Inked background with an uncoloured image

I got my distress inks out after ages, or so it seems. I have always enjoyed making inked backgrounds by sponging distress inks; however, I had overused my sponge-daubers and ink blending foams owing to which they were badly worn out! I got my new ink blending tools from Amazon (Thanks, Ishani, for the recommendation). These work beautifully with Iris cardstock.

Now onto my card.

I sponged the distress inks (fossilized amber, squeezed lemon, spiced marmalade) over the top edge of a 5 by 7 card base. Next, I sprinkled some water droplets randomly over the sponged area using a paint brush and I dabbed over these drops lightly using a tissue paper; this step lifts some water off the sponged area, giving a beautiful texture. Because I wanted to add some shimmer, I sprinkled some silver paint from the Gansai Tambi watercolour paint set. The effect looks beautiful in real.

Next, I added a strip of black coloured card stock with a heat embossed sentiment, on the card base using double-sided foam tape. I stamped the Elf image on a piece of Iris card stock, fussy cut, and adhered it over the sentiment strip, using double-sided foam tape. I decided to leave it uncoloured, mainly for two reasons: 1) I liked the effect of black-and-white image against a vibrant background and 2) I was running out of time and had to finish making this card quickly ;)

What do you think? Yay or nay?

Have a great Sunday, folks!

Linking this card to the following challenges:
AAA cards- CAS game#155- Along the edge (I chose to skip the optional twist)