Friday, June 13, 2014

The Digit-al Dozen Does Metal Week: Sheet Metal inspired by Missy from Gnarly Gnails


Day 5, final day of Metal Week for The Digit-al Dozen. Also, for some of us, a tribute day for an amazing woman. This woman has been there from the beginning. She is the face behind the graphics that we use for The Digit-al Dozen, the face behind my blog layout/graphics, she is the face of a very best polish friend of mine. This wonderful amazing talented woman is Missy from Gnarly Gnails

She is such a gracious fabulous person. I've known Missy for awhile now and she continues to blow me away with each new mani. Her take on themes are uniquely her own! I love the way she thinks outside the box and pushes the boundaries of said box. 

Sadly, she has left The Digit-al Dozen, for now; I am hoping not for good. A little piece of my heart broke when she told us. But life unfortunately happens (doesn't life know that polish comes first and foremost?). She is still blogging, she just needed to scale back on some items. But so help me, if I ever get to Georgia..............watch out Missy! I'm coming to get ya! :)


Today I "attempted" (and I use that word loosely) her fabulous sheet metal mani from Texture Week. Mine look like metallic tumors! Bleh! Oh, and this is the second attempt! Say what? Yep, I actually totally did this mani a few days previous and wow did it suck worse, so you get this one! 

I used Milani Shady Gray Texture Polish (two layers) to create the tumors bumps. After it dried I sealed it with Posh Top Coat. Then I used a thin coat of Nail Savvy Chrome followed by Poshe Top Coat. I don't know how Missy does it. Her manis are always so perfect, flawless, and unique! I love her to death and will miss seeing her every month with the themes! But I can still stalk bug her on her blog until she returns! Muwah!

Don't forget get to check out the other Day 5 manis!

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Awesome recreation!
1 reply · active 559 weeks ago
you did a great job here! lmfao at the tumours :) xx
1 reply · active 559 weeks ago
Thank you so much!
Is there an example of how it's supposed to look like? Though to be honest, I really like the way this one turned out for you. It's really unique and interesting looking! Not to mention silver is my favorite color!

-Ariel http://mermaidsnails.blogspot.com/
1 reply · active 559 weeks ago
Thank you so much! You should check out Missy's post that I linked. :)
This looks awesome. Exactly like sheet metal!!
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1 reply · active 559 weeks ago
Really!? Thank you!
Your mani is great! It looks just like diamond plate sheet metal. How did you do that?
1 reply · active 559 weeks ago
Thanks! Two coats of specks of textured polish and the silver over it!
Thank you! She has such awesome ideas, totally thinks outside the box!
I loved when Missy did this and you did a great tribute mani too! Kudo's!
1 reply · active 559 weeks ago
Really! Thank you so much!
Looks like sheet metal to me! You did a great job!
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1 reply · active 559 weeks ago
Thank you so much!
I love this look. I oohed when missy did it and I'm oohing now!
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1 reply · active 559 weeks ago
Aww! Thanks for the ooh! :)
So cool! Nice thought, it's something strange and unique. It really seems like a sheet metal and I certainly want to appreciate her out of box thought. I hadn't seen this yet and I'm very happy to see your lengthy post to explain how you did it. You completely captured the look of a metal. I loved it.

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