V-day 2013 pastel gradient with hearts and kisses

Hi Everyone,

Today a V-day creation I've made today :) I was inspired by something I've made in 2009 but back then I used loose glitter over the sponging instead of a glitter topcoat and also used a different purple. Also had more hearts and no kisses see this post.

Sponged the base with Konad SN pastel pink, SN white and SN pastel violet, holo glitter topcoat from INM Nothern Lights. Stamped with M2, M3, M4, M18, M59, M84 Konad SN magenta and Catrice Forget me not.

Some more pictures.

And some pictures of the sponges base with the holo glitter topcoat.

I also made something like this (or more like the one I've made in 2009) last year with different colors and made my first and only video of it last year see this post.

I've entered these in a Valentines Contest from Konad if you like them you can "like"  my picture to vote and ofcourse see all the other pretty nails and like the ones you like too ;) Some have over 300 likes I know I won't make that, but that is okay I just love making themed nails for contest/challenges and like I always say having fun is most important :) 

Thanks for reading.

Enjoy your day :)

xoxox

V-day 2013 pink, holo, gradient, love nails ♥

Hi everyone,

Like I said I love to make V-day or love mani's :) So today I have another one for you. These nails were a bit inspired by something I've made in 2011 these purple holo V-day nails.

China Glaze How about a Tumble with China Glaze Tickly my Triangle gradient base. Stamped with Konad SN white, SN pastel pink, SN magenta, SN dark red and PSN cool red. Imageplates: M2, M3, M4, M13, M18, M34, M43, M59, M76, M84 and M90.

Some more pictures with different lighting.

And some swacthes of the gradient base with these 2 colors from the Kaleidoscope collection. This really is my favorite nail polish collection :)

I have some more Valentine's Day nails planned...at least 2 or maybe 3 ;)

Thanks for reading.

Have a nice day.

xoxox

Greek Mythology

Hello Everyone,

I have been blogging a lot this week :) But I have a lot of creations I still haven't showed here. Today is one I made for my 2nd entry for the History, Myths and Legends contest on: http://noholos.blogspot.com/2012/07/stamping-and-freehand-contest.html It is still open so you can all enter too, she has lots of prizes in different categories.

This was actually my first idea that I tested on paper, when I first read the theme I was like oooh this is gonna be hard, but then one thing popped in my head and that was Greek Mythology. I go the Greece almost every year :) Love it there. So I did some more research about that and looked what kind of design I could make with my plates and parts of plates.

Base a gradient from Golden Rose Paris Holographic color 107, OPI Illumiinate and OPI My private yet. All stamped with Konad SN black.

Pinkie: Pegasus the horse with wings is one of the best known mythological creatures in Greek mythology.

Mirror stamped the horse from Konad S5 (colored the saddle) added wings from BM03.

Ring finger: Themis or Themis’ daughter Dike holding a scale both in the Greek Mythology associated with justice. If you look for Lady Justice you will also find things and images of Themis.

Stamped from Konad M34.

Middle finger: Greek pottery with ancient Greek signs on it.

Konad M33 (removed the face and added with XL plate B sort of Greek signs).

Index finger: A Centaur (creature that was half man half horse) this is Chiron a kind and intelligent Centaur (most were violent) who taught the Greek gods.

Lower body from the horse of Konad S5 (same as on my pinkie), upper body part of Konad M34, bow also from part of M34.

Thumb: Medusa with her hair of snakes and the evil eye of Medusa.

Konad M34 and added some snaky looking hair from Konad M33. Her evil eye is from Konad M4.

On the tips some sort of Greek Meandros sign from Konad S6.

 Different light.

Also some pics without the contest paper.

 With flash.

Without flash under artificial light.

Here also a pic of just the gradient  base.

Golden Rose Paris Holographic color 107, OPI Illumiinate and OPI My private yet (I know her blog is called Noholos and I used holos lol but those are easy to paint as a gradient instead of sponging and I did not want to sponge just paint ;))

Hope some of you also enter this cool contest :) You have untill August 10th to do that :)

Have a nice weekend everyone!

xoxox

A Romance in Paris ♥

Today some cute lovely nails I made this for a contest on Konad Ireland facebook. The theme was to make romantic nails, and she was going to Paris because of her 10 years anniversary.

As you all know I really like contests/challanges with or without prizes ;) especially since my mom died. I just love making something in a specific theme :) Doing me nails is still one of the things I like to do and it gives me distraction. When I am busy thinking of a creation or painting and stamping I just finally think of something else then missing my mom (and pets).

I thought of a Romance in Paris with kisses, the Eiffel tower, love, diamonds (jewelry) and a good glass of wine *cheers* and ofcourse lots of roses ;)

The Eiffel tower is a self made water decal, the rest is all stamped with M3, M4, M14, M18, M35, M38, M53, M59 even the word Paris is stamped from the patent and copyright letters that are engraved at the bottom of the big Konad demo plate :)

(I still can't print new decals (printer is broken) but I made these for over a year ago and they came in handy now ;))

For stamping I used Konad SN black and SN white, Opi Rosy-mistletoe-sies for the hearts and kisses and stuff and China Glaze TMI for the subtle holo pink roses.

The base is Orly Cotton Candy, see swatch below:

It still looks a bit sheer on some spots but that wasn't really the case in real life.

Have a nice week :) I still have a lot to show you guys so I think a might blog more often ;)

xoxox

Valentine's Day ideas part 4

Let's go back to the love, that is so much nicer then the fuss in my previous blog ;) (thanks everyone for the sweet words ♥ ) For today another love creation this time a purple one with lots of hearts.

As a base I'm wearing China Glaze LOL from the OMG collection, a lovely purple holo. Stamped with Konad SN pastel violet, pastel pink, pastel blue and white. Used imageplates: M2, M3, M4, M18, M34, M42, M47, M59 en BM02. Cupid is pointing his arrow to a purple fabric heart. Photo with flash under artificial light.

Photo without flash under artificial light.

Photo with flash.

And something else saturday I visited a couple of my nail friends. In the morning I went shopping with my boyfriend and in the afternoon I visited Giuditta's lovely home (with her two sweet cats) and Henny and Esther were there too :) We had so much fun, here is a picture of the four of us ♥

More pictures you can see on Giuditta's blog.