Little Night Flower

The prompt for this week's challenge is red and  I had the added pattern stripes. Due to a close family bereavement I haven't had much time for doing my nails over the past few weeks so my designs have all been things which are fairly quick to do.  This week I thought I would do some rustic looking stripes. More details after the jump.

As it is Valentine's Day the theme for the nail art challenge this week is Love. More details after the jump.

The theme for this week is Films and my chosen film is Cabaret, starring Liza Minelli and set in a small, smokey club in 1920s Berlin. More details after the jump.

The prompt for this week is 3 shades of purple and I have the pattern prompt squares. More details after the jump.

The theme for this week is 'Things That Fly', so I picked time. There never seems to be enough to do the things you want to do. More details after the jump.

The prompt this week is pale blue base.  To go with this I have the technique sponging. More details after the jump.

The prompt for this week is New Year. In the North East of Scotland when things get cold, a lot of the celebrations seem to involve setting things on fire.  New Year, is no exception.  In a village called Burghead on the Moray coast there is a tradition called 'Burning of the Clavie' which happens on 11 January (New Year on the Julian calendar).  More information can be found here: http://www.burghead.com/clavie/ This is what I have based my design on for this prompt. More details after the jump.

The prompt for this week is Christmas. I have taken a traditional route for this and painted Santa stuck in a chimney. My nailbeds are quite curved so it is sometimes difficult to get a picture of an image painted on the whole nail, but I have tried my best. More details after the jump.

The theme for this week is Winter. When we get a harsh winter the one thing you see everywhere is icicles. More details after the jump

This week's prompt for the Crumpet's Nail Tarts is glitter topper or flakie and my technique to go with this prompt is splatter. More details after the jump.

The prompt for this week is cartoons and comics and I have taken Harley Quinn as my inspiration. More details after the jump.

I got the inspiration for this design while catching up with the tv series Gotham.  The character played by Jada Pinkett-Smith, Fish Mooney, has black hair with red tips and I really like this mix. More details after the jump.

A new year and a new start.  I don't think I have actually painted my nails since my last blog post, I've been so busy with work.  However, just recently I have spoiled myself and bought a few new polishes with the idea that I would get back to blogging. What better way to get back into things than taking on a challenge, so here goes The Crumpet's Nail Tart's 31 Day Challenge 2015.  Day 1 - Follow a Tutorial. How cute is this little guy?  I found him on the She Who Does Nails blog .  A seasonal design to start off the challenge and I really liked this cute little penguin.  More details after the jump,

I've skipped over a few prompts as I'm not happy with the designs I created.  I may post them up later but for now I'm just going to concentrate on sharing the ones I really liked before moving onto a new challenge and posting more regularly. Next up a mani with the same pattern in 3 colours: More details after the jump.

It took me a little while to think of something I hadn't already tried and then I realized I hadn't used the saran wrap technique.  This was really easy to do and I rather like the look of the finished effect so I think this will be one I will be using quite a bit in the future. More details after the jump.

This past year my polish collection has grown at a rather rapid rate.  However I seem to have bought an equal amount of colours but pink won out by one polish. More details after the jump.

Just a quick one for this theme. More details after the jump.

A bit late but I am getting around to posting up the manis I did for the 33 Day Challenge. I chose Venice as the inspiration for the Europe theme. More details after the jump.

For the animals prompt I thought I would have a go at a houndstooth check pattern.  While I need more practice at this on I was quite pleased with how this came out. More details after the jump

I'm playing catch up again so here is the first of a few posts for the 33 day challenge. This is what I was inspired to create as an abstract look. More details after the jump.