LeighSBDesigns: Happy New Year - Oddleigh Elf card by Leigh!

Sunday, January 3, 2021

Happy New Year - Oddleigh Elf card by Leigh!

Happy New Year Creative Friends!

Today is the last day to add the Oddleigh New Year Elf and Fireworks set to your collections! The SALE on this cutie ends tonight at midnight pacific!

❄️ Oddleigh New Year ❄️

card by Leigh

I printed the Oddleigh New Year Elf and Fireworks scene out onto mixed media cardstock then had lots of fun painting her with aqua pencils. I used a metallic gold gel pen on her party hat tassels and the Happy New Year senti on her sign. For lots of pretty sparkle I added crystal Stickles to her party hat tassles, snowflakes and the hat rim as well as the snowflake on her dress.

I then painted the background and fireworks with Spectrum Noir Sparkle glitter brush pens.

The glitter has an encrusted texture to it and super sparkly in real life. I also added crystal Stickles to the Fireworks for even more sparkle.

To get the effect of bursts of fireworks light mixed in with snowfall I created a mottled distressed look by splashing the background with water and removing paint with paper towel. I then added white snowflake speckles with a white Dylusions paint pen and splattered the entire scene with Tarnished Brass Distress Spray Stain. I then edged the panel with Spectrum Noir Midas gold pigment ink and matted it onto black cardstock and then mounted everything onto a panel of Distress Oxide Sprayed background cardstock I'd previously made and had in my stash. I then completed the card by edging the Distress Oxide panel with Black Soot Distress Ink.