My Monochromatic Magnolia Card

This is quite new to me. Working "without colours".
When I saw the challenge Monochromatic in The Official Magnolia Inspiration Challenge, and then at Stamps & Fun = Creativity, I thought I'd do this "properly". I wanted to make it a bit old-fashioned, a little bit shabby chic.
I had to use a little time on the planning of this one, both which papers to use, what to do with them. And of course which Tilda to use, and how to colour her without using "proper colours"...
(for her skin I used Ivory, then Warm Grey 1, and then blended them well together . think that worked quite nice)
A while ago I bought a jar of UTEE, and have read about the use of it, but never really come to try it. Now I decided to do that. I put on five (5!) layers of this stuff on the image, then put it into the fridge.
Oh, how excited we were (Hedda and I) when we took it out of the fridge and started "cracking" it - we both think it turned out really nice.
The banners are homemade.

Inside the card I've used the same colours, and distressed in the same way.

I'll enter my monochromatic card into these challenges:
TOMIC - Monochromatic
Dream Valley - Distressing
Pollycraft - Distressing
Stamps & Fun = Creativity - Monochromatic
Catch the Bug - Distressed/ Shabby Chic


Materials used:
Cardstock: Bazzill
DP: Creative Imagination, Panduro, Glitz Design
Stamps: Image Magnolia, Text Imaginisce
Colouring: ProMarkers
Spellbinders Labels Fifteen, Fancy Tags
DistressInk, BlackSoot
Lace
a bit of sheer fabric for th big ribbon on the front