Tis the Season for Holiday Greetings!

::Blog GIVEAWAY!::

Leave a comment and let me know which design is your favorite! All who comment will be put into a drawing to win a 2011 Desk Calendar! the chance to enter ends January 31st! So post your comments! Please check back soon the winner will be announced February 1st.

 Here is a link to what it looks like!  VIEW DESK CALENDAR!

Exciting things are happening finally!

I am happy to annouce that my designs are now sold on Snapfish as well as ChristmascardsDirect.com!
 http://www.christmascardsdirect.com/card/photochristmascards-L14DAC1.htm
http://www.christmascardsdirect.com/images/photochristmascards-L14DAC1/L14DAC1.htm

It's been a lot of hard work and my passion for design has carried me through the tough times. As some of you may already know I was laid off from my full time job over a year ago. But today is a new day and with the support of friends and family I have been building up my business from the ground up! This year is ending with great success! I finally feel like were up and running! So thank you to all of you who have cheered me on and have supported my efforts in doing my own thing! A special thank you to my husband Justin who has been my best cheer leader :). Oh don't tell him I called him a cheer leader haha... Happy Holidays Everyone!

Happy Friday everyone!

Well the holidays are almost here! I have forced my self to be ahead of the game this year and fast forward to the next holiday! That being said... I have been very busy in my studio producing designs for some great photo card companies. Here are some designs that I have been working on. I feel very privileged to have the opportunity to work with great people over at Snapfish.com as well as photocardsdirect.com. 

It's been awhile...

WOW! I can't believe how long it has been since I last posted. I have been busy! With the holidays fast approaching and holiday items to design I've been spinning in circles in my office chair! Here are a few designs that I have been working on. Design #1 is a all text wedding invite design. I had a lot of fun with the typography on this one! Very simple yet elegant! Design #2 is the same with a silhouette of the couple added.
I had a blast working on these! Hope you all enjoy these as well!

Birth announcment on snapfish!

As all of you may know I have been designing for Snapfish! Here is one of my designs that has been featured on their pormotional page.
http://cards.snapfish.com/#/categories/baby-themed/holiday-star-birth

Pumpkins

As promised here is a photo of  the owl pumpkin. Mine is the one on the right and the one on the left would be my husbands. We went for an owl theme this year! Such fun!

fun Vector owl by Amanda Zoss

Halloween is a fun time to create your own festive artwrok. Here is a owl that I designed to use for a pumpkin carving template. I will post the pumpkin later. It didn't turn out quite as detailed as this but it was still fun!

Fall Photo shoot with the Aase family

Fall has always been a favorite season of mine! The colors and stillness just make it the perfect setting for that great family photo. Below are some photos I have taken for Aase family! Camden had a great time running around the park but then what 2 yr old doesn't want to run!

Wedding monogram Design Created for Monica and Lawrence

American Warm blood Note cards: Note Cards for Horse lovers

New Horse Designs!!!

New horse Designs for a special Event at Merlot Farm!
Stay tune for more designs to come! If you are a lover of Dressage you will love these designs! All vector artwork is a product of Zoss Design. No clip art was used in the production of these pieces :)

Snapfish Designs by Zoss Design

I am happy to announce that Zoss Design now has Designs on Snapfish! 
Check them out!
http://tiny.cc/t7srk

New Designs! Baby Girl

Here are a couple of new baby girl birth announcements!

New Design! Holiday Deer

Photo shoot with Ryan Family: Photography by Justin & Amanda Zoss

ARDEN RYAN

Equestrian Lovers Holiday Card

New! Hot off my desk. New Equestrian Themed Holiday card! Custom Damask pattern features a dressage horse with elegant elements. If you got a Love for Horses this Holiday card is for you!

Holiday for the dogs!

Dogs deserve a holiday greeting too right! Here is a cute photo card featuring one of my favorite doggy pals! Marley the famous Boston Terrier! :) Isn't she adorable! While looking after Marley awhile back I took some photos of her. Got to love rapid shutter speed!

Vintage inspired Holiday Card

I realize it's July and the temps are anything but cool, however; I have been working on some designs for the up and coming holiday season. What do you think? I couldn't resist putting in some recent photos I have taken for the Nybo family. They were just too cute to pass up putting on my cards! Thanks Heather Andrew and Aiden! Stay tuned there are more designs to come! See one you like let me know and I will tell you how you can get it for your holiday card!

Chirstmas in July...

It's hard to think about the perfect holiday card now. But here is a holiday design I have been working on. I have some exciting news to share with everyone! My designs will soon be available to purchase on  snapfish.com!  I am super excited to be working with such a great company! :) Check out their great photo cards and other Photo related items! http://www.snapfish.com
I will let you all know when my designs will be available for purchase! More Designs to come soon!

New horse in the Rootes family

This week I took Monday off to help my sister get her new horse. Here is a collection of photos I took for her.
http://www2.snapfish.com/snapfish/thumbnailshare/AlbumID=4478955007/a=2435589022_43942344/otsc=SHR/otsi=SALBlink/COBRAND_NAME=snapfish/

Birdy Birthdays and Elegant swirls

I've been very busy in the studio lately. Here are a few samples of a few new designs have been working on.
I know you've all seen a lot of birds lately outside and on my blog but this birdy bithday invite was just too cute not to post! Enjoy your day all!

creator of the Creative Beast, Betsy Streeter

I thought this video was great! Do you have a creative Beast! Thanks for making this Betsy! Great stuff!
creator of the Creative Beast, Betsy Streeter

Birds & Cherry Blossoms

Hot off my desk! Spring has gone and summer is here. It's been in the 90's here already this week in Minnesota. Due to the heat I have been spending some time working on some more illustrations in my nice cool basement studio.

New! Spring Note Card Design!

Damask Madness

Damask seems to be the current and ever so popular theme these days it is everywhere from bedding to stationery. So I decided why not create my own Damask pattern. The theme I chose to use was one of my favorite! EQUESTRIAN! I hope to create this into a wedding invite soon with a matching thank you card set. If you would like to use this pattern please contact me.
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New Design for Minted.

Birth Announcements - Blooming Love

Custom Illustration: Birth Announcement for Minted.com

Vector Madness!

Thinking Spring! Well I am trying to, after a long winter of snow and cold I am ready to trade in my sweaters for a pair of shorts and a t-shirt in other words I long for spring! While dreaming of warm summer days I started sketching up a butterfly design which I then took and digitized in Adobe Illustrator. 
I have recently been messing around in illustrator with pattern swatches. Below is a current piece of artwork I have created using illustrators live paint feature along with some pattern swatches.

The above image was created using a hand drawing of a butterfly and then adding color with Live Paint in Adobe Illustrator.

This wood grain pattern was created using a custom wood grain pattern swatch.

Photography Break

I love photography as much as I like design. I am a member of the twin cities Photoshop and photography meetup group. They have decided to do a one photo a day challenge. I have found this to be a fun way to take a break from some of my other projects. Here are some photos I have taken the last two days.