Creative Haven Christmas Whimsy: A WordPlay Coloring Book (Adult Coloring Books: Christmas)

Your browser does not support HTML5 video.  This is a coloring book with designs of animals made up of words. I've done this type of pattern with cross stitch before but never with coloring. The projects are fun and fairly fast to color. There is plenty of room to add embellishments or blending if you choose to do so. The words describe the animal and take on the shape of the animal as well.There are lots of animals in these designs, including: elephant, cat, rabbit, horse, wolf and more. I chose to do the design of the rabbit as my first project. I've been visited by a number of them over the spring and summer as they “sampled” my garden vegetables. I'll post a photo of my first project as well as samples from the book.This is what I experienced while coloring in this book and testing the paper with my coloring medium. I will list, in the comments section below, the coloring medium I use for testing and for coloring.31 Animal word play designsPrinted one side of the pagePaper is white, medium weight, slightly smooth and has perforated pages.Glue Binding but you can remove pages at the perforation easilyThe designs stop well before the perforations and have a framing line around the outer edgeAlcohol-based markers bleed through this paperWater-based markers bleed through in spots on the back of the pageGel pens and India ink pens leave shadows of color on the back of the page. India ink pens can bleed through if you apply heavily or with with multiple layers.Coloring pencils work well with this paper. I was able to get good color, layer the same color and multiple colors and blend easily using a pencil style blender. I tested both oil and wax-based pencils with similar results. Hard lead pencils, like Verithins, leave dents on the back of the page.I either use a blotter page under my working page or I remove pages from the book to color. I like card stock for my blotter page but a couple of sheets of heavyweight paper works as well.

I love this book! It is just a cute fun book that flows very well. The animals are easy to figure out by the pictures alone but then as you read the words, it just falls into place. I color this book when I just don't want to think very hard. It beats the other "phrase" books I have bought by a mile. Keep it up!

I love this book so much that I bought another. My daughter and I color together and both of us couldn't get over how great this book is. In fact I want to see what else you have in this line. Thanks for such a great book!

This artist is a genius! Each design has its own words to color. I have her Animal and State books also.If you haven't seen Jessica Mazurkiewicz WHIMSY coloring books, you're missing out. The next one of these I will order in the spring as it's Plants! Can't wait for her next brainstorm. Whimsy what!

I sat right down with this and colored straight through the whole thing - I had fun picking the colors to match the picture, or to not match the picture, depending on where my imagination took me - I have other books in this style, looking forward to coloring them.

What a fantastic book to use in schools! So creative and at the same time teaching students useful Christmas vocabulary.

Cute holiday pictures to color, not difficult. Can use less colors.Good quality paper, one sided, perforated pages.

I am still coloring in this book but I like that I don't really have to think about what color to use next. I wouldn't mind more of this kind.

Lovely book and nice to colouring pencils or pen would recommend thank you

A very e.njoyable book that you can loose yourself in

I absolutely adore this book! Good paper with tear out pages beautiful designs I've bought this for 2 friends as well as my copy. Suitable for adults and children

i love the "wordplay" idea. very fun to colour and love that the pages are perforated incase i want to rip it out.

Ótimo livro para iniciantes, desenhos bonitos e com detalhes grandes