My first completely freehand mani...a Winter Scene!

Hi Everyone,

The new year just started and what is a better way to start then trying new things..challenge my self to do new stuff. So here is my first completely freehanded mani, I have done some freehand details or an accent finger before but never a completely freehanded many :) 

I know it is nothing compared to all those masters out there I am kinda proud of it. I don't have good brushes and only have some really old paint (not even sure what kind of paint LOL) but did it all with paint and polish.  

I often write a little story with my mani too so is another story:  

"A girl and her little brother went on their annual winter holiday together with their parents. And just like every year they went to the cabin in the mountains. They always have a lot of fun there. While Mom and Dad enjoyed time together in the cabin next to the fire place the kids played outside in the snow. The girl was getting very good in figure iceskating, she wants to join the Olympics when she is older. Her little brother had fun on the ice too on his skates playing with the sleigh.Their cute little black dog also played outside in the snow. And all together they build this large snowman. They had a great vacation in their Winter Wonderland."

 Before I started to paint this on my nails I first drew a quick sketch on paper for an idea.

And some more picture in different light.

I always be a stamping girl, but maybe I'll try freehand some more every now and then :)

Thanks for reading <3

xoxox

Mom...my Christmas Angel

 Merry Christmas lovely readers,

Hope you all have a wonderful Christmas with your loved ones. As most of you might know my mom died on Christmas 2011, I miss her terrible. And ofcourse just like the past years I had to do something for my mom too on my nails.

  

Base Sinful Colors Snow me White with on top 10.1 Polish Snow Caps and Ocean Mist. Stamped the full nail snowflakes with QA86, the Angel is from Qgirl-004, the holly is from a plate from Tedi shop MC-02 (stamped it twice to get a little depth and brighter color), the word MOM I stamped with Nailways Back to Basics - 123 ABC plate.

And another picture.

And here a picture of the base and the snowflakes. I forgot to take a picture without the stamping of just the base..sorry.

Enjoy the rest of Christmas and give your moms a big hug from me <3

xoxox

Happy Holidays!

Happy Holidays! 

Tigger, Piglet and Pooh wishing you Happy Holidays whether you celebrate Hanukkah, Christmas or something else :)  

 Base 10.1 Polish Reservation and Mermaid scales. Made stamping decals of the Disney cuties from Fab Ur Nails FUN11, the tree is from Winstonia Store W222, Tigger is holding a candle from Nailways Snowwhite-Christmas plate, also from this plate the candy cane Pooh is holding, dotted Piglets hat, the star on my thumb is from Bundle Monster BM-H02 and the small yellow stars at the tips are from BM-H14.

And here a picture of the base.

Thanks for reading!

xoxox

Christmas wishlist ;)

Hi Everyone,

Here a mani I did earlier, I believe it was for a challenge in AIS. It was to make your Christmas wishes on your nails. Well my true wish just isn't possible, but polishes and plates are always a nice present. So I stamped all kinds of polish and plate brands and made a Christmas tree out of polishes.

Base Sinful Colors Black on Black and Snow me White. Stamped the polish brands with FUN12 and used a Konad, Winstonia, Nailways, Essence, FUN and MJ plate for their logo's. Made a polish tree with the nailpolish bottles on FUN 12.  Stamped using Konad polishes.

Thanks for stopping by :)

xoxox

"Rudolph with your nose so bright, won't you guide my sleigh tonight?"

Hi everyone,

Here is my Rudolph mani with his "real" antlers made of twigs and his big shiny rhinestone nose. Sometimes I like being a little crazy and do something 3D (remember when I used my hair, toilet paper a real feather :)).

Anyway this is just a short post cause I have only one picture ;)

Base China Glaze Nail Lacquer Ruby Pumps and some gold glitter from Alessandro Nederland 297 on the tips. Ring finger is Born Pretty Bgirl white textured polish. Stamped with Bundle Monster BM H01 Rudolph and the snowflakes. Colored the big rhinesstone nose with Ruby Pumps too. And used twigs to make his antlers :) LOL.

Thanks for reading.

xoxox

At Christmas time, we let in light and we banish shade

Hi Everyone,

Somehow these lyrics from the Band Aid song came to mind. As most of you know I do not like Christmas anymore cause my mom died on Christmas, but I'll try to make the best of it make new fun memories. I know a lot of people all over the world have a hard time during Christmas.

