Just like IOD Artisan Connie from The Painted Photographer, we love a good garden sign.

In this tutorial, though, Connie shares her technique in layering the new Orléans Stamp, a stencil, and florals from the Flowers by the Poets Transfer. She starts by staining a thin wood board, then uses silicone paint blades to build an irregular, old-world painted finish that feels aged in the very best way. The Orleans Stamp adds a distressed, map-like texture in the background before lettering and floral transfers bring the whole piece to life.

One of our favorite tips? Connie's transfer placement trick. She cuts apart floral swags and uses painter's tape as a hinge to layer the flowers in the right order. This creates a fuller, more custom design that looks like she planned it all from the start (even if she didn't 😅). We swooned.

IOD Products:

• Orleans Stamp

• Flowers by the Poets Transfer

• IOD Black Ink

• IOD Ink Pad

• IOD Silicone Blades

Use the same technique on a larger porch sign, a potting bench accent, or a thrifted cabinet door for a sweet cottage garden moment.

A gallery wall is one of the prettiest ways to bring a collected, vintage feel into your home, and this project proves you don’t need to start with expensive pieces.

Lisa from Sweet and Sassy Treasures transforms thrifted frames and wall decor into a coordinated vintage gallery wall using the Belgravia Transfer, Frames 3 Mould, and Nature’s Etching Stamp. Each piece feels like it has its own story, but that off-white, black, and gold palette running through everything? Chef's kiss. Cohesive without being matchy-matchy.

If thrift flips are your love language, this tutorial was made for you. Lisa uses dictionary paper, stamped cardstock, resin mould castings, floral transfers, and metallic highlights to build pieces that feel layered, curated, and full of gorgeous character.

IOD Products:

• Belgravia Transfer

• Frames 3 Mould

• Nature’s Etching Stamp

• IOD Black Ink

Create a mini gallery wall for a powder room, reading nook, or creative studio using thrifted frames in different shapes and sizes.

For the makers who love vintage papers, bookmaking, and mixed media, this creator’s journal is something special.

Lynne from Ellen J Goods turns a thrifted book into a handmade journal using vintage papers, coffee stained pages, the Frames 3 Mould, Athenaeum Foil Transfer, and several mini stamp sets from the IOD Summer Collection. She reinforces the book spine, decoupages papers, builds a removable signature, and adds gold transfer details throughout the pages.

The best part? This journal is designed to be useful, not just beautiful. Lynne adds stamped foldout pages, paint swatch areas, and spaces to catalog stamp designs, making it a personal creative workbook you’ll actually want to open and use. "Creating a workbook that is very personal to you and very pretty will just encourage you, it encourages me, to actually open this workbook and use it. And use it as a valuable resource." - Lynne

IOD Products:

• Frames 3 Mould

• Athenaeum Foil Transfer

• Emblems Stamp

• The Connoisseur's Library Stamp

• IOD Air Dry Clay

Make one as a color swatch book, creative planner, recipe journal, or keepsake album using your favorite vintage papers and leftover transfer pieces.

Whether you’re transforming a thrifted frame, building a creative journal, refreshing a vintage dress form, or experimenting with stamps in a new way, these projects are a beautiful reminder that IOD products are made for mixing, layering, and making something completely your own.

Find all your IOD supplies at your local IOD stockist.

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