O Christmas Tree

For this card I used one of the gorgeous trees from the four pack : XMAS-154, coupled with the northern lights sponging technique for the sky : 

Here is a close up of the tree - doesn't it look great.

For the tree I used distress ink and then put some gold onto my craft sheet and lightly touched the tree to it, and of course I added more to the star on top. Then while the paint was still wet I sprinkled a little rock candy glitter from Ranger. It adds a little shine, texture and interest to the tree. 

 The glitter paper was cut to size and added to the back of the tree :

Below I show the stages of the northern lights sky, using regular pigment ink and sponges :

Firstly add your lightest color, in this case I used yellow :

 Then your next lightest to surround the yellow, I used turquoise :

 Then my final color was added, the darkest, purple :

 Up to now it really doesn't look like much, the magic happens when soem black is added to accentuate and pick out certain colors and areas of the sky. Be careful not to add too much black :

For the tree I used distress ink and then put some gold onto my craft sheet and lightly touched the tree to it, and of course I added more to the star on top. Then while the paint was still wet I sprinkled a little rock candy glitter from Ranger. It adds a little shine, texture and interest to the tree. 

 The glitter paper was cut to size and added to the back of the tree :

Thanks for stopping by, Nikki x