Northern Lights

Today I would like to share a card using my favorite new technique called "Northern Lights".  I taught this at my technique class this month.  I saw this technique a few months ago on the demonstrator forum called "Stampin' Connection" and was created by the talented Melissa Banbury.  Thanks Melissa for sharing this Gorgeous technique!

It is a sponging technique where you blend lots of bright colors followed by adding navy and black for depth.  These colors make the bright ones pop, resembling the dancing Northern Lights.  I embossed the tree (from the Forever Young set) with black embossing powder to really give it some life against the dark background.  I am really happy with how it stands out.  The  last touch in the sky was to use my white gel pen to add tiny dots for stars.  I added some perfect plum for a mat to bring out the colors in the sky and added that to a black card base.  Final touches we some grey taffeta ribbon and a ribbon slide.

This is my new favorite technique.  It a fairly simple one with a lot of WOW factor.  It takes a bit of time but is definitely worth it!

Hope you enjoy it!