Showing posts with label Lilics A01. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lilics A01. Show all posts

Sunday, 3 June 2012

Happy Birthday Bethy Boo !!

Hi Goddesses



Today, my lovely little girl is 9 years old.  I am so proud of her and love her more each day.  I wanted to do something that would make her squeal, so I designed a mani just for her, as a birthday present.  I also want to say a massive thank you to all the other wonderful amazing ladies in Adventures In Stamping who have done a mani for Beth today.



Those of you who read my blog know that Beth is a little bit of a polish whore in the making.  She also has a tendency to "steal" the polishes she likes - they tend to be the really glittery ones :)   So I wanted the mani to reflect everything she loves, from the types of polishes to the things that matter to her.




So, I started off with a base coat of SH Insta Dri in Presto Pink.  I then layered the index finger with Lynnderella Matter of the Heart, the middle with Wet n Wild Correction Tape, the ring with Claire's Candy Shop dupe and the little finger with Claire's Mystical.



The designs are mostly stamping, apart from the middle finger, which is a no 9 done with an art pen.  Apparently, so Beth tells me, blood red is her current favourite colour (news to me) so that's what we went with :)




The thumb is a Lilics stamp.  It's such a shame Alina has become difficult to contact, as her plates were brilliant.  This is a notebook style stamp - we often leave little messages to each other :)




The index is a big fat pussycat.  We both like big fat pussy cats, and this one is on the new Mash plates - Mash-30.




The ring finger has hearts.  I was going to go for a plainer pattern, but then I spotted these gorgeous heart roses on one of the new Mash plates - this is Mash-39.




Beth adores animals of all sorts (except spiders) so I wanted to reflect her love of furry friends :)  This is a HUGE paw print, again from the new Mash plates - Mash-36.



I'll leave you with a photo of my angel.  Whatever you're doing, enjoy your day xx :)


Thursday, 9 February 2012

Purple Gradient and More Lilics Stamping

Hi Goddesses



Today I have another stamping mani using the fabulous plates I bought from Aline Vasconcelos.




This one is hard to describe except to say it's quite girlie lol and I really like the randomness of it.




This is a skittle lilac mani sponged with Julep Alfre and sponged at the tips with SH Insta-Dri in Purple Bolt.  The stamping was done with Barry M Special Effects in Silver and then I finished everything off with a coat of Northern Lights top coat for a little bit of extra sparkle.




I am really liking this mani.  I have so many I need to prep for Valentines Day and yet I can't bear to take this off.  I love that the gradient FINALLY FINALLY worked for me, and I love the contrast of the silver against the darker purples.





I really love the bit that looks like a heart shaped postage stamp too - gonna see if I can segregate that into a Vally mani.





Enjoy xx  :)

Saturday, 4 February 2012

Sponged Lilac Jigsaw

Hi Goddesses



I know, I know, the title's a bit clunky, but it's the evening, I'm getting droooooopy, and I have so much catarrh I feel like I'm gonna THROW .... so the title's fine, ok ?




Lol.  I ordered 2 beyond cool stamping plates from Aline Vasconcelos and the one I was most itching to use was this one, the jigsaw.  How come no one has thought of this pattern before ??  It's just beyond cool, I love it.




In our stamping group, Adventures In Stamping, I have seen a whole new level of stamping I never knew existed.  Since I first met Konad the Barbarian, I've pretty much wet myself if I've gotten the stamp onto the nail, but noooooo there is stamping over gradients, multi coloured stamping, matte stamping.  Arrrrggghhh the list goes on!




Anyway, I am super loving this mani.  This is various shades of lilac sponged with OPI Planks A Lot and OPI Sparrow Me The Drama and a little bit of Sally Hansen Gem Crush in Bewjeweled.   This actually looked a little pinker in real life, but not to worry.




I then stamped with SH Insta-Dri in Purple Bolt - FABULOUS to stamp with dahling - and voila :0  One super happy Crumpet, nails that I adore and a mani I don't want to take off cos I'm so flaming chuffed with it.





Hurrah !!


Enjoy xxx :)
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