Adventures in Stamping Challenge-Leafy

Hello All, todays challenge in AIS  is "leafy"...hmmmmm
I have a ton of leaf images, but I went with one that I kept going back to...BM-05

Black was my chosen base coat...the entire Cast of Characters....

Now the final product, I like it :).....

Hope you like it too, I am off to spend the day with the Queen and Princess!  Have a blessed day.....Jackie

Adventures in Stamping Challenge-Something I "Learnt" From AIS

Hello All.....gorgeous Sunday here, time for the challenge in AIS.  Today's mani is based on something that I "learnt" from the members of AIS.......there is soooo much that it is hard to  tell them all!!!
I learned from the basics up, I joined shortly after my "addiction" started  :)    I learned about base/top coats, cleaning up, cuticle care, different polishes , the polish addicts terminology,  sooooo much.
The thing that I love the most that I "learnt" was how to do a gradient mani, the member  most responsible for this was Laurie of Dressed Up Digits ,  she does the most Awesome gradients, check her out if you haven't already!!
Now down to business....The Cast of Characters....

 The base....

 Now the gradient....

 And the final product, which I LOVE........

Hope you like it, thanks for letting me ramble today, have a blessed day......Jackie

Sparkling Sinful Colors

Hello All.....I have Sparkles for you today!!!!
Last night I decided to do another gradient , but with a little twist....I just put "blobs" of polish on the sponge and put that on my nail, it gave an interesting effect!
The Cast of Characters for the sponging....

This is how the sponge looked ...

and the sponged nail....

Cleanup was terrible, so I slathered lotion on my cuticles and went to bed!!!  This morning I put on a coat of Northern Lights before I stamped with Konad Black and XL Cheeky D IP...

Now after the stamping both outside and inside....

It matched my scrub top perfectly today!!!  Speaking of scrubs....I had to have my tooth removed today at work.....after all that work to save it  :(
Hope you liked todays mani.....have a blessed evening.....Jackie

Adventures in Stamping Challenge-Pulsating Pink and Purple

Hello All, I know I have been MIA...again :(   Still dealing with the swelling in my face, but I could not pass up today's AIS challenge, being that I  LOVE  purple, and kinda like pink!!!
I chose to do a gradient as my base.....
Cast Of Characters....

The base, I liked this sooo much that I didn't want to stamp over it :(  I sat there forever trying to decide what to stamp....

Finally, I decided on  IP SH20 and Maybelline Color Show  Amethyst Ablaze.....

I am so pleased with this, that I think I am going to wear it for a couple of days......very unusual for me!!!

Hope you like it as much as I do!!!  Have a very blessed Sunday.......Jackie

Adventures in Stamping Challenge-Can't Wait For Fall

Hello All....hope everyone is having a good day!  Sorry so late in posting, but my eye was almost swollen shut this morning due to some dental work that I had done on Thursday and I couldn't see very well :(  It is better now, thank goodness!!!
Today's challenge in AIS was to do a mani based on "Can't Wait For Fall".  Fall is my favorite season, but I just couldn't decide what to do, that along with a problem with my vision!!!  This is what I came up with.
Cast Of Characters for the base....a gradient...

 The base gradient...

I really liked this, hated to stamp it :(

I used IP Mash-50 and Konad Black and SH Insta Dri Jumpin' Jade to stamp...

The final product.....

It turned out "okay"....there is always tomorrow!!  Have a blessed evening...I am off to take more pain meds and watch Hunger Games!!!!

My Grey Sweater

Good Morning All....it is a wonderfully cool morning here....made me think of fall and sweaters....hence today's mani.....My Grey Sweater!!

The Cast of Characters....

I started with a gradient mani last night and then stamped this morning....

Now the stamping....Doesn't it look like a sweater????? LOL

I can see this stamp being used to do a mani of an ugly Christmas sweater!!!
Thanks for looking .....have a blessed day!!!      Jackie

Here Kitty Kitty....

Hi All.....so , how is your saturday going???  One of the members of Adventures In Stamping did a mani using saran wrap to "sponge" with....that is the only way I can describe it....it is like sponging but with saran wrap. Anyway, it was beautiful.....I tried it today and it is soooo easy and turned out pretty, like it was marbled.
I did 2 base coats of SC Creme Pink.  I was out of saran wrap , soooo, being the person I am, I improvised!!! I used a piece of the bread wrapper....I know...I know.....but it worked :)
Here is the Cast of Characters that I used....

After using the saran...ooops I mean bread wrapper.....

It actually looks alot like another base that I did here.  I used Fun 2 Image Plate with Konad black...

 I also added a coat of Northern Lights Gold....Now the finished product.....

Inside, and now outside....

Hope you like my kitty nails...have a blessed night.....Jackie

Adventures in Stamping Challenge-Red and Black

Good Morning All...so good to get back into a routine again!!!  As you can see I changed the look of the blog a bit....what do you think, is it a keeper or should I redo it????
Today challenge in AIS is to do a mani using Red and Black...two of my favorite colors!!!
The Cast of Characters for this .....

The base was one coat of SH Insta-Dri Rapid Red....it was to orangey , so I sponged the rest of the reds over it......

Image Plate Mash-39 was used for the stamping....I think that it looks like fish scales or a dragon!!

Now, for the final product....My Red Dragon!!!

Hope you like it!  I am working on the "gift away" today....I want to make it easy, you shouldn't have to work  hard for a gift!!!   Hope you a have a blessed day......Jackie