In loving memory of our rat Faith

Hi Everyone,

Last thursday our ratty Faith died. She would have turned 3 in about 4 weeks so she was pretty old. And she even had tumor surgery twice in her life. She was a very strong lady. Now she died very peacefully because of old age and joined her sweet sister Hope who passed away in January.

Ofcourse I had to do a mani to honor her. In the fb group WON we had a chance to submit images for a special WON plate made by Fab Ur Nails ofcourse I had to submit ratties and cheese. I drew the images myself from pictures I saw online. I once submitted these for the BM CYO too but they did not pick them so I was happy they made it on the FUN-WON. The plate also has some Arctic images on it that were my idea and some of them I drew too :) 

Gradient with China Glaze Son of a Peach and Neon & On & On. Stamped the full nail with FUN16 and MdU pastel pink. The word Faith is from FUN17 and the ratties and cheese are the images from the special FUN-WON plate. If you look close you see the one one my thumb has wings too stamped with Konad M90.  I try to color the images to match Faith her colors.

And some more pictures.

Here also one with Faith so you can see her colors.

And the last picture we took about a week before she passed away she was still very active then.

We were at the pet store this weekend to get some food and other supplies and we always look and cuddle the ratties there. But there was one who kept climbing out towards us, she was adorable and she misses part of her ear. We did not plan to get a new ratty, I said 3 were enough but I fell in love. Also because of her ear I was afraid she might become snake food...cause maybe other people would not want her. When we decided she had to come home with us and the employee saw the ear he said half price is fine....that is how little a small animal life is worth. But for us she is perfect.

On instagram there is this tag #mynailsandmyrat so I had to take a picture of our new ritten Scar and my memorial nails for Faith :)

Thanks for reading.

Have a nice weekend!

xoxox

Summer with MoYou Nails 307

Hi Everyone,

It is very hot here in The Netherlands, so I thought it was fun to show some Summer nails I did a few weeks ago. I used the  MoYou Nails Concept Collection for this mani.

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Base Essence 28 Hello Sunshine and China Glaze Surfin' For Boys. Stamped with Konad SN white the waves and with Konad SN black the letters. I really liked this mani :)

And some pictures of just the gradient.

 And also a swatch of this matte yellow polish from Essence. 

Here you can see all the plates again.

And remember my name Diana is a 20% off discount code for their website valid on the .com and the .us website.

Have a nice weekend.

Thanks for reading.

xoxox

Ice Cream

Hi Everyone,

Today I have some fun Summer nails for you. It was a contest on IG by Moyou London to make an ice cream mani and take a picture holding an ice cream :)

Base a gradient with Boulevard Icecream polishes yellow and pink, Stamped the swirls with MoYou Mother Nature 08 and Mundo de Uñas neon orange. And made stamping decals of the cute ice creams on Moyou Suki 03.

Here just the base with the swirl neon orange stamping.

 

And just the gradient.

Have a nice Sunday and thank for visiting my blog :)

xoxox

Mundo de Uñas neon skittles with MoYou 123 plate

Hi everyone,

Here something I've done a couple of weeks ago when I received my first Mundo de Uñas stamping polishes from my sweet friend Gwen. I heard they were great over black so ofcourse I had to try that ;) it was the first thing I did when I got them haha.

Sinful Colors Black on Black and from left to right Mundo de Uñas 5 (turquoise), 38 (neon green), 27 (neon yellow), 28 (neon orange) and 29 (neon pink).  I used MoYou 123 for the image. I really like this image a lot.

Look how bright these colors are. I love it.

Stay tuned for more MoYou Nails nail art. And a review of their new Concept collection.

If you are interested in their plates and want a discount ;)  you can use my name " Diana " as a code for 20 % off when buying online at http://moyounails.com/ You can't use this coupon together with any other coupons.

Thanks for reading!

Have a lovely weekend.

xoxox

Neon Valentine's nails

Hi Everyone,

I did these for the Bundle Monster challenge last week. I felt like doing something bright. But they were really bright, my sis said to me if I thought it was Summer lol.

