Holiday Nail Art for Short Nails

Here is a very simple design for a holiday party or other event you can do with just a few colors of polish. I am with my family for the holidays, so I don't have any stripers, nail art pens or dotting tools, and only the few colors I keep here when I visit. So really, this is the perfect traveling for the holidays manicure.
The colors I used are Revlon "Sure Thing" (the white), NYC "Chelsea" (the red) and Claire's "Tin Man" (the silver). I painted a white base, then added 3 stripes of the red polish to my nail, two on the left and right edges and one in the middle. Then I filled in the empty spaces with the silver polish. The lines can be varying lengths, it really doesn't matter if they're all about the same or not. It's also really helpful to use a pretty dry brush to have the best control when placing the polish.

Scarab Beetle Nails

These nails were inspired by a nail art picture showing a similar simple design but more of a tulip shape. I though I would add a bright green metallic polish, outline the shapes in black and color in the negative space red to resemble the back of a scarab beetle carapace.
The base color I used was "Impanema Girl" by Layla, and the red is "Stiletto" from Claire's over a white base.
I have some step-by-step photos down at the bottom to show you what I did.

The only tools required are black and white striper brushes or nail art pens.