Thinking about Paris

After the terrorist attack in Paris last friday (it was a friday the 13th - what a stereotypical date for bad things happen!) the speechless world has started the wave of support for Parisians and France with the simple image of peace sign combined with Eiffel Tower.

I don't need to say how terrible it was, I only want the whole world is a safe place for everyone. Let's commemorate victims of Paris terror and let us pray for future without violence. Together we are stronger than terrorists! #prayforparis

I cannot draw with my left hand so I just found some images about Paris for my right hand.

Funky French

Today's theme is Funky French. I am not sure, if that was really funky. :)

Base: Catrice LE Check & Tweed 02 England's Rose.
Stamping plate: KONAD m64 (yes, I still own it :) ).
Stamping decals with gray stampy polish by essence from LE Love Letter and white and copperlike Brun cuivré by Ives Rocher.

I think it's easier to place decals on nails then to stamp directly, if the design has to be centered right.

Golden Autumn

Hello!
The autumn is coming and the foliage is turning red and yellow and you are just surrounded by explosions of warm colours! This has to be celebrated, right?
So we do.
First I painted my nails with plain yellow polish by p2, then added two coats of p2 lemon drop from LE Summer Attack (hmm, kind of wrong name here...) and sponged over it some orange, red and light-light green. I tried to keep the sponged colours very subtle.

And then I stamped with Yves Rocher Brun cuivré and MoYou mother nature 07.
It turned out better then I expected.

Some nice red leaves:

Oktoberfest

Seit 20. September läuft das Oktoberfest in München. Alle Welt strömt hin, und man kann sich einfach nicht dagegen wehren. Essence hat schon fast eine Tradition im Herausgeben der thematischen Aufkleber. Aber diesmal habe ich was von den Stamping Schablonen dabei: nämlich MoYou Tourist collection 16, mit dem eigentlichen Thema "Berlin".
Ich musste mich sofort an ein Buch erinnern, wo es stand, dass 90% der Klischees über die Deutschen stammen aus Bayern und sorgen für Ablehnung bei den 90% der Deutschen aus anderen Bundesländern. Und sieh da: auf der Platte sind Lederhose und Dirndl, was ein absoluter Stereotyp aus Bayern ist. Nun gut, genug geredet.
Dank dem Klischeedenken aus London habe ich fast alle Komponente für das perfekte Oktoberfest:

Die Raute im Hintergrund ist in rosa gehalten (essence 106 free hugs), weil eine Freundin von mir eigentlich ein Design für ihr Dirndl-Outfit wollte, und das Kleid hatte rosa Blümchen drauf. Ihre Nägel waren für diese riesigen Klamotten-Bilder zu klein, da mussten wir uns mit Aufklebern trösten, aber für mich habe ich die Stamping-Decals gemacht. Weißwurscht und Brezn dürfen freilich auch nicht fehlen. :)
Es wäre nicht schlecht, wenn man noch passende Sprüche als Stamping oder Aufkleber hätte, denn mit der Hand sie zu schreiben ist echt eine Herausforderung.
Eigentlich war das nur eine Übung, ich wollte das nochmal ordentlich machen. Leider habe ich keine Zeit mich damit zu beschäftigen...

Klassik Open Air

Hallöchen, ihr lieben!

Gestern war ja Klassik Open Air in Nürnberg angesagt. Und zwar picknickt man bereits seit 15 Jahren an der Meistersingerhalle zu schönen Klängen der Nürnberger Symphoniker. Mit ganz vielen Bekannten und Freunden wollte ich auch hingehen, aber der böse Regen hat uns einen fetten Strich durch die Rechnung gemacht. Es donnerte und blitzte und sogar hagelte, und der Regen wollte und wollte nicht aufhören... Einer nach dem anderen haben die Leute abgesagt, was aber auch sehr logisch war.
Der nächste Termin ist am 9. August. Da hoffe ich auf ein anständiges Wetter.

Trotz des Wetters waren meine Nägel perfekt für den Fall gekleidet. Als Inspiration diente das Titelbild für den diesjährigen Event:

Auf den senfgelben Hintergrund fliegen die Noten und Notenschlüssel umher. Da waren einige Platten im Einsatz: MoYou London Roxy collection 02, Sugar Bubbles SB 025, Bundle Monster BM-411.
Der Lorbeerkranz ist von der MoYou Explorer collection 18 (griechische Muster). Der Rest ist per Hand gemalt, mal direkt auf dem Nagel, mal als "decal".

Und das ist die Rechte Hand. Da hatte ich keine Lust mehr auf die Handmalerei mit meinen unsicheren Händen. Und setzte einfach einen Dirigenten dazu.

Nochmal die linke Hand mit dem echten Vogelpin vom Jahr 2013.

Klassik Open Air is a concert by Nürnberger Symphoniker outdoors. The guests can have a picnic and listen to classical music in the sommer evening twice a year. It's completely free! This year is already the 15th year in row.
Unfortunately I didn't go this time (27th of July) because of the havy rain. But the next one is planned on 9th of August. I am praying the weather might be kind with us next time. :)
Still I dressed my nails with the theme of the Klassik Open Air. I used MoYou London Roxy collection 02, Sugar Bubbles SB 025, Bundle Monster BM-411 and MoYou Explorer collection 18 for stamping. The birdie pins were freehanded. And I am holding in the last picture the real pin from the last year.

Roses

Hey yo!

Today I have got roses!
Purple gradient base over silver and stamping with lovely plate BBF-23.
The polish I used for stamping is maybelline, which I own like ages, and it's not dried.

Minty Holland

Hey-yo,

today I have got only simple mani with the new Winstonia plates. W218 has very cute tulips and not less cute wind mills, so I couldn't resist and stamped them right away after the world cup. :) By the way Holland is on the third place after all. You can see this mani as a little tribute for it.

Only by chance I learned from a friend, that the mint colour were the trend this season. Essie offers a beautiful gentle mint, but I saw essence 146 that's what I mint! and couldn't tell the difference between shades of the two.

And the finish is made with p2 simply matte top coat from the limited edition RED I love u!

Finale, oho!

Heute ist es soweit: Deutschland spielt gegen Argentinien um den ersten Platz.
Das muss natürlich auf meinen Nägeln abgebildet werden.
Glücklicherweise kam die Soccer Mania Platte von Winstonia gerade rechtzeitig zum letzten Spiel an.

Sonst wäre es wieder so wie immer: etwas zum aktuellen Anlass bestellen und erst, wenn es vorbei ist, bekommen.
Jetzt müssen wir nur schauen, wer die Bälle ins Netz schießt. 

Endlich habe ich einen Herzaufkleber von essence Go, go, goal!-Stickers verwendet. Und damit es gerecht ist, kriegt Argentinien von mir auch ein Herzchen.

Image I don't like

Today's theme is an image you don't like. Actually you don't buy images you don't like on purpose, right? But there are some plates in the sets (Cheeky, Gals etc), that I wouldn't choose ever. For example this one:

But here we go with the challenge. :)
This is "watercolor" base with different greens:

Then I stamped with even more green color and added a coat with sparkles:

Sea Salt

Ahoy!
BeYu has brought the next "must have" polish - Sea salt nail lacquer.
http://www.beyu.de/cosmetics/naegel/effektlacke/sea-salt-nail-lacquer_id_1212_0.html
There are 4 nuances: Oriental Salt, Dead Sea Salt, Acquatic Salt and - that what I got  - Chily Salt.

Basically it's the same sand polish as ever, but it's matte and contains grains of other colour then the base one. So you can imagine to see the sea or mountain salt...
Here we go with two coats of Chily Salt polish.

Actually I thought immediately about see sand on a beach with is "decorated" with small parts of sea shells and tiny colourful stones.