Gradient with China Glaze Neon On and On, China Glaze That's Shore Bright and Color Club Pucci-licious. Stamped with BM317 and Color Club Pucci-licious.

And some more pictures in different light.

I later added the I heart BM with BM425. Since it was for the Ilovebundlemonster challenge :)

I did really like these bright neon heart nails.

Have a nice day.

Thanks for reading <3

xoxox

Sugar Skulls

Hi Everyone,

One of the themes for the challenge was Death and it made me think of Day of the Dead. I know this is different then Halloween but I just wanted to do the colorful Sugar Skulls. I know today is actually Day of the Dead so I thought lets share it here today.

Sinful Colors Snow me White for the middle and ring finger. Used Konad SN black and BM413 for the skulls and made stamping decals of them coloring them with China Glaze Pool Party and Color Club Puccilicious and gave them neon orange stud eyes. Pinkie and index I did a saranwrap base with China Glaze Pool Party, China Glaze Sunworshiper and Color Club Puccilicious stamped with Konad SN white and BM321 the flowers and added some neon dots.  

I did not really liked this mani, somehow it wasn't what I had in mind.

Thanks for reading!

xoxox

The Witch is brewing a potion

Hi Everyone,

The theme for this mani was potions. The Witch is brewing a potion in her cauldron. It is filled with eyeballs, bones, bats, spiders, skulls, chopped off arms etc. 

Sinful Colors Snow me White base and randomly painted over that with China Glaze Yellow Polka Dot Bikini and Kiwi Cool-Ade. Stamped with BM13 bat and big spider, BM225 small bones, BM H06 eyeballs, BM H07 small spiders and skulls and BM H08 the chopped off arms and the cauldron. I dotted the big bones and the bubbles.  Using Konad stamping polishes for the stamping.

And another picture.

Also a picture of just my random yellow/green base.

I really liked how bright this was.

Thanks for reading :)

xoxox

Halloween scenery

Hello Hello,

And another Halloween mani I did for the BM challenge. The theme that day was orange and black.

Gradient orange and black holo base with Catherine Arley 806 (orange) and 805 (black). Stamped the devil from BM305, the spiderweb on the tips of my pinkie and middle finger from BM13, also from BM13 the cross, the skull is from BM-H07, the sort of creepy trees from BM224 and also the house from that plate, the pumpkins from BM-H06 and the bats from BM-H08. Dotted the images with a bright orange neon China Glaze Sunworshiper.

Another picture.

And here just a picture of the gradient base.

Thanks for reading!

xoxox

Tribal nails

Hi Everyone,

A few months ago the challenge in a group was Tribal, so I tried some tribal looking nails. 

Sinful Colors Blue bu You, stamped with Nailways Back to Basics- Lines. And Konad pastel blue, yellow and a mix with white and psyche green. And some neon square studs on my ring finger instead of the stamped green.

And another picture.

And a swatch of this blue polish.

I love this blue polish.

Thank you for reading!

xoxo

Party nails

Hi Everyone,

Tomorrow is my Dad's birthday and sunday I'll be visiting a friend for her birthday party too, so this asked for party/ B-day nails.I am often on vacation with my own birthday so now I finally got to use my birthday themed plates. Plus the challenge on Nailpolis is also party/celebration nails :)

Base a subtle gradient with China Glaze Highlight of my Summer and Too Yacht To Handle. Stamped with BM-H20 the balloons, BM-H23 the word congrats, Winstonia W211 the flags and Nailways Spring Time -Birthday cake for the cake, party hat and swirly things. All done using Konad stamping polishes.

Ofcourse I had to do a matching pedi too :)

Only did the gradient on my big toe.

Here a picture of just the gradient.

And a swatch of China Glaze Highlight of my Summer.

Thanks for reading!

Have a nice weekend.

xoxox

Romantic Summer Beach Scenery

Hi Everyone,

Here my mani and pedi I did before the weekend. I wanted to do another summer beach scenery. I always love doing that and especially with bright neon colors.

