The Digit-al Dozen Does It All Again - Art

Hi Goddesses

Every now and then, we get a Digit-al Dozen theme where everyone raises their game and knocks it out the park.  I remember Art Week being one such week, and being gobsmacked Every Single Day by some of the manis my friends had come up with.

So when the theme rolled round again, I knew straight away that I would be looking to recreate someone else's mani, and eventually I settled on BeautyGnome's Mondrain mani, which looked super simple.

I decided to give it a neon spin using China Glaze Igniting Love, Papaya Punch, I'm With The Lifeguard, Beach Cruise-r and Aqua Baby.

On the screen this looked so simple to do, but either the execution was harder than I expected, or I MADE IT way harder than expected lol.

Not blessed with neatness, I taped off sections of my nail to get the coloured squares and rectangles, and then used a striper brush and w7 Black to outline them and add the remaining black lines.

Overall, I like it, but it's not as neat or perfect as it should be.  I dip my striper brushes in the bottle, but I think the black had a really low tide lol, so my brush kept getting too messy.  And yup, you ARE seeing Cardinal Rule #17 being broken - if you're gonna use a matte top coat, remember to use a normal one first!

Enjoy xx :)

China Glaze Neons and MJ2 Stamping Plate Skittle

Hi Goddesses

I've been a very lucky puppy recently.   One of my best friends shipped me a huge box of China Glaze neon and ElectroPop loveliness; Bundle Monster and Cheeky released new plates; and the lovely Meann from My Online Shop did an awesome swap with me, where I ended up with most of the stamping plates I had been lemming.

With the changes I am planning for the blog, I had pretty much decided how I was going to approach this divine dilemma, and as this week's Adventures In Stamping theme is "my favourite new plate" I thought I would start my exciting journey with a skittle based on the MJ2 plate, which is crammed with awesomeness!

My nails are CG Neon.  Mostly.  I got a little confused and 1 or 2 ElectroPops may have snuck into the mani.  Here are your pairings, all done using a smooth make-up sponge.  Tip - always start with your lightest colour.  Some nails were sponged on the bottom, others on the top.

* thumb - Flirty Tankini and Beach Cruise-r

* index - I'm With The Lifeguard & Splish Splash

 * middle - Orange You Hot & Make Some Noise 

* ring - Hang-ten Toes & Ride The Waves

* pinkie - Sunshine Pop & Surfin For Boys

I absolutely loved the results.  As I'm not a perfectionist, I am perfectly cool with having every nail a different colour or pattern, and everyone from Beth to the girls at work enjoyed picking out their favourite stamp.  Unanimous verdict on the middle finger by the way - love the squiggliness.

The thumb has a broken-hearted pattern, it's actually turtles on the index finger, but not a single one centred, so it's hard to tell; squiggles; skull and crossbones on the ring finger and a harlequin pattern on the pinkie.

I used Accessorize Jewel for the stamping, and it worked perfectly.

Enjoy - which was your favourite?  xx :)