Hi friends! Today I am giving away the new Make Your Own Mural coloring book from the Witty Gritty Paper Company! Click the link to see all of the lovely designs in this high quality coloring book and read on to see how you can win one!
My kids and I love this coloring book and the paper in this book is really lovely I tried it with several mediums to see what worked best:
The first panel was done in watercolor and watercolor marker but the water based media warped the paper. The second panel was done with alcohol markers which blended beautifully and looks super vibrant! The next panel was done with wax based colored pencils which also worked well, I tried blending them with solvent but it did not work as well due to the smoothness of the paper I think. The last panel was done with watercolor pencils and a waterbased blender pen which I probably liked the best. Since I did not want to waste my coloring test sheet I cut up the panels and made bookmarks because with 5 avid readers in the house they are always in demand!
After trimming the panels I adhered them to black cardstock, punched a hole and added a tassel for a fun and durable bookmark! It is a great way to use all of the beautiful pages you have colored! You can also hang them on the wall and create a mural for your friends and family to enjoy!
I love finding practical uses for my craft supplies and what better time to encourage others to be creative than with this beautiful coloring book and an inspiring assortment of coloring media. Here I placed a sheet of brown kraft paper on my coffee table and put crayons and colored pencils in glass flower “frogs” (you can find these at antique markets and they are wonderful for displaying pretty pens and things in but they are made to put at the bottom of a vase to keep flowers upright.) The kraft paper protects your table and gives people a place to test a color before using it in their book. You could also use white butcher paper. I love to put on a movie and sit around the coffee table and color!
This is a great activity for kids on thanksgiving. they can color and watch the parade While parents are busy getting dinner ready. The finished coloring sheets could be used as place mats too, if you laminate them with clear contact paper you could use them year after year! I think I would rather sit at the kids table this year LOL!
Giveaway!
If you would like a chance to win a copy of this coloring book simply leave a comment on this blog post. I will randomly draw a winner in one week. Also I have a free shipping coupon code that you can use on anything at The Witty Gritty Paper Company: colormefrugal good through December 6th, 2016. In addition to this beautiful coloring book they carry note cards, mugs, art prints, gift tags, greeting cards, phone cases, desk accessories and more! Why not knock a few items off your holiday gift list and get free shipping too?
I hope you enjoyed these practical ways to use your adult coloring books. I want to thank The Witty Gritty Paper Co. for sponsoring this blog post and giveaway and til next time happy crafting!
I have looked at a lot of these but haven’t purchased one yet. As with most people, coloring was a big part of our younger years and it is amazing that they have come out with the adult coloring books.. Thanks for sharing all of your projects and the giveaways.
Linda D.
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Love adult coloring, very relaxing and fun.
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Fun, fun. My husband an I love adult coloring books.
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Love coloring books!
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I’ve been looking for another way to use my watercolor pencils and coloring in a book like this is perfect.
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I love coloring books !!! Thanks for a chance to win one !! 🙂
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You have more energy and creativity than any one I know. Take care of yourself and a huge thank you. I’m still not getting off the couch today, but you keep my mind creative.
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I am so glad coloring books are back! I’ve been coloring all my life but I enjoy the adult, intricate patterns in the books they have now. I’m never sure what to do with them once I’m finished a page but after seeing your post on the panel on cardstock I think that is an awesome idea!!
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I love the drawing style of this coloring book. It’s a great look, and thank you for sharing, Lindsay!
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Would love to see you do a live coloring segment with coloring books!
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Great Idea Lindsay!! I have a few pages colored and and didnt know what to do with them. This would make a great gift idea!! Thank you for doing what you do!!
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This is such a great addiction…thanks…
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Coloring brings out the creative kid in me, love it.
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Love to try these adult colouring books, lovely giveaway.
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I’m about to have knee surgery tomorrow and the stay off of leg for at least 72 hours I am planning on coloring a lot this week!
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The bookmarks are a great idea to make the completed pages useful. As always love your ideas and artwork and look forward to my email each day. Thank you from the UK.
