Some new stash pics + 5 colors pastel sponge nails

This is something I've made in february 2010 and could also have been something you could have on your nails with Easter. It's very spring to me because of the pastel colors :)

Sponged with Konad SN pastel yellow, pastel green, pastel blue, pastel violet and pastel pink.Not all together on 1 sponge but I sponged one by one. When it was still wet I added some rainbow glitter. Stamped the dragonflies with Konad SN black and M5. On my ring finger a pastel green pearl stone.

Here some pictures of just the 5 colored base.

At the end of the summer I got a new glass showcage from my sister, she could not keep it when she moved back home so I got it for my polishes. A few weeks ago I finally hung it up the wall and redecorated my nail room :)

You all probably know my wall display my dad made me for my birthday last year.

And in my other showcages my Konad stamping polishes and some other polishes and nail art stuff.

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

All kinds of Easter creations together from 2009, 2010 and 2011

Today I'll show you some really old Easter creations and the ones from last year and the year before (but those I've already posted on my blog ;)) But I thought it might be nice to seen them all in one post :)

Ofcourse I will make a new Easter creation for this year, but I will post that one later this week.

These first 2 creations I made in 2009, I don't exactly know what I have used any more.

The first one reminded me of colorfull eggs, I sponged the base with all kinds of Konad SN polishes mixed together.

Stamped some flowers with M35 and PSN gold black and a blue rhinestone on my middle finger.

 Just the sponged base with glitter.

Also made this one in 2009, first polished with a purple/lilac nail polish and sponged some sort of yellow Easter egg tips on it :P

And stamped some flower with Konad SN violet pearl and M25 and 3 yellow rhinestones on my ring finger.

It says Vrolijk Pasen which means Happy Easter in Dutch.

This was my Easter creation of 2010 with decals of Thumper in a egg and Vrolijk Pasen.

You can read here about it: http://dutch-diana.blogspot.com/2011/04/my-easter-nails-from-last-year.html

These 3 creations you have seen last year 2011 when I broke my nail on my middle finger a few weeks before.

First a pre-Easter creation...

Somehow I found this also Easter like and I made it last year not long before Easter: http://dutch-diana.blogspot.com/2011/04/butterflies-in-sky-p2-530-charming.html

Second some pastel yellow Easter Eggs.

 What I've used you can read here: http://dutch-diana.blogspot.com/2011/04/easter-eggs.html 

Ands  third my nails that I actually had with Easter in 2011.

 

What I have used you can read here: http://dutch-diana.blogspot.com/2011/04/happy-easter-everyone.html

Somehow I always find a spring landscape also very nice for Easter. I made these in 2011.

Right hand

Read more about all the plates I used on: http://dutch-diana.blogspot.com/2011/06/landscape-my-new-springsummer-nails.html

In 2010 I also made my first spring landscape nails, first I tested it on this huge nail tip hahaha. I was affraid it could never fit on my own nails ;)

But luckily I managed to make it fit on my smaller nails too :)

This was my first creation that I blogged about as a guest blog of my friend Michelle from Passion for Nails. A year later I also wrote about on my own blog what I have used for this creation you can read here: http://dutch-diana.blogspot.com/2011/06/landscape-sping-nails-from-2010.html

With these kind of landscape creation you can also add an Easter egg in the grass or something to make it really Easter like ;) I did this on one nail of Tanja a nail friend of mine, Originally the rest of the nails were blue with clouds but I don't have a picture of that anymore. She liked her ring finger so much that she kept that design and only changed the rest :) The bee is a decal made by me.

My Easter creation of this year is in the making and I will post that this weekend :)

xoxox

Sponge love nails + movie tutorial

I made these nails in february for a Valentine/ love themed competition on the facebook site of the OC. It was required to make a movie haha, I never done that before but it was scary and fun :) I really needed the distraction so making my first movie was really nice to do.