I thought let's show a fun happy Christmas scene today with Santa, a snowmen, reindeer and a cute cabin by the frozen lake. You all know I like doing scenery nail art. Since a few days I entered the world called Instagram if you want to follow me you can @dianavnisselroy my phone is too old for IG but luckily we now have a tab so I could install it there. Feel free to comment with your IG name so I can follow you. It is all new to be and still have to get used to it. On IG there is this fun contest hosted by ChitChatNails, I wanted to join too I did like 3 designs and could not choose which I wanted to enter...always so insecure haha. But I decided to go with this one...even though I like my birds mani and 3D Rudolph (still have to post that one).

Base Lime Crime Once in a Blue Mousse with a layer of Maybeline New York MNY 109A for blue shimmer. Used Sinful Colors Nail Polish Snow me White and Essence I feel gritty for the snow. Snowflakes and reindeer are from Born Pretty BP-01, big trees are from Winstonia Store W222, small trees from HBNails HB33, house from Born Pretty QA19. snowman from MoYou London Christmas 01 and Santa is from XL plate L from Cheeky.

And another picture.

And my picture for the contest with the paper in my hand.

I still have to get used to pics having to be square on IG so that is why there is this border ;)

Make sure to check out all the amazing entries in this super fun contest.

I am happy I now entered the IG world haha so please leave your IG in the comments.

Thanks for reading!

xoxox

Birds in the snow

Hi Everyone,

Last week I went to Germany...we needed a short break for a few days. We went to Center Parks... a bungalow park. We had a little snow and there was a lot of fog and that froze too, so everything turned white...gorgeous. Before we went I did not know it would be white, but I felt liking doing a winter scenery anyway ;)

Base a gradient with Lime Crime Milky Ways and Once in a Blue Mousse added a little holo glitter from Essence 25 Let Stars Raindown on Me!  Stamped snowflakes from BP-01, the reindeer is also from that plate. Used Emily de Molly EDM07 for the tree, squirrels, birds and white snow owl. And Moyou London Mother Nature (aka Landscape) 03 for the big branches. Dotted the snow on the branches and ground and snowflakes, the berries and animal eyes. Using Konad SN black, brown, red and white.

There was also a tropical swimming pool there and I love swimming so ofcourse I had to do a matching pedi too :)

And some more pictures.

 

See how the trees were frozen.

 And a little snow.

My pedi underwater in the pool :)

And some pics of our trip.

 We had a little bit of snow.

 The park.

 View from our balcony.

 Frozen fog.

Thanks for reading.

For those of you who liked to follow me..since today I have IG @dianavnisselroy my phone can't handly it but I used our tab, so every now and then I can follow you guys too. So feel free to comment your IG here :)

xoxox 

Olympics Sochi 2014

Hi Everyone,

I wanted to make a Olympic mani to support my country :) Ofcourse I had to use orange (our national color) and our Dutch flag and since the Dutchies are very good at speed ice skating I had to do something with ice skates but since I don't own any of those images I had to improvise LOL (see details below).  

Base Barry M multiglitter 333 and a sponged accent nail in the Olympic colors (Konad SN blue, SN yellow, SN green and SN red). Konad SN white sponged tips and sponged over that with Konad PSN psyche orange.  Stamped the Sochi Olympic logo from MJ XXIV tester plate in Konad SN black. Stamped the rest with Konad SN white. Made the medal with the part of the pink ribbon image on FUN1 and Cheeky CH48 using Essence A Piece of Forever. For the ice skating guy I used part of an image on MJ XXIV tester plate and gave him skates using a dotting tool and part of the helicopter image on FUN1. I also did not had a big ice skate so I used the roller skate on MJ XXV removed the wheels and again used a dotting tool and stamped part of the helicopter from FUN1 to make it look like an ice skate haha :)The cheering guy is from MJ XXIV tester plate too. Made the Dutch flag with stripes from FUN7 stamping them all seperately using Konad SN red, SN white and SN blue.

I find it fun to look at the plates I do have trying to think of what I can use to make a certain image...always very challenging. The result ain't perfect but it was still fun to do :)

Our small country already won 12 medals with ice skating.

Thanks for reading.

xoxox

Happy 2014!

Hi Everyone,

For some people in the world it is already 2014 so for those I say Happy 2014 :) I still have to wait a little less then 10 hours before it is midnight here. Hope you all have a wonderful and safe New Years Eve. Be careful with fireworks.

Here are my New Years nails from this year :)

Base Barry M Multi Glitter 333, sponged with Kleancolor metallic green, pink, yellow and blue. Stamped the firework full nail from BM-H14 in these colors on my thumb. Made a stamping decal of the clock on that plate, colored it with Kleancolor metallic yellow and Konad SN white. Stamped the Happy New Year from Nailways Snowwhite - New Years A-NW00004 plate and also the fireworks from that plate with Konad SN white. The numbers are the plate numbers from BM-H20 and BM-H14.  