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I like how you re-purpose your coloring pages to bookmarks; great idea. I find coloring very relaxing and am glad it’s become such a popular activity for all ages that new and interesting books and projects come out all the time. Thanks for showing us this one!
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Great post – trying the various markers! As usual, your info is so valuable!
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Looks like a fun color book, great blog post
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I’ve been wanting to get a coloring book even if it was to practice my coloring with my Aqua Markers, Copics, and other media! Thanks, Lindsey!
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looks like lots of fun.
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The book sounds amazing count me in 🙂
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Would love to try one of these books!!!
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Coloring books are fun! I love your bookmarks – that’s a great idea.
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Have watercolor pencils! Just need a blender…:and this book! Thank you for the opportunity to WIN this!
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Finger crossed 🙂 🙂
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What a great idea! I love to color while I am watching TV. Thanks for showing us all the different mediums to color with 🙂
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The idea of using them for bookmarks! You amaze me how on Earth do you come up with these ideas?!
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What an amazing giveaway! I love coloring books and the many things you can use to color them!
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I love just sitting down and doing a little colouring.
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I was an adult coloring book for halloween. I had a crown of markers and a foam core board. People loved coloring me 🙂
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Wow, how fun!
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Coloring is so fun & relaxing.
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I love keeping my hands busy while I watch TV. Thanks for the chance to win your giveaway!!!
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Over 70 and still love to color 🙂
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“Color” me excited about the possibility of winning one of these awesome col9ring books.f
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Dear Lindsay, Hope your back safe and sound and enjoyed chillin with 50 some young girls. I’m sure they made your weekend interesting. Looking forward to Friday “live”. pat v
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I’d love to win this.
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I love how you make every effort to minimize waste by making something even out of test work. That’s probably one of be biggest gains I’ve gotten from your blogs and videos, that there’s a great use for nearly everything!
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You say coloring, I say colouring – whichever way you spell it colouring is a fun way to relax and unwind.
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I’ve not colored in a coloring book since I was a child but these look like so much relaxing fun! Thanks so much for the chance to win – and your bookmarks are lovely!!
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Enjoy coloring , it relaxes me after a hard day . I find the less intricate the design the more I can practice my blending technique .
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really enjoy your videos and i have learned so much and purchased lots of watercolor tube paints and watercolor pencils. This coloring book will really come in handy !!!!! Thank you.
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I haven’t seen this book in any of the stores I frequent. It would be great to win something really different. Thanks for the chance to win.
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Love the bright colours. I sure hope I get this book. Need some quiet colouring time to relax and enjoy some of my art supplies. Thanks.
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Awesome ideas!!
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I would love to win this coloring book. I have fibromyalgia and I injured my rotator cuff and this coloring book would keep my mind off of the pain.
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Cool. Have to say I think the lady who dressed up as a coloring book for Halloween should win!!!
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I’ve always loved coloring, and I think that is one of the reasons I started making my own cards….so I’d have an excuse to color. The arrival of adult coloring books has been a gift for sure. This one is a neat one. Looking forward to trying some of the images in it.
I love your blog. I look forward to each post daily. Thanks for doing such a good job on it.
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Adult coloring is the most relaxing thing I’ve ever done. Make me feel like a real artist. Hope I win.
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I have always loved coloring which was one reason I started making my greeting cards…..so I could have an excuse to color. The arrival of adult coloring books was a welcome gift. Your blog is an inspiration for sure. I look forward to each post and have tried many of your suggestions. Keep up the good work. Thanks loads.
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Thank you for trying out several media – very helpful.
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I like the fact that you used different mediums. I really like the pages also. They look like they could be applied to canvas or wood to make decor.
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I want to try the color books, too. they don’t look as intricate as the other ones I have seen, but still more grown-up subjects.
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I’d love the chance to win one! Thanks.
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Much less cluttered than most = a good thing.
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I love coloring books, it is great therapy! I enjoy the adult ones but I can honestly just afford the cheaper $5 ones I get at the discount stores. I would love a great quality adult coloring book to use with my pencils! 😉
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I own some different adult coloring books that contain patterns of boats, birds, flowers, but this book looks lovely. It looks fun to color.
