Day 12: Stripes

Didn't want to be toooo boring today so mixed it up a little with a 'French Tip'-esque design. Funnily enough, the design kinda reminds me of France with the pink and black colour scheme I ended up going with. What do you think?

Apologies for the poor lighting and, therefore, photo quality!

Not sure why the hot air balloon...it just felt right :P

Polishes used: Mode "Ooh Baby"
Stamped with: Konad Special Black
Image Plates used: Konad m44, Konad m19, Winstonia W117

Day 11: Polka Dots

Wow...so much for not falling behind! Never mind the dates of the posts to come..it's all going to be well out of whack from here on in! Prepare to be bombarded with a whole heap of catch-up posts...my bad :S

And so begins the next third of the 31 Day Challenge: Patterns.

Day 11 was all about polkadots. Lucky I have a stamping image plate to help me out with this one as I'm still mastering the dotting tool! Kept it simple this time around...

Polishes used: Revlon "Plum Attraction"

Stamped with: Konad Special White

Image Plates used: Konad m79, Konad m59

Day 10: Gradient Nails

This post may or may not be two days late...*note to self, must not keep falling behind!* I did complete the challenge on the actual day but wasn't happy with it, so decided to re-do it. So here are both...

Polishes used: Covergirl "Lav-Endure", Mode "Luv-A-Lot", China Glaze "Harmony"

Stamped with: Konad Special Black

Image Plates used: Konad m76

Polishes used: China Glaze "Emotion", Christina Fitzgerald "Peace", Mode "Racy"

Stamped with: Konad Special Black

Image Plates used: Winstonia W102, Bundle Monster BM03

Not 100% happy with either design but no time to do them again as it is on to the next challenge!

Day 9: Rainbow Nails

Didn't end up doing any stamping today as I just couldn't bring myself to cover up all the hard work it took to achieve this rainbow gradient! I wanted to do a tie dye sort of look, but realised this was a bit beyond my skill level! I thought a coat of glitter should do the trick to make up for it ;)

Polishes used: Mode "Racy", Chi Chi "Hot Stuff", Ulta3 "Honolulu", Mode "Cool As", Revlon "Tropical Teal", Sally Hansen "Blue It", Covergirl "Lav-Endure", China Glaze "Harmony", Revlon "Primal Purple", China Glaze "Fairy Dust"

I'll put this one down as good practice for tomorrow...

Day 8: Metallic Nails

Had this idea in mind since I first looked over the challenge for the month ahead, and have to say this is (for the most) actually how I had pictured it in my head! Went with a Steampunk theme..the metallic gold and bronze were just asking for it. Read more about the concept of Steampunk here, but I think this picture sums it up quite nicely:

Source (Book Cover): Steampunk: The Art of Victorian Futurism by Jay Strongman.

Now onto the nails!

Polishes used: Mode "Blackjack", China Glaze "Delight"

Stamped with: China Glaze "Passion", China Glaze "Devotion", Konad Special Black

Image Plates used: Winstonia W112, Bundle Monster BM12, Bundle Monster BM03, Winstonia W109

Day 7: B&W (Black & White)

Evening!

I'm cheating today and posting two challenges in one day. To be fair, I did start this design last night, just didn't get around to posting it in my sleep-deprived state! For Black and White day, I couldn't resist this gorgeous panda image from the Winstonia 1st generation of stamping plates. It bears (pun intended!) a great likeness for the WWF (World Wildlife Fund) logo - an incredible conservation organisation dedicated to protecting the natural world (Get amongst it! Click here to learn more).

Polishes used: O.P.I "Alpine Snow", Mode "Blackjack"

Stamped with: Konad Special Black, Konad Special White

Image plates used: Konad m91, Winstonia W110, Winstonia W115

These paw prints in no way reflect the actual shape of panda tracks, I just thought it was cute! They in fact belong to a cat and come from a new Konad plate (m91). Incidentally, the literal translation of the Giant Panda's scientific name, Ailuropoda melanoleuca, is "black and white cat-foot" (thanks, Wikipedia!). 

So there you go :)

Day 6: Violet Nails

Today's design comes from another Nailz Craze plate - NCO2 ("Magical" plate). Was looking forward to today as purple has always been my favourite colour (just in case you hadn't noticed from my blog template :P) and I love this dark shimmering violet by Revlon.

Polishes used: Revlon "Primal Purple", Mode "Rock Me Sweet"
Stamped with: China Glaze "Harmony"
Image Plates used: Nailz Craze NC02

For the swirly image I used another polish from the China Glaze 'Romantique' collection - which all stamp superbly. This is easily my favourite from the collection (I wonder why....).