Hi Goddesses
I hope you've had an amazing festive period and New Year. We're back, in the Crumpet's Nail Tarts with the 40 Great Nail Art Ideas challenge, and the pattern half of the challenge is back!
This week's theme is pale blue base - and for my base I chose the gorgeous Elderberry by Barry M. It's not just a beautiful pale blue, it's dusty and creamy, not white-based, and I adore it.
I then sprinkled some magic over it - Earth, Wind and Fire by Indigo Bananas. This is a crazy amazing flakie of pastel deliciousness - and it looked even more awesome in real life than it does in these photos. Seriously, if you haven't got this yet, I recommend you grab it - it's totally unlike any other flakie I've got - AND it has holo dust in it.
My pattern prompt was circles and I got stampy. I also saw it as a perfect excuse to use my new a-England Spirit of the Moors, a stunning cobalt holo. Usually, a-Englands stamp brilliantly, but this didn't turn out as stellar as I hoped. I think it's because the pattern is thinly etched. I just wanted this to be BOLDER.
But seriously, that flakie .....
Hi Goddesses
Long time, no see! Other than saying a very warm and huggy hello, I'm going to dive straight into today's post. Where I've been the last couple of weeks and how things are going / not going can wait for a Crumpet's Journal piece - this week's all about the art!
It's ironic. I actually did all of this week's manis about 5 weeks ago. In fact, this one was done in December. It's as if the universe knew things were going to turn to shit - if I hadn't done these so early, there's no way I would have found the time to create them in the last 2 weeks.
Like a lot of my manis, this was a happy accident, and started with a review of Leviathan by Powder Perfect. When I was debating what art to do over the top, it struck me as a dark aquatic colour, so I splodged on some Barry M Elderberry and Cardamom to make it look more turbulent.
Getting the right mix of colours was a little tricky, and there were a few overdubs before I added the waves. These came from MoYou Sailor 06.
This is one of the rare times where I've not used a whole pattern OR when I've only stamped my tips, so quite the first today, and overall, I absolutely loved how this came together.
Hi Goddesses
Today's prompt is a very different one, and I think I knew all along that I would be using blue and orange. Make that 4 blues and one orange.
Here we have colours that complement each other - the varying shades of blue - and one colour which contrasts - the orange. I've again used the ikat style brushstroke, because I think it suits my style of nail art so well.
Polishes used -
Elevation Polish Thracian Sea
Barry M Damson
Barry M Elderberry
Barry M Huckleberry
Essie Orange It's Obvious
The random nature of this mani is perfect for me, and each nail was "constructed" differently. I think the colours play really well off each other, and the matte top coat just nails it.
Hi Goddesses
After yesterday's epic fail, we're on safer ground for the rest of the week! Not awesome ground, but not fear-inducing, tear-wiping ground either.
Today is a collage on Cinderella images, as demanded by Beth! However, I was determined to keep it true to the original fairy tale, and de-Disneyed some of her ideas.
The thumb is the pumpkin that will become a carriage once the wand on the index finger is waved.
The middle finger is a snatch of Cinderella's ice blue ballgown. This is Barry M Elderberry, with holo detail from Color Club Angel Kiss.
The clock preparing to strike midnight is on the ring finger, and pinkie is the famous glass slipper, made with the super-twinkly Shadow Between Us by Literary Lacquers.
I don't utterly love this, but hey, it's heaps better than the pigs lol.