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Do you know how many frogs I have and never in my wildest dreams would I thought about using them for my colored pencils and crayons thank you Lindsey now I’ve got to go get them
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Thank you as usual you give so much to the readers. Great inspiration and fun ideas for the holidays.
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Another awesome giveaway. Thank you for the chance to win 🙂
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I love coloring books! I only been coloring with the kids books
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Love coloring 🙂
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I enjoy coloring it is so relaxing. Thank you for the chance to win! God bless you.
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I love to see new coloring books….thanks for sharing the opportunity to win these!
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you have the very best ideas! …again!? bookmarks and frogs for sure! wouldn’t it be great if the grumpies would color??? Hmmm… are you hearing gears?? How about froging a pencil and crayon centerpiece flocked with coloring pages at the kitchen table? could precut and tassel the card stock? hmmm… Thank You Again
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I love to color! I did my first attempt at alcohol markers in a coloring book! Love the page on the right in the last photo. I am sure I could have some fun with that! Thanks for all you do.
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Love coloring, looks like a nice book. 🙂
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Oh nice; another way to use copics.
Thank you for giving us a chance to win!
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I liked that you used 4 different ways to color the pictures!
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I love your videos , and I love coloring books! THANKS for sharing.
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I enjoying coloring it relaxes me as I color. I can use my copies or my color pencil. Thank you for the chance to enter😄
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I absolutely love to color and have since I was a tot. My grandkids also like to color with me. This looks like a beautiful book. Thank you.
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I’m glad I took time to read this because I have not seen the create your own mural books yet…and I have a stack of coloring books, lol. Thanks for a great new idea of how to use fun colored pages – book marks! They look very nice, and never last forever anyway, so that’s perfect!
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What great ideas for using finished color pages. Thanks Lindsey!
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I love coloring in coloring books. I used to color with my son when he was younger but he eventually said Mom you can have all my books now. Thank you for sharing all of your techniques and methods. I love your style.
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I have several coloring books and I really like to use my colored pencils in them. Thank you for the giveaway.
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I am obsessed with coloring books, especially when I can get that for less than five dollars or free! Thanks for the chance!
Carmen
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Coloring is soooo relaxing. I have one but it’s almost all used up. Love your tutorials. I’m a big fan.
Sally
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I wouldn’t mind trying one of the colouring books.
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I love the idea of a coloring book that turns into a mural! i would love to see a nature based one that has woods, wild animals and other nature things!! That would be so cool!! Would love to win this one and once it is colored it would go on my craft room wall!! Thanks for the chance to win it!!
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This is a fresh idea and concept and this excites me. Thank you for the opportunity!
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Hi Lindsay, I love to color in adult coloring books and when I am making cards. It’s my favorite part of cardmaking. I would really like to win the adult coloring book. Love your videos.
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Beautiful pictures to color! Thank you for sharing such great idea’s! I plan on trying the placemat idea and the bookmark idea. Thanks again and have a beautiful day!!
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Such a fun book! Thanks for the coloring info!
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I love to color. I usually make copies of my pages in the book, so I can have a sheet for everyone. Would love to try this book. You make using different media interesting.
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Funny how things come back around. Thanks for the review of mediums.
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I love how you are constantly reinventing yourself. Beautiful BOO k s.
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Excellent review of coloring mediums! The beautiful designs make great bookmarks. Thanks for the idea.
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that looks like a fun coloring book. and a cool site, i love their story. thanks for the chance to win the coloring book…I believe it improves our crafty skills, with blending, using different types of colors, etc, with out the stress of feeling like we have to be right, or artsy,. just fun. –diane
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I just love adult coloring books! I get to spend time with my kids doing it and we have a lot of fun. You did a great job as always Lindsey!
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Super cute and so much fun!
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I love adult coloring books, and this one looks like a lot of fun.
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Love to color.
