doodles. BUT stick people and doodles is how we all first learn to draw therefore it IS artwork LOL!
Here's my lovely "artwork" for today
Of course I didn't draw these either instead used some images from Cheeky to come up with a child's drawing.
I sure hope tomorrow's theme is better than artwork for crying out loud!
Hmm flag that one should be pretty easy--at least I can hope.
The days are winding down and I, for one, am glad. There is just no way I'm doing this again next year! Please remind me I said that if I go crazy and try to do it again!
Thanks for stopping! Have a great day!
