Summer Challenge Day 29 - Cricket anyone?

Hi everyone! I'm happy to present to you my cricket nail art manicure.  I was quiet (happily) surprised with the finished result of this one.  To be honest I was happy to let this one slip (pun not intended).  Then I had  light-bulb moment and this is what came together. 

I purchased one of these Sally Hansen Nail Art pens from Priceline and I can count how many times I've used it on one hand.  But when i do remember that I have it, it's actually a really handy tool to have.  I think I'm going to use this more often.

Using the nail art pen I was able to draw the wickets and bails precisely:

Sponged on some green for the lawn with OPI Uh-oh Roll Down the Windows and dotted some Balls using a doting tool and OPI Manicurist of Seville to reflect a ball going towards the wickets. On my pinky are the bails knocked off the stumps.

OPI Manicurist of Seville

OPI Uh-oh Roll Down the Windows

Maybelline Party Blue

Sally Hansen Nail Art Pen in White

Thanks for looking.  I hope you like this design. I thought it turned out pretty.  Well I'm glad I chose to do this challenge in the end <3

xx Karen

Next...

Day 30 - A pedicure *gasp!*

Summer Challenge Day 26 - Euro 2012 Football (Soccer!)

Hey Everyone.  Let me warn you now, not having much lunch lately with the Challenge, this one started out with so much potential but quickly all went down hill.  I had a really good idea of a flaming soccer ball... what I got was a globby mess.  But if you can look past that, I actually don't mind the rest of the design.  I was going for a impressionist feel for the green field and lines.  Then the flaming soccer ball glob of gooey mess... It also reminds me how much I really need to get another green polish.

Colours used was Ulta3 Lagoon and Bundle Monster Image plates BM-312 (flaming ball) and BM-316 (lines)

I hope you can see what I was trying to achieve here.

Thanks for looking, see you next time.  I promise the next one is heaps better!

xx Karen

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Day 28 - Independence Day (Stars & Stripes)

Hi again,  just thought i needed to add a disclaimer here... I toyed with the idea of leaving these last two posts out.  I didn't like them one bit, but felt I still needed to share them.  I guess what I'm trying to show (and using my own fails as an example) that no one is perfect.  It's all part of the fun of nail art.

xKaren

Summer Challenge Day 22 - Wimbledon

Hello Everyone.  Wimbledon finals are already here! oh my I'm soooo far behind on this summer challenge.  Despite that I'm still really enjoying the challenge,  I just need to work on my time management.  So please, I want to apologise to all of you who are following the challenge and every now and then this person (me...) pops up an old theme.  Sorry.

Now the Wimbledon tennis tournament traditionally have green and purple, and the players traditionally wear white.  So I've used the darkest green i have, OPI's Mermaids Tears and paired that with OPI's A Grape Fit! I thought these two colours (although not the same as the dark purple and green) complimented very well.   And finished the design off with Bundle Monster image plate BM-310 from the new set.  I thought this design reflected the Classique English theme.

Anyway, enough talk here it is...

Colours used:

OPI Mermaids Tears (green)

OPI A Grape Fit! (purple)

Image Plate BM-310

Well I hope you like this design.  Looking forward to the next one.

xx Karen

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Day 24 - Blue, Aqua, Green