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I love coloring, both stamps and in adult coloring books! Just bought a blender pen today after seeing your stamp school video. Tonight I have been using it with my watercolor pencils to color stamped images for cards. I will have to try it in a coloring book tomorrow! Thanks for all of the tips, tricks, and inspiration! (:
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I’d love to use color books to inspire people In our art club with disabilities to be creative! What a great idea for making bookmarks!
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Looks great to add to Christmas list
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Looks like lots of fun. My grandkids and I always do soome kind of art activity when they visit
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Love adult coloring books! Thanks Lindsay
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Using the panels as bookmarks is an awesome idea. Thanks Lindsay!
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I love adult coloring books, they are so stress free. It’s always a great way to relax in the evening.
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Thanks for trying out the different media. Very useful.
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Hi! and thanks for all the info!
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So pretty! These look like so much fun to color. Thanks for the giveaway!
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Great ideas to make use of these. Thanks!
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Lindsay I enjoy watching all of your videos……….your positive creative spirit is contagious. Keep up the good work. We LOVE to color at our house………it’s good for the Soul!
Angela
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I love how your pages turned out and the idea of making gift tags. Also thanks for the coupon code. Always great to have at Christmas time!
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Lindsay, I would really love to win this for my house-bound friend. She has always been very artistic and has started coloring as a way to keep busy and her mind active on something other than her troubles.
I do appreciate your hints and tips, tutorials, and the way you present yourself and your crafts and talents. Thank you so much for continuing on. Have a great fall!
Kim
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You make everything look easy!
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Lindsey,
Love all your posts an videos. Been meaning to comment on so many but not sure how. Today I would like to enter in the Adult Coloring Book Giveaway in hopes of winning this for my only grand-daughter, Ava! Great ideas to utilize the pages. I laminated mine which was a hexagon shape and put it under an oversized martini glass filled with corks. Anyways, hope I win and if this post works I may be commenting only positive things as I love your personality and all your talent. The information is so helpful to me. I am learning to watercolor because of your great teaching!!! Love it!
Jocelyn
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Love ideas of making book markers . Telling best to color with
Thank. Help me out alot
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Hi lindsey,
I just love the ideas you share with us. I made coasters from one of my coloring pages. So much fun. Take care, and I hope all is well with you and yours.:)
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YOU give me so many ideas! This is a great one. I used mine in my card making.
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lindsay, love your techniques and style. you always ive me such great ideas!!!
smile,
evie
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I love coloring books. I take my pages from certain books and put them in a binder so I can show them off.
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Hi Lindsay, I am newly retired and finally able to follow the creative whims that find me doing something creative everyday. I love your wonderful suggestions and love the comparisons you make with various products, a real time saver! Your tutorials are wonderful and always inspiring! I need all the help and shortcuts I can get at this point in life!!! Color books are wonderful and I have a few. I also tend to use colored pages in my card making and multi-media creations! Thank you for all you do for us!
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Love it!!!
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I would love a chance to win! Thanks for the opportunity! I love your videos and all your art. Keep the videos coming!
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I find adult coloring relaxing and it can be helpful when trying to deal with pain.
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I absolutely love to color. It is a way for me to deal with my depression and anxiety issues. It also gives me a way to deal with my loneliness. I would be forever grateful and humbled to win this.
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I love adult colouring books, I find they wash away my troubles. .. thank you for the opportunity to win one 😊x
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This giveaway is what got me over to your blog to either way I win! Thanks so much! You are very inspiring and have taught me alot.
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Thank you for doing this giveaway! I’m always on the hunt for adult coloring books that can take different types of media.
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I love watching your YouTube videos. I have learned a lot. As a person with a disability, I suffer from chronic pain. Art has become an escape for me. It’s truly been a life changer. I look forward to seeing more videos and learning new tips and tricks!
Take care!
Tiffany 🙂
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I really like these prints, and the bookmark idea!
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Thanks for the chance. This would be fun for quiet times at work.
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I love coloring and the bookmark idea is really cute.
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Awesome giveaway!!!
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Thank you for thinking of us even when you had a hoard of 12 year olds to take care of!
