Colorful Blessings: A Coloring Book for Grown-Up Girls from The Coloring Cafe
The Coloring Café Collection Includes:
Color My Heart Happy ISBN - 9781563835575
It s A Girl Thing ISBN - 9781563835582
Colorful Blessings ISBN - 9781563835599
Life is Delicious ISBN - 9781563835605
Happy Everything ISBN - 9781563835148
Kindness Matters ISBN - 9781563835155
My Cup Runneth Over ISBN - 9781563835902
Relax, Unwind & Color ISBN - 9781563835919
Be the Sunshine ISBN - 9781563836053
Home is Where It All Begins ISBN - 9781563836060
Cardlets: 30 Mini Birthday ISBN - 9781563835018
Cardlets: 30 Mini All Occasion ISBN - 9781563835025
Cardlets: 30 Mini Scripture ISBN - 9781563835032
God s Graces A Coloring Journal ISBN - 9781563835537
Life in Color A Coloring Journal ISBN - 9781563835544
Reviews (197)
45 Sweet, Cute and Easy to Color Bible-Inspired Designs – printed on one side of paper
I own a number of The Coloring Cafe coloring books and I love to color in them. They are cute and easy to color. I can usually finish one easily in an afternoon. “Colorful Blessings” is a newer coloring book in the series. What I absolutely love about this coloring book is that it is spiral bound. I can flip the pages around and get the page I am working on to lie perfectly flat. The designs feature a Bible verse as well as the cite so you can look it up for yourself. I don't see a translation mentioned in the book so I can't say for sure which it is. The designs are open and easy to color. I don't have to finagle small points into even smaller spaces with this book. I can have fun with whatever medium suits my temperament on a given day. For my first project, I choose to use a mixture of Sharpie and Bic Mark-it alcohol-based markers. I was happy that the paper didn't feather the ink outside of the lines and will certainly use my markers with this book again (see medium discussion below.) I will provide details about the book below for those interested, but here is an overview of what I found: 45 Bible inspired cute designs Designs are printed on one side of non-perforated white page Spiral bound Alcohol-based markers bleed through page Water-based markers and India ink pens leave shadows of color on back of page Gel pens work well but need a little extra drying time Coloring pencils work well with this paper The designs in this book are printed on one side of the white non-perforated page. On the reverse side of almost all of them, there is a cute little drawing. If you use a medium that doesn't leak through, you can color that as well. The binding is spiral. The designs do not merge into the binding. You have plenty of room to cut the design out, in fact, there is a cutting line already printed on the page. The design elements are all either finished or the design has a framing line around it. I really appreciate it when I am not left with unfinished dangling elements that I have to try to end properly. I always try to mention when an artist includes this thoughtful feature. It saves me time, trouble, and ink. I test my coloring books with various mediums (which I will list in the comments section below.) Here are the results of my test on this book: Alcohol-based markers bleed right through the page. Water-based markers and Ink ink leave color shadows on the backside of the page (Tombows actually bled through in tiny spots.) Gel pens work really well but require a little extra drying time. Coloring pencils work well. The soft lead pencils go on fairly thick and blend well. The hard lead pencils left dents on the backside of the page. Because of the leak-through, I used and recommend using a blotter page of heavier weight paper or card stock with this book. It will keep the rest of the book in good shape – safe from marring dents and leaking ink.
LOVE. I wish I could give 10 stars.
I don't know where to begin. This is my favorite coloring book ever. As in, in 43 years of walking this earth there is not another coloring book that can compare. I use gel pens. I'm low vision and handicapped and I don't have a ton of hand strength. The pages are thick, and each page is one sided so you don't have to worry about bleed through. The illustration is lovely. It's got a little shabby chic theme, it's got a little Primitive theme, and the pictures themselves are drawn well. If I had any complaint at all, it's that the size of the pages doesn't match any standard photo frame. I definitely will want to frame these. And I so, so so appreciate the Bible quotes she chose. I just love this coloring book.
