Wish Big - Toronto Maple Leafs

Here is the birthday card I made for my brother-in-law, Adam. He is a big hockey fan and the Dad of my precious nephew who is, wait for it...also a big hockey fan. He is two and is already skating!

Here is a little peek at the inside.

For this card, I used my NHL Logo set from gel*a*tins that I have had for many, many moons. Do you remember them? They come in an awesomely cool tin for storage.

When I showed this to my youngest son, I asked him: "Look what I made for Uncle Adam, what do you think?" I must admit I was rather please with his response of: "He will LOVE that!" Presumably because he knows how big a hockey fan his Uncle is!

I do love playing with my SU envelope punch board and this project was no exception. Imagine my delight when I realized that I actually had hockey stamps to match - the right team and everything!!! Since the cost of postage went up at the beginning of the year, I did have to add a butterfly stamp to ruin my theme, but alas, there was no reason to ruin a good photo shoot! lol

I would like to share my project at Shopping Our Stash where the theme is "leaves". I definitely dug into the OLD stash for this stuff. I have had the Toronto Maple Leafs paper and that NHL logo stamp set for what seems like forever! 

Thanks much for visiting!

Shanna :)

What I used:

stamps: NHL Logo set from Gel*a*tins, tickets from SU "That's the ticket"

wish big sentiment from SU "Pennant Parade"

SU ticket punch

Bella Bling

black and outdoor denim CS from CTMH

The Tardis and a Canada Post Box - Halloween 2014

 Not so long ago, I came across this post at Letter Writer's Alliance and thought, AWESOME - how cool would it be to dress up as a post box??? My youngest son agreed. He asked if we could make a costume. Since I was heading out on a three day work trip, we agreed that we would make the costume if time allowed. If not, he would use his fave costume, a red M&M.

A similar thing happened with my eldest son. Both boys are big Dr. Who fans, and so the idea came about to dress up as a TARDIS! Again, I thought, very cool if we can find the time!

Well, since I was travelling most of the week before Halloween, it was lucky for us that Nanny & Papa decided to make a visit just before the big day. They arrived on Wednesday evening (the 29th), just in time to help with decorating, pumpkin carving and costume making! I had gathered most of the materials I thought we needed, so we were pretty much ready to go when Nanny & Pops arrived!

Thankfully, my Mom lives for any kind of decorating and/or creative stuff, so we were in good hands. While I was at work on Thursday, she got the insides of the box costumes constructed and the outside covered in coloured bristol board. Once home, I got to work with the printing, tracing, cutting out and glueing. The fitting took some time, too. The arm holes and straps needed adjusting and treaking, but in the end it worked out.

Et Voila, Monsieur Canada Post Box et Monsieur Tardis!

 Here is a side view in our "graveyard."

Luckily, we had hoodie/jackets to match the costumes, sorta by fluke.

The Tardis even attended the grade 7 dance at school on Friday! Hmm, I guess he didn't get too close to any girls! lol

I had some last minute printer issues, so would have like to reprint some of the logos, but it worked the way it was.

Next year, I think it would be fun to make this a group costume - we could have a post card, a postal carrier and the post box!

 Here is a peek at the inside construction. Reinforced arm holes and upcycled/recyled straps (from the boys lunch bags - they never use the straps) to hold the costume up.

Make no mistake, the boys reported these a bit difficult to walk in, especially when doing stairs. The little guy last one block and returned home for plan B - his M & M costume - it was even red so he just had to switch the outer parts! The big dude managed to wear his Tardis the whole evening!

You may know that my hubby owns and operates a driving school - THIS is how he went to work on Friday! Here he is with his buddy.

A BIG THANKS goes out to Nanny and Pops for helping to make the boys awesome costume requests (and all the fun decor) become a reality!

See you soon!
Shanna :)

Gift card Birthday

This is the card I made for my 3 year old "nephew". I was in Target one day with his Mom, Donna and we were admiring all the cute and fun gift cards. When I saw this one, I thought - gee I think I could turn that into a fun card for TJ, who loves monster trucks! I admit I had to keep it simple as I was plain running out of time, but I quite like it. I let the gift card do all the work!

I would like to share at:

Seize the Birthday - optional topping is Washi tape

Thanks for your visit!
Shanna :)

What I used:
Target gift card
CTMH cardstock: holiday red, sunny yellow, sunset
SU embossing folder
CTMH sentiments from: Happy Birthday & You are My Happy
washi tape from my stash

The Great Outdoors

A smash page I did some time ago. Smashing is so much fun, but I often don't get around to photographing and sharing.

