Colouring with distress refillers by Aija

Hi, here is Aija and I will show you today how I colour with Tim Holz distress refill inks. I use Canson illustration paper, I like it the most since the surface is hard and even, there is no structure on it.
I use normal brush and I have added a colour chart under the empty cd-case.
The Whiff of Joy image Lizzy is stamped with Versafine onyx black.

Normally I start with the face. I clour from the edges to the center and I try to lighten the colour coming to center area. First I put Tattered Rose and after that I make the shadow with Tea Dye.

After the face I colour hair. I have started with Scattered Straw and made the shadow with Tea
Dye and Vintage Photo.

On the dress, jacket and top of the hat I have used Worn Lipstick. I started with light colour.

For the tights and mittens I used Shappy Shutters. Shoes I coloured with Scattered Straw.

Here I have added more worn lipstick to get shadow to the jacket and dress. To the thights I added Peeled paint.

For the white areas, on hat and jacket I used Milled Lavender to deepen the edges.

Here I deepened the shadows with Aged Mahogany (jacket), Vintage Photo (shoes), Peeled Paint (tights and mittens)

For the background I added Weathered Wood and little hint of Black Shoot & Vintage Photo around the shoes.

And here is finished card with the coloured image. I embossed some white Whiff of Joy stars to background of the image. Embossed the frame with silver. Used Basic Gray Eskimo papers and hydrangea flowers from Prima. I decorated the centers of the flowers with liquid pearls from Rangers.

Unfortunately there is nearly no day light here in Finland nowdays and it makes the photographing very challenging. Hopefully you will anyway get the idea how I colour with distress. Have a great weekend!