Fall Into Autumn Challenge: Day 1 - Back to School

Yes, it's true - I've gone and joined yet another challenge! I had no intentions of doing so, but when I saw the list of themes for the Fall into Autumn Challenge on A Girl and her Polish, I knew I had to see about joining in! I LOVE autumn, mostly because of Halloween, the food/drinks (um hello - mulled cider!!), and the weather, so I couldn't resist doing a challenge where I will get to illustrate all these things that I love so much. :]

Day 1's theme is Back to School, and I realized when working on this mani, that this is my first year since preschool (19 years ago) that I'm not participating in "back to school", and it made me kind of sad. I still have to finish my thesis, but I'm not buying books and pencils, and finding new classrooms and things like that. Oh well - guess it's part of growing up! For my Back to School themed mani, I wanted to recreate notebook paper - I was such a dork growing up (still am) that I got SO excited to get fresh new notebooks for school every year. I was a weird kid. Anyway, I got the inspiration for this design from a bunch of images on Google.

And here's another shot in the shade, where the colors of the lines really stand out more. I used NYC French White Tip for the base, Stripe Rite in a blue shade (unnamed) for the paper lines, and a Sinful Colors nail art brush (I forgot the name) for the pink margin lines. The dots are Sinful Colors black on black, dotted on with a bobby pin.

Don't forget to check out the other ladies doing this awesome challenge!

Kelly

Fall Into Autumn Challenge Crew:

Charlotte from Charlotte's Nails

Karine at Karinea0a

Alyson from Beads.Nails.Food

Ashley from One Nail to Another

Stephanie from A Little Polish

Kayono from Neues vom Kellerkind

Sue from Creative Nail Designs by Sue

Hannah from Polished Prisms

Sharra from The Blahg

Maribeth from Obsessive Cosmetic Hoarders Unite

Becky from Glam Fiend

Angie from Our Painted World