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New to IOD Stamps? Watch our Stamping 101 video to learn how to use and care for them effectively.

New to IOD Stamps? Watch our Stamping 101 video to learn how to use and care for them effectively.

Classical Christmas Classical Christmas is inspired by the luscious layering and opulence of a Renaissance Christmas. We were generous with decadent detail in this collection and it will have your mind spinning with project ideas!  The designs lend themselves wonderfully to mixed-media and paper-craft treatments. Consider stamping Classical Christmas with gold ink and pairing it with our Apothecary Labels Stamp to create Christmas cards that glisten. Project Suggestions: Dress up Christmas cards, tags, and table-setting labels. Stamp a full wreath with holly, berries, and cherubs. Stamp with an adhesive medium and some glitter to add a little sparkle to Christmas cards. Pair With: Crimson Velvet Transfer Ephemeral Type Stamp Tinsel Transfer Adornment Stamp New to IOD Stamps? Watch our Stamping 101 video to learn how to use and care for them effectively.

Meet Gloria, a Paint Inlay that offers a variety of vintage French flea market designs to help you craft fabulous projects for both fall and winter. The French type-setting and intricate foliage play into that bougie vintage vibe we love oh so much! The deep charcoal colors are simple yet stunning. Imagine these neutral tones paired with vibrant orange hues on fall wall art or dramatic reds on Christmas cookie trays.  Project Suggestions:  Dress up planters and pots filled with miniature Christmas trees as a gift to the host of a holiday party, neighbor, or friend.  Creamy-colored signage paired with the deep charcoal designs in Gloria would be so beautiful.  Pair With:  Tinsel Gilded Transfer Handy Tip: Don’t forget that you can get more than one use from the IOD Paint Inlay sheets! Sally loves to batch holiday projects by making at least two at a time, so she has one to gift and one to keep.  Handy Tip 2: When using small cut-out inlay sections, we recommend using a clear topcoat inlay into, which will help mask textural differences and slight edging that might be more noticeable when laid into paint. The IOD Paint Inlay 101 can help you with this technique.    

Meet Angelic Tapers, a mould that celebrates the classical beauty of angelic motifs. Inspired by the wintery icicles, this mould captures the timeless beauty of the architectural pieces you'd find in historic buildings (with a Christmas twist 😉). Designed with versatility in mind, these moulds offer so much creative freedom. Make a lovely planter pick for a giftable poinsettia. If you think outside of the box, you can actually cut apart the different parts of the mould to use in different ways. The angel bust alone would make a beautiful ornament or furniture embellishment!  Project Suggestions:  Use the angels back to back to create a dimensional ornament.  Make exquisite planter picks for Christmas greenery.  Adorn the apex and edges of a curved frame with the angels at both ends and a taper to connect the two.  Curve the tapers to hug the side of an LED candle or napkin ring for an elevated look.  Use the section under the angel bust as icicles on other projects.  Pair With:  Bibelots by layering angels on top for vintage ornaments. 

Meet Angelic Tapers, a mould that celebrates the classical beauty of angelic motifs. Inspired by the wintery icicles, this mould captures the timeless beauty of the architectural pieces you'd find in historic buildings (with a Christmas twist 😉). Designed with versatility in mind, these moulds offer so much creative freedom. Make a lovely planter pick for a giftable poinsettia. If you think outside of the box, you can actually cut apart the different parts of the mould to use in different ways. The angel bust alone would make a beautiful ornament or furniture embellishment!  Project Suggestions:  Use the angels back to back to create a dimensional ornament.  Make exquisite planter picks for Christmas greenery.  Adorn the apex and edges of a curved frame with the angels at both ends and a taper to connect the two.  Curve the tapers to hug the side of an LED candle or napkin ring for an elevated look.  Use the section under the angel bust as icicles on other projects.  Pair With:  Bibelots by layering angels on top for vintage ornaments. 

IOD Moulds are the most beautifully designed, deeply detailed moulds on the market. They are made from food safe materials (do not use the same set for food and crafts), and can be used to transform and create baked goods, furniture, soaps, jewelry, and more! You can use IOD moulds with a bazillion different mediums ( yes, we counted.), transforming your projects into masterpieces with ease!

Introducing Christmas Tapers, a nod to the timeless appeal of Nordic-style and traditional Christmas motifs. Use this mould for a Christmas bangle or festive chocolates and cookies (yes, our moulds are food safe, just don’t forget to set aside a set of moulds for your baked goods that are separate from your craft moulds. No one likes clay in their cookies! 😉). Project Suggestions:  Place back-to-back to create a dimensional ornament.  Spiral the taper to create a napkin ring, and paint it gold or silver for your holiday table. Use a malleable baking material, like fondant, as your casting to wrap tapers around the border of a cake.  DIY bold Christmas bangles for festive holiday parties or gifts. Pair With:  Layer the Snowman, Snowflake, Santa, or North Star on Bibelots for vintage ornaments.