A2Z Challenge: I is for Inspired

This particular challenge had me thinking for a while. “Inspired”… it’s not that easy a subject word, I don’t think. I mean, it’s only been a month and a half since I made a Copycat-mani, and I didn’t want to do another one.

So I figured that I’d think a little bit outside the box and interpret it a little bit. I considered: Who inspires me, or even what inspires me. That made it even harder. There are so many inspiring people in the world and so many inspiring things. All of a sudden it struck me: It can all be included in this:

Faith, hope and love.

Here’s what that ended up looking like on my nails:

Base colour of all nails: NailNation 3000 ~ White, a plain white crème

- Pinkie and ring finger has got a layer of iridescent glitter too: Morgan Taylor ~ Snow Place Like Home

- The pinkie is stamped with a cross from Mondle Bunster’s stamping plate: BM13

- The ring finger is first striped with OPI’s Cinnamon Sweet – a lovely, lovely red. Then stamped with an anchor from Moyou London’s plate Sailor Collection-01.

I made a gradient on the middle finger and the pointer. I used OPI’s Mod About You, which is a baby pink crème, and OPI’s Cinnamon Sweet, the red I used on my ring finger too. The gradient didn’t end up looking el fantastico – the sponge goobered it up a bit for me. But never mind.

I stamped a heart line on the middle finger. Motif was found on Mash-38. And finally I stamped hearts on the pointer. I found the heart on a no name Essence stamping plate.

So this is what inspires me: Faith, hope, love – and life :)

The challenge next week is Jewel – I’ve already got an idea for that one, so stay tuned.

Please take a moment to take a look at what the other cool girls did: 

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