Base a gradient sponged over white using China Glaze Towel Boy Toy, China Glaze That's Shore Bright, China Glaze Flip Flop Fantasy and China Glaze Sun Worshiper. And added a subtle spectraflair topcoat on top for the holo sparkle.  Palm trees are from Nailways Vive la Vie- Beach baby, little dolphin, waves, boat, lighthouse from Moyou Sailor 01, big dolphin and birds from Stampaholics ST01, part of plam tree leaf from H10, love couple from Messy Mansion MM03. And a little freehand.

And ofcourse a matching pedi.

Toes no white base just sponged without the orange color and on the rest of my toes only Flip Flop fantasy. The love couple is made with parts from Moyou Mother Nature 01.

And here my other foot.

And a picture of the gradient base.

I was really happy with this mani and still have it on my nails :)

Thanks for reading!

xoxox

Summer water marble and stamping

Hi Everyone,

In one of the facebook stamping groups we have this game called Tag You're It. Someone can tag you and give you a personal challenge. Then after you finished you have to tag another person and give her/him a challenge. Now I was tagged to do a stamping mani over a watermarbled base of atleast 3 colors. I really don't like to marble, I just ain't good at it and the water here isn't great for it too. So this was I real challenge for me.

But I did my best (that the weather here is pretty warm wasn't helping either) and I did 2 nails, yes 2 nails ;) The rest I just painted and stamped to match the rest.

Colors used China Glaze That's Shore Bright, China Glaze Too Yacht Too Handle and Icecream polish pink over Sinful Colors Snow me White. Stamped with FUN2 the white flowers and added some dots with a dotting tool.

Here a picture of just the base.

At the end I did kinda liked this mani. The water marble was pretty simple not like a pretty flower design, but this was all I could do ;)

Thanks for reading!

xoxox

Under the Sea 2014

Hi Everyone,

The weather here is very warm, so for this weekend I had to do a fun Summer mani. I did a Under the Sea themed mani again :) (I do at least one under the sea mani once a year). I went to the beach saturday and my Under the Sea hands and feet had fun swimming in the ocean :)

Subtle gradient base with China Glaze Turned Up Turquoise, China Glaze Towel Boy Toy and China Glaze Splish Splash (over Sinful Colors Snow me white).

All stamped with Moyou Sailor 01 and Sailor 08.Stamped some seaweed, plants, coral. First stamped the pearl shell in white then colored it white and stamped over it with black and added a pearl rhinestone in the middle. Stamped the jelly fish in black colored it pink and stamped the top again with black. The starfish is stamped in white and over it stamped again with the peachy color. The crab is stamped in white too, but colored that with a little brush and red and dotted some eyes. The pufferfish is stamped in yellow colored it yellow and stamped over it with black. The shell and anker just stamped in white. And at the end stamped some light blue and white bubbles. All done using Konad stamping polishes and some mixes of those.

As you know I love doing matching pedi's (especially in the Summer) so here are my toesies :)

A subtle gradient with China Glaze Towel Boy Toy and China Glaze Splish Splash. Made a stamping decal of the octopus from Moyou Sailor 08 for my big toes. And stamped the same bubbles on the rest of my toes.

Thought some might also like to see my other hand. I always try to make it match but taking a normal pic from that hand is hard :P 

And a picture of both hand and foot together.

Thanks for reading!

xoxox

World Cup: The Netherlands - Costa Rica

Hi Everyone,

Today another World Cup mani for the game The Netherlands - Costa Rica this evening. Well I am ready :) And do hope we win again. I have so much fun making these World Cup mani's.

Base China Glaze Orange You Hot, stamped all the soccer/ foot balls from Winstonia W103 (double stamped first in white and colored them white stamped over them in black), made the Dutch and the Costa Rica flag with lines from BM 411 and FUN12. The Dutch Cow is from Moyou Tourist 15 and the Costa Rica Toucan from Winstonia W03. The World Cup is from MJ XXIV tester plate.

Just a short post today, still have the same World Cup pedi like last weekend...they brought us luck.

