Comic Book Nails

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This mani was actually meant for The Digit-al Dozen's March challenge, which was inspired by books. I never got to post it, so I'm posting it now. Let's see if I can get back into a better blogging rhythm... Anyway, here's the mani, inspired by comic books!

The Digit-al Dozen does Books - Papyrus

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So books... usually they're printed on paper and what's the precursor to paper? Indeed, papyrus. Ancient Egyptian books were written on papyrus and I had this wonderful plate lying around, begging to be used, so here goes!

The Digit-al Dozen does Books - Text

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The Digit-al Dozen is inspired by books this month! I plan to do all five manis this time, but it's very late now, so I'm gonna keep it short. My first mani is inspired by something most books consist of: text.

The Digit-al Dozen does Marble - Stone Marble

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As things are often better late than never, here's my final mani for this month's Digit-al Dozen theme "Marble":

The Digit-al Dozen does Marble - Drag Marble

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My fourth instalment for the Marble challenge is a drag marble!

The Digit-al Dozen does Marble - Smoosh Marble

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The third marble mani of the week! I chose a smoosh marble this time. For this relatively simple technique one uses a stamper to smoosh polish together. This usually works wonderfully as a base for stamping, but this time I left it as is:

I started with a white base (HEMA) and then smooshed with P2 "Spaceshot" and "Ferris Wheel", Essie "I'm Addicted" and Konad Silver. I sealed it in with Seche Vite.

Kinda loved wearing this, was sad to take it off after just one day! What do you think? Do you like smoosh marbles?

Have a look below at the beautiful marbles by my fellow Digit-al Dozen Ladies!

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The Digit-al Dozen does Marble - Saran Wrap Marble

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I'm already a day behind, but here's my second mani for this week's marble challenge - a saran wrap marble.

The Digit-al Dozen does Marble - Water Marble

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For the first challenge of the year, we decided on 'Marble'. Over the years, folks have been coming up with many ways to create marbled nails, the most famous of which is water marbling. I've never been good at it, but I thought I'd give it a try with some new polishes my sister gifted me for Christmas, that she bought in Brazil. Yay for exotic polishes!

I have to say that this is one of my more successful tries, so I'm quite pleased! The polishes marbled marvellously, I'm so happy I thought of using them!

Thanks, sis, for these beauties! 

What do you think? Did you ever try water marbling?

In any case, take a look at the links below to see the beautiful marbling of the other ladies!

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The Digit-al Dozen Looks Up - Starry Starry Night

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So finally my last Digit-al Dozen post. Of course my favourite thing looking up is stars. So a starry mani could not be left out of the line-up! Plus, my friend gave me the plate with this image, so I really wanted to use it.

The Digit-al Dozen Looks Up - Cloudy Sky & Birdies Fly

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I'm continuing my Digit-al Dozen challenge today, 5 days late. Sorry about that! Anyways, we were looking up for this challenge, so I already covered a few subjects: airplanes, dandelions and my kick-ass lamp. Today I'm looking up at a cloudy sky across which birds are flying, a . 

The Digit-al Dozen Looks Up - My Awesome Lamp

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When I look up from my couch, I see my awesome new lamp. So for this month's "Look Up" challenge, it's the perfect inspiration! I remember walking into the hardware store for paint or brushes or whatever and being swept off my feet by this lamp. I had to have it. It consists of bronze triangles that form a icosahedron that in turn from some angles projects as a hexagon onto my retina and the lamp itself projects rhombus light patterns. 

BEST.

LAMP.

EVER.

The Digit-al Dozen Looks Up - Dandelion

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What else might one see when one looks up, besides me flying planes? Of course, the wonderful phenomenon of dandelion seeds parachuting through the air:

The Digit-al Dozen Looks Up - It's a plane!

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Long time no blog... I've been battling some kind of persistent fatigue lately, that doesn't seem to want to go away. Anyways, I'm back for this month's Digit-al Dozen challenge, which is all about what you see when you look up, so for this first instalment I commemorate the time that when one in the Rotterdam area looked up, one could have seen me actually flying an airplane! Oh yeah! 

The Digit-al Dozen does TV Shows - Friends

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...and now, for my favourite TV Show of all time... FRIENDS!

The Digit-al Dozen does TV Shows - Bazinga!

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Sorry, I missed yesterday's post, had a work thing until late that had kept me busy for a couple of days. But today I'm back with my BAZINGA manicure, inspired by The Big Bang Theory!

The Digit-al Dozen does TV Shows - Unbreakable...

...they alive dammit, it's a MIRACLE!

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I think the title says it all; we're doing TV show inspired nails and my first mani is for Kimmy! I love how when I saw the first season for the second time, I got twice as many jokes as the first time. It's brilliant. Always pointing out all the silliness in our lives, I love that.

The Digit-al Dozen Recreates First Blog Posts - Put A Ribbon On It

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I'm sick so I'll be keeping it short; This is one of the first designs I ever did...

The Digit-al Dozen Recreates First Blog Posts - Hoot Hoot!

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I think I did not even blog yet, when I did this mani for my sister, but I posted it later in my 'Golden Oldies' genre. I always wanted to do it on myself, but never got around to do it, so this was a perfect excuse!

The Digit-al Dozen Recreates First Blog Posts - Salt, Pepper & Sophistication

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This month, The Digit-al Dozen's challenge theme is recreating our first blog posts. How fun! My first post however, was a snowflake mani and since I am still in denial about it being the end of summer, I decided to skip that one. For my first post I decided to celebrate my first milestone: The First Mani That Was Ever Shared On Social Media By Someone Else!

The Digit-al Dozen's August Bday Mani - View

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It's that time again... Digit-al Dozen's Birthday Mani Time!