Happy Saturday and welcome to this week's edition of the Nancy Drew Challenge! Today we are on book #69, Clue in the Ancient Disguise:
The arch cover reminds me of the cover of
Old Attic but with a completely different color palette. I think the middle one is the one I've had in my collection the longest but I think the last cover is more dynamic. All three covers depict scenes in the book, but the suit of armor is NOT the ancient disguise. I think the last cover wins for most action-packed, though I quite like the first cover this time too and maybe it's not a coincidence that those are the two where she has reddish hair.
Case file: Nancy is asked to help French inventor Pierre Michaud, who found a mysterious old letter in his grandfather's effects from a River Heights resident referencing some big family secret. (Absolutely no mention of Ned in this book, which is good because he would have been insanely jealous of Pierre even though Pierre is in love with someone who is not Nancy.) At the same time, she's investigating a series of break-ins at a local museum. This one is pretty much what would happen if
Old Lace had taken place in River Heights, but with more French Revolution.
Here's my first card:
Most of Nancy's adventures seem to happen in the summer, so I'm always happy when we get something that specifically mentions it's fall. And the colors on the arch cover are perfectly autumnal.
I used Petunia Pop, Dusty Durango, and Bumblebee for my colors. Since we're dealing with a French mystery set in the fall, I got out French Foliage : ) I also feel like I am working hard to make my arch cards look different and interesting, how am I doing on that challenge?
Supplies, all SU!
Stamps: French Foliage, French Script, Carte Postale
Ink: Petunia Pop, Dusty Durango, Bumblebee
Paper: Petunia Pop, Dusty Durango, Bumblebee, Very Vanilla, Dusty Durango DSP
Accessories: Everyday Arches dies, Dimensionals, In Color Flat Pearls
On to the second cover:
Nancy, Bess, and George arrange with the museum curator to hide out in the basement overnight to try to catch the people breaking into the museum, but they get chased by someone wearing a suit of armor (which is 100% straight out of the very first Scooby-Doo episode from 1969, What a Night for a Knight) and locked in a storage room. Since I have this adorable little knight from Magical Day, I had to use him, and he's got a fleur de lis pattern because he's a French knight.
I used Flirty Flamingo, Hydrangea Hue, Ballet Blue, and Basic Gray for my colors.
Supplies, all SU!
Stamps: Magical Day
Ink: Basic Gray, Ballet Blue, Stampin' Blends in Smoky Slate, Petal Pink, Flirty Flamingo, Hydrangea Hue, Seaside Spray
Paper: Flirty Flamingo, Hydrangea Hue, Basic White, Myths & Magic Specialty DSP
Accessories: Magical Mates dies, Stylish Shapes dies, Dimensionals, In Color Dots
And now for the third one:
This book has a LOT of tea in it, I think in the first half Nancy has tea four or five times and coffee twice. Any excuse to make a tea card, right?
I used Gorgeous Grape, Seaside Spray, and Melon Mambo for my colors and my Gorgeous Grape ink pad is very juicy so the hearts are quite dark. This stamp set does have coordinating dies, but not for either of the stamps I used so I fussy cut instead.
Supplies, all SU!
Stamps: A Nice Cuppa
Ink: Gorgeous Grape, Seaside Spray
Paper: Gorgeous Grape, Seaside Spray, Basic White, Have a Cuppa DSP Stack
Accessories: Dimensionals
I thought this one was fun even if the French Revolution connection was totally implausible; it's always fun when Nancy is snooping around a museum (it's a vibe). It does remind me of
Old Lace like I said before, but I like this one better so I'm giving it three and a half stars. If you're inspired to make a card based on this book or any of the cover art, leave me a comment so I can see! And I'll see you here next week when Nancy encounters The Broken Anchor.
