This is a little canvas script to add magic to DOM elements!

Html

<h1>A little canvas script to <span>add magic</span> to DOM elements!</h1>

<button class="sparkley">Everything's better with sparkles!</button>
<button class="sparkley last">I eat rainbows and poop butterflies!!</button>


<div class="img">
  <img id="image" src="http://cdn.twitrcovers.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Rain-l.jpg">
</div>
  <p>It won't work on images or DOM elements which cannot contain other elements, unless we wrap them.</p>

CSS

@import url(http://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Lato:400,900|Montez);

$buttonBackground: #2c3e50;
$buttonColor: rgba(255,255,255,1);

.sparkley {

  background: lighten( $buttonBackground , 10% );
  color: $buttonColor;
  border: none;

  padding: 16px 36px;
  font-weight: normal;
  
  border-radius: 3px;
  transition: all 0.25s ease;
  
  box-shadow: 0 38px 32px -23px black;
  margin: 0 1em 1em;
  
  &:hover {
   
    background: $buttonBackground;
    color: transparentize( $buttonColor,0.8 );
    
  }
  
}





html  {
  
  font-family: Lato;
  font-weight: 200;
  font-size: 1em;
  text-align: center;
  color: #ddd;
  
  min-height: 100%;

  // awesome background from: http://codepen.io/bosscause/pen/BkxbC <3
  
  background: #092756;
  background: -moz-radial-gradient(0% 100%, ellipse cover, rgba(35, 24, 82, 0.22) 10%,rgba(138,114,76,0) 40%),-moz-linear-gradient(top, rgba(57,173,219,.25) 0%, rgba(42,60,87,.4) 100%), -moz-linear-gradient(-45deg, #670d10 0%, #092756 100%);
  background: -webkit-radial-gradient(0% 100%, ellipse cover, rgba(35, 24, 82, 0.22) 10%,rgba(138,114,76,0) 40%), -webkit-linear-gradient(top, rgba(57,173,219,.25) 0%,rgba(42,60,87,.4) 100%), -webkit-linear-gradient(-45deg, #670d10 0%,#092756 100%);
  background: -o-radial-gradient(0% 100%, ellipse cover, rgba(35, 24, 82, 0.22) 10%,rgba(138,114,76,0) 40%), -o-linear-gradient(top, rgba(57,173,219,.25) 0%,rgba(42,60,87,.4) 100%), -o-linear-gradient(-45deg, #670d10 0%,#092756 100%);
  background: -ms-radial-gradient(0% 100%, ellipse cover, rgba(35, 24, 82, 0.22) 10%,rgba(138,114,76,0) 40%), -ms-linear-gradient(top, rgba(57,173,219,.25) 0%,rgba(42,60,87,.4) 100%), -ms-linear-gradient(-45deg, #670d10 0%,#092756 100%);
  background: -webkit-radial-gradient(0% 100%, ellipse cover, rgba(35, 24, 82, 0.22) 10%,rgba(138,114,76,0) 40%), linear-gradient(to bottom, rgba(57,173,219,.25) 0%,rgba(42,60,87,.4) 100%), linear-gradient(135deg, #670d10 0%,#092756 100%);
  
  body { 
    padding: 50px;
  }

}

h1,h2,h3 { 
  
  span { 
    font-family: Montez; 
    font-size: 1.9em; 
    font-weight: 300; 
    margin: 0 0.3em; 
    color: #ff0080; 
  }
  
}

h1 { 
  font-size: 1.9em; 
  width: 900px; 
  margin: 0 auto 1em; 
  text-shadow: 0 2px 1px black;
}

.img {

  margin: 40px auto 0;
  width: 500px;
  display: block;
  
  img { 
    width: 100%; 
    border-radius: 5px;
  }

}

p {

  padding: 5px 10px;
  display: inline-block;
  margin: 10px auto;

}

JS

$(function() {

  
  // default is varying levels of transparent white sparkles
  $(".sparkley:first").sparkleh();
  
