My Ultimate Warrior is Bad Ass!

Hi Everyone!  Happy Sunday to you! I put on another one of the polishes in the 12 Collection from Paint Box Collection and wore it to work sans any stamping.  I loved it so much I decided to keep it on another day and add some accent nails for a cool Halloween look!

First up here are pics of the polish.  It's a gorgeous red brown with tons of gold and red shimmer in it.  It's truly a vamp red which makes it perfect for Halloween and Fall and Winter

I love colors like this!

So that gold and red micro shimmer in there?

A classic vampy red is always a must have in your polish arsenal

I decided to try a couple of accent nails for a Halloween look and I like how bad ass they turned out!  I ran the gamut of what I wanted to do, shiny, some shiny and some matte or all matte

Here it is when I first  did it.  I stamped using 3 plates from Messy Mansion MM54, MM56 and MM58

All Shiny which I liked but then I decided to go just matte on the accent nails

Yep still like it but what does the Ultimate Warrior look like matted??? So you know I had to try it!

oooooh totally awesome!!!

Another stand out polish from the 12 Collection by Paint Box Polish!

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

Creepy or cute cupcake you be the judge!

Hi Everyone!  Happy Sunday to you all.  It is a gorgeous Fall day out here today in Wisconsin!  The sun is shining the leaves are hitting peak colors and the Packers don't play today  so it's a quite relaxing get your stuff done day around here

That was not the case during the week when I tried to recreate a cute plate I saw! OMG this little Frankenstein cupcake mani took me 3 1/2 hours to do AND it's only on one nail!

So this is the cute plate I saw and I wanted to try to recreate it.  I don't do free hand so it had to be a stamp.  I was disappointed there are no images I have to make the black backgound 

This was my first attempt

I wasn't really happy with the eyes or the back ground so I kept on going

Here's my final results and I think it's pretty cute

I got lots of great advice from my FB peeps on how to make my eyes less creepy and I added some dots to the border.  Cute but maybe not 3 1/2 hours worth of cute!

Here they all are together what do you think?

A spooktacular cute cupcake mani for Halloween!

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

My cat and bat friend

Hi Everyone!! Happy Tuesday to you all!

I decided to haul out another purchase from Polish Con Chicago and pair it with a cute Halloween  mani I did.  Sky Theater from Girly Bits is to die for gorgeous and I could not wait to wear it.  It's a blackened plum jelly full of holo micro glitters, ultra chrome flakies and it has a ton of purple to teal shifting shimmer.  This baby is just so stunning!

Girly Bits was really close to the front door at Polish Con Chicago 2016 so I behived it over there to snag this baby!! She was 2nd purchase after Darling Divas for me

And how cute is this little Halloween scene I came up with!

My cute cat and bat friends just hanging out

The fence is all free hand! Yes be amazed by this skill LOLOLOLOL

Sky Theater is the perfect name for this Girly Bits because it's another one of those galaxy in a bottle colors

I love how sometimes simple art can make a big statement

I feel like I'm doing pretty good with my Halloween mani's so far, still I should try to get some Fall mani's in there too don't you think?

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

Jeepers Creepers!

Hi Everyone! Happy Sunday!!  It's a very cloudy and rainy day here today so I'm staying in.  We've got some Packer football coming up this afternoon and I'm thinking of either making some tacos or chili.  I can make the tacos lowcarb by not eating the tortillas the chili is a different matter. I love beans in my chili dark red kidney beans and black beans so it wouldn't be carb friendly but it seems like such a great day for chili! Decisions! Decisions!

Something that was not so hard to decide on was this creepy mani I did.  I usually like the more cute Halloween mani's but every once in a while I like to get in a creepy or scary one.  I might try another one again before Halloween but for now this is my scary/creepy mani of this Halloween season

I sort of kept adding to this one and it turned out better than I thought it would!

I used a few differnt plates for this Winstonia, EDM, Bundle Monster Messy Mansion and I did free hand the fence

I could have had a teeny mouse the owl was hunting for but I don't "do" the circle of life so mushrooms it is!

