MPP with Hello Kitty and Keroppi FUN10

Hi everyone,

Every month in WON there is a monthly palette project (MPP), we have to use at least 2 colors. And every month there are different rules...for example using tape, doing a gradient, stamping (or no stamping which is hard for me haha) etc. This month we had to do a gradient. For me I always make it a challenge to use all the colors in the palette or at least as many as I can find.

Last week I also got the most amazing nail mail ever, FUN plates and stampers. So I wanted to do a thank you mani for Fab Ur Nails and Kelly who shipped me this amazing nail mail. They both are so sweet and back in WON we have nicknames Fab is Muffin and Kelly is Cupcake (they decided to call me Cookie lol). So I decided to make a Hello Kitty muffin for Fab cause she loves HK and a Keroppi cupcake for Kelly cause she loves frogs. And ofcourse I just wanted to play with my new plates too :)

The base is Opi Fiercly Fiona and sponged with that too and China Glaze Tree Hugger, Colorama Nutriverniz Rosa Mosqueta, Colorama Artistica Azul Royal and H&M U Must Have This. Added a spectraflair topcoat on top.

All stamped using my new FUN10 plate :)  Used W.I.C by Herome Trondheim (Norway collection), Konad SN white, Konad SN pastel yellow, China Glaze Tree Hugger, Colorama Nutriverniz Rosa Mosqueta, H&M U Must Have This for coloring and stamping.

 Here a pic of my nails, the base, the color palette for this month and the colors I've used :)

And a pic of just the gradient base.

Also a funny pic when I got my epic nail mail. The little flip flop thingy is a coin purse made in the Phillipines (also had that written on it) I called it a keepsake and decided it will be my lucky charm, hung it in my nail room so I'll be just as good as Fab Ur Nails and all the other awesome nail artists from the Phillipines :)

Thanks for reading, sorry I haven't blogged in a while but we are really busy at home (decorating, cleaning, moving etc)

xoxox

Soft Kitty on a flocking powder gradient

Hi Everyone,

Sorry for not blogging for a while but I really felt bad, feel a bit better now. So I did my nails today. Jen's nails files had a great and fun contest on her page, you had to do a mani inspired by the name of a Darling Diva polish. I am not in the US so I thought I could not enter, but to have a US address was fine too, and I have some US nail friends. So I decided to enter anyway also for the fun, cause when I was searching DDP names I had sooo many ideas, I decided to chose "Soft Kitty" for my mani. 

So here are my Soft Kitty nails, I made Kitty really feel soft by stamping here over my flocking powder /velvet gradient. Making a flocking powder gradient was something new for me too, but it was fun to do. The rest of my nails have a trail of kitty paws or bigger kitty paws on them.

3 colors of flocking powder (light pink, lilac, purple) for my flocking powder gradient on my ring finger, 3 colors for my holo gradient on the rest (Catherine Arley 670, China Glaze IDK, Catherine Arley 673) stamped with Konad SN black and GCOCL A02, Essence plate and HB37).

Another picture of my hand.

And some pics of the holo and flocking powder gradient.

I love how soft flocking powder feels :)

Here the polishes and flocking powder I've used for this mani.

Thanks for reading.

xoxox 

Hello Kitty with Cherries from 2010

Hi Everyone,

Today a short post. This is something I've made in 2010 but never posted on my blog (like many more mani's ;))

Base China Glaze White on White with a layer of Golden Rose magic 301. Self made water decals of Hello Kitty and her bunny friend with cherries on them :) Stamped with Konad PSN cool red and SN green using M48 for the little cherries and B02 for the big ones.

Thanks for reading :)

xoxox

Japanese Geisha Hello Kitty

Hello Everyone,

Today something I made in May 2010. My nails were really too long there, but I did really liked this design a lot.

Base Catrice C01 Pebble Beach (a matte gray polish) Stamped with Konad M66 and SN blackm SN red and SN white, made dots in the flower with a dotting tool. Self made water decals of Hello Kitty in a Geisha dress.

Here also a swatch of the base without topcoat.