That's why the salt (I mean sand) is accompanied by sea shells, sea water and surf, and ship equipment to complete the sea theme.

Stamping with MoYou Sailor-04, essence and BM-414. Blue waves are essense 146 that's what I mint!, china glaze 1218 Isle See You Later and clear polish.

Lacy

Today I do a many for the theme "Lace" (FB group AiS Sunday challenge).
I gathered already some plates by different makers with lace patterns, so it's a good opportunity to try them on.

Base is Yves Rocher polish 64. Menthe, which is actually dark green of the brilliant green kind. Then I stamped with BBF-04 and light green KONAD polish.
On the accent nail I used Dance Legend Kiwi Smoothie, MoYou Bridal-06 and the Menthe as stamping polish.

"It's good to touch a green, green lace of home..."

Dress Code Happy

This was a haul from p2 limited edition "Dress Code Happy". 040 Green  Garden is lime yellow sand polish with pearly gloss. The matching party are pearls (or caviar pearls).

To feel more summer freshness let's add same citrus slices:

It is Bundle Monster BM-308.

White Lilies and Green

Hello,
this time the challenge is stamping over green base.
Essence' green palette is rich, and the polish names are funny. So the base was the polish "L.O.L.".
I made stamping decals from the image of lilies (Bundle Moster BM-314) and painted lilies with white and light green.

I can always pepper my nails with glitter: 

Pastels

Hey ho and all heil spring!

The sping came this year early, even our sakuras have ceased blooming, although they usually bloom about middle of April. Anyway the mood is springlike and AiS (FB group Adventure in Stamping) challenges us to use pastel tones today.

And here we are:
Butterflies and butterfly wings (Bundle Monster BM-424 and BM-307) with several Catrice LE's and grey stamping colour by essence.

Unfortunately the grey contour is slightly translucent, and I noticed it clearly only on pictures :((.

Skyline

Today's skyline is greenish!
The sky is also greenish-blue gradient (Bleu nacre by Ives Rocher, p2 Catch Glow 040 chilly breeze, Catrice  Holo In One, Yves Rocher Menthe). And some blue glitter...

 The images are from the plates Dash-33 and Dash-3. I was disappointed with the Bundle Moster, the image with skyline didn't work for me... And the skyline is "dancing".

Green

The theme green from the GOT Polish Challenge.
I wanted to participate all the time, but the timing was far from being perfect and I did miss it every week. But this time...
I have got some nice green shades, and the oldest of them is the lightest pastel green color with silver mini-glitter. It's Grunge me tender! from the essence limited edition floral Grunge.

The next stripe is catrice Green Days (limited edition Hip Trip).
Over the middle intense green I placed the stripes made in decal technique with chrome light green by Artdeco and also long time owned Voyeuristic Green by alessandro. The image is from Bundle Monster BM-306.

Borders are decorated with green striping tape.

Chinese New Year 2014

Chinese New Year 2014 falls on the 31st of January. The Year of the Horse began and gave me reason to use Bundle Monster Holiday plates. BM-H15 is all about chinese new year.

I stamped over essie Good as Gold with the Rouge prussien by Ives Rocher. The colours are swapped on my pinky nail.

The horse on my middle nail is painted freehand with acrylics.

Essence Love Letters

Essence has released the new limited series: Love Letters with nail polishes, even with one new stamping polish!  Also there is mattifying paper among some other products.

And a new stampy set. I already have two of essence "stampy sets" and didn't wanted another one, but the stamping plate was worth it.

Lets see, what I could do with the Love Letters.
"Background" text is from Bundle Monster BM-405. Other images come from the new essence plate. The images are stamping well, what is not always the case for essence plates. Dark gray stampy polish works also perfectly.

Some images are like "stamps" on envelops: they have "worn" edges. I stamped them also with a violet polish by Ives Rocher, which looks like stamp ink.