A Vintage Journeys new Challenge ‘The Colours of Autumn’

A vintage Journeys

The Colours of Autumn Challenge

Make a project incorporating these beautiful colours, in a shabby vintage style

I love autumn my favourite time of year, such a beautiful season with an amazing array of colours, oranges, reds, rusts, browns through to pinks and purples, a bountiful time for many creatures preparing for winter, my Butterfly is preparing for hibernation in the leaves

 I started by applying DecoArt modelling paste to a piece of chipboard, spreading approx. 1mm thickness and drying with a heat tool to form a skin then stamped into it with Tim Holtz falling leaves

Once completely dry, I fixed to the back panel of the case with Glossy Accents

I then applied a variety of embellishments metal & fabric flowers to the inside with a heavy based gel medium I wanted to soften the metal case edge, so applied a braid trim

The decorative element on top was further embellished with Tim’s Crown & Wings from the Regal Adornments

 The inside was painted by starting in the middle with the bright orange then adding Quinacridone Orange and Burgundy to the edges to achieve an inner glow

The outside of the case and details were  painted with Americana Plum and Dark Plum
and highlighted with the Burnt Orange and a mix of this and the Bright Orange

The butterfly was stamped onto Ranger speciality stamping paper, then coloured with Tim Holtz Adirondack Alcohol inks Purple Twilight, Raisen, Pink Sherbet, Cranberry, Mountain Rose and Wild plum

Dripping onto the paper which's takes the inks beautifully and keeps the vibrancy of colour

 Finished with a coat of DecoArt Media Ultra Matt Varnish

The small butterfly was cut from Tim’s Mini butterflies movers and shapers die using chipboard and painted with the oranges, distressed around the edges with Ripe Persimmon, Barn Door, Aged Mahogany distress inks

Covered with DecoArt Crackle texture and left to dry once the cracks appeared I applied Dark Plum to colour the cracks and wiped back the excess, the Papillon label was done with the same technique

I stamped the small leaves onto this paper too and coloured with Distress Inks Ripe Persimmon, Barn Door, Aged Mahogany and Seedless Preserve

I hope you have enjoyed my project, please check out the other Design Team Projects on

A VintageJourney and we look forward to seeing your Colour of Autumn projects

Jools :)