Hope you are having a great week!

Shanna :)

a song just for you

 Here is a birthday card I sent to my friend Stephanie recently. The embossed "sentiment" was so hard to photograph!

Here is the inside of the card. (Love this tree!!!)

 And here is a shot of the envelope and the bookmark I sent with the card. Stephanie is a fellow Twilight fan. :)

Have a fabulous day!
Shanna :)

Merry Christmas

Good morning!
I have one more card for the fabulous PINK challenge over at Jingle Belles where they are working to raise awareness and funds for breast cancer! (Please scroll down to my last post for details - you have one more day to play along!) Oh, and don't forget to check out the fabulous cards that have been linked up - this one in particular caught my eye -  at Colouring Outside the Lines - genius use of a pink awareness ribbon as a tree topper - gorgeous!!!

I played once again with a former Freshly Made sketch that is one of my faves, especially for playing with fun patterned papers like these adorable snowmen from Crate Paper's "Snow Day" line.
Here is the inside...

This card is also for:
Merry Monday - non-traditional colours
Sweet Stampin' Christmas - snowflakes
and
Christmas Card challenges - inspiration photo


Have a great day!
Shanna :)

What I used:
papers: Crate Paper "Snow Day"
CS: CTMH lagoon
sentiment on inside: Scrappy Moms
stamps on envelope: SU "Snow Much Fun"
felt snowflake: Stampin' Up
Stampin' Up envelope maker

Merry

Hooray, I have another PINK card to share for the challenge at Jingle Belles! 

Please read on for details from Lauren:

once again this year, stephanie and i are each donating $2 for every card linked to this prompt at ♥JINGLE BELLES♥ and we're hoping to reach our highest total yet, so if you have a few minutes, why not start thinking about xmas cards and help support an awesome cause? all we ask is that you make a new holiday card (or two... or ten?) with some noticeable pink on it, link it to the pink christmas post and spread the word. we've made the latter as easy for you as possible, by creating a cool pink challenge graphic* and composing a paste-able blurb that you're welcome to use on your own blog:

The "Pink Christmas" prompt will run at JINGLE BELLES from 12am on Friday, October 10th to 6pm on Wednesday, October 22nd; as in previous years, Stephanie and Lauren pledge to donate $4 per linked-up card to The Susan G. Komen Foundation.

The only requirement is that all link-ups be NEW holiday cards with some noticeable pink on them... so in other words, not just Rudolph's NOSE, lol!

Participants may use sketches, combine challenges, and include any other colors in addition to pink; you can showcase however many cards you'd like in one post, don't worry, we'll still count every single one of them towards the total!

So, common folks, pull out the pink stash and get creating for a great cause!

Here is the inside of my card:

Thanks for your visit!

Shanna :)

What I used:

papers: Kaiser Craft "Silly Season"

inside sentiment & die cut: SU

Snowflake Dream

 In my last post, I mentioned that the current challenge at Jingle Belles is to make a PINK Christmas card, or a card that incorporates the colour pink. I have a couple more on the go, but here is my first one...

 This is to raise awareness (and funds) for the Susan G. Komen Foundation. As Lauren explains...

once again this year, stephanie and i are each donating $2 for every card linked to this prompt at ♥JINGLE BELLES♥ and we're hoping to reach our highest total yet, so if you have a few minutes, why not start thinking about xmas cards and help support an awesome cause? all we ask is that you make a new holiday card (or two... or ten?) with some noticeable pink on it, link it to the pink christmas post and spread the word. we've made the latter as easy for you as possible, by creating a cool pink challenge graphic* and composing a paste-able blurb that you're welcome to use on your own blog:

The "Pink Christmas" prompt will run at JINGLE BELLES from 12am on Friday, October 10th to 6pm on Wednesday, October 22nd; as in previous years, Stephanie and Lauren pledge to donate $4 per linked-up card to The Susan G. Komen Foundation.

The only requirement is that all link-ups be NEW holiday cards with some noticeable pink on them... so in other words, not just Rudolph's NOSE, lol!

Participants may use sketches, combine challenges, and include any other colors in addition to pink; you can showcase however many cards you'd like in one post, don't worry, we'll still count every single one of them towards the total!

Oh, and here is the inside of my card...

I would also like to share at:

Inky Chicks - Christmas

and 

Christmas Card Challenges

Thanks so much for visiting!

Shanna :)

What I used:

snowflake - SU

patterned paper - from the scrap bin!

twine & snowflake sequin courtesy of Donna - can't remember the manufacturer

nestabilities