Daily Archives: August 3, 2018

I own the other two Grumpy Cat coloring books by Creative Haven and I must say that this new one is my favorite thus far. It may be because the artist is different on this book or perhaps the subject allows more creative license.

In this book, there are 31 design pages which feature Grumpy Cat frowning her way through a hobby. Some of the hobbies include coloring (of course!), origami, birding, quilting, beekeeping, knitting and more. You may just find your favorite hobbies lampooned just as I did mine.

Something I really appreciate about the difference in this book from the first is the lack of floating repeat pattern designs. Each one of the designs in this book is unique and is crafted to show the hobby and Grumpy Cat’s distinct lack of interest in it.

I’ve noticed that the paper quality seems to change quite frequently on the Creative Haven line. Because of that, if you buy one of these books, it may be slightly smooth or slightly rough depending on when and where it was printed. I’ve found that coloring medium, including pencils, work similarly with both slightly rough and slightly smooth paper from Creative Haven. In this case, my coloring book pages are slightly smooth.

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