31DC2014 Day 24: Inspired by a book

Hi lovelies,

Happy Heritage day if you are in South Africa.  I hope you are enjoying your day off.  What a lovely mid week break.

Today’s prompt is inspired by a book and for me it was a no brainer.  I actually wanted to use Rainfall by Melissa Delport but after reading The Legacy by Melissa Delport I was torn about which one I wanted to use.  In the end I was completely inspired by The Legacy cover.

I loved this book so much and how beautiful is that cover?  I knew I wanted to use it but of course there was the question of skill level – as usual.  Here is what I came up with.

I started with 2 coats of Sinful Colors – Black on black on all my nails except my pinky.  On my pinky I started with 2 coats of Sinful Colors – Anchors away to represent the colour of the name on the cover.  On my index and middle I wanted to represent the skyline that is at the bottom of the cover.  I used BM414 and Essence stampy polish in white to stamp the skyline.  I then went back over it with Essence stampy polish in black and stamped the same image over the white.  I failed a little on my middle nail.  On my ring finger I wanted to create the profile face and after trying a few times to freehand it I realised it might work better to stamp it.  I used Pueen70 and Essence stampy polish in white and tried to only get half of the face on my nail.  I know it’s not exactly on point but it’s the best I could do.

What do you think?  Better question, have you read the book yet?  Go read more about it here if you’re interested.

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