Deadliest Catch Half Moon Crabs

11 Apr

Who watches Deadliest Catch on The Discovery Channel? I do! We’ve watched it for years now. I miss Phil Harris. He was my favorite captain.

I had an idea a while back to do half moon crabs and being that the season premier of Deadliest Catch was last night, I though this would be the perfect time to try out this design.  Yes, I know.  These crabs are on a sandy beach, while the ones on the show are in the icy Bering Sea.  Minor detail.

These were so easy, I can’t even tell you.  Seriously.  I painted my nails red with Color Club Reddy or Not, very quickly since only the cuticle portion was going to show, then used Jordana Quick Dry top coat to help speed things up.  Once it was dry enough, I put my reinforcement stickers on and did a quick coat of Jordana Chiffon.  With my dotting tools I made some eye balls using China Glaze White on White and Liquid Leather in addition to the red.  With a small nail art brush I gave my crabbies pinchers.  Then to give it a sandy look, I added some Icing Glimmer.  I topped it all off with Jordana Quick Shine top coat.

Aren’t they cute?  It feels very beachy to me.  I flipped this picture around so you could see it from a different angle.  A fun, easy design.

14 Responses to “Deadliest Catch Half Moon Crabs”

  1. NailDays April 11, 2012 at 8:36 am #

    These look adorable! I love how the eyes almost give them expressions, very cute :)

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  2. jochops April 11, 2012 at 8:40 am #

    Amazing! Crabs are my favourite animals. Can’t wait to try these.

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  3. TopCoatIt April 11, 2012 at 9:58 am #

    Thanks NailDays and jochops!

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  4. Macha Tarasenko (@_Maria_x) April 11, 2012 at 1:06 pm #

    This is too adorable! It took me a while to figure out how they should be looked at _O_;; I thought the golden part was the crab. Anyway, great design – as usual!

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    • TopCoatIt April 11, 2012 at 2:16 pm #

      Ha ha… Sorry to confuse you. Thanks Macha!

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  5. everysensory April 11, 2012 at 1:06 pm #

    Love these! Also, I love how you say ‘this was SOOO easy’ and then go on to enumerate about 10 steps requiring 5 minutes each…. you are a legend :D Thanks for more awesome nail art :)

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    • TopCoatIt April 11, 2012 at 2:27 pm #

      LOL! I guess easy is a relative term.

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  6. Laurie April 11, 2012 at 2:23 pm #

    Adorbs!! I love Deadliest Catch! I was very sad to see Phil die and even more surprised to see Jake and Josh on Northwestern and Time Bandit BUT I hope they can both grow into their own at be able to sail the Cornelia Marie once again!

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  7. laquerloon April 11, 2012 at 2:32 pm #

    Omg that is adorable! I’m humming under the sea right now…

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  8. Nesita April 11, 2012 at 4:10 pm #

    These are insanely cute! =)

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  9. rins April 11, 2012 at 8:38 pm #

    Crabs! Cute! Creative! :P

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  10. MissMarlboro April 17, 2012 at 4:19 am #

    So cute ^_^

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    • TopCoatIt April 17, 2012 at 9:56 am #

      Thanks MissMarlboro! I think they’re pretty cute too.

      Reply

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