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Coloring Tips and Crafts, Tutorials for Photoshop, and Other Creative Ideas

Get tips and ticks, explore coloring crafts, and learn how to do cool stuff with your coloring pages, coloring books, Photoshop and more!

Ink Saving Tips for Printing Coloring Pages

October 3, 2016 By Sue

Save Ink and Toner

Printing coloring pages yourself does not need to cost a fortune. Check out these tips and tricks for saving ink when printing black background or regular coloring pages.

Coloring on a Budget Part One

August 22, 2016 By Stephanie Walker

Coloring on a Budget Part 1 - Inexpensive Coloring Books and Pages

There are tons of sources for finding inexpensive coloring books and pages, as well as free images for coloring, if you know where to look. The hobby of adult coloring doesn’t have to cost an arm and a leg and you can still get good quality material.

Using a Print Shop for Coloring Pages

August 8, 2016 By Stephanie Walker

Using A Print Shop for Printing Coloring PagesBuying coloring books as digital files gives you a lot of options you don’t get with pre-printed books, but printing a lot of coloring pages can be costly using a home ink jet printer. In this article, Stephanie goes on assignment and reports her results on getting her coloring book printed at a local copy shop.

DIY Marker Tote Bin

July 5, 2016 By Sue

DIY Marker Tote BinThis DIY Marker Tote Bin project is a great way to store your markers by upcycling a used potato salad tub. Get step-by-step instructions and a free printable color chart in this article.

Watermelon Coloring Progression by Sue Curry

July 5, 2016 By Sue

Sue Curry's Watermelon coloring demonstration.Colorist Sue Curry shared her step-by-step progression of coloring this watermelon picture in the Creative Coloring Facebook group, and I thought it would be useful and informative to archive it here where it won’t get lost. Thank you, Sue, for documenting and sharing your coloring process. You sure know how to wield those Tombow markers!

Take Apart A Coloring Book the Easy Way

June 4, 2016 By Stephanie Walker

How to Take Apart a Coloring Book the Easy Way

If you like to gift, frame, or craft with your coloring pages, it’s helpful to remove the coloring pages from the book. In this tutorial Stephanie shows how easy it is to take apart a coloring book using a hair dryer.

How to Take Better Pictures of Your Coloring

June 4, 2016 By Liz Masoner and Sue Chastain

Tips to get Great Pictures of your Coloring

Getting a great photo that really does justice to your coloring isn’t hard but you do have to know a few tricks. Here are some easy techniques you can use to capture all your fabulous coloring masterpieces.

Turn Your MiniMENTALS Pages into Gatefold Greeting Cards

May 9, 2016 By Dana Hinders

Gatefold Card from MiniMENTALs Design "Rotunda"If you’re looking for a fun way to share your finished adult coloring pages, why not try turning them into cute handmade greeting cards? In this tutorial, Dana Hinders shows us how to make a one-of-a-kind card from Sue’s MiniMENTALs designs.

Illuminate Your Coloring Pages: Craft Project

January 30, 2016 By Sue

Illuminate your Coloring - Create a night light from your coloring pages!

Learn how I turned a coloring page into a beautiful flickering candle night light. In this tutorial I will walk you through the process and provide links and info about what you will need.

Shrinky-Dink Christmas Ornaments

December 12, 2015 By Liz Masoner

Tracing the coloring page design onto shrink film and coloring.

Coloring books for adults are all the rage right now. But what do you do with all those carefully colored masterpieces? How about taking another page from childhood and making Christmas ornaments from Shrinky Dinks or other shrink film?

Coloring Page Crafts: Create a Clock Gift

November 8, 2015 By Sue

Create a Clock Gift with Your Colored PagesAre you wondering what to do with the all coloring pages you’ve finished? Why keep them hidden away in a binder or cluttering up the fridge when you can turn them into a functional and fun one-of-a-kind keepsake gift? In this tutorial I’ll show you how to make an inexpensive clock gift.

Best Coloring Tools for Getting Started with Adult Coloring Books

November 5, 2015 By Dana Hinders

What Should I Color With?

This article will provide you with a quick rundown of the most popular options for coloring in adult coloring books: colored pencils, watercolor pencils, gel pens, and markers. Each option has its own unique advantages and disadvantages that you’ll want to consider before making your purchasing decision.

Alternate Printing Options for Coloring Pages

July 24, 2015 By Sue

Print It Your Way

Just like you don’t have to stay in the lines or use any set color scheme while coloring, you don’t need to print your pages the standard way either! By adjusting the print size, you can tailor the printout to your favorite media or preferences.

Zazzle Customizing Tips

November 1, 2014 By Sue

Add your own Photos

All Items in the Art & Gifts section and the Pick-A-Pattern shop here are fully customizable through Zazzle’s easy-to -use design tool. You can add your name, a monogram, or any other custom text or graphics, customize fonts, change background colors, and so on. Here are some tips for using Pick-A-Pattern and Zazzle.

Simple Animated GIF Photoshop Elements Tutorial

October 28, 2014 By Sue

Neon Glow Animation

This tutorial will show you how to make a simple neon glow animation for a web site title in Photoshop Elements. A single well-placed subtle animation might be just what you need to draw your visitors eyes to an important part of your page.

How to Scale Layer Effects in Photoshop

October 4, 2014 By Sue

Scale Effects Extreme

Layer styles are great because they are quick and easy and they can be scaled to work on any sized images. It doesn’t matter if the layer styles you downloaded were created to be used on high resolution or low resolution images, or if they were originally designed for text with thick lines or thin lines. The scale layer effects command makes this irrelevant!

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