Happy St. Patricks Day! It's the last day of the Get Lucky Nail Art Challenge and today's theme is Freestyle. I decided to go with something very simple given since I've had such a busy week.

     It's day 3 of the Get Lucky Nail Art Challenge and today's theme is Shamrocks, Pot of Gold, Rainbows or Leprechauns. I have to admit that this last week has been extremely busy for me and I've had some pretty poor time management skills going on, but I wanted to complete every day of this challenge. This post is being thrown together faster than any post I've done before so please bear with me.

     For my manicure today I really wanted to play around with negative space, so I skipped the base color and freehanded each design on my nails. I decided to go with a different design on each nail.

      It's day 2 of the Get Lucky Nail Art Challenge and today's theme is Ireland Inspired. I have to be completely honest and tell you that I had no idea what I really wanted to do with the manicure. Even as I sat down to do it I had no plan in mind. I knew that I wanted to include the Irish Flag and the Claddagh symbol but that was it. So I got a few supplies together and just kind of let things happen.


     My pointer finger sort of happened by accident. I had my white base and started to freehand some clovers on it. They weren't turning out very well so I dipped my clean up brush in acetone and tried to remove the clovers without removing the white. Instead of removing the clovers it sorts of smeared the green around giving me an acid-washed look and I thought it was pretty cool. I decided to use it as a backdrop for my Celtic knotted clover image from Bundle Monster plate BM-403.

     The ring finger is a nod to the Irish flag without being an exact replica. I wanted to do something a little different but still have the same feel. I freehanded the stripes using my striping polishes. I'm not thrilled with how it came out but I guess this is what happens when you have absolutely no plan in mind.

     For my pinky, I decided to stamp the image of the Claddagh from Bundle Monster plate BM-418. I actually had a Claddagh ring when I was growing up and loved it. Even though I wore it the wrong way. The saying goes if you're heart is taken the tip of the heart should be pointing towards you and if you're single the tip should be facing away to invite love in.

     The middle finger I had no ideas what so ever to do and ended up using the same clover image as the pointed finger placing the image head to tail to look like an intricate Celtic knot pattern.

     Hopefully, for tomorrows challenge I can find a little more inspiration and have a manicure that I'm pleased with. Now let's check out what the others have come up with.
  

     To be honest I had no idea what I wanted to do for the first day. I had so many partial ideas floating around in my head, but not one of them seemed to spark any excitement in me. Then while browsing Pinterest I came across an image and I knew that was going to be my inspiration.  The design was simple so I knew I could pull it off, yet it made an impact on me. I don't know about you but I love it when a manicure has those qualities.

    I started out with a coat of Finger Paints Paper Mache and then did a gradient with Paper Mache and Sinful Colors Exotic Green. I really liked how this turned out and was tempted to stop there, but I knew that I wanted more. After all aren't challenges supposed to take you a little out of your comfort zone and push you to do designs you wouldn't normally do?


     After my gradient was dry I applied painters tape diagonally on my nails and used 2 coats of Sinful Colors Last Chance. I wasn't thrilled with the results. Last Chance was too dark compared with the rest of the manicure. So I freehanded 2 coats of Exotic Green over Last Chance and that seemed to pull it all together.