The Digit-al Dozen Does Autumn Day 4: Falling Leaves

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The Digital Dozen Does Autumn

Falling Leaves

Hi guys! Day 4 already? We just started! Today I have a sort of "abstracted" version of falling leaves done with simple dots.

I started with a simple gradient and as has been the issue all week, I really don't remember what I used. "Oh I don't need to write this down, I'll remember!" Um...yeah maybe when I was in my 20s. The base for sure is Elevation Polish Mount Ventoux and the tips are Zoya. Then I used acrylic paints to create the rest - just simple dots for the falling "leaves."

Be sure to check the links below for the other great Autumn manis!

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The Digit-al Dozen Does Autumn: Autumn Pine Cone

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The Digit-al Dozen Does Autumn

Autumn Pine Cone

Good morning! Back for Day 2 of Autumn Week and I'm loving it...today I have a simple autumn look with a pine cone. I missed TREES so much for the last 32 years in South Texas - not many pine trees around. Not much except palms and scrub oaks actually. So I thought I'd give a pine cone a shot since I'm HOME and practically IN Hoosier National Forest.

I have it shiny and matte...

For this mani, I started with a base of OPI My Vampire is Buff and did a quick gradient with one of the Zoyas from last year I believe, but I've put away all the polishes since then - without writing anything down, of course.  The rest is done with acrylic paints.

Check out the other Autumn manis from the rest of the Digit-al Dozen gang in the links below!

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The Digital Dozen Does Re-Creations: Stormy Weather by Ashley

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The Digital Dozen Does Re-Creations!

Stormy Weather by Ashley

Today begins re-creations week at the Digit-al Dozen. We are re-creating manis from past Digit-al Dozen prompts that inspired us. My first one is Stormy Weather, inspired by Ashley over at Ashley is PolishAddicted! (Click the link to see her original post/mani!)

This mani is actually an Extend-a-Mani as well! For this mani I used Orly Decoded as my base -Because that's what I was already wearing. I did a quick gradient with Salon Perfect Sugar Cube and used acrylic paints for the lightning.

Even for re-creation manis I tend not to try to copy exactly but rather do my own take on it. I loved how it turned out!

Please check out all the other re-creation manis in the links below!

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The Digit-al Dozen Does Nature: Day 5 Grey and Yellow Floral

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Day 5 brings my last Nature mani, a grey and yellow floral. This is also where I also show the ones that didn't make the cut for the week.

Grey and Yellow Floral

For this mani I used Barry M Grey #293 (purchased by me) and acrylic paints in just a random pattern with dots.

And the ones that didn't make the cut...

Gradient with Palms...

For this one I used Zoya Eden (for review) and Barry M Grey #293 (purchased by me) for the gradient and acrylic black paint for the palms.


And a really bad attempt at leopard!

Again, I used Zoya Eden (for review) and Barry M Grey #293 (purchased by me) and acrylic black paint. Can you guess which polishes were within my reach? Yeah I would have had to haul my lazy butt out of my chair to get others LOL!

Be sure and check out the other creations by the rest of the Digit-al Dozen gang in the links below and we will see you next month!

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The Digit-al Dozen Pattern on Pattern: Geometric Gradient

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Day 3 of Digit-al Dozen Week!! The theme for this month is Pattern on Pattern. So for today's mani I have some freehand geometric designs over a simple gradient.

The Digit-al Dozen Pattern on Pattern

I started with a simple gradient using Pipe Dream Polish VIP Pass and a plain white creme and then I freehanded geometric designs in black. Super quick and easy. I feel like I'm phoning it in on this theme!

Thanks for checking in! Be sure to check the links below to see what creations the other lovelies in The Digit-al Dozen have for you!

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13 Days of January Nail Art Challenge: Complement and Contrast

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Today we continue the 13 Days of January Nail Art Challenge. It's just a shortened version of Crumpet's Nail Tarts January 31 Day Challenge for those of us too busy for the full one. We will be posting on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays throughout January.