I figured that when I put topcoat on the white with the sponged metallic underneath it would change color (that often happens with these metallics)...but in this case I don't mind :) and like it.  

A little inspired by a freehand mani from Polish Dept who put color underneath white fireworks.

Some more pictures with different lighting.

And here before I put topcoat on. As you can see the stamping is still white ;)

Wish you all the best for 2014 with ofcourse also lots of polish, stamping and other nail art :)

Thanks for reading!

xoxox

Happy New Years nails from 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012

Hi Everyone,

I am currently making my New Year nails for this year but thought I would share the ones I've made all those years. I share them all in one post almost every year.

The top 1st purple one I've made in 2012 see for details this blogpost: Happy New Years Eve!

The 2nd  red one I've made in 2011 but it was in a blogpost about my mom who died and other stuff and mani too. 

The blue 3rd one I've made in 2010 see this blogpost: Happy 2011

And the 4th last one I've made in 2009 (did not had that many plates then but do kind of like these) see this blogpost.

Will post the ones for this year tomorrow :)

xoxox

Christmas Angels... in loving memory of my Mom ♥

Hi Everyone, 

Hope you all have a lovely Christmas with all your loved ones. As you all may remember I’ve lost my mom on 2nd Christmas Day 2011. So that is exactly 2 years ago today. Just like last year I wanted to do something special for her, to honor her. And just because I miss her. This way she is kinda with me/us on my nails (lol I know that probably sounds stupid ;) but I like doing something special).  

I chose to do Angels (or Cherubs or how you want to call them ;)) Cause my mommy is an angel and hope she is looking down from Heaven.  

A nude base from P2 680 glamour. On top of that a white/gold shimmer polish from a really old LE from Catrice called African Beauty C01 Savanna Lodge. Stamped twinkle golden holo stars with China Glaze GR8 and Moyou Festive (aka Christmas) 01. Made stamping decals from the Angels from Moyou Artist 10 and also from the heart on that plate (removed the arrow). Colored the angels with a  Konad stamping polish mix I’ve made and China Glaze GR8 (also used that to color the heart). Stamped gold and black stars from Moyou Festive (aka Christmas) 01 using China Glaze 2030 and Konad SN black. Stamped the word Mom in the heart from Moyou Biker 08 with Konad SN black.

Here another picture of my nails with different lighting.  

The images are pretty big so they’ve lost most of their wings ;) wish Moyou made these a little smaller, my nails aren’t that width. But I do really like this mani ♥ 

Also a picture of just the base with the holo twinkle stars.  

Thanks for reading.

Wishing you all a wonderful day ♥

Big Christmas hugs  

xoxox

Santa goes to Hawaii :)

Hi Everyone,

Today a funny Christmas mani for you :) Santa is on holiday in Hawaii. I wanted to do this mani since I got this plate a few weeks ago.

Santa is enjoying his holiday on Hawaii with presents, a totem pole, a christmas tree, surfboard, stars in the sky, Hawaiian flowers and ofcourse Santa had to catch a wave too ;)

Sponged base with Konad SN pastel yellow, sky pearl, pastel blue (the beach, sea and sky). All stamped with Bundle Monster SE01. Using Konad SN black, red, white, yellow, green, apple green, orange pearl, brown and some neon stripers to color it all. Made stamping decals later colored over the stamping too and dotted.

When I posted this in one of the FB groups yesterday I saw the last A  from Mele Kalikimaka was missing I accidentely removed it, I guess when I removed the rest cause I only needed the words, it was on the plate lol. So I stamped the A later after the word see the pic above. The picture below is without the last A.

And a picture of just the gradient base representing the beach, sea and sky.

I have another fun.crazy Christmas mani on my nails right now, specially made for a nail group. Me and the famous Fab Ur Nails sort have this story where Santa is going. He started on the North Pole with a sleigh full of presents (posted that mani last week), then she did a mani where he visited all kinds of places all over the world, then I did this that Santa is on Holiday in Hawaii, now she is making a new episode of the story and then he ends in the nail group we are both members from and I have that mani on my nails right now, but can't post it yet cause her episode of Santa's journey must be posted first..lol. We have so much fun haha.

