Sunday 26 May 2019

Challenge 34 - The Art of Stripes

The Art of Stripes: Over 30 ways to wear stripes: Amazon.co.uk: Hardie Grant, Libby VanderPloeg: 9781784881511: Books

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 Art of Stripes by Libby Vanderfloeg. It's a fashion picture-book with  illustration of stripy items of clothing and how to put them into outfits. 

Here's what The Librarian came up with: 



More details on my blog. 

This challenge will close on 15th June.

 Challenge 33  (Death on the Nile) will remain open for another week.

I hope you'll join The Library.



Saturday 25 May 2019

Librarian's Choice - All Creatures Great and Small


There were such a lot of great entries into this challenge that it makes choosing a very difficult task - but here are a few that caught my eye:

JanR's fun card features a farm animal:


Heather H designed an unusual pastoral scene: 
Picture

A Rose  captured Yorkshire on a card: 

I hope you will copy the badge (above) to your blogs.
All Creatures Great and Small: The Classic Memoirs of a Yorkshire Country Vet (James Herriot 1) By James Herriot | World of Books

The current challenge, Death on The Nile ,will remain open for another week, and tomorrow, for our new challenge, we'll be heading to the non-fiction shelves for something stylish. 

Sunday 19 May 2019

Reminder from The Library - Death on the Nile

Image result for agatha christie book covers death on the nile

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 -'Death on the Nile'    - which runs till 1st June. 

Remember, you can be inspired by :
The cover
or
The title
or
The story

For this card I went all-out ancient Egyptian. More details on my blog. 

You can enter the challenge here.

Sunday 12 May 2019

Challenge 33 - Death on the Nile

Image result for agatha christie book covers death on the nile

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 Death on the Nile by Agatha Christie. Christie was a prolific and highly skilled writer of 'whodunnits', with settings ranging from English villages to glamorous foreign lands.Maybe you'll be inspired by the cover - the sunset, the smartly dressed man (with or without pistol) , the ships railings or the Egyptian theme - or by mystery and puzzles in general. 

Here's what The Librarian came up with: 




More details on my blog. 

This challenge will close on 1st June.

 Challenge 32  (All Creatures Great and Small) will remain open for another week.

I hope you'll join The Library.

Saturday 11 May 2019

Librarian's Choice - Chocolat

What amazing creativity was linked up in the gallery in this challenge! Here are a few that caught my eye. 

Scrappy Horses shared this fun and fabulous scrapbook page:


Jo shared her big box of chocolates:

 

Don't accidentally eat Martina's card!: 

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

Image result for chocolat book

The current challenge, All Creatures Great and Small,will remain open for another week, and tomorrow, I'll 'walk like an Egyptian' into The Library and ask 'whodunnit?' (That's a clue to the new challenge.) 

Sunday 5 May 2019

Reminder from The Library - All Creatures Great and Small


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 -'All Creatures Great and Small'    - which runs till 18th May.

I made another card, this time with a small creature (frog), to give to a 'creature' who's reached a great age! 

You can enter here. 

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