Lovely self-standing monthly calendar with 12 coloring designs printed on side of the page

2017 Coloring Calendar: A Cup of Blessings For Every Day – Psalm 16:5

By: Christian Art Gifts (Corporate Author)

Rating: 5 of 5

This is a really lovely Christian-based monthly calendar. The artwork is licensed from Shutterstock and each of the designs (except December) incorporates a Bible verse and cite from either the Old or New Testament. December quotes the words of a beautiful Christmas hymn Oh come let us adore him! rather than a verse. The calendar does not cite which translation(s) it uses.

The monthly calendar pages are bound by a top spiral and the purple base unfolds to stand the calendar in an upright position. It is easy to fold it back up to flat for coloring purposes. The cover and the base are glossy. The cover is card stock as are the monthly designs. The base is a heavier weight cardboard.

My first project in the calendar, January 2017, I finished using wax-based colored pencils. The design takes up the majority of the page with a smaller calendar section as part of the page. I really appreciated that the design matched to the verse but in a cute way. That I could focus on the Scripture as I colored made the project a special time for me.

This is what I discovered as I colored in this calendar and tested my coloring medium on the paper. I will include, in the comments section below, a list of the coloring medium I use for testing and for most of my coloring projects as well.

12 Designs (one per month) with a Christian theme

Printed one side of the page

Paper is card stock, white, slightly smooth and non-perforated

Spiral bound at top of the designs

Calendar can be stood up or collapses to flat for coloring

Alcohol-based markers bleed through slightly

Water-based markers, gel pens, and India ink pens do not bleed through though gel pens take a slightly longer time to dry

Colored pencils work well. I got a good color, layering, and blending with both oil and wax-based pencils.