Matte about Dots

I now give you the last installment for this month's Tri Polish Challenge.  It has been a lot of fun trying to think of different designs for the same three polishes.  Next month I think I will be more creative.  It has been rather hard to think of things, but it has definitely challenged me and I can't wait to try next month.  So without further ado I bring you matte dots.

You know the colors, China Glaze Sunday Funday, Life Is Rosy, and Mimosa's Before Mani's.  Then I used Essie Matte About You over the entire design.

I really like this design.  I did something similar in December, but it still is a classic look.

I hope you liked it.  Take a look at the other participants if you have a moment.  They really are inventive.

Tootles!
Fitz

Skittle Stamping

It is time for another installment of the Tri Polish Challenge.  Today I bring you a Skittle manicure with some stamping over it.  I used a Bundle Monster BM 322 in Konad Special White. The polish were, again, China Glaze Life Is Rosy, Mimosa's Before Mani's, and Sunday Funday.  I took pictures of both hands this time, so here is my left hand.

 
It is funny how completely happy with a manicure you are until you see it photographed and up close.  I think that is the thing to remember the most, that from a distance all manicures look great, but up close they are subject to their flaws and mistakes.  This always even more the case with a non-dominant hand's work.  SO here is my right hand.

Don't forget to have a look at the other participants.  Until next time!

Tootles!
Fitz

A day to celebrate the Earth

Today's prompts from Adventures in Stamping is Earth Day.  I like how this evolved.  I started with knowing what I wanted my ring finger to be and then when looking through my stamping plates and polish all the other fingers came together.

I used all China Glaze  polishes except for Konad's Special Black to stamp with.  The other colors were Kinetic Candy, Gaga For Green, Sunday Funday, and Water You Waiting For.  The plates were Cheeky CH33 and Wistonia W104.

I hope you liked it!  I am sure it is not that original, but I still had fun.

Tootles!
Fitz

Sunset Sponging

I did this design for Crumpet Nail Tarts' Tri Polish Challenge (those are two separate links).  The idea of the challenge it to do four different designs a month using the same three polishes.  Black, white, and glitters are freebies, so to speak.  So, it will be two designs this week and two next week and the will be posted on Tuesday and Thursday.  April we are supposed to peak a pink, orange, and turquoise.  I picked three colors from China Glaze's Avant Garden collection; Sunday Funday, Mimosa's Before Mani's, and  Life Is Rosy.  I may be cheating by using colors from the same collection, but I love these colors.

So I sponged on the colors to look like a sunset over Wet 'n Wild French White Cremè and then the clouds were done with a dotting tool in Dandy Lyin' Around, which is also a China Glaze color from the AG collection.

I got the idea from a Wistonia stamp, but when it didn't work stamping I decide to do it by hand.  SF is so hard to clean up!  Although that is not the first time I have had that problem with a turquoise.  I also need to work on my sponge technique or I should have don MBM on the tip, because it got lost in SF.

Well, I better go and get started on Thursday's manicure.  Don't forget and take a gander at the other participants' designs!

Tootles!
Fitz

Adventures in Stamping. . . Belated

Well hello!  Long time no see!  How are you?  I am doing rather well, just busy.  I made my final move and am enjoying my new room.  Today was my first day back to work from spring break and I am exhausted!  Stupid migraines!  But, I promised myself I would get this posted and by Jove I will!

So, today's Adventures in Stamping is supposed to have an orange base.  I had no idea what to do so I flipped through my plates until inspiration hit me.  I landed on Winstonia W111.  I really liked the circle pattern, but I didn't want to use just orange.  I had read about a technique from Messy Mansion where you basically turn your stamps into custom nail stickers.  I decided to give it a try and fill in a few of the lines with a turquoise.

I love this technique and this manicure!  Consequently there are a few pictures, okay, five, but this is so much fun!

I used two China Glaze colors from the Avant Garden collection Mimosa's Before Mani's and Sunday Funday.  The white stamp is Konad Special White.

MBM looks a bit more orange in the pictures and in real life is more peach.

Clean up was a bit tricky as evidenced by my thumb and the design needed to be a smidgen wider. . .

I definitely will be using this technique again. . .and again. . . and again!  I think I may need to invest in a couple more stampers so I can do more than one nail at a time.  I didn't take as long for the polish to dry as Messy Mansion suggested, but it was a much simpler design than what she did.  Did I say I love this?

Tootles!
Fitz

P.S.  Even though I have been absent for a while, I still did designs and took pictures, so I will be trying to blog those soon.