Like I said looking back I did find my nails too long but I loved this design <3 

Thanks for reading.

xoxox

Christmas 2011: Chococat in a Christmas ball :)

Hello Everyone,

Like I said yesterday I made Christmas ball decals again in 2011. Did this during my blogging break, while my mom was really sick. I also did Chococat decals this year, Chococat in the stocking..saying I wanted a kitty for Christmas. I used that same Chococat image in 2011 but than placed in balls instead of stockings :)

Base Essence 50's Girls Reloaded 04 Love me Tender. Self made/ designed water decals of Chococat in Christmas balls. Stamped with Konad M76 and SN yellow, SN psyche pink, SN green, SN blue and SN red.

I really liked the color but did not liked the finish and it was a bit brush strokey ;) But luckily those weren't showing all the time. See swatches.

Thanks for reading.

xoxox

All I want for Christmas...a kitty ;)

Hey Everyone,

Today I'll show you my nails for the 2nd week of Nail Polish Canada's Holiday Challenge. Last week the theme was Snow and I made my Snowy Owl nails. This week the theme is Gifts, Presents, Stockings, anything related to you getting the awesome things you want.

My parents, my sis, our boyfriends and I used to celebrate Christmas with presents under the tree and my mom would be busy wrapping the presents for weeks. The closer Christmas was, the bigger the pile of presents grew ;) She always wrapped them in other boxes or strange things otherwise we would know immediatele what was inside. It was really fun, she always said when we couldn't come up, because she was wrapping them in the attic.

But as you know last year we spent Christmas and the week before in the hospital, while my mom was in a coma and could die any moment..stupid Cancer had won. She died 2nd Christmas day :( So I really don't look foward to Christmas, because it will never be like that again, and I don't think we will ever do presents again like that :( I so really miss my mom :( these days even more.

My biggest wish for Christmas is to have my mom back, but I know that isn't possible :(

Of course I also would love to get some holo polishes (Color  Club, Jade, Hits No Olimpo or other brands) and many more new plates (both Cheeky sets, MASH, Gals, Nailz Craze, Messy Mansion, MJ plates, FUN, Sugar Bubbles, Moyou and more and more if I write down all the plates I wish for this post would be really long ;))

My boyfriend and I talked about a new kitten too. I said I wanted distraction with Christmas and I love animals. We took care in the Springtime for two 18 years old cats, that belong to my best friend and I knew them for over 9 years. He was moving and couldn't take them with them, so they lived the last weeks of their lives with us :) I was really sad when they also died, so many loses in a year. But my bf said maybe someday we will have new cats.

So that is why I decided to make present stocking gift wrap nails with on my ring finger Chococat in a stocking...isn't he cute?

Base is Colorama Nutriverniz Melancia (from Brazil) and on my ring finger Essence 50's girls reloaded 01 Ahoy!. Full nail bows stamped with Konad SN wine red and the Christmas imageplate from the Nailways Snowwhite collection they call it A-NW00002. I also stamped part of that full nail image over my red french tip on my ring finger. And the presents and stockings are also from that plate, stamped those with Konad SN white. Chococat in the stocking is a self made water decal.

Some more pictures. I still miss my own camera. But I do my best to take decent pics.

 My whole hand.

 Different settings.

 Different settings.

The bow full nail stamp and my self made Chococat in stocking water decal :) 

Here just the bow full nail stamp.

Here a swatch of the Colorama Melancia. A very bright red creme.

You can see all the amazing entries here and you can also still sign up for this weeks challenge and the next week. If you want to vote for your favorite entry you can also do it there, if you like mine you can vote on mine too by selecting my blog name D.I.A.N.A and fill in your name and email :)

Thanks for reading :)

Have a nice weekend everyone!

xoxox

Devilish HalloWitty

Hi Everyone,

This week I made another Halloween themed creation. I had so many cute self made decals, that I wanted to use some of those again.

 

So today I'll show you HalloWitty (Hello Kitty in a devilish Halloween costume).

