Happy Saturday and welcome to the latest Nancy Drew Challenge! Today we're investigating The Secret of the Wooden Lady, the twenty-seventh adventure of Nancy and her pals.
There's the original text on the left, artwork by Bill Gillies. I'm thinking that's George in the striped dress and Bess in the yellow top, but it's hard to tell since their hair color looks the same. Why are we making George row by herself?
The revised text on the right features cover art by Rudy Nappi, it's the same scene but darker colors so the title pops more. Also if you go back to
The Secret of the Old Clock, Nancy is wearing the same dress on this cover. Poor George still has to row by herself.
I think the title and pretend author's name stand out better on the revised cover, which makes me like it more. Let's take a look at the mystery.
Case file: Captain Easterly of Boston requests Carson Drew's help in obtaining a clear title to the
Bonny Scot, the clipper ship that he lives on and wants to purchase from its owner. Carson enlists Nancy's help in researching the history of the ship, which she finds out had had its name changed when it was taken by pirates, and it supposedly still contains some kind of treasure hidden on it. Nancy has to find the ship's missing figurehead and the treasure to outwit a jewel thief known as The Crow.
Here's my card:
I actually only made this week's cards yesterday and usually I am working ahead at least a little bit. I knew from the jump that I was going to use On the Ocean for a pirate ship. The
Bonny Scot is absolutely a character in the book, after all, and much of the action takes place on the ship and there are hidden passages and all that fun stuff.
I thought the colors of the By the Shore DSP were a pretty good match for the cover of the book, and the stripes remind me of George's dress. And the green matches Nancy's dress pretty well too, serendipity.
Supplies, all SU!
Stamps: On the Ocean
Ink: Basic Gray, Dapper Denim, Soft Sky
Paper: Soft Sky, Dapper Denim, Thick Very Vanilla, By the Shore DSP
Accessories: On the Ocean dies, some kind of label punch, circle punch, pearls
On to the revised text:
My childhood copy, I love it. There are a few elements from the longer original text that are omitted here, but the mystery itself plays out the same way. Here's my card:
The jewel thief was a major part of this book, and the treasure aboard the
Bonny Scot was a ruby so I really wanted to do jewels for this card. I came across this lovely pattern that matches the colors on the book cover pretty well:
I don't have any DSP with rubies on it so this will have to do : ) Yes, I used the same treasured friend greeting as I used on one of my cards for
The Quest of the Missing Map, but it works for both stories.
Supplies, all SU!
Stamps: World Treasures
Ink: Night of Navy
Paper: Night of Navy, Thick Basic White, Naturally Eclectic DSP
Accessories: Apothecary Accents Framelits, Dimensionals, Opal Rounds
It took days of pondering before I sat down to make my cards for this challenge, but I had a ball when it was finally time to create. This book is once again quite a fun installment, the 20s have really had some great books! Five stars. If you're inspired to create a card, comment on this post as I would love to see! See you next Saturday when we search for The Clue of the Black Keys. Cheers!
