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I’ve been enjoying various crafting mediums for the past 30 years and one of my favorite crafting mediums happens to be paper crafting. I enjoy scrapbooking, making my own greeting cards, bookmarks, paper collages and all sorts of other things. In addition, two years ago …
Two years ago I jumped onto the adult coloring book bandwagon and have been enjoying it ever since. If you enjoy adult coloring, you already know how important it is to have a great set of gel pens on-hand for all of your coloring needs. …
Two years ago I jumped into the adult coloring hobby. It was an easy jump for me since I’m into a variety of paper crafts like scrapbooking, cardmaking and journaling. I love to sit down after a long, stressful day and relax by working on some type of paper crafting or paper art project.
One of the things I find totally relaxing is adult coloring and I own over 25+ adult coloring books. Once I complete a design, I sometimes remove them from the book and turn them into artsy laminated bookmarks, refrigerator magnets, party banners, laminated placemats, holiday ornaments, etc. You can make all kinds of things from your finished colored designs!
When it comes to adult coloring, my preferred medium is to use gel pens. I love the vivid colors that I can get and if you buy the right gel pens you can blend beautiful colors together and achieve some awesome shading when you do it properly. In addition, I love how gel pens just glide across the page.
With that said, not all gel pens are created equally! I’ve wasted a LOT of money over the past 2 years buying inferior gel pens that bled ink all over my designs, smeared all over my pages and took forever to dry. Plus, sometimes those colors look pretty on the packaging, but when you go to use them on paper, an entirely different story. Yeah, I’ve been there, done that!
Recently I stumbled upon a seller over on Amazon that sells PREMIUM GEL PENS for a really great price. Not only are they affordable, I absolutely love the colors (jeweltones) with a metallic finish. These are the colors that I love using in my designs and if you haven’t worked with metallic finish gel pens before, you’re in for a real treat!
Let me make this clear…I did NOT receive them for a review. I purchased them and I purchased them on my own and at regular price. I know a lot of you are into adult coloring, so I wanted to share my opinion on this product with all of you who are looking for affordable gel pens that do a great job!
The brand is called Color Technik PREMIUM GEL PENS. You get 12 of them in the package: 2 gold, 2 silver, 1 turquoise, 1 blue, 1 green, 1 dark purple, 1 red, 1 pink, 1 bronze and 1 black. Again, jewel-tones with a metallic finish. Plus, they are the comfort grip pens, so they don’t hurt your hands or fingers after hours of use.
I’m including a few photos today of completed pages that I’ve done that utilize a lot of the pens in this set (along with other pens in my collection) so you can see how beautiful the colors are. I originally purchased one set from the seller and over the past few weeks I’ve went back and purchased 6 more sets. Yup, I love them that much and I certainly love the price!
If you’re looking for Premium Gel Pens to use with your paper crafting projects or to use with adult coloring books, I highly recommend these! In addition, if you prefer using glitter gel pens (I’ve got those too) from Color Technik and love them! You can find them on Amazon too.
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For many, adult coloring has become a way to rediscover the joy of coloring, turning lines on paper into art. Personally, I sit down to color in one of my adult coloring books several times a week and find it totally relaxing. A great way …
Last year, I jumped onto the adult coloring book bandwagon, along with millions of other adults. Matter of fact, this relaxing hobby is one of the fastest growing hobbies going right now. I love adult coloring, because it helps me to relax and it allows …
I lead a very super busy life. From the time I get up in the morning (usually around sunrise), until the time I sit down at night…I’m busy! Throughout my day I’m cooking, cleaning, running errands, sometimes babysitting grandchildren, helping to take care of my mom and I run three businesses from home. Yup, my life is jam-packed with activity and the stress that comes along with it.
Two years ago I jumped onto the adult coloring book bandwagon as a way to be creative since I’m also a crafter. However, I soon learned that sitting down with an adult coloring book was a great way to relax and to relieve stress. This type of art therapy is beneficial in so many different ways.
One of my new favorite adult coloring books is called “Stress Less Coloring Tranquil Patterns” from Adams Media. This book contains over 100+ coloring pages for peace & relaxation. These designs (in my honest opinion) are great for paper crafts to use in their scrapbooking, cardmaking and paper crafting projects too!
The Stress Less Coloring Tranquil Patterns inspires you to find peace & relaxation through soothing patterns. Filled with 100+ calming designs, this book allows you to calm your mind, relieve stress, and manage anxiety in a creative, relaxing and therapeutic way. Each stress-reducing page invites you to express yourself using your own unique palette to decorate the designs. Soon, you’ll clear all worries from your mind as you concentrate on coloring in these gorgeous patterns.
Inside the pages of this adult coloring book you’ll find designs that feature gorgeous floral patterns, leaves and foliage, feathers, birds, ocean waves, butterflies and more. There are designs for everyone in this book to enjoy. It has quickly become one of my favorite books and I’m going to be using some of these designs as background papers on some of my homemade greeting cards come Spring. They are super pretty!
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I know a lot of you like to know which coloring pens or pencils that I’m using when I post photographs of the designs that I’m working on. The page shown in this post is done with glitter gel ink pens. I got them in a large 100 ink gel pen set. You can check out my post HERE on the gel ink pens that I prefer to use.
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