As I like to do I did find a picture I used for inspiration and here it is

If I could have had smaller images or longer nails I might have tried to add the pumpkins

Group photo with nails and plate what do you think?  Did I nail it?

What kind of Halloween mani person are you?  Do you like sweet and cutesy or do you like scary and gory?

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

Halloween Skittles

Hi Everyone!  Since I've been enjoying the low carb high fat life these days  there will be no real Skittles for me on Halloween so I had to make do with a cute Halloween skittles mani instead.  I have to say this mani I did is way cuter than skittles taste  LOL

I used about a zillion plates for this LOL.  I know some people are very skilled with hand dotting but I am definitely not one of those people

I thought  about adding this super cute spider image I have then decided against it at the  last minute

But then I thought of another idea I have to use the cute spider image so please stand by for that one!

So living the low carb life means no Skittles or Reese's peanut butter cups for Halloween but  living the low carb life means bacon bacon bacon and more bacon so it's definitely a fair trade

I'm down 51 lbs since starting my  low carb journey in February so I'd say I'm doing just fine without any candy

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

Dem Bones

Hi Everyone!  More Spring cleaning in the Fall going on here today.  I took the day off of work so we could get the place ready for the soon to be closed windows for the next 6 months.  I had really wanted to get the rugs steam cleaned but that looks like it's not happening until next weekend

I do have another mani to share with you today though.  In trying to keep up with the Bingo gamed in the Advanced Nail Group I had to do a skeleton mani and guess what???? I actually have a skeleton on my card!

I decided to use the very drop dead gorgeous Fathomless by Girly Bits as my base and then I stamped with BM413 and Mundo de Unas Mint.  This was pretty labor intensive because I had to place the skeletons just so to make them appear as is the are dancing

Fathomless is a dark forest green jelly with tons of hidden micro glitters

It is to die for!  And definitely one of my favorite polishes in the world!

How bout dem bones??!! Check out my dancing skeletons!

I'm sorting of liking this hand pose these days what do you think?

Can you just see all this fine glitter buried in Fathomless???? It's just stunning!

I know some people have said they have issues with this image from Bundle Monster but I have never had any issues with any of my BM plates

So this is sort of scary so I'm going to have to come up with some cute for tomorrow!  Hopefully I'll get  a mani in tonight!

Hope you all have a fantastic day!

Who says black cats have to be spooky???

Hi Everyone!  I've had a few days off which means more time to paint me nails and I had to get caught up with the Advanced Nail Stamping Bingo game!  Ruth already won our game but a lot of us are still doing mani's for a theme picked.  Black cat was picked and I'm sort of glad the game ended because I don't have one on my card but I still really wanted to use my Messy Mansion MM50 plate.  I adore this plate!  As a cat owner it's totally a must have!

I started with a base of Paint Box Polish Polar Bear Club which is a lovely holo blue with holo blue glitters making it extra sparkly!  Then I just added some black cats for this super simply yet adorable Halloween mani!

I dotted in some yellow eyes for these guys and was terrified while doing so because I was afraid I wouldn't be able to keep my hand steady!

I'm also trying to get used to the new lightbulbs I bought for under the stove.  Being an adult and trying to be more energy efficient could reek havoc on my mani pics!

It's a beautiful sunny day here and about 55 degrees.  I hope to get out and enjoy some of this pretty weather soon!

Hope you all have a fabulous day!

Nevermore

Hi Everyone!!!  Yay for the weekend!  Today it's a nice sunny brisk day here in Wisconsin.  No huge plans for me this weekend but we are doing some Spring cleaning in Fall lol.  Windows, walls, floors and ceilings are getting washed and we are steam cleaning the carpets.  I'm hoping to get over to Michael's and pick up some cinnamon pine cones too!  I love those things SO much and love having my house smell like cinnamon and vanilla

I'm also trying to find some time to catch up to the Bingo game we have going on in the Advanced Nail Stamping Group.  We have a winner already but the rest of us wanted to keep playing.  Now I have to do a skeleton and a black cat mani!  I have a great idea for my skeleton mani too!!! Hopefully I can pull it off.  I was thinking of combining and doing a cat skeleton but let's face it my free hand is not good and so far no one has come up with a skeleton cat image for stamping.  I hope someone in the know is reading this for next year!!

