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I\u00a0wasn’t able to find a copy of\u00a0Johanna Basford’s\u00a0Johanna’s Christmas\u00a0<\/em>in town, but I was able to order it from Amazon at a great price (\u00a35 instead of \u00a312.99), but that did give the disadvantage of not knowing what the book would be like until it arrived.<\/p>\n

The pages are quite thick, with\u00a037 one-sided images to colour (the reverse side of each image has a generic Christmassy pattern, which can also be coloured if you feel so inclined). The pages are also perforated, so you can remove them from the book once they’re coloured – or even remove them to use paints without the risk of\u00a0getting paints or water over the other pages.<\/p>\n

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I used Staedtler fineline pens and a couple of metallic gel pens from Paperchase just to liven things up a little. I’m not sure if the background needs some colouring pencil shading or not….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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