I Like Pie!, Take Two

The second prompt for The Challenge Your Nail Art Thanksgiving Challenge is Fall Food.  I have done a cherry pie nail art before, but I wanted to do it again.  I really like the concept and I have seen others since and I really wanted to try it again.

I really love how this came out.  Unfortunately the pictures aren't as well lit due to the short fall days.  I came home from work did the nail art and couldn't find direct sunlight to take the pictures in.

So this was done by hand with Julep's thin nail art brush for the Plié Wand.  The colors are OPI Thanks So Muchness, China Glaze Kalahari Kiss, and Desert Sun.  Then I used a Essie Matte About You over the pie crust stripes to give it a more realistic contrast from the "pie filling."

I hope you all like this!  See you tomorrow with more Thanksgiving nail art.

Tootles!
Fitz

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31 Nail Art Challenge Take Two Day 30: Food

Who doesn't love a good burger and fries?  I certainly do and then if you add onion rings it makes it an even better treat.  I don't really drink soda, but I figured others do, so why not?  If you prefer a veggie or turkey burger, then that is what this is.

I saw this design by Pixiepolish and I thought it was too cute not to pass up, but I also had to add some side dishes.

The list of polishes used is rather long, so I guess I better start now.  OPI Schnapps Out of It, Finger Paints Paper Mâchè, China Glaze Kalahari Kiss, For Audry, Lemon Fizz, Desert Sun, Papaya Punch, Unplugged, Hey Sailor, and Gaga For Green.  Whew!  That is a lot of colors, plus I mixed two colors DS and PM for the highlight on the onion rings and then LF and PP for the shading on the fries. 

My thumb taking its close-up.

I did a much simpler version on my right hand with the burgers as accent nails.

I am really pleased with how this turned out.  I hope you like it too.  Don't forget to check out all the other talented participants!  Their designs are a feast for the eyes!

Tootles!
Fitz

31 Nail Art Challenge Take Two Day 9: Your Location

I had a really hard time with this prompt.  I took this to mean inspired by the city I live it.  Well, my city isn't very remarkable, plus I really didn't want to say exactly where I live.  My real name in extremely un-common and then to say where I live would make finding me a cinch for any crazies that might be out there.  I am talking about you, yes you!  Anyways. . . like I was saying unremarkable city.  It is a city and is a bit large.  Eventually I turned to its history.  There are a lot of little towns surrounding it and with the history you will understand why.  My city was a hub for farming communities.  People would bring their crops here so they could send them out on train to other places to be sold.  This still is the case to some extent and so our city is littered with trains and their tracks.

The idea of doing trains seemed rather hard and I didn't want to, so I just did the tracks.

I sponged and layered colors to get the green ground and then used a thin brush for the tracks.  I decided to paint them all in different directions to make a little visually interesting.  This really isn't my favorite manicure I've done, but I did it and with every new challenge comes a new set of skills.  I am having a lot of fun with this!

Okay, so the colors were. . . China Glaze Desert Sun, Gaga For Green, Westside Warrior, Holly-Day, Hook and Line, and Chocodisiac.

The other participants are sure to take you away with their designs!

Tootles!
Fitz

31 Nail Art Challenge Take Two Day 5: Cartoon

So this isn't technically a cartoon, but he is so cute and a friend made the request, so I felt like I should oblige her.



See, he is adorable. So here is the manicure.

I used China Glaze Liquid Leather, Dessert Sun, Call of the Wild, Finger Paints Art You Blue, and Paper Mâchè.

There are a lot of different ideas out there, so google cookie monster nail art, and you might find something you like more.

The thumb all alone.

The nice thing is the simplicity.  You really could do this easily if you are just starting out.  Just make sure you are careful and don't smudge the chocolate chips.  ;)

The other artists have sketched out some awesome designs too and you better not miss them!

Tootles!
Fitz

Autumn is in the air

I really hate it when my manicure starts to chip.  However, I haven't had it this bad in a long time.  I could just peel of the polish.  I think it was because I forgot to use nail polish remover on my nails before I started polishing.  Oh well, it means I need to do a new manicure.  I wanted fast again and with the bit of crispness in the air I wanted fall colors.  Excuse the short nails, I broke one and so shortened all of them to match.

I used a stamping plate by Bundle Monster, it was BM-201.  The polishes were both from China Glaze.  They are in their newer Safari line Desert Sun and Kalahari Kiss.

 You will have to excuse the pre-clean up pictures.  The sun was going down and I wanted to get these before I lost all the light.  I like the subtle pattern.  It has a kick, but won't hit you over the head like some of the designs I have done.

Tootles,
Fitz