Triangular daisies on Blue Year’s Eve

 

 

The base color is China Glaze Blue Year’s Eve. With a dotting tool I dotted a triangle of golden dots starting from the base of the nail with Orly Glitz & Glamous. Then I painted the daisies with acrylic paint – and I top coated with Seche Vite.

It was the mani I did on the 21.th of april, when I took a blog leave, and I wore it for 10 days with only a light tip wear, I’ll make a separate post about this subject on Tuesday.
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Grundfarven er China Glaze Blue Year’s Eve. Med et dotting tool prikkede jeg en gylden trekant startende ved neglebåndet med Orly Glitz & Glamour. Til sidst lagde jeg Seche Vite toplak.

Det var den manicure jeg lavede den 21.04. hvor jeg holdt blog fri, og den holdt i 10 dage med kun let slitage på tipperne, jeg laver et indlæg om emnet med tips og tricks på tirsdag.
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The Christmas Story: New Years Eve in the wood, day 17 - Jule historien: Nytårsaften I skoven, dag 17

 Left hand  daylight - venstre hånd udendørs

Rest right ditto - resten højre hånd ditto

It was New Year’s Eve, and the family had had a wonderful evening. At midnight they went outside, and enjoyed the fireworks, that lit the sky outside the wood. Even if the children would have liked to have some themselves, everyone agreed, that they would not scare the animals living in the wood. The little mouse was happy about that, because she used to live in the big city, and knew how frightening fireworks were. When she fell asleep, she started dreaming – you can see what she dreamt in tomorrow’s part, the last part of the Christmas Story told by the little mouse…

Det var nytårsaften, og familien havde haft en skøn aften. Ved midnatstide gik de alle sammen ud for at nyde raketterne, der blev skudt af udenfor skoven. Selvom børnene gere ville have haft nogen selv, var de dog alle enige om, at de ikke ville skræmme skovens dyr med raketter og fyrværkeri. Den lille mus syntes, at det var dejligt, for hun havde selv boet i storbyen, og vidste hvor skræmmende fyrværkeri var. Da hun faldt i søvn, begyndte hun at drømme – og du kan i morgen læse, hvad hun drømte. Morgenens del, bliver den sidste del af julehistorien fortalt af den lille mus…

Over my base coat I applied 2 coats of China Glaze Blue Year’s Eve, concentrating on full layers towards the cuticles and thinner and/or absent layers towards the tip. Then I added an uneven coat (no where near a french tip) of China Glaze Awaken (gunmetal grey) on the tips. When dry I sponged on Essie Licorice in the area in between, you can see the steps below. My goal was to create the same colors as in a forest after dark and with snow on the ground, that’s why I used a gradient of these colors, and I’m pretty happy with the result. The midnight dark trees, the snow on the ground, stars on the sky and a few distant fireworks are painted with a fine brush and acrylic colors. Top coat is Seche Vite.

Over base coaten lagde jeg to lag China Glaze Blue Year’s Eve, og jeg koncentrerede mig om at få to “fulde” lag op mod neglebåndene, mens det var knap så vigtigt at negle spidserne var dækkede. Derefter påførte jeg et ujævnt lag på spidserne, det må endelig ikke være en fin jævn fransk manicure tip. Da det var tørt duppede jeg med Essie Licorice i området mellem, overlappende. Du kan se trinnene længere nede. Mit mål var at skabe de samme farver, som der er om natten i en sneklædt skov, derfor graduerede jeg netop disse farver, og jeg er godt tilfreds med resultatet. De midnatsmørke træer, sneen på jorden og himlen med stjerner og et par fjerne raketterer malet med en lille, fin pensel og acrylfarver. Top coaten er Seche Vite.

The Christmas Story: It’s Christmas!!! day 14 - Jule historien: Det er JUL!!! dag 14

It definitely was Christmas, and it was snowing! The tree was brought inside and the entire family helped each other decorating it. By the little mouse’s entrance the children placed a tiny little golden bell with a beautiful red bow. In the doorway father hung a twig of mistletoe with white berries, and the little mouse giggled when she saw him kissing Mom. In the evening Santa would knock on the door and bring the presents. The little mouse wondered why he in some countries came during the night, and went down the chimney. But then she thought to herself, that maybe he could not manage to visit all homes during the evening, and later the doors were locked, so that’s why he went down the chimney, if only she could ask him…

To be continued tomorrow…

Nu var det helt klart jul, og det sneede derude! Juletræet kom ind og hele familien hjalp hinanden med at pynte det. Ved musehullet hang børnene en lille bitte, gylden klokke med en smuk rød sløjfe op, og far hængte en mistelten op i døråbningen. Den lille mus fnisede da hun så ham kysse mor. Om aftenen ville julemanden banke på døren og komme medgaverne. Den lille mus spekulerede på, hvorfor han i nogle lande først kom midt om natten og gik ned gennem skorstenen. Men så tænkte hun, at han jo nok ikke kunne nå alle hjem om aftenen, og at senere var dørene låst, så derfor var han nødt til at gå ned gennem skorstenen, bare hun kunne spørge ham, når han kom…

Fortsættes i morgen…

The base color is China Glaze Blue Year’s Eve, except on my left thumb, where it’s China Glaze Ring in the Red, since my husband didn’t want me to remove the Christmas Rose on it (part 12) LOL. Left hand index: a stamping went wrong (Red Angel plate RA110) and corrected with acrylic color. Middle f. Christmas tree, freehand with acrylics, ring f. RA121 plate for the bow, filled ind with gold and the mistletoe painted in acrylics. Pinkie snow in OPI Alpine Snow and stars in acrylics. Right hand tumb Bundle Monster (BM) plate BM121 + stars in acrylics, index BM121 in white filled in with acrylics, middle BM214 + red filled in with acrylics, ring BM205 and filled in with acrylics, pinkie BM14 + stars in acrylics.