Love this Scripture coloring book
I'm just starting to get into coloring in coloring books. This is my first one and I'm so happy that I bought this! I'm happy to see that there're christian ones out there. So, I had my coloring markers and gel pens in hand and couldn't wait to get started. This book is spiral bound which I love because it's easy to turn back each page. There are 96 pages and they're one sided. I've used both coloring markers and the gen pens and they didn't go through the next design. I love Scripture and the designs that go along with it are nicely done! I can meditate on the Scripture on each page while making the pages beautiful with color. I recommend this coloring book for anyone that loves Scripture and wants to focus on it.
Soothing and Inspirational
There's lots to like about this coloring book. First, in terms of the physical book itself, the spiral binding and the paper quality are great. I am using 1mm gel pens, and have had no bleed-through. The spiral binding makes it much easier to manipulate the book, especially if you do your coloring with the book in your lap, as I do. I really like the book's page size, because you can use less ink (less space to fill) and still end up with a very nice picture. I find this artist's style very appealing. The pictures have enough detail to allow for lots of creativity in coloring them, but they aren't so overly intricate that it takes days to complete one. Now, as for the subject of this book, I love it! The messages are simple, but I find myself meditating on them as I'm coloring. It's very soothing, and I'm inspired to turn to my Bible to read more.
Colorful Blessings is a blessing!
This book is a blessing! It is filled with beautiful designs that aren't too detailed or weird. They're uplifting, Bible inspired, and God honoring! The book is spiral bound and the pages can easily be cut out. I like that the pages are 8 x 8. It will be easy to color the pictures, frame them, and put them in a collage along with other 8 1/2 by 11 pictures I have from other books. The paper is a medium weight and a nice texture to color on. Each picture has a tiny design on the back of it that coincides with the picture on the following page. If you choose not to color it, it won't show through to the side you do color if you want to frame it. I'm pleased with this book and would give it as a gift and buy it again!
Great price for this book and I love that it is a "spiral book"!
I bought a lap tray, large set of colored pencils and pencil sharpener and this book for my best friend's 70th birthday. She has a hard time relaxing and I knew from my own experience of coloring to relax at night that she would love doing the same. I was not wrong. She loves this book and loves to color for relaxation now. I have several books that have been bought for me, but I personally dislike that the pictures "run into the book crease" and there's no way to completely color the picture! This spiral book allows the entire picture to be colored and I will be ordering my next one myself so I can have this one!
Perfect for a Relaxing Hour or Two
I was surprised by how much I liked this little book. I have bought several of the more elaborate adult coloring books. Although they are beautiful and artistic, it takes me several days to do one picture. I am not an artist, so by that time, I have probably ruined my picture or become tired of looking at the same page for so long. I have done several of the pages in this book, and each one can be done at night while talking with my husband or watching TV. I also like the Bible verses on each one. The author's choice of which passages to use was excellent. I will buy more.
It's wonderful to meditate on the scriptures while coloring.
I LOVE this coloring book! It has a little bit of everything. Some pages are simple with not a lot on them, others are the more intricate patterns or as I like to call them "busy" pages. I absolutely love that I can meditate on the scripture as I am coloring. And the spiral binding helps it to lay flat while coloring. The pages are a good thickness for colored pencils, if you want to do water colors or markers, they suggest putting a piece of scrap paper in between pages to prevent bleed through. I APPRECIATE that the author gave this suggestion. Wonderful product. I will absolutely look for more like this.
Wonderful and Fun Coloring Book!!!
This is a another wonderful coloring book by Ronnie Walter, who is my favorite coloring book artist!! The coloring pages are very cute and fun, and the coloring book is spiral-bound which makes it so nice when working on your coloring page. The coloring book is very high quality too. "Colorful Blessings" is also very inspirational and positive!! I have all of Ronnie Walter's coloring books and this one is one of my favorites!!
Great pastime
Love this book, it's so relaxing and nice, great pastime for when you go visit someone :) recommend using gel pens.
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