28 Fun Designs with Inspirational Sayings printed on one side of the page

I was happy to find this new coloring book series of fun sayings and cute wild-haired women by Sue Toronto. This is one of four to-go size books (8.25 x 5.25 inches) that are being released. In this book, the sayings are all about inspiration encouraging you to do more and reach further. I like that the books are being separated by subject. That way, I can pick up just the one that I need that particular day. There are lots of coloring elements on each page and room to doodle (if you so choose.)

The book fits well in my handbag or tote for on-the-go coloring. I can either take the whole book or simply remove a page to take with me.

I did notice that there were three duplicate designs between this book and the Friendship book (Plan B, Rise by Lifting Others, and When You Stumble.) Not an issue for me as I will simply give my duplicates away but I wanted to be sure to note this. I don’t know if it was intentional or not.

For my first project in this coloring book, I chose a saying that I could understand there are no end of silly things I can do when I’m not working on what I am supposed to be doing! I used alcohol-based markers and Tombows. There are small spaces to color but nothing really tiny.

I will provide more detail about the physical book below but here is an overview of what I found:

28 Fun Sayings Designs
Printed on one side of medium weight perforated paper
Designs stop before the perforations
Glue Bound
Alcohol and water-based markers bleed through the page
India Ink pens bleed through the page
Gel pens do not bleed through
Coloring pencils work well with the paper

This is a coloring book published by Design Original books. As usual with their books, this book includes examples of colored artwork. It also includes tips from this artist about color wheels. She also discusses how she starts with yellow as a base coat on all of her artwork.

The designs in this smaller to-go format book are printed on one side of the perforated medium weight page. On the backside of each page is the title of the design, a cute little saying (presumably written by Sue Toronto) and several blank lines on which you can journal or simply note information about your project.

The binding is glued but you will want to remove pages at the perforations. The designs stop before the perforations so you will not lose any portion of the design if you remove it from the book. I was easily able to get the book to lay flat for coloring.

I will list the coloring medium I used to test this book in the comments area of the review. Here are what my various tests discovered:

Alcohol and water-based markers as well as India ink pens bleed through the paper. Gel pens do not but need a little extra drying time. Coloring pencils work well with this paper. I was able to easily blend my soft lead pencils. My hard lead pencils left dents on the back of the page.

I recommend using a blotter page below the page you are working on to keep ink or dents from marring the design on the next page. I cut down a piece of card stock to fit in the book and I leave it so it is always at hand. You can also simply remove the page from the book before you color your project.