AMY SCHIMLER-SAFFORD ILLUSTRATION AND PATTERN DESIGN

10/24/11

New Greeting Card Art

Here is a new group of greeting cards I have been working on, the original artwork was licensed to a children's hospital and I reformatted some of the art for these cards -




10/21/11

Boo!

Here comes my favorite holiday! A new card in Target that I illustrated for American Greetings.




10/15/11

Collage

So much fun.... been working on some holiday concepts.

I am totally digging how the colors worked out on both of these.

CHRISTMAS




VALENTINE HEARTS



10/11/11

New Book News!


I have some new book news! The "Mouse and the Elephant" is a traditional Indian folk tale that I recently illustrated for Oxford University Press. It is now available to order worldwide. I have ordering info here. Amazon.com in the US sells it in a pack of four with three other tales. What was especially challenging about illustrating this book was the fact that there is no text so the entire story needed to be told by the pictures alone.

Here are two more illos from the book:




10/10/11

Fly Away Winner

Congratulations to Rebecca - She is the winner of the Fly Away samples. Thanks to everyone who entered, I wish I could give you each a fabric sample. Keep posted for more give aways to come.

10/4/11

Fly Away Give Away

This give away is now closed. Thanks to all who entered.



I am giving away a yard of my flying bird print from my new collection "Fly Away" with Robert Kaufman. I will throw in a surprise coordinating print as well. Just leave a comment and I will randomly pick a winner next Monday. Good luck!

Also, if you would like me to add you to my email list for future announcements, just let me know in your comment or email me a separate email request to amyatamyschimlerdotcom.