Challenge 38 - Gift from the Sea

Quiet Please Crafters! You’re in The Library now.

You can be inspired by :

The cover

or

The title

or

The story

This challenge we have a Visiting Librarian, Heather , who has chosen Gift from the Sea by Anne Morrow Lindbergh. 

Heather

More details on Heather's blog .

Marina 

More details on my blog 

This challenge will close on 10th August. 

 Challenge 37 (Five Weeks in a Balloon) will remain open for another week.

I hope you'll join The Library.

Librarian's Choice - The Rainbow

What a fabulous explosion of colour we had in The Library gallery! Here are a few that caught my eye.

Karen Walker used bold shapes and colours in a clean but colourful design:

A Rose  was inspired to make a card about pride and solidarity:

Joan W had fun taking loads of elements from the cover and creating a really interesting card:

I hope you'll copy the badge (above) to your blogs. 

The current challenge, Five Weeks in a Balloon , is open for another week, and come back tomorrow for a new challenge, when we'll sea which book a new Visiting Librarian has chosen. 

Reminder from The Library - Five Weeks in a Balloon

Here's a little reminder from The Library - but your books aren't overdue and there'll certainly be no fines!

It's just a reminder to join in the current challenge -'Five Weeks in a Balloon '    - which runs till 27th July.

Remember, you can be inspired by :

The cover

or

The title

or

The story

Our fabulous Visiting Librarian, Martina , made this:

Martina 

You can enter the challenge here. 

Challenge 37 - Five Weeks in a Balloon

Quiet Please Crafters! You’re in The Library now.

You can be inspired by :

The cover

or

The title

or

The story

This challenge we have a Visiting Librarian, Martina,  who has chosen Five Weeks in a Balloon by Jules Verne. 

Martina 

more details on Martina's blog 

Marina 

More details on my blog. 

This challenge will close on 27th July. 

 Challenge 36 (The Rainbow) will remain open for another week.

I hope you'll join The Library.

Librarian's Choice - To The Lighthouse

Thank you for all the gorgeous cards for this challenge. Here are a few that caught my eye.

Karen's background technique gave a dark and stormy feel:

Another technique - this time, embossed black magic, by Sherri: 

Tinstar's card was beautifully layered and embellished:

I hope you will copy the badge (above) to your blogs.

The current challenge, The Rainbow , is open for another week, and come back tomorrow for a new challenge, when a Visiting Librarian will be taking us up, up and away! 

Reminder from The Library - The Rainbow

Here's a little reminder from The Library - but your books aren't overdue and there'll certainly be no fines!

It's just a reminder to join in the current challenge -'The Rainbow '    - which runs till 13th July.

Remember, you can be inspired by :

The cover

or

The title

or

The story

I made another card, with rainbow colours and a rainbow themed sentiment. More details on my blog. 

You can enter the challenge here

Challenge 36 - The Rainbow

Quiet Please Crafters! You’re in The Library now.

You can be inspired by :

The cover

or

The title

or

The story

This time our book is The Rainbow  by DH Lawrence. The Rainbow - a story of relationships over several generations of a family - was very daring when it was published in 1915 and was banned by a court order at the time. 

Here's what The Librarian came up with: 

More details on my blog. 

This challenge will close on 13th July. 

 Challenge 35  (To The Lighthouse) will remain open for another week.

I hope you'll join The Library.