Challenge 46 - The Sewing Machine

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, Arlene, aka A Rose , and she's chosen The Sewing Machine by Natalie Fergie. 'Two families. Three secrets. Millions of stitches.' 

A Rose 

More details on her  blog. 

Marina 

more details on my blog 

This challenge will end on 30th November . 

Challenge 45 (The Worst Class Trip Ever) will remain open for another week.

I hope you'll join The Library.

Librarian's Choice - Harry Potter and the Philospher's Stone.

Thank you for all the great entries into this challenge - what creativity you showed! Here are a few that caught my eye...

Olivia  transformed an old book into a spell book:

Deezy featured a Gryffindor scarf and badge:

Heather stamped, punched and snipped and recreated Harry: 

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

The current challenge, The Worst Class Trip Ever , is open for another week, and come back tomorrow for a new challenge which will have you in stitches. 

Reminder from The Library - The Worst Class Trip Ever

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 Worst Class Trip Ever  - which runs till 16th November.  

Remember, you can be inspired by :

The cover

or

The title

or

The story

I made a birthday card. inspired by the cover. 

More details on my blog. 

You can enter the challenge here.

Challenge 45 - The Worst Class Trip Ever

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 , Julie P , and she's chosen The Worst Class Trip Ever by Dave Barry.  This is a fun, modern, chapter book about American eighth -graders ( I think year 7-8 in UK) on a school trip to Washington. What a great cover! 

Julie

More details on Julie's blog 

Marina 

More details on Marina's blog.

This challenge will close on 16th November. 

 Challenge 44 (Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone)  will remain open for another week.

I hope you'll join The Library.

Librarian's Choice - The Secret Garden

It's time to stop agonising over whose 'Secret Garden' creations to display in The Library - they were all fantrastic, but here goes.....

A Rose drew upon her own childhood experience of the book, to create this card:

Fiona's card beautifully reflected the colours and woodland creatures of the cover:

DJ captured the colours and garden theme in a clean and elegant design:

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

The current challenge, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone , is open for another week, and come back tomorrow when a guest designer will be bringing us a schoolteacher's nightmare...

Reminder from The Library - Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

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 -Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Stone - which runs till 2nd November.  

Remember, you can be inspired by :

The cover

or

The title

or

The story

I made a layout using a photo of my grandchildren meeting 'Harry Potter'.

More details on my blog. 

You can enter the challenge here.

Challenge 44- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

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 another children's classic , but more recent than our previous one - Harry Potter is a mere 22 years old. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone is the first book in JK Rowling's magical series about a schoolboy wizard. (In the US this book was published as Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.) 

more details on my blog 

This challenge closes on 2nd November. 

Challenge 43 (The Secret Garden) will remain open for another week.

I hope you'll join The Library.