NOTD: Inspiration Summer Sunrise

Hello!

Today I have a sunrise for you. :)

One of the stamping groups I'm in had a theme challenge of 'summer sunrise' for today. I am a night owl, so I don't often see sunrises, and wasn't sure exactly what they look like, or at least how they differ from sunsets, lol. After googling sunrises for inspiration, I found one that I fell in love with, which you can find here. (first picture on the second row)

I'm not sure how true-to-life it is (I think by the time this much of the sun is up, the sky would be much lighter), but I love the idea of a sun coming up and starting to light up the deep, dark blue of a night sky, so I went with this more romanticized version of a sunrise as my inspiration. Besides, to me when it's this early it still feels like night, so the dark sky works for me! :)

I decided I wanted to try to copy it on my nails, with a couple of changes. I didn't have room to do the ocean, so I decided to put trees on the side instead for the associated scenery, and to make the sky even more romanticized with a few stars. Here's what I ended up with:

Impression: Sunrise

There it is again: mah sunrise

The Fairy Dust I used for the stars twinkles when the light hits it, which gives it a nice effect (gotta love holo micro glitter) I'm not sure if you can tell or not, but there is a gradient from lighter (bottom) to darker (top) on the blue background; you can see it more clearly here, although this washes out the colors:
  

And a last one to show the gradient in the blue background

I am really happy with how this came out; it came out almost exactly the way I had hoped it would, and I only had to remove everything and restart once, lol. I think this would be beautiful with a moon, too (and more realistic, but less fun, that way :) ). Anyway, here is what I used:

China Glaze Fairy Dust
China Glaze Peachy Keen
China Glaze Radiant Rust
China Glaze Yee-Haw
Pure Ice Celestial
Revlon Blue Slate
Revlon Frankly Scarlet
Sally Hansen Insta-Dry Night Flight
Wet n Wild Blue Moon 

I also used Mash plate 38 and Red Angel plate 115.

Here are the other ladies who are a part of the challenge; please check them out! :)

Debbie @ The Crumpet - http://thecrumpet.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Danielle - http://lbobeauty.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Neivys - http://maquiclubgirl.blogspot.com/ 

Jo @ Northern Nails - http://therockchicksrambles.blogspot.co.uk/ 

arlene @ http://euzefelus27-nailart.blogspot.com/ 

Helena - http://nailwish.blogspot.com.es/ 

Cuti-CLUE-les - http://cuti-clue-les.blogspot.com/ 

Katee - www.agirlandherpolish.blogspot.com 

Alyssa at Fancy Phalanges - http://fancyphalanges.blogspot.com/ 

Sarah - http://www.ynails.blogspot.co.uk/ 

bec - http://lacquerdreams.blogspot.com.au/ 

Misha - www.enigmatic-rambles.blogspot.com 

Sharon - http://whatcolorismycoat.blogspot.com/ 

Melissa - http://www.misadventuresofawannabemartha.com/ 

Laurie http://dressedupdigits.blogspot.com/ 

Lucie @ Lucy's Stash www.lucysstash.com 

Emma @  http://manicurity.blogspot.com/ 

Caitlin - www.caitlinscreativecorner.blogspot.com 

Jane- http://absolutevarnish.blogspot.com/

Amber www.nevernakednails.blogspot.com 

Vic @ Glowstars http://glowstars.net 

Jackie- http://memasmanis-jackie.blogspot.com/

Rychelle @ Colorsplash Nails- http://colorsplashnails.blogspot.com/ 

Stella - http://mywetnails.blogspot.com

Missy @ http://missysmanis.blogspot.co.uk/ 

Kim @ http://apolishedaddiction.blogspot.com/ 

Christine @ http://lost-in-my-reverie.blogspot.com 

Angie @ http://ourpaintedworld.wordpress.com 

Bazzia @  http://polishmymind.blogspot.se/ 

Missy the Manicured Maniac @ http://melissahenderson95.blogspot.com/

Thanks for Looking. :)

M.