Have a nice weekend!

xoxox

World Cup: The Netherlands- Mexico

Hi Everyone,

Tonight is another World Cup game for my country. We have to play against Mexico and they are good so it will be hard. But of course I had to make another mani and pedi to support my country. I love making soccer/ football nails.

Base Color Club You Got Soul-Ar (orange our national color), stamped the leg/foot and ball from Cheeky CH35, made the little flags with the stripes on Bundle Monster BM411, the Dutch wooden shoe/clog is from Moyou Tourist 15, the big ball print is from BM408, the Mexican sombrero is from BM-H24, the soccer/foot ball from Winstonia Store W103 and the World Cup name is Konad Brasil M49.

And I had to make a pedi too :)

Little and big soccer/foot ball from Winstonia Store W103 (first stamped in white then colored it with white and went over it with black) Little feet in the colors of our flag red, white and blue. (yes did my other foot on purpose different so it will stay red, white blue from left to right  ) stamped using Nailways Snowwhite- Traces and the wooden shoes (clogs) made with Moyou Tourist 15.

And a picture with both my hand and foot.

I am ready for tonights game..fingers crossed we will make it to the quarter finals :)

Thanks for reading have a nice Sunday!

xoxox

Origami birds with the new Stampaholics ST04 plate

Hi Everyone,

Today I have a very happy Summer mani and pedi to show you. And my review about the the new Stampaholics ST04 plate that I used to make these. I received that plate this week and had to use it immediately. I think it is such a lovely plate. And the weather is really nice here too, so what is better then to stamp my finger and my toe nails :) I always love a matching mani/pedi. First I'll show the nail art picture and at the end the pictures of the plate. So I have a lot of pics for you.

A gradient base with China Glaze Son of a Peach and China Glaze That's Shore Bright. Stamped with Konad SN white the full nail origami image and used Konad SN black for the origami birds (paper cranes).

And here my mani with the matching pedi.

And a picture of both my feet.

Ana from Stampaholics included a little origami paper so I could fold my own paper crane. My peace crane will get a nice place in my nail room :)

Also a picture of just the full nail stamping.

And some pics of the gradient base.

I really love these colors together.

Ofcourse I also have swatches of just the base color China Glaze Son of a Peach.

I really like this color, I did needed lots of coats to even it out and make it opague but it dries really fast so that wasn't a problem.

Now some pictures of the 4th Stampaholics plate 1000 paper cranes.

Here is the story she posted together with this promo picture.

1000 paper cranes Sadako Sasaki was two years old when the bomb was dropped on her home city of Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. Sadako seemed to escape any ill effects after her exposure to the bomb, until, ten years later, she developed leukemia, "the atom bomb disease." 

When she was in the hospital, her friend Chizuko brought her a folded paper crane and told her the story about it. According to Japanese legend, the crane lives for a thousand years, and a sick person who folds a thousand cranes will become well again. 

Sadako folded cranes throughout her illness. The flock hung above her bed on strings. When she died at the age of twelve, Sadako had folded six hundred and forty-four cranes. Classmates folded the remaining three hundred and fifty-six cranes, so that one thousand were buried with Sadako. In 1958, with contributions from school children, a statue was erected in Hiroshima Peace Park, dedicated to Sadako and to all children who were killed by the atom bomb. 

Each year on August 6, Peace Day, thousands of paper cranes are placed beneath Sadako's statue by people who wish to remember Hiroshima and express their hopes for a peaceful world. Their prayer is engraved on the base of the statue: This is our cry, this is our prayer; Peace in the world "Peace Crane, I will write peace on your wings and you will fly all over the world." Sadako Sasaki, age 12

Source

Look at all those cute images ^_^

And some quick paper swacthes.

Just like the other ST plates I love this one too. I love that is has full nail images (2,0 cm by 1,5 cm) and single images. And it stamps great. 

You can order this plate by sending her a mesage on her facebook Stampaholics or visiting her store

Thanks for reading!

Have a nice weekend.

xoxox