IOD Full Colour Transfer - Winter Botanist

Winter Botanist feels like flipping through the pages of a winter field guide, the kind you’d find buried in a French cottage library. The finely illustrated birds, blooms, and berries are a beautiful depiction of vintage nature, and delight makers who love a quiet kind of Christmas magic.

Sophisticated botanicals like these are lovely for Nancy Meyers–inspired Christmas decor, pairing beautifully with wood, linen, and layered textures.

Make a statement on small decor using vintage horticulture labels, or create a sweet mail organizer with the Christmas Post Stamp to hold all those treasured holiday letters. Embellish vintage book covers for your holiday shelfscape, or layer with neutrals and greenery for a cozy natural look that lasts well beyond December.

PREPARATION IS KEY.

Keep your transfer with its backing sheet until you are ready to apply. Keep free of dust or debris, which will interfere with adhesion. Do not allow the adhesive side of transfer to touch anything prior to application. When handling the transfer, avoid letting the adhesive side touch itself (don’t do in a windy environment). Do not store transfer in extreme temperatures or humid conditions, which can affect adhesion.

APPLICATION

Start with a clean, dry, matte surface. If painted, make sure it’s well cured, and if you have sanded the paint make certain there is no residual dust. All of these things will interfere with adhesion. For best adhesion, seal your project surface with a high quality, water-based polyurethane sealer in matte before applying a transfer.

Carefully remove the transfer from its white backing. Slowly and carefully lower the transfer onto your intended surface, making sure that it does not touch until the placement is correct. Use small pieces of low tack tape to hold it in place.

Using the provided tool, or one of your choice, start at one end of the transfer and rub firmly to adhere the image to the surface. Do this until the entire image is transferred. You are welcome for the free arm workout as well. If any parts aren’t transferred when you lift, simply lay it back down and rub more on that portion. After it is transferred, with a clean dry hand, smooth down any bits that aren’t flatly adhered.

We recommend sealing with a water based (or not harsh solvent based) sealer (waxes created for chalk type paints also work well if they don’t contain harsh solvents).