31 Day Nail Art Challenge: Day 18 - Half Moons

So I was trying something new today... and I wasn't totally happy with how it turned out... but I will not give up!! I really am loving this challenge hosted by Painting Outside the Lines, and I can't believe we are almost to the Inspiration section... it's going to be insane!!!

So, I have all these paper punches, because another hobby of mine is making greeting cards... I started to think that it was silly I hadn't put them into work on my nails! Here is the punch I used today...

I was thinking... scalloped half moons!!! So I punched some return address labels with it and had sticky, tiny scallops! Unfortunately, I used too much bling and it lost its effect. So next time I am going to use one blingy and one cream!!

I used China Glaze Prism as the base. It has some wonderful rainbow glitter in it, so I went off that and used Wet n Wild Bijou Blue. If I had used black, it would've been awesome... but I just used it yesterday and didn't want to be too redundant!!

Here it is in the shade... when it's enlarged, you can see the scallops a bit.

This idea isn't going away! I will be trying it again!

Be sure to head over to Painting Outside the Lines and check out the rest of the amazing entries for today!!!

31 Day Nail Art Challenge: Day 14 - Flowers

Today I am doing something I never thought I would do... showing you my toes!! Hahaha... We are two weeks in to Painting Outside the Lines 31 day challenge! Yay!!

So, disclaimer: I wear flip flops pretty much year round (I think there were literally 2 weeks this "winter" - and I use the term winter very loosely - that were too cold and I wore real shoes). Because of my flip flops, my toes are always dry... so, please excuse my dry cuticles!! :p

I used Wet n Wild Lavender Creme (not sure why it's called that, it's bright pink lol). I used two sized dotting tools with my slowly running out Avon white (I wish it would hurry up!! I may "accidentally" throw it away haha). I finished it off with light pink rhinestones!

This week is going to be a bit crazy for me, and there are a lot of nights this week I will be doing something totally new to me (Tribal and Galaxy.... and I should probably consider water marbling new too, because I suck at it still :p)

Go check out the rest of the creations on Painting Outside the Lines wall!! I will see you tomorrow!!

31 Day Nail Art Challenge: Day 5 - Blue

I was kind of sad to take yesterday's mani off! I really do love green! But, it is a daily challenge after all!! Here we go... Painting Outside the Lines challenge continues!!

I have a lot of blues (almost as many as I have greens...) so it was difficult to select one for today... But I have my two new Zoya's staring at me longingly from the shelf, so I opted to show one some love!

Here I was, on day 2, telling you that I suck at stamping... and look at this butterfly!! It's perfect! This is my very first, successful stamp!!

Anyways, now that I am past that excitement lol... This is Zoya Wednesday... it is truly a gorgeous, creamy blue! The butterfly is from Konad Plate m21. I picked up some Wet n Wild at the $.69 sale at Walgreens and decided to bust out Kaleidoscope for the remaining nails... It's such a pretty glitter, especially for so cheap!!

Go to Painting Outside the Lines Facebook page to see the rest of the entries... so many talented ladies!