I do have this pre Halloween mani to share with you today.  I find myself enjoying the sort of scary but not gory Halloween looking things.  I guess the more gothic looking images.  I did this one hoping for an overgrown cemetery feel

I did free hand the cross here and was actually pretty impressed with my efforts!

I wish this picture wasn't so fuzzy but this is one of those mani's I didn't take many pictures of for some reason

I used my CZ grass plate again, can't believe how much I love this plate!  And Bundle Monster assisted with the raven.  Hauled out one of my OPI Sands for the non accent nails--really like this just dark black sand with no glitter to it.

I'm pretty sure there will be tons of Halloween mani's this week, hopefully this one that hasn't been done before.

Hope you all have a great weekend!

Mummy Date Night!

Hi Everyone!! Happy Wednesday!  I think you all know I don't do cute too often but we had a challenge going on in the Advanced Nail Stamping Group and we had to do mummies.  It's hard to be original when it comes to a Mummy mani.  I mean come on we've all seen them and they are all pretty much the same with some eyes peeking out of some criss crosses.  So I wasn't feeling too excited about this challenge and really wanted to try to do something different.  That's how I came up with the Mummy Date Night!

I did some stamping with FUN and Messy Mansion for this one!

And I actually free handed the eyes lips and moustache!!!!

I think this one turned out pretty cute--what do you think????

The Digit-al Dozen Does Autumn--Fall with a bite

Hi Everyone!  Happy Monday!  This week kicks off The Digit-al Dozen's Autumn week and living in Wisconsin I am happy to report we have a kick-ass Autumn season!  Autumn or Fall to me means a gorgeous scenery of yellows, orange, greens and browns.  It's apple harvesting, and corn harvesting and of course pumpkin picking!  It's comfortable days with cooler nights.  It's Packer football season spent watching the game with family and friends.  It's also Halloween!  There is alot going on in the Fall!!!

Today I decided to kick off my Digit-al Dozen week with a look that goes from Fall to Halloween--sweet to badass with just a couple of little change ups.  I actually really love this mani both ways!  First I started with one of my favorite Fall colors--Cast A Spell from Darling Diva.  This gorgeous coppery orange is from her Witchee Collection--my favorite collection of hers.  I stamped first the BN01 Bridal Nail collection from Messy Mansion.

This right here is just drop dead gorgeous to me.  Nothing says Autumn like orange and black together

I think this image makes this look so classy!

I love the Bridal Nail set from Messy Mansion all the images are just stunning

To give this same mani and edgier  look for Halloween I grabbed MM58 and a couple of the wicked cool skull images!

Same mani with just a couple of badass additions!

How cool is the dude on my ring finger???!!!

Total BADASS!  I love how with just these little additions I was able to turn this Autumn tapestry look into a wicked Halloween mani!

I'm going to head over to see what everyone else came up with for today!

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The Digit-al Dozen Does Spooky Days--Happy Halloween!!

Hi Everyone!!! Happy Halloween!  I hope everyone is having a ghoulishy good time and enjoys their weekend!

I hauled out the googlie eyes again because they are just so much fun!

I decided to do some fun mummies sugar spun style for today's mani!

Funny story! I lost a couple of eyeballs in bed last night and a couple more at work.  I had to get some gorilla glue from one of the executive secretaries today. Thankfully she totally understands the importance of well placed mummy eyes.  When I went to lunch I opened my kindle to read a bit and 2 googlie eyes fell out of it LOL!  Must have someone gotten closed up in the kindle when I went to bed.  So there they sat on the desk just staring at me all day!

I hope everyone has enjoyed this weeks impromptu Spooky Days posts and don't forget to enter the giveaway!!  You can find it HERE