Flowerlike Citrus Print

Uncommon Cards

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Prints made with cut citrus look like flowers.

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You Will Need (5 things)

  • Square curry yellow Card Stock
  • ½ Small Lemon or lime
  • Green inked Stamp Pad
  • Orange Thread , for sewing
  • Yellow Thread , for bobbin

Steps (6 steps, 60 minutes)

  1. 1

    Hold the card open and flat, face up.

  2. 2

    Press the lemon stamp into the green inked stamp pad. Print the inked lemon in the upper left corner of the card.

  3. 3

    Continue printing to make a three-column by three-row pattern on the card. Re-ink each time before stamping on the paper. Allow the ink to dry before proceeding.

  4. 4

    Sew straight lines from top to bottom between the two columns of stamped lemons.

  5. 5

    Sew straight lines from side to side between the rows of lemon prints.

  6. 6

    Trim the ends of any loose threads on the front and inside of the cards.