  // rainbow as a color generates random rainbow colros
  // count determines number of sparkles
  // overlap allows sparkles to migrate... watch out for other dom elements though.
  $(".sparkley:last").sparkleh({
    color: "rainbow",
    count: 100,
    overlap: 10
  });
  
  // here we create fuscia sparkles
  $("h1").sparkleh({
    count: 80,
    color: ["#ff0080","#ff0080","#0000FF"]
  });
  
  
  
  $("p").sparkleh({
    count: 20,
    color: "#00ff00",
    speed: 0.05
  });
  
  
  // an array can be passed, too for colours
  // for an image, the image needs to be fully loaded to set
  // the canvas to it's height/width.
  // speed allows us to control... the ... velocity 
  $("#image").imagesLoaded( function() {
    $(".img").sparkleh({
      count: 25,
      color: ["#00afec","#fb6f4a","#fdfec5"],
    speed: 0.4
    });
  });


});







$.fn.sparkleh = function( options ) {
    
  return this.each( function(k,v) {
    
    var $this = $(v).css("position","relative");
    
    var settings = $.extend({
      width: $this.outerWidth(),
      height: $this.outerHeight(),
      color: "#FFFFFF",
      count: 30,
      overlap: 0,
      speed: 1
    }, options );
    
    var sparkle = new Sparkle( $this, settings );
    
    $this.on({
      "mouseover focus" : function(e) {
        sparkle.over();
      },
      "mouseout blur" : function(e) {
        sparkle.out();
      }
    });
    
  });
  
}




function Sparkle( $parent, options ) {
  this.options = options;
  this.init( $parent );
}

Sparkle.prototype = {
  
  "init" : function( $parent ) {
    
    var _this = this;
    
    this.$canvas = 
      $("<canvas>")
        .addClass("sparkle-canvas")
        .css({
          position: "absolute",
          top: "-"+_this.options.overlap+"px",
          left: "-"+_this.options.overlap+"px",
          "pointer-events": "none"
        })
        .appendTo($parent);
    
    this.canvas = this.$canvas[0];
    this.context = this.canvas.getContext("2d");
    
    this.sprite = new Image();
    this.sprites = [0,6,13,20];
    this.sprite.src = this.datauri;
    
    this.canvas.width = this.options.width + ( this.options.overlap * 2);
    this.canvas.height = this.options.height + ( this.options.overlap * 2);
    
    
    this.particles = this.createSparkles( this.canvas.width , this.canvas.height );
    
    this.anim = null;
    this.fade = false;
    
  },
  
  "createSparkles" : function( w , h ) {
    
    var holder = [];
    
    for( var i = 0; i < this.options.count; i++ ) {
      
      var color = this.options.color;
      
      if( this.options.color == "rainbow" ) {
        color = '#'+ ('000000' + Math.floor(Math.random()*16777215).toString(16)).slice(-6);
      } else if( $.type(this.options.color) === "array" ) {
        color = this.options.color[ Math.floor(Math.random()*this.options.color.length) ];
      }

      holder[i] = {
        position: {
          x: Math.floor(Math.random()*w),
          y: Math.floor(Math.random()*h)
        },
        style: this.sprites[ Math.floor(Math.random()*4) ],
        delta: {
          x: Math.floor(Math.random() * 1000) - 500,
          y: Math.floor(Math.random() * 1000) - 500
        },
        size: parseFloat((Math.random()*2).toFixed(2)),
        color: color
      };
            
    }
    
    return holder;
    
