The Bird is the Word

Firstly, I am going to thank Priscilla for here amazing post http://pcontreras8nails.blogspot.co.uk/2014/07/the-bird-is-word.html. I loved her manicure so much I am paying tribute, with my own interpretation using bird decals over pretty glitter and the same title.

This week I've been feeling under the weather, and by Saturday, I realised I had not fulfilled any of the challenges set by some of my favourite facebook groups.  When I looked more closely at the prompts, I realised I could just about combine them all in one manicure!

• Stamp One Stamp all Ten!  Over Glitter
• AIS Sunday Challenge:  Wildlife
• Crumpets 52 Week Pick n Mix: Domestic animals and 3 shades of blue

Lovebirds were the obvious choice for me.  We had a pair when I was small, but they escaped and flew away and became wildlife,  (even though all of our neighbours climbed their ladders to the roof of their houses equipped with nets and food, trying to tempt them back, but sadly the birds just wanted to be free).

My Dad gave me this Cici & Sisi plate set for my birthday and the images are fantastic, but I have just cut my nails, so I was able to split the images and use one stamping image for two nails.

To keep with the "three shades of blue" and "over glitter" themes, I coloured stamping decals in blues over a glittery blue base.  Thank you San for this amazing iridescent glitter top coat, I love it.

Base colour: Barry M Gelly Hi-Shine, Sugar Apple GNP 21
Base glitter:  Generic iridescent loose glitter found in a set from ebay
Glitter nail polish:  Catrice Cosmetics Million Styles, 03 Have an Ice Day

Stamp colour: Konad Special Stamping Polish, Black
Stamping plate: Cici & Sisi Set 01 (white cover) Plate 02

The colours used for the decals:

• Essie Nail Lacquer, Where's my Chauffeur
• Barry M Gelly Hi-Shine, Blueberry GNP 5
• Konad Special Stamping Polish, White

Big Bottle shot!

Close-up

Humongous finger!!!!!

The amazing Priscilla

Bottle Shot

Gigantic finger

The decals

Tools of the Trade

Halogen Lighting

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Crumpets 52 Week Pick n Mix Challenge

Stamp One Stamp all Ten: Over Glitter

An InLinkz Link-up

Making Shimery Waves

It looked so pretty and delicate...then I found some cheap nail foils for sale on the internet.

Base colour: Sally Hansen diamond strength, Crystal Beading
Stamp colour:  Konad, white
Nail foils: search ebay for these, mine were generic, no name and random colours sent.
Image plate: Moyou London Suki Collection 05 and Sailor 04