Claudine Crangle is a multidisciplinary artist that has been designing and producing greeting cards since the turn of the century. She began her creative explorations with a focus on printmaking, beginning with cards and art prints and later, toying with three dimensional shapes. Today she is the and the author and illustrator of picture books for children – largely inspired by playing with cardboard, paper, found objects and various other materials scavenged from recycling bins where she lives, in Toronto, Ontario.