Sunday 27 October 2019

Challenge 45 - The Worst Class Trip Ever

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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 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.



Saturday 26 October 2019

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...

Sunday 20 October 2019

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

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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.

Sunday 13 October 2019

Challenge 44- Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone

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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 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.


Saturday 12 October 2019

Librarian's Choice - I'll Take Manhattan

Thank you for the fabulously creative cards you entered into this challenge. I've picked a couple to for a Library display:

Lynne's snowman is having a 'yay' moment:

Joyce is in a New York state of mind: 


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

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The current challenge, The Secret Garden, is open for another week, and come back tomorrow for another, this time more recent, children's classic. 

Sunday 6 October 2019

Reminder from The Library - The Secret Garden


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 Secret Garden - which runs till 19th October. 

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



In the story, there's a boy called Dicken who has a pet fox, so that's what inspired this card.
More details on my blog. 
You can enter the challenge here