Four Elements Challenge - Earth

This is the final task in the Four Elements Challenge. I must say this challenge was a bit tougher than anticipated. I was more excited about this one than the last three, mostly because I liked the idea/inspiration for this one best.

However, when I started to do the actual designing, I realized this was not going to be as easy as I thought.

My inspiration for the earth challenge came from an image of the cross section of the Earth. From the sky down to the very core.

The first image is my final attempt at this task because I did it a week ago and was not satisfied and tried again. I'm not jumping up and down about it though

This image is of my first attempt. I was not very satisfied with it which is why I did it over. But, I think the red in this one kinds of makes a huge difference. This might actually be the better of the two.

I hope the concept came across though.

Thank you for checking out my attempts at this challenge. I enjoyed it though it really put my skills to the test but I guess that's why its called a challenge.

Take care now

Four Elements Challenge - Air

The third task in the Four Elements Challenge is Air. I'm really not so very happy about this mani. I wanted to do the sky with clouds which I think I succeeded at but then I wanted to add butterflies because butterflies fly in the air.

I attempted to stamp a different butterfly on each nail but the clouds and sky got covered in the process. I was not happy with it but just could did not feel like starting over. I'm not so over the hills about it so I'm not going to say much.

Four Elements Challenge - Water

Hi Guys So we're back with this week's task for the Four Elements Challenge. Water.

I really wanted to do a water marble mani but the polishes just weren't cooperating. I was so disappointed. I have no idea what I was doing wrong this time. These are the same polished I used before and I even bought some more just for this cause and I had no success. I had to come up with something else. I was stumped then it hit me. Hey you live in the land of rivers and waterfalls. In Dominica as the Nature Island of the Caribbean we proudly boast three hundred and sixty five rivers/streams. For a tiny island, that's incredible. We also have an abundance of water falls, the 2nd Largest Boiling lake in the world, beautiful beaches and non stop rain. So we're blessed with water all around.

I decided to attempt a Waterfall nail art. I got my inspiration from our Highest Waterfall, the Trafalgar falls which I have posted an image of. I've only been to this fall once about four or five years ago. Huge rocks to climb but it was worth it.

Me at the Trafalgar Falls

I can't say I'm jumping up and down over this mani but at least I tried. We are a green island so the green represents the trees which surround the Trafalgar Falls and at the tip I created a pool. The brown dots are supposed to represent rock because each pool of water has an arch of rocks at the end to help maintain the pool. I remember growing up as a girl actually putting rocks in place to create deep pools in the river where we'd spend our summer days. I wish I could come up with something better but that's all the brain would allow.

UPDATE

I drafted this post on Sunday and it is Tuesday and I've decided to give the water marble one last attempt.  This is what I came up with. Both colours represent water. We have some real green pools here such as our emerald pool and the blue sky usually makes water appear blue.





Four Elements Challenge - Fire

I came across this new challenge on Nail Crazy's blog but it was really created by Taya. It's not to much and quite doable so I thought why not.

The challenge may be done with either nail art or make up under the theme - The Four Elements (Fire, Water, Air, Earth). I'm not much of a make up chick so I'm not even going to go there but will tackle the nail art, my passion.

The First Challenge is Fire. I joined the challenge late but I still have time.

I just got these stamping plate from Cheeky's Summer Collection so I thought I'd be the perfect design for this challenge. CH52.

I though of a flame for example from a candle or the stove. It usually has a blue base then red and yellow/orange. Soooo, I incorporated all theses colours. For the base, I sponged on (did I say this right) the yellow and blue. Then, I used two colors, the orange (which is actually a neon orange from Color Club-Art Club). I did not have any other orange so I had to use another brush in the bottle since the nail art one is so thin and the red is Konad's Princess Special Polish Cool Red.

See you on October 11, for the water challenge.

xxx