 

Base a shimmer yellow from ETOS (local drugstore brand) it is a a really tiny bottle and you could get those for free in the Summer when you shopped there. Stamped with BM305  and Konad SN red. Self made water decals of Hello Kitty wearing a Halloween costume. First sponged a white dot to make her head white.

 

Also a swatch of the base color. I like this yellow and love mini bottles..glad that I got it for free:)

It had good coverage in 2 coats.

 

I am busy with new Halloween nails for a Halloween party tomorrow. They have to match my outfit. Will show those after the weekend.

 

Enjoy your weekend.

 

xoxox

Hello Kitty and Dear Daniel are going surfing

Hi Everyone,

 

I made these a few weeks ago :) These images were one of the first decals I have ever made. I loved the sun tanned Hello Kitty and her boyfriend Dear Daniel.

 

A subtle gradient with OPI Suzi and the Lifeguard and H&M Check me out, Essence 05 Speed of light blue and H&M U must have this. On top a layer of Spectraflair 35 topcoat.

Self made water decals of sun tanned Hello Kitty & Dear Daniel holding a surfboard. Stamped flowers from BM313 and SN blue and PSN cool red.

 

 

 On the beach,they are really going surfing ;)

 

 

 

A swatch of the gradient base with Spectraflair topcoat.

 

Have a nice sunday!

 

xoxox

Hello Kitty loves nailpolish ♥

Hey Everyone,

 

Today another older creation for you :) I made these in March 2010. I loved these self made water decals...Hello Kitty on a bottle of nailpolish soo cute :) This image isn't from the internet but my nail friend bought a little HK on a bottle of nailpolish en took a picture of the image on the package and I drew over it and gave it different colors. Back then a lot of people here in Holland wanted those decals and I made a lot of them in different color styles for them :)

 

Base is China Glaze Snow, french tips sponged with a Konad sponge and Konad SN yellow, SN violet pearl, SN sky blue, SN pink pearl and PSN pop green. Added rainbow glitter on top of the wet sponged tip also with a Konad sponge. Stamped with M37 the flowers on the tips using SN pastel pink, PSN psyche pink, PSN pop green, SN yellow and SN violet pearl. And ofcourse self made and desgined water decals of Hello Kitty on top of a bottle of nail polish in matching colors :)

 

Here another picture without flash in different light..

 

I am not a huge HK fan, but I just sometimes really love having her on my nails..it's sweet and girly. My sis collects HK stuff and other Sanrio and Kawaii things, so it's all because of her that I like it too ;)

 

Enjoy your day :)

 

xoxox

Hello Kitty goes to Apple pop 2011

Hi everyone :)

Every year in the second weekend of September we have this music festival called Appelpop (Apple Pop) it's this big free music festival with all kinds of bands. In that same weekend there is also the Fruit corso (fruit parade). So I always make something fruity on my nails. You have seen my previous Fruit parade nails.

In 2011 I made these Hello Kitty apple nails :) The Appelpop logo is a green apple so that is why I chose for green apples.

Base P2 Ship Ahoi! 010 Pure White. Stamped with Konad M55 and PSN apple green and SN green. On my ring finger a self made water decal of Hello Kitty in a bear suit with an apple on her head. On top of everything also over the stamping I added China Glaze wireless Holographic topcoat.

I believe I also have never showed my Apple pop / Fruit Parade nails from the previous years here, so lets do that this weekend :) In 2010 I did not made any because we left for our holiday then. So I will show them from 2008 and 2009.

I must think of something fruity for this years Apple pop festival and the fruit parade :)

Do you remember my Dolphin Sunset nails?

I entered them in a Summer contest. If you like to see all the entries and maybe vote you can do it here:http://nailsandstuff-shannara.blogspot.nl/2012/08/summer-nail-art-contest-pick-your-winner.html My entry is no 8 if you like them ;)
Also while you are there and don't follow her already, she as a great blog too :) with lots of posts.

xoxox

My Melody on In The Mood polish Blissful

Hey everyone,

I was away for more then a week on a short holiday here in Holland. But I had planned some Football post so you still had something to read here ;) Now football/soccer month is over. Thank you all for the comments (also when I was away). I will show you my holiday nails later. For today I have some cute girly nails with My Melody on them. I have made them a few weeks ago.

