Color and Create Greeting Cards: Easy-to-Make Creations for Any Occasion

by Marty Noble

Do you love coloring? Relaxing with a few colored pencils and a decorative design can release the tension of a stressful day and help you get centered again.

Now you can share your vivid creations by coloring and crafting beautifully illustrated greeting cards. Each of the twenty-four designs in this book is printed on heavy card stock with easy-to-remove perforated pages. You can pull them out, color, fold, and give them to your friends and loved ones for the next birthday, Mother’s Day, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, or just to say that they were in your thoughts. It’s a perfect alternative to going out and buying expensive cards from the store. Better yet, you can make an activity out of it!

These fine illustrations created by a New York Times bestselling author are stunning even if you choose to use them without color! The portable size of this edition makes it easy to color the cards whether you are at home or on the go. Choose to give the gift of coloring, send these wonderfully designed illustrations with your own vision, or use them as elegant greeting cards. You’ll be sure to bring a joyful hue to someone’s day.

48 pages, Paperback

Published September 19, 2017

About the author

Marty Noble, a resident of Anna Maria, Florida is an artist, photographer and full time illustrator. Raised in Santa Barbara, California, she drew inspiration for her art from this 'Jewel of the Pacific' city, All four of her grandparents attended art school together in the mid-20's at the Cleveland School of Art and her maternal grandfather, George C Harper, went on to become a well known fine and commercial artist. Her mother, Helen Noble, continued the artist tradition and is known primarily for her monoprints. Both are recognized in American Artists Who's Who.

With the encouragement of her family of artists, Marty began her strokes from an early age. In the 60's when street fairs were becoming all the rage, she discovered batik, the ancient Javanese art of applying wax and dyes to fabric.. Each weekend her creations sold out at the street fairs of San Francisco and her career as a professional artist was underway. Ethnic peoples of the world developed as her favorite subject matter and simple designs grew into elaborate and detailed paintings. Her appetite for other cultures grew as she traveled to Mexico, Guatemala, Europe, Israel and Egypt and more recently to Thailand and Vietnam. The beauty and individuality of each culture inspired her batik paintings, which were then sold through galleries in southern California over a period of 20 years.

Commission work became predictable and in the 70's she changed her medium to watercolor and pursued opportunities with art publishing firms. Greeting card companies were the first to pick up her designs and over time her focus shifted completely towards illustration. "I love the continuing variety of work that comes my way and the pleasure of seeing the work in so many different formats". Her work can be seen as book illustration, posters, gift wrap, plate designs, puzzles and calendars.

Publishers of Marty's work include Dover Publications, The Franklin Mint, Penguin Putnam, Random House, MacMillan,
Golden Turtle Press, Modern Art Editions, Sunrise Publications, Marcel Schurman Fine Papers, HJ Kramer, Somerset House, Crystal Creations, Grosset & Dunlap, American Greetings, Claritas USA, Caravan International, Suns Out, Great American Puzzle Company, and Publications International.

Her work has also been featured in American Artist, Fiber Arts Design Book, Surface Design Journal, Creative Crafts and Something About The Author.

She has taught workshops on batik and silk painting and has been an art teacher for different grade levels.