Pretty much every day we received a new Christmas card. And each card was meticulously made featuring pop-ups, oh-so-much glitter, poems, hand paintings, gingerbread and even a card powered by batteries that lit up.
You blew us all away. You filled our hearts. Peter may have even shed a tear. (No, we’re kidding, he outright bawled like a lost kid for a while. It was endearing.)
Since you all put so much work into your cards, we wanted to feature some of them. You know, to show off SLNer creativity. (All of the submitted cards are together at the bottom of the post.)
…But the Winner of the SLN Christmas Card Challenge Goes to…
Toko Hosoya from the Etobicoke School of the Arts! You’ve won $500 for your beautifully designed and executed multi-layered pop-up card. The card was inspired by a terrible joke that Toko got in a Christmas cracker. The joke: Why do birds fly south in the winter? Answer: Because they can’t afford to take the train! All of the designers on the SLN Christmas Card Contest Board of Directors lost their minds. Congrats, Toko.
The Winner by Toko Hosoya from the Etobicoke School of Arts.
A closer look at Toko’s card.
An inside look at Emery Collegiate Institute’s Munisha Manocha’s card.
A card made out of gingerbread. Seriously. By Sarah Loignon at College Bart.
Inside Sarah’s delicious masterpiece.
Cassi Pierson’s pull card lights Santa’s ass on fire. Well done, Cassi.
A hand delivered card that is battery-powered and lights up. Card by Seneca’s Tenesha Charles.
The inside of the anonymous card featuring Elf Ryan. Awesome.
The front of Uliana Akulenko’s beautiful water colour painted card.
An inside look at Uliana’s card from Trinity Western University.
The front of Christina Sandajan’s (University of Waterloo) multi-fold card.
Inside look at Christina’s card.
It’s all in the details with Christina’s card.
Inside look at Ana Rusu’s card. (Oakridge Secondary School)
A multi-page tree card by April Tellier at the University of Victoria.
Two handmade original cards by Connie Le at OCAD.
Inside Connie’s cards.
The inside of this card is a 4-page story using all our vouchers! Insanity by Candace Carriere at McMaster University.
An inside look at some of the vouchers in Candace’s card.
The front of Panta Babelmorad’s card from University of Ontario Institute of Technology.
A call-out to Kanye in Panta’s card.
Suraya Rasouli from U of T’s card came with candy inside the stocking.
The front of a small book card by Thompson River University’s Maeghan Watkinson.
Another look at the back of Maeghan’s card.
All of the submitted Christmas cards together.
Thank you all for sending your brilliant cards, SLNers! Peter is sad he’s not receiving any more cards…
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