Solar Eclipse Nails, #tncnailedit

In honour of the Solar Eclipse a few of us decided to commemorate the occasion with Solar Eclipses nails. I had basically no idea what to do so I dug into my stamping plates. I felt like anything freehand might just look like a giant black dot. Not very creative huh! Anyway, I found this plate and to me the image looks like a double eclipse or the sun about to be covered by the moon. I used Nicole By OPI Back to Reality TV for the base it was the perfect dusky blue I wanted to achieve. I used Konad Black for the stamping, and then double stamped carefully with Silver to add a glow.

Some of the girls who jumped into #tncnailedit today were very creative. I did overall like this look and am still rocking it.

Cheers all,

A2Z, S is for Silver

This is a look I created a little while ago for a weekend away in Niagara Falls wine country. This is two coats of Cashmere Bathrobe from Essie and an unnamed silver that I use for stamping. This maze like design fits the Silver Prompt for today, but if you can tell by my photos, freaked out my camera just a smidge!

This last picture was our last wine tour stop. It was a beer house called Oast House. We spent our time drinking samplers and playing ping pong. It was so much fun for Mr. Lady Maid and I, AND...I even won!

Cheers all,

St. Patrick's Day, #naillinkup

Happy St. Patrick's Day! We are just getting over a flu in our house still, but I really wanted to post something foe the festivities. I've been practicing my double stamping lately and was pretty happy with the results of this look. My yellowish green is called Daffy Dill by Nicole By OPI. I've considered getting rid of this one, but it finds its way into my art. The white is Finger paints Paper Mâché. The stamping was Konad Black and White. I pulled out my Bundle Monster Holiday collection for the clover and knot images and voila.

These aren't perfect because I was still shaky from lack of sleep, but I thought they were pretty festive and fun. For those of you heading out tonight, don't forget to arrange for a driver home and be safe!

Cheers all,

#naillinkup Gold Nails

I missed posting this Gold look for #naillinkup the other day. Busy weekend followed by a flu ridden six year old. Not fun. Anyway, I'm very tired today from a yucky overnight for my sun but wanted to post. The coppery gold is Essie Penny Talk. I used it for the dotting and shadows look below the black stamping. The Black is Liquid Leather. I wore this a bit, because it was kind of striking in person. I loved the black nails.

Later guys. I'm heading to my couch for some couple time!

Cheers all,

Indie Polish, 38

Here is 38 from Indie Polish linked here. This fun and fabulous glitter topper is a mix of multi-shape and size yellow, white and hot pink glitters. It's simply ridiculously cute on.

I'm really glad I did swatches on both a light and dark background for this one. It really transformed the polish.

Cheers all,

Digital Dozen Nature Week, Watercolour Nail Art

This mani is a recreation from @_lastega on Instagram linked here. This watercolour fall tree design was literally the last I did before hacking down my nails as you may have seen. I managed to nurse the break through all of this weeks posts before the big trim, so I had more real estate to work with so to speak. The base is Paper Mâché from Finger Paints  the rest is very watered down acrylic paints.

I personally love the leaves on the branch nail. Love the watercolour finish of the leaves. Turned out almost as good as @lastega look. Make sure you check out her amazing work, as well as my Digi's linked below. 

Cheers all,

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Digital Dozen Nature Week, Redo, Reboot, Recycle

So today is a double prompt with Digital Dozen Nature week and R is for Redo, Reboot, Recycle for A2Z and their archive page for anyone interested is linked here. I used Finger paints Paper Mache and a Sally Girl unnamed lime green. The cacti are all acrylic paint. The design is an old one linked here from Chalkboard Nails, hence the redo idea. The design is also dedicated to a follower @loveredcowboyboots on Instagram. She lives somewhere warm and sunny, so this is me in Canada envying her...and she's pretty fantastic too!

I loved these little guys. I've had this idea saved in my genius file for a long time, and it's day finally came.

Cheers all,

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