13 DAYS OF JANUARY NAIL ART CHALLENGE

This prompt is "Complement and Contrast." LOL I hope I interpreted this theme right. I chose two complementary colors, which naturally contrast anyway and then added further contrast with black and white.

For this I put down a plain white creme base, used Nail Vinyls Lightning Bolt vinyls (sent for review) and then did a gradient with Barry M Guava, Pipe Dream Polish VIP Pass and plain black creme.


Be sure to check out the other great manis from the other nail artists in the links below!

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*Nail Vinyls Lightning Bolt vinyls were sent for review

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Autumn/Thanksgiving Gradient Nail Art

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Happy Wednesday! I can't believe it's mid-November already! I was playing around with a few autumnal shades and did a quick gradient using some Different Dimension polishes.

I will have the Winter Collection from Different Dimension for you soon, but in the mean time, Happy Autumn!

Autumn/Thanksgiving Gradient Nail Art

For this mani I used a base of Werewolves of London (orange from the Spooky Spooky Collection) and did a quick gradient with that, All That Glitters Is Not Gold (from the Heavy Metals Collection) and TREEmendous (one of the new shades from the Winter 2014 collection that I will have for you soon.) All holos and all gorgeous but together I think they're just striking!

Please feel free to share your autumnal/Thanksgiving manis on the Pointless Cafe Facebook page!

These can be purchased at the Different Dimension Store here and at the following e-tailers once stocked. (Except TREEmendous, which launches with the Winter 2014 Collection on November 15th.)

Llarowe
Edgy Polish
MeiMei's Signatures
Le Doux Nuage
Rainbow Connection

You can also follow Different Dimension on Facebook here and Instagram here for all the news, information and more lovely swatches.

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The Digit-al Dozen Spooky Days: Day 1 Spooky Dry Brush

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Happy Halloween Week! Some of over at The Digit-al Dozen decided to get together for an extra week - Halloween manicures!

Halloween Nail Art

Spooky Gradient Dry Brush

I started with a base of Kiko 292 then did a quick gradient with Barry M Satsuma...

Then I drybrushed on black. Shown below with shiny top coat...

And for the final look, I finished with a coat of matte top coat.

Quick and easy!

Be sure and check out the spooky manis from the others in the links below!

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The Digit-al Dozen Does Summer: Day Three - Summer Citrus Gradient

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Back again for Day Three of the Digit-al Dozen SUMMER! theme week! Today I have a gradient with summer citrus!

Summer Citrus Fruit

Gradient Nail Art

For this mani I used China Glaze Thistle Do Nicely, Sinful Colors Patent Pleasure and Sinful Colors Cotton Candy. The fruit was done with a small Winstonia nail art brush and acrylic paint.

Makes me think of sunsets and tropical drinks.

Be sure and check out the other Digit-al Dozen manis in the links below!

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Extend-A-Mani: Gradient Nails with Added Holo Palms

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I'm back, finally, with another Extend-A-Mani! I've been so busy swatching and trying new nail art ideas that I hadn't worn anything long enough really to DO an extend-a-mani, but I did this week!

I wore a cool gradient for a few days that I posted on my Instagram...

I did this using my violet orchid franken and black, topped with one coat of Jindie Nails Electric Grape (new version)...

So when I wanted to extend it for a few days without just "freshening it up" I decided to do free-hand palm trees in holo.

For this I used 4 Colors by Llarowe polishes I had sitting on my desk because you know, I wasn't about to get up off my lazy butt and walk to the polish room and use up all that brain power actually CHOSING something. Actually, there's a major confession. Most of my nail art ideas come from "what can I use that I have sitting here already without having to get up." Also, a lot of my nail art is really just an extend-a-mani, more out of laziness than actual creativity. But please don't tell anyone.

I used Refresh...ing, Nice Melons, My Own Private Paradise and Independence Day.

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It's not the best mani to show you up-close-and-personal like this, but at arm's length, it's super cute and fun! And that's the best part of an Extend-A-Mani - you're playing around with something you were going to remove anyway so if it doesn't work for you, you've lost nothing!

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