I really need this fun, cause as you all know these days are hard for me since my mom died on Christmas day in 2011. So having this crazy fun is a nice distraction :)

Thanks for reading <3

xoxox

Gold, Holo glitter, Santa and Holly

Hi Everyone,

Today just a quick mani I did earlier this week. I haven't done my nails all week and I planned to help my friend yesterday in his new house, painting, putting wallpaper up etc. And my Santa sleigh mani was chipped, I am always afraid my nails break sooner when I have chipped nails or no polish on. So I had to do something fast to make them "job-resistant" ;) And this base polish with glitter made my nails really firm.

Base Flormar 394 (gold with holo glitter) stamped the holly and Santa with MC-02 and MC-06 (cheap no brand plates from Tedi Shop Germany). Made a stamping decal of Santa. Used Konad black, green, red, white and a peachy mix I've made.

Another pic of my hand.

And some swatches of this pretty polish.

I love the polishes from Flormar :)

Thanks for reading.

xoxox

Meet Mrs and Mr Penguin Claus

Hi everyone,

I am so behind with blogging (that I still haven't showed all my Halloween mani's haha) but today something I've made a few weeks ago. It is almost Christmas so it is about time I show them on my blog now too. So meet Mrs and Mr Penguin Claus.

Base P2 Denim delight 030 indigo denim. Stamped the snowflakes from Moyou Festive (aka Christmas) 01 with Kiko 401 and Konad SN white. Made stamping decals of the snowman, the pink bow (both also Moyou Festive 01) and the penguin (Moyou Suki 03) Stamped the santa hat with BM214 but that wasn't showing so dotted over it.

And another picof my hand.

Ofcourse some swatches of this pretty base color. It was from the limited edition called denim delight, I bought it a few years ago in Germany. 

I love these kinde of suede finishes, they dry so fast.

I want to wish you all a great weekend.

Thanks for reading.

xoxox

Ho Ho Ho Santa's Sleigh :)

Hi Everyone,

Last weekend we suddenly went to Terschelling for one day and night :) My sis is on holiday there now and we went to visit. So nice to see the island in the winter, I love it there it feels like home. I always feel good there, breathing the fresh air. See pictures of our little one day trip at the end of this post. Of course I first have to share my Santa Sleigh mani :)

I wanted to do this mani, ever since I got the Moyou Festive (aka Christmas) 01 plate. The Santa or the reindeer were to width for my pinkie (tried it) so I had to think of something else. And decided to spread it also on my thumb :) I was very happy with how this mani turned out. Still have this on my nails :)

Gradient sponged base with Konad SN white, SN pastel blue and SN sky pearl. Stamped with Moyou Festive (aka Christmas) 01 (reindeers, Santa and sleigh, North Pole, snowman) and Moyou Mother Nature (aka Landscape) 06 (the trees) And added white snow dots, black eyes and hooves and Rudolphs red nose with a dotting tool. Used Konad SN black, SN red, SN brown, SN green and SN white for stamping/coloring and dotting.

Stamped with multiple colors the North Pole (red and black) and Santa in his sleigh (red, green and black) scraped really carefully so it wouldn't blend much, then I colored the white while the image was on the stamper, added a layer of topcoat over it, let it dry, peeled it off and placed it on my nails. Also made a stamping decal of the snowman, colored with white and red while the image was on the stamper.

I posted these nails friday in a nail group on facebook then I saw I forgot part of the black reins on my index...see picture below. As soon as I saw this I had to stamp it haha.

I mirror stamped my right hand (the reindeer and Santa sleigh) I used my squishy stamper to pick up the image then stamped it on my Konad stamped and then on my nails....you have to be fast but it works for me :)

And a picture of the gradient sponged base.

And a picture of my nails under the Brandaris (the lighthouse on Terschelling).

Like I said we went to Terschelling for one day here some more pics.

 On the boat....beautiful blue sky.

 We saw some seals on the way there.

 The town was decorated with Christmas lights.

 Watching the sunset from observation post.

 See the sun disappear in the sea.

 The moon shining above the harbour.

 My sis and I in the harbour.

 The famous statue.

 The next morning view over the Green Beach <3

 I love walking there.

Yoshi in the forest.

 My boyfriend and I.

 The seagulls on the poles.

 Drinking hot choco in the Walvis (the whale) with a preet view. (also loved all the Christmas ornaments)

Waving my sis and Yoshi goodbye cause she still has almost a week on the island left.

It was a fun 24 hours there, we did a lot, shopping, watching the sunset, going the a small christmas fair, walking in the harbour, going out for dinner, relaxing, going out dancing between the local young people haha, sleeping (not too long), walking in the dunes, forest, beach, drink hot choco...too much for just 24 hours haha.

Thank you for reading...still have plenty more Christmas nails idea, but don't want to take this off ;)

xoxox