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Hehe the last time I was able to tune in for a live show, not the last one but the one before that I think, I asked if you had considered making an adult coloring book… lets just say the question was not taken the way I meant it in the live show comments. I am looking in to ways to bind my own book though so more crafting in my future. Woot!
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What a great idea with the craft paper. I’ll have to try that with my grandkids! Thanks for the giveaway!
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I love your video! It’s refreshing to see your hands painting instead of watching someone talk. Keep it up
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great idea, would love one!
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I would love to have half the energy you have and a differant creative video everyday. I really don’t know how you keep up plus children and house and I know I’ve heard you say you have chickens.lol I’m exhausted thinking about all you get done.lol Love your art and creativity thank you so much for all that you do for all of us that watch you.Would love to win a coloring book for daughter that is trying to get back the use of her right side after having a brain tumor taken out and doing rehabilitation to get back use. She has always been such an amazing artist. Good luck to everyone.
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Got inspired by your artwork and I am trying to become consistent so created a blog. Thanks for all the help and keep these blogs coming. https://chitrakaarartistpeintre.wordpress.com/2016/11/07/art-lesson-on-youtube/
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So relaxing to color even as adults.
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Beautiful Lindsay!!!!!
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I love your idea setting up a coloring table for the children on Thanksgiving. Thank you for sharing.
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So awesome! I’d love to have one of these coloring books! ESPECIALLY since they will work with different mediums! KEEPING my fingers crossed!! Lol! 🙂 Thanks Lindsay! 🙂
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I’d love one of these awesome coloring books! It’s wonderful they will work with different mediums! So many of mine don’t do well with anything but pencil. Thank you for the chance to win Lindsay!
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Love the coloring pages and then turning them into bookmarks…great idea. And as always…thanks for the giveaway.
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What a wonderful giveaway. Therapeutic, relaxing and down right fun. Thanks Lindsay!
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thank you Lindsay, you do so much for us
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Lindsay, I am a huge FAN (stalker) of yours! You have (unknowingly) rekindled my love for crafting (*rubber stamping*). I actually eased back into it through AC books and this would be a loved and admired AC book to add to my collection. I am always looking for ways to display my pages and absolutely love the bookmarks that you made.
Your #1 stalker lol
Tammie
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Adult coloring bonds are great!
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I love the idea of putting down Kraft or butcher’s paper on the table and coloring on it! Cool idea! The book looks neat too!
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I love the designs in this colouring book!
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Sweet! I love coloring while watching tv or live streaming the news on my laptop at my craft desk.
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Hi there, Lindsay , Coloring books remind me of when I was a child and memories of coloring for hours on end. Great Idea for grown ups too. Thanks
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Coloring books have really come a long way! Fun to do!
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What a great way to use your finished coloring pages!
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I would LOVE to be able to try an adult coloring book! I am going through an especially stressful time and have had a hard time thinking of things to paint, even though it makes me feel better. I’d love to make tracings of the pages on watercolor paper to practice all the things I’ve learned from you and to just relax. And try out the colored pencils and markers and of course…break out the crayons! So many things could be done with it!
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Such a clever way to use coloring sheets! Love the bookmarks.
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I really enjoy your tutorials. My granddaughter and I paint along with your videos.
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i enjoy adult colouring books so much love when other people add hints and tips to improve my technique and enjoyment of colouring
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I love your reviews and suggestions! They really help me get inspired to create!
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Thank you for the chance to win and THANK YOU for your wonderful videos. I enjoy listening to you 🙂
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Very uniique way to use a coloring book. Great video
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I love adult coloring books&would enjoy having this one in my collection..thx for the opportunity to win😃..
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I think you are the best!
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I have always loved to color! So glad they have made these adult coloring books! They are so relaxing! Thank you for doing this giveaway and God bless 🙂
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Those are nice large images and fun themes! Thanks for a chance to win this giveaway!
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What a wonderful coloring experience!
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Very neat! I like to color but wish I had more time to do that.
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Sooo beautiful!
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Absolutely love adult colouring it’s very theaputic .
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