Base is sponged with 3 colors Konad special nail polish PSN Cool Red, SN white and SN pink pearl, also used some rainbow glitter. I stamped with SN dark red, SN white, SN pastel pink and imageplates M59, M3 and M2.

 Also made kind of matching toes ;)

Here is just the 3 colored base with the glitter.

I really don't like to hear my voice especially in English but here you can see my video ;) shame shame shame :P

Have a nice week!

xoxox

Centerparcs 2012

Last week my boyfriend and I went to a Centerparcs park here in Holland. Although I was still very snotty we had fun. No I'm feeling even sicker but hopefully I will get better. The weather was really nice and warm for this time of year. We went swimming every day, visited the marina and some villages. Had a lovely breakfast in the restaurant every morning that was included in the price :)

Ofcourse I wanted to make theme nails again, and the printer was/is still broken but luckily I still had some water decals from last year ;)

Base Catherine Arley 801, stamped with Konad SN green and XL plate F. And a selfmade water decals of the Centerparcs logo on my ring finger.

I also wanted some matching toes again :)

Here some swacthes of Catherine Arley 801 (a lime yelllow holo):

Have a nice day.....the sun is still shining here :)

xoxox

Animal nails with 4 colors of holo :)

We had some free tickets for a Safari Park here in Holland and this weekend we went there. I wanted to make safari nails with some selfmade decals, but the printer is broken. I tried printing all week but to bad it did not work. I already had the base colors on my nails for several days so last minute I had to think of something else. But although I did not had my safari decals I did want something within the safari/animal theme ;)

Base 4 colors from Catherine Arley (from tip to cutticle no 800, 806, 802 and 801) stamped with Konad SN black and imageplate H4 the full nail (kind of looks like a giraffe skin) and HB37 for the animal claws/paws.

Without flash under artificial light.

We (my boyfriend, my dad, my sister and I) had a nice day in the Safari park :) 

Here a photo of just the 4 color base, Catherine Arley 800, 806,802 and 801. It reminds me of a sunset.

I do plan on making this base again but then with my safari decals on them ;)

Have a nice week everyone!

xoxox

It's a Starry....10 to Midnight (Glitter Gal)

A couple of months ago Glitter Gal organized a name a nail polish competition on their facebook. If one of your names was chosen you would win the entire new 15 ml bottle range of the Glitter Gal Holos and Sparkles. Unfortunately none of my names were chosen. But I did was one of the lucky ones that received one holographic and one sparkle nail polish from the new 15 ml bottle range, because they liked my entry and as an appreciation for my time and support. When I read that I was really happy woohoooo because I did not had any Glitter Gal yet. And I'm always drooling on all the swathces I see online ;)  I received 10 to Midnight (one of their newest holographic ones, this one was not one of the colors in the naming competition) and from the Sparkles I received The Award Goes To (formerly known as White Gold... I will show that color someday). I am so happy with my first 2 Glitter Gal polishes...thanks again to Kerry and Anna from Glitter Gal ♥

Thursday my sister I and went to a rock concert from Anouk (a famous Dutch rock chick...she also has some hits worldwide so maybe some of you know her too) I thought 10 to Midnight was a perfect color for a rock concert :) I have a lot of photos and swatches for you ;)

Although the color is awesome by it self I stamped some Rock Stars on it ;) because as you know I am a nail art stamping addict. I used Bundle Monster plates BM05 and BM21 with Konad SN White. And on my ring finger a little clear rhinestone in the star.

 

I think the grey metal holographic base and the stars made these nails real Rock Star nails hahahahaha lol.

Now here are a lot of swatches ;) I just took many photos and want to share them with you because I'm so happy with my first Glitter Gal polishes :) This polish is soo pretty...I have to say to holographic effect is really showing in bright artificial light, sun light and camera flash but in normal cloudy daylight the holo effect is a less showing.

I love the shape of the new 15ml bottles (I don't have the 9ml bottle so I can't compare them) I love it that it has so much glass and is square. It is quite large I could hardly place my fingers around the bottle to take swatch photos ;)

xoxox

Diana