Sunday Stamping: 4th of July

Happy Sunday everyone! Today is another Sunday Stamping challenge in Adventures in Stamping and the theme today is Independence Day/Canada Day. I always get excited for the 4th of July because it means going on a weekend getaway with my closest friends. Every year we go out of town for a few days just to spend time together, catch up and recharge. Working on this manicure reminded me of the quickly approaching trip and my building excitement...

Bye, Bye Google Reader...

If you follow blogs through Google Reader as I do, then you are most likely already aware that Google will be retiring the service at the end of this month. A variety of different readers have positioned themselves in hopes of taking over. If you have not done so already, I urge you to pick a new reader and transfer your saved feeds before Google shuts their reader down.

Two of the currently popular options are Bloglovin' and Feedly. They both allow you to quickly and easily import all of your feeds from Google Reader to their service. My personal preference is Feedly as it more closely mimics Google Reader plus provides additional features which I am starting to explore. It can be accessed both online and through an App for smartphones/tablets.

Either service you choose, you can find me...

If those don't strike your fancy, you can follow & keep in touch with me on...

If there is a different service that you are using and need help finding my blog feed there, please let me know and I can try to help!

P.S. You can always find these follow buttons on the right hand side of the blog...

Thanks for looking!
Anutka :)

Barielle Tulips...

I am always commenting on how well the thick Barielle creams work for stamping, so while swatching the beautiful shades of the Barielle Brilliant Colors collection, I got the urge to do some stamping. I was once again pleased with the stamp-ability of the creams and if it hadn't been for a little oops on my part, this would have been perfect...

Mermaid...

Today I would like to show you a show you a mermaid manicure which was inspired by the beautiful InDecisive Mermaid glitter. I love the beautiful teal shade over green and it really made me wish to create a manicure around it...

A Stolen Kiss was Crowned...

I have a little nail art to show you that I created while swatching Dazzle Dry Stolen Kiss. The deep plum purple was just perfect to combine with gold for a royal half-moon manicure. I've had this manicure in mind for a while and I am so excited when it turned out just as I pictured it....

Wish Nail Art Challenge!

A little while ago I received and invitation to participate in a nail art contest for Wish. It is a clothing boutique that asked nail bloggers to create a manicure inspired by their collection. Although I didn't intend to participate because I don't particularly like popularity style contests, I still thought it would be fun to try my hand at interpreting one of their looks from the Butterfly Effect collection...

Crack and Burn...

I would like to show you some nail art that I created while swatching InDecisive Nal Lacquer last week. I was captivated by Antique for the name and the beautiful silver flakies. For some reason, it made me think of DIY distressed furniture so I really wanted to distress the tips of the manicure. The look was inspired by a Nailartitudesdeclaire manicure which I spotted on Pinterest a few days prior. In comparison with the delicate manicure of Nailartitudesdeclaire, I'm a fairly heavy handed when it comes to free hand nail art. As you can see, rather than a gentle distressing, I ended up with "burnt" tips, but I love it...