Summer Fun Challenge - Are We There Yet?

Hello everyone :)
Today I have another post for you from the Summer Fun Challenge. Today's theme is Are we There Yet? When I think of this phrase it makes me think of road trips and maps, so I thought I'd base my nail art around these ideas. Here's what I came up with..

 

 I decided that I wanted my nail art to look like a map, with a journey laid out on it. This theme was a lot harder than the others, there's only so much I could think of that fit in with the theme and I didn't really feel motivated for this post. I did my nails twice but this was the one I was most happy with.

For these nails I used OPI Ogre The Top Blue on all my nails as base. I then sponged OPI Don't Mess With OPI onto the tips of my nails in a random pattern to look like the border of land near the sea. I then sponged OPI Who the Shrek Are You? over the top to give the "map" some more depth. I then added the lines using my Models Own Nail Art Pen in Black.

I'm happy with how these came out but I've been stuck on this theme for a few days and in the end just wanted to get it out of the way, I'm sorry that I'm lagging behind the others who are taking part, I'm trying to catch up slowly :P

Thanks for reading :)

April Showers Challenge - Spring Design of Your Choice

Hello everyone :)
Sorry for the lack of posting over the weekend, I've been ill again :( I'm okay now though so back to the nails! :P
This is the last post for the April Showers challenge :( But I have a few challenges coming up that I'm taking part in so keep an eye out for those soon!
Anyway, this last post for April Showers was labelled as the spring design of your choice. I've been thinking about this one for a while and decided I wanted to combine two things, here's what I came up with...

I knew I wanted to try gradient nails again but I also wanted to do sheep as they remind me of spring and they weren't included in this challenge. So that's how I came up with this idea :)

For these nails I used two coats of OPI What's With The Cattitude? for the base. I then sponged on Color Club Twiggie for the grass and OPI Ogre The Top Blue for the sky. I then used a dotting tool and OPI Alpine Snow to create the sheep's body, Revlon Lunar for the legs and eyes, OPI Pink Friday for the nose and Essence Twins Romeo for the ears. Wow! That's a lot of polish :P

I'm so pleased with how these turned out! You can actually tell what they are and I really like the effect the gradient gives to the background of the sheep :P I'm really going to miss this challenge I had great fun coming up with different designs, but hopefully the next challenges I have lined up will be just as fun and creative :)

What colours do you think look nice in gradients? let me know in the comments :)

Thanks for reading :)

Charlotte xxx