The Digit-al Dozen does TV Shows - Doctor Who

Hey there!  I know, I know, I'm a late blogger today.  It was a holiday here and first thing this morning I was going to write up today's blog post for the start of the new Digit-al Dozen week celebrating TV shows.  And then I did nothing.  Absolutely nothing.  Well that's not entirely true.  I did watch a few episodes of the show I did for my first DD mani this month...Doctor Who!  I don't know how I got into this show but I do love it.  Almost 5 years ago I did my only Doctor Who-inspired design but it was pretty obscure.  I hope this one is more recognizable.

Moonflower Polish Spring 2017 Review (partial)

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Hey there!  As a stamping addict, I love when brands made polishes designed for stamping.  And when those polishes can double as a regular polish, even better!  Well that's the case with the relatively new brand, Moonflower Polish.  Nadia was a nail blogger who is releasing her second collection of stamping polish today.  I reviewed the original Rainbow Cremes collection and while it's fabulous and made up of all the primary colors, I am a girl who loves a good pastel, especially in the form of a stamping polish that works over dark colors.  That is what the Spring 2017 collection is.  I received half of the collection to review.  I tested them out over black and white and even used them as a base for some whimsical stamping.  Let's get to it!  

The Digit-al Dozen does Vampy: Marilyn Monroe Nail Art

Hey there!  First off, Happy Thanksgiving to my fellow Canadians!  I wish I could've done some turkey nails but it's a new Digit-al Dozen week and I'm not sure how I could've combined Thanksgiving with our Vampy theme.  I love this theme and yet had massive conflicts with.  I love dark vampy colors but had problems thinking of art to go with it.  Seriously, my sister has said that she never want to hear the word vampy again after how many times I've said "I need one more vampy idea..." in the last month.  I ended up doing way more than 5 designs for this theme before coming up with 5 I like (one of which I just did this morning).  I'm starting with some Marilyn Monroe stamping because when I think of sexy, vampy ladies, she comes to mind.

Taylor Swift VMA Outfit Inspired Nail Art

Hey there!  My sister was watching the MTV Video Music Award's on Sunday and I couldn't resist peeking at it every once in awhile myself.  The biggest thing I took away from it was Taylor Swift's outfit....as soon as I saw it the first thing I thought was "that would make awesome nails".  So I gave it a try last night and have to say I love how they turned out!  

The Night Circus Nail Art

Hey there!  This month's The Polished Bookworms book was one of the greatest things I've read in ages...The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern.  It's a story of duelling magicians which sounds odd but it works.  The setting of this duel is a mysterious circus that is only open at night called Le Cirque des Reves or The Circus of Dreams and wow does that circus ever sound dreamy.  The best thing about this book, to me, was how fully immersed I became in this circus.  The imagery is so well written that I felt like I was there...and now I wish the circus was real!  The circus is set up so everything is black and white, except for a group of diehard fans who follow the circus called Reveurs who always wear a splash of red, hence the red striped accent in my nail art.

Cats at Sunset Nail Art

Hey there!  Today's post is a bit of a goofy one for me.  I'm 100% allergic to cats so I guess I wore them on my nails instead of being able to touch them in real life.  There's these cute cat silhouettes on the bottom of LilyAnna 11 and I thought I'd do these for those of you who both love nails AND cats! I hope you like them!

Inspired by My Bathroom Frog

Hey there!  So how's that for an odd post title?  I'm always looking around for things to inspire my nail art.  In this case, it's this goofy metallic frog from Bed, Bath & Beyond that my sister and I have in our bathroom.  I think it's meant to be outdoor artwork but for some reason we thought he belonged in our bathroom so that's where he hangs.  Do you like how I've assigned a random gender to an inanimate object?    

Houndstooth Nail Stamping

Hey there!  This week's prompts for the 52 Week Pick n Mix Challenge are Houndstooth and Red, Yellow and Orange.  At first I was going to try to incorporate both themes but in the end I wanted a classic black and white houndstooth pattern so I skipped a couple of colors.  I absolutely loved wearing these nails.  I felt like I belonged in the 1950's or something!

Stained Love Letter Nail Stamping

Hey there!  Today I have one of my favourite mani's I've ever done.  I actually did these a few weeks ago but I'm just getting around to sharing them now for some reason.  It's not even an original idea.  I actually posted some burnt parchment nail art back in February but after seeing this fantastic manicure using stamping decals, I wanted to do something similar with stamping decals.

Fourth of July Nails

Hey there!  Happy 4th of July to my American readers!  I hope you all are having a great holiday.  To commemorate your holiday I have a couple of (very similar) looks to share.  I'm not particularly impressed with either but I didn't have time to do any extras...sorry!  I guess I'll leave it to my American comrades to pull out the really spectacular Independence Day mani's.

Sunday Stamping - Positive/Negative and Pulsating Pink & Purple Nails

Hey there!  This week's Adventures in Stamping theme ended up being, not one, but TWO themes!  The choices ended up in a tie...so my indecisive brain decided to do one of each.  The themes were Pulsating Pink & Purple Nails (meaning B-R-I-G-H-T) and Positive/Negative Nails.  I like how them both so I'll show them in the order I did them.