Superheroes Wear Masks Coloring Page

 

A conversation with friends about capes and cloaks led to me asking "What do you think of a coloring page with the theme Superheroes wear masks, show us what your cape looks like."? 

They were enthused. A further conversation with a counselor who sometimes uses my coloring pages brought up the idea of adding something expressing that everyone has super powers/things to be proud of.. 

This is going to be a series. The base design will be the same, but with different hair styles- and I'll be posting the no-hair version too. 

These are the first ones. I hope you like them. If you have a specific request for a hair style, please let me know in the comments or at Don't Eat the Paste on Facebook. 

Click the images below for larger versions to print and color. 

Superhero coloring page 1 - large transparent png version

Superhero coloring page 1 - small jpg version

Superhero coloring page 2 - large transparent png version

Superhero coloring page 2 - small jpg version

I hope you enjoy them!

Still another rainbow heart to color

It seems like when I get stuck for something to draw, I default to swirls, hearts, rainbows or knotwork. So here is still another rainbow heart!! If you like rainbows, or like hearts, click on the tags at the bottom of this post for more rainbows and hearts printable coloring pages.

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Rainbow heart coloring page - small jpg version

Rainbow heart coloring page- large transparent png version

Printable Valentine Rose Box

I hope you enjoy these printable rose and heart gift boxes! One of them is all colored and ready to go, the other one is blank and ready to color.

Print the boxes on card stock, cut out, score folds, fold, glue!

Colored version:

Printable box to color- 

If you want a bit of a giggle, there's been a running conversation between my husband and I about if I should have a Super Soaker or not- and that conversation inspired me to make a wishlist at Amazon of things my husband doesn't want me to have- 

Things I'm Not Supposed to Have

Snowknot gift box to print and make

This month I got two different kinds of flu! One from my daughter, one from my husband. It's been a fun month. So there hasn't been much in the way of arts, crafts or cooking. Mostly just watching Red Dwarf, Doc Martin and reading books on my kindle with the font size made huge so it wouldn't give me a headache.

So that's why there hasn't been much for the holidays. I hope you enjoy this gift box! There is a black and white version for people like Libby to color, and a colored version to put together for last minute gifts.

Click on the images for larger versions, print on card stock, cut out, score folds, fold and glue!

Brilliant Cut Mandala to Color

There is something very mandala like about a faceted gemstone. The cuts are designed to show off a stone in the best way possible and are generally radially symmetric. Done in miniature scale on small rocks that can be ruined so easily. So this simple mandala is inspired by that fine art.

But first a bit about shading diamonds that can also apply to other things. It's hard to color something "white"- the paper is already white! But things like diamonds get their beauty from the way they refract light and break it up into rainbows. If you look at the example above, I used a bunch of shades in gradients with white. You can get the same effect smudging your art media. But even just laid in plain pastels you still get the diamond effect if you use a spectrum of colors rather than just a few. So just an idea for shading them to look like diamonds. You could also just used monochromes to make your own favorite gem stone. Personally, I like emeralds!

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Snowflake Coloring Page

It's starting to look a lot like winter! I hope you enjoy this 4 strand snowflake knot to color or use for other crafty purposes. Click on the images for larger version.

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Only a couple days left to vote in the Duck Tape MyDesign contest! I'm really nervous and really hopeful. Thank you all for your encouragement.