Base In The Mood Blissful (I love mood polishes) it is shimmer light pink when it is cold and turns shimmer white when it gets warm. So most of the time you have white nails with pink tips. Stamped with Konad M9 and PSN cool red with SN yellow dots made with a dotting tool. And selfmade water decals of My Melody (Hello Kitty's bunny friend).

 Pinkie and middle finger are cold, ring and index finger are warm.

 Warming up.

 Not quite warm yet.

Only the decals.

Ofcourse I also have some swatches of this great mood polish.

 Warm, light shimmer pink.

 Index and ring finger are warm, middle and pinkie cold.

 This is how it usually looks like, almost white nails with pink tips.

 Totally warm, white shimmer.

 Index and ring finger are warm, middle and pinkie are cold.

Here the other In The Mood polishes I have :) I totally love these. The orange yellow one I used in september 2011 when in was in Greece, but I still have to blog about that holiday creation...I promise to do that soon ;)

xoxox

Soccer/Football month: Hello Kitty goes Orange! (World Cup 2010)

Hi everyone,

This weekend the European soccer/football Cup starts, that means making Holland (red,white,blue or orange nails) :) 2 years ago when it was the World Cup I made several Holland creations, but back then I did not had blog. So I thought it would be fun to show you these too in the upcoming weeks and also my new supporting my country nails for this European Cup that I still have to make. I don't expect that we come far, but we play at least 3 games so I think I will make at least 3 new creations :)

This creation I made for our first match in the World Cup in 2010.

Base is China Glaze Glacier and and a white french with China Glaze Snow. Self made water decals of Hello Kitty (gave her an orange "Dutch" dress and a football) Stamped with Konad M44 and SN red and SN blue, so it looks like our red, white and blue Dutch flag.

Here a photo of just the glitter China Glaze Glacier and the french Chine Glaze Snow tips.

Are you (my European followers) making supporting nails for your country for the upcoming European Cup?

xoxox

Happy Easter everyone ♥ + some cute animal pics

Happy Easter everyone!

I hope you all have a nice Easter day. Today I'll show you my Easter creation of this year. I also forget one creation in my previous post so I'll show that today. And also some cute pictures of our pets :)

Base OPI Alpine Snow with a layer of Catrice C08 Have an Icy Day topcoat for the sparkle glitter. Stamped some zigzag stripes with XL plate B and Konad SN pink pearl mixed with PSN cool red, SN yelllow and Catrice 400 Blue cara ciao mixed with PSN sky blue. And self made water decals of Hello Kitty disguised as an Easter bunny holding a basket with Easter eggs.

This I actually made for Carnaval 2011 when I was a bunny but this creation would also be something you could do for Easter ;)

Base OPI Alpine Snow with one coat of Orly Gogo for the silver small glitters. French made of Golden Rose Magic Paris color 321. I stamped small bunny feet with Konad SN black and HB38, also some Konad SN psyche pink bunny's from HB38.
http://dutch-diana.blogspot.com/2011/03/carnival-bunny-nails.html

As some of you probably know our pet rat died when my mom was also dying too in the hospital, rats can't be on their own so just before Christmas we bought a new friend for our rat Trouble who lost her friend Bubble :( We called our new rat Valley (after part of the name of the hospital where my mom was) Valley was also alone in the store they just sold here sister the day before. We found it very sad that she had to be alone with Christmas so we  took her home ;) I never showed any pictures of  her...but I did promised that so here some pics of Valley ;)

We just picked her up at the pet store.

Sleeping in her coconut in her temporary cage (first the 2 of them have to get to know eachother before they can be together in one cage)

Trouble together with Valley :)

She grew a lot, look at her cute white belly ;) (no I'm not squeezing her).

I am sooo sweet ;)

Here also a cute picture of my hamster Pooh together with Piglet ♥

I just had to share this one hahaha.

Have a happy Easter and great week!

xoxox