Lemon Tree Branches Pattern Card with Yana

Hello friends! This is Yana and I hope you are having a fabulous week!

I adore creating my own custom patterns using stamps so I couldn't resist creating one using delicious images from the Summer Citrus stamp set.

As I was going through various pattern ideas in my head I decided to use a branch stamp from the All Year Cheer set and not only stamp lemons, but create lemon tree branches!

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I started working on my card by stamping a sentiment first. I went with the one that reads “When Life Gives You Lemons - Put Them In Your Sweet Tea” from the Southern Sentiments set and stamped it in black ink onto the middle-right part of my white cardstock panel cut to 4 x 5 ¼”. Having the sentiment in place first allowed me to create the pattern around it and avoid having my images overlap.

Next, I stamped 4 branches in Last Leaf ink coming in from the left and right edges of my panel and added leaves using the pineapple crown image from the Summer Citrus set. I stamped the base layer in same Last Leaf and added detail in Appletini.

I am not always a fan of masking, so I stamped, die-cut and popped my images up instead. I used Wild Mango and Pumpkin Spice colors to stamp both small and large lemons, cut the images out and foam mounted them onto my panel. Lastly, I added dotted detail stamped in Appletini ink onto panel to complete the card.

You can use the same idea to create patterns using other fruits, not just lemons. Think oranges, kiwis, grapefruit etc.

Featured Supplies

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WPlus9 Summer Citrus Stamp Set Shop at: WP9	WPlus9 Summer Citrus Dies Shop at: WP9	WPlus9 Southern Sentiments Stamp Set Shop at: WP9	Wplus9 All Year Cheer Clear Stamps Shop at: WP9	WPlus9 Last Leaf Dye Ink Shop at: WP9
WPlus9 Appletini Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	WPlus9 Wild Mango Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	WPlus9 Pumpkin Spice Dye Ink Shop at: WP9	WPlus9 Oatmeal Cardstock Shop at: WP9	Neenah 110 Lb Solar White Cardstock Shop at: SSS | AZ
Tsukineko VersaFine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: SSS | AZ