Graphic 45 Flower Market March Folio Tutorial Half 1 for Make & Take Tuesday

Hey, Associates!  Don’t panic…but it surely’s already time to share my Graphic 45 Flower Market March Folio Tutorial Half 1.  March?  Sure, March!  Time and tide look forward to no man, so I wished to get this tutorial out to you so you possibly can have it made earlier than the calendar web page turns.  That is the 2nd installment in our year-long 2023 calendar undertaking.  If  you missed the January/February folios, you will discover them HERE.

Simply have a look at these attractive daffodils!  It might be exhausting to imagine proper now, however quickly we’ll see these golden heads popping up from the soil and brightening the panorama.  They’re Spring’s cheeriest bloom, for my part.

Our tutorial this week will deal with creating the folio base and designing the duvet.  I made a number of enhancements to the design this month, and I really feel the folio base is even higher than earlier than.  The second installment of this tutorial can be accessible in our Throwback Thursday publish this week.  So you will get your base and canopy made right now and tomorrow, then be prepared for the inside on Thursday.

A Peek Inside

Right here’s a sneak peek to whet your urge for food.  Flower Market is a beautiful assortment, however considerably restricted, for my part.  With only one patterned paper and only one minimize aside web page, it begs to be stuffed out with different patterns.  So as soon as once more, I searched by means of the Closet of Inspiration and Delight on the lookout for papers that will circulate nicely with the bottom assortment.

Should you look carefully on the floral sample, you’ll spy small touches of purple.  I made a decision so as to add purple and yellow/gold patterns from a number of completely different paper collections to fill out the pages of this folio.  You’ll find out what I used within the provide checklist under.

Now, in case you don’t have these papers, don’t panic!  Look by means of your stash and I wager you will see that papers that can work simply as nicely,  Take note of shade palettes and patterns.  I attempted to keep away from robust seasonal patterns and caught to extra generic themes when selecting my papers. I actually like the way in which this folio turned out.  It looks like springtime on paper!

Graphic 45 Flower Market March Folio Tutorial on YouTube

Should you’d wish to see a full preview of the folio, learn to construct the improved folio base, and design the duvet with me, then I hope you’ll get pleasure from Half 1 of this tutorial.

Bear in mind, I’ll be again on Thursday with the rest of the tutorial.  I even have a cheery nation recent card to share with you tomorrow.  So a lot of good issues to sit up for!

Thanks for stopping by!

Cheerio,

kathy

SUPPLY LIST

• Graphic 45 Flower Market Assortment
• Different Papers
  • Graphic 45 Time to Flourish
  • Stamperia
  • Kaisercraft
• Graphic 45 File Folder Die
• Mossy Meadow Cardstock (Stampin’ Up)
• Recollections 8 1/2″ x 11″ Cream Heavyweight Cardstock (Michael’s)
• Lavender Cardstock out of your stash