Sunday 31 March 2019

Challenge 30 - Mary Poppins


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

You can be inspired by :
The cover
or
The title
or
The story

This time we have Mary Poppins by PL Travers - a children's classic which has been made into a very successful film. 

Here's what The Librarian came up with: 




More details on my blog. 

This challenge will close on 20th April. 

Challenge 29 (The Town Mouse and The Country Mouse ) will remain open for another week.

I hope you'll join The Library.


Saturday 30 March 2019

Librarian's Choice - The Party (and a hint about the next challenge)


It was quality over quantity in The Party challenge!  Here's one that I'd like to share:

Rosi's happy card really captures the party spirit:


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

The Town Mouse and The Country Mouse challenge will stay open for another week ( don't miss the Visiting Librarian post here ) and I'll be poppin back tomorrow with a new challenge, featuring one of my favourite childhood books. 

Tuesday 26 March 2019

Visiting Librarian - The Town Mouse and The Country Mouse

Today at The Library we have a visiting librarian - Mimi  of She's Crafty - with a totally different and really wonderful take on the Town Mouse and Country Mouse theme.  To find out how she was inspired, please visit her blog .

This challenge will stay open till 6th April and you can enter here .


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Sunday 24 March 2019

Reminder from The Library - Town Mouse and Country Mouse

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 Town Mouse and The Country Mouse'    - which runs till 6th April.

I made an extra card, inspired by the title.  More details on my blog. 

You can enter here. 
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Sunday 17 March 2019

Challenge 29 - The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse

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

You can be inspired by :
The cover
or
The title
or
The story

This time we have a very old fable, originally attributed to Aesop, the ancient Greek storyteller. It's been retold many times and in the library we have it as this brightly coloured, children's picture book.

Here's what The Librarian came up with: 



More details on my blog. 

This challenge will close on 6th April. 

Challenge 28   (The Party)  will remain open for another week.

I hope you'll join The Library.



Saturday 16 March 2019

Librarian's Choice - Spark Joy

What wonderful, creative entries we had in this challenge! Here are a few that caught my eye:

Cornelia created a cute design inspired by the cover:


Wanda made great use of the colours: 


Linby's  sentiment was the perfect summary of the book's theme:


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

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The current challenge - The Party - is still open for another week and please come back tomorrow for challenge 29, which is a very famouse story (sic!) . 

Saturday 9 March 2019

Reminder from The Library - The Party

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 Party' by Lisa Hall   - which runs till 23rd March. 

I made an extra card, inspired by the title.  More details on my blog. 

You can enter here. 
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Sunday 3 March 2019

Challenge 28 - The Party

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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 psychological thriller:The Party by Lisa Hall. After a party in her neighbours house, Rachel wakes up in their spare bedroom, bruised and confused....

Here's what The Librarian came up with: 





More details on my blog. 

This challenge will close on 23rd March.

Challenge 27 (Spark Joy) will remain open for another week.

I hope you'll join The Library.

Saturday 2 March 2019

Librarian's Choice - The Note

There were so many great interpretations of this challenge theme, but here are a few I'd like to share:

Joan W  made a vintage-style card with the 'notes' theme:


Heidi took inspiration from the cover:

Tinstar combined a notebook -style die cut with a romantic look: 

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

The Note: The book everyone's talking about by [Folbigg, Zoë]
The current challenge - Spark Joy  - is still open for another week and please come back tomorrow for challenge 28.