Grundfarven er China Glaze Blue Year’s Eve, pånær på min venstre tommel, hvor det er China Glaze Ring in the Red, for min mand nedlagde “forbud” mod at fjerne julerosen :). Venstre hånd: pegefinger, en stamping der fejlede (Red Angel plade RA110), korrigeret med acryl farve, langemand: juletræ frihånd acryl farve, ringf. RA121 til sløjfen fyldt ud med guld i acryl ligesom misteltenen er frihånd i acryl. Lillefinger sne med OPI Alpine Snow og stjerner i arylfarve. Højre hånd tommel: Bundle Monster (BM) plade BM121 + stjerner i acryl, pegef. BM121 i hvid fyldt ud med acrylfarve, langemand BM214 + rød fyldt ud med acrylfarve, ringf BM205 fyldt ud med acrylfarve, lillefinger BM14 + stjerner med acrylfarve.

The Christmas Story: Snowmen and snow girls, day 3 - Jule historien: Snemænd og snepiger, dag 3

Dansk, se længere nede.

The little mouse looked out the window and watched the excited and happy children playing in the snow. They made five snowmen, but the little girl, Amalie, told her brothers Viktor, Anton and Bastian, that she wanted them to be snow girls wearing red hats and scarf's. Her brothers knew, that when she is in that kind of mood, they’d better agree, and that made the little mouse giggle.
To be continued...

Den lille mus så ud af vinduet og iagttog de glade og ivrige børn, der legede i sneen. De lavede fem snemænd, men den lille pige, Amalie, sagde til sine brødre Viktor, Anton og Bastian, and hun ville have at det var snepiger med røde hatte og tørklæder. Hendes brødre vidst godt, at når hun var i det humør, var det lettest at føje hende, og det fik den lille mus til at fnise.
Fortsættes...

The base color is 2 coats of China Glaze Blue Year’s Eve and the snowmen I freehanded with a tiny brush using acrylic paint. As a top coat I used Seche Vite. This actually was my second attempt painting snowmen and using acrylic paint for nail art, so the lit candles in part 1 was actually my third attempt. The first time the white cracked even worse than this attempt, and I thought I might have forgotten to shake the bottle of white. I honestly do not know why the larger, white parts of the design cracked. If anyone out there has thoughts on this, please enlighten me!!

Grundfarven er 2 lag China Glaze Blue Year’s Eve og snemændende tegnede jeg med en lille pensel og akrylmaling. Som top coat brugte jeg Seche Vite. Det var faktisk mit andet forsøg med akrylmaling, så stearinlysene i det 1 var mit 3. Første gang jeg prøvede var også med snemænd, men da krakelerede det hvide endnu mere end nu. Jeg troede, at jeg måske havde glemt at ryste flasken. Jeg aner ikke hvorfor det sker, så hvis du har en ide om det, så sig endelig til!!

The Christmas Story: Windy and snowy break of dawn, day 2 - Jule historien: Blæsende morgengry med snevejr, dag 2

Dansk, længere nede.

Just like the little mouse had thought, it started to snow during the windy night. When she woke in the very early hours of the morning the sky was clearer, but the wind was still whirling the snow around, and it covered the bushes in the garden. She looked forward to seeing the children play in the snow. Yes, winter had come, and before she curled up for another snooze, her last thought was, that she was happy to be a house mouse with her own apartment.

To be continued…

Det var ganske rigtigt begyndt at sne i løbet af natten, lige som den lille mus havde regnet med. Da hun vågnede i de tidlige morgentimer, var himlen lysere, men det sneede fortsat og det føg, så buskene i haven var dækket til. Hun glædede sig til at se børnene lege i sneen. Jo, det var blevet vinter, og hun før hun igen rullede sig sammen for at sove videre, tænkte hun på, hvor glad hun var over at være en husmus med egen bolig.

Fortsættes…

In this very easy to do manicure I used two coats of China Glaze Blue Year’s eve. When dry I sponged my tips with OPI Alpine Snow twice. I wanted to make it windy with snow swirling so I made the top line uneven. With a small dotting tool (you could use a toothpick) I dotted snow on the midnight blue sky. Finally I added Seche Vite. It wasn’t until I was in the middle of the mani, that I realized, that it looks like the background in the Tuborgs Christmas beer cartoon :)

I denne lette og enkle manicure lagde jeg først 2 lag China Glaze Blue Year’s eve, og da det var tørt duppede jeg a 2 omgange med en finkornet svamp ”sneen” på med OPI Alpine Snow. Med en dotting tool (du kan bruge en tandstikker) prikkede jeg sneen på. Til slut brugte jeg Seche Vite top coat. Jeg var halvvejs henne i manicuren inden det gik op for mig, at farverne mindede mig om baggrunden i Tuborgs juletegnefilm :)