Nautical

Its Stamping Sunday! Over at Adventures in Stamping, this week's theme is 'Three Colors'. You can only use three colors including base coat and stamping polishes, no more, no less.

I decided on a nautical design of red, white, and blue. On my ring fingers, I did two coats of Essie Midnight Tango then stamped on an anchor using Sinful Colors Snow Me White and plate BM08. On the rest of my fingers, I did three thin coats of Snow Me White then stamped on stripes using Love My Nails New Love and plate BM20.

The lines are not perfect. Despite my nail beds being relatively small, the whole nail designs do not cover my entire nail. So I had to use a nail art brush to fill in the gaps. I still like this design though. In person, the stripes look fine. Macro pictures show every detail and flaw.

Sinful Colors retail for $2 at Walgreens (online/in store) and Target (in store). They're also available for $2.50 at Cherry Culture. Essie Midnight Tango is from the Mortia's Nails Collection and only seems to be available on HSN.com in a set of three marked down to $7. Love My Nails retail for $1 at Bari Cosmetics.

Sparkling Hearts

I hope everyone is having a lovely Sunday so far. This week's Stamping Sunday theme is Valentines.

I was still really loving Essence Glamorous Life, so I decided to stamp my Valentine design over it. I used Sinful Colors Easy Going and the BM08 plate to stamp a beautiful heart design on. Then I layered two coats of Ulta Glitter Top Coat to give some extra sparkle.

I'm honestly not exactly in the Valentine's Day mood, being single and all, but I love the V-Day colors and hearts. The sparkle helps too. :)