  },
  
  "draw" : function( time, fade ) {
        
    var ctx = this.context;
    
    ctx.clearRect( 0, 0, this.canvas.width, this.canvas.height );
          
    for( var i = 0; i < this.options.count; i++ ) {

      var derpicle = this.particles[i];
      var modulus = Math.floor(Math.random()*7);
      
      if( Math.floor(time) % modulus === 0 ) {
        derpicle.style = this.sprites[ Math.floor(Math.random()*4) ];
      }
      
      ctx.save();
      ctx.globalAlpha = derpicle.opacity;
      ctx.drawImage(this.sprite, derpicle.style, 0, 7, 7, derpicle.position.x, derpicle.position.y, 7, 7);
      
      if( this.options.color ) {  
        
        ctx.globalCompositeOperation = "source-atop";
        ctx.globalAlpha = 0.5;
        ctx.fillStyle = derpicle.color;
        ctx.fillRect(derpicle.position.x, derpicle.position.y, 7, 7);
        
      }
      
      ctx.restore();

    }
    
        
  },
  
  "update" : function() {
    
     var _this = this;
    
     this.anim = window.requestAnimationFrame( function(time) {

       for( var i = 0; i < _this.options.count; i++ ) {

         var u = _this.particles[i];
         
         var randX = ( Math.random() > Math.random()*2 );
         var randY = ( Math.random() > Math.random()*3 );
         
         if( randX ) {
           u.position.x += ((u.delta.x * _this.options.speed) / 1500); 
         }        
         
         if( !randY ) {
           u.position.y -= ((u.delta.y * _this.options.speed) / 800);
         }

         if( u.position.x > _this.canvas.width ) {
           u.position.x = -7;
         } else if ( u.position.x < -7 ) {
           u.position.x = _this.canvas.width; 
         }

         if( u.position.y > _this.canvas.height ) {
           u.position.y = -7;
           u.position.x = Math.floor(Math.random()*_this.canvas.width);
         } else if ( u.position.y < -7 ) {
           u.position.y = _this.canvas.height; 
           u.position.x = Math.floor(Math.random()*_this.canvas.width);
         }
         
         if( _this.fade ) {
           u.opacity -= 0.02;
         } else {
           u.opacity -= 0.005;
         }
         
         if( u.opacity <= 0 ) {
           u.opacity = ( _this.fade ) ? 0 : 1;
         }
         
       }
       
       _this.draw( time );
       
       if( _this.fade ) {
         _this.fadeCount -= 1;
         if( _this.fadeCount < 0 ) {
           window.cancelAnimationFrame( _this.anim );
         } else {
           _this.update(); 
         }
       } else {
         _this.update();
       }
       
     });

  },
  
  "cancel" : function() {
    
    this.fadeCount = 100;

  },
  
  "over" : function() {
    
    window.cancelAnimationFrame( this.anim );
    
    for( var i = 0; i < this.options.count; i++ ) {
      this.particles[i].opacity = Math.random();
    }
    
    this.fade = false;
    this.update();

  },
  
  "out" : function() {
    
    this.fade = true;
    this.cancel();
    
  },
  
  
  
  "datauri" : "data:image/png;base64,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"

}; 





// $('img.photo',this).imagesLoaded(myFunction)
// execute a callback when all images have loaded.
// needed because .load() doesn't work on cached images
 
// mit license. paul irish. 2010.
// webkit fix from Oren Solomianik. thx!
 
// callback function is passed the last image to load
//   as an argument, and the collection as `this`
 
 
$.fn.imagesLoaded = function(callback){
  var elems = this.filter('img'),
      len   = elems.length,
      blank = "data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==";
      
  elems.bind('load.imgloaded',function(){
      if (--len <= 0 && this.src !== blank){ 
        elems.unbind('load.imgloaded');
        callback.call(elems,this); 
      }
  }).each(function(){
     // cached images don't fire load sometimes, so we reset src.
     if (this.complete || this.complete === undefined){
        var src = this.src;
        // webkit hack from http://groups.google.com/group/jquery-dev/browse_thread/thread/eee6ab7b2da50e1f
        // data uri bypasses webkit log warning (thx doug jones)
        this.src = blank;
        this.src = src;
     }  
  }); 
 
  return this;
};

Read more:http://codepen.io/simeydotme/pen/jgcvi