@DaisyHeadCasey, Shinu_Rei and Miss Sundae:
Thanks, I'm glad you like them! biggrin As for how I did the faded gradient, I used this design:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Razk4vW3r28&feature=youtube_gdata
There's tons of good nail inspiration on youtube and this nail art article is pretty helpful, too!
http://www.nailsmag.com/nailArt/NailArt.aspx
I also look at nail spam pics on kogal_panel. I have tons of pictures. c: