The Clue in the Old Stagecoach

Happy Valentine's Day and welcome to the Nancy Drew Challenge!  Our book isn't Valentine themed but that's okay; today we're investigating #37, The Clue in the Old Stagecoach.

For the third book cover in a row, we have Nancy and her chums looking with great concern at something happening in the distance.  I wonder why Rudy Nappi put Nancy and Bess in the same color on this cover and I have to say I like George's hair better on the cover for The Haunted Showboat; on this one she looks like Danny Zuko from the movie Grease.  Regardless, let's talk about the mystery!

Case file:  While on vacation at a summer camp near the town of Francisville, Nancy is contacted by elderly widow Mrs. Strook, who says that her great uncle Abner was a stagecoach driver in the 1800s and wrote a letter saying that he had hidden something that would be of great value to the town.  Francisville has recently grown quite quickly and they desperately need a new school for all the kiddos, so Nancy agrees to investigate, while contending with two extremely nosy people staying at the camp and a local resident who wants everyone else in town to GIT OUT.  I won't tell you what the treasure is, but Nancy and her chums are named honorary citizens of Francisville.

Here's my card:

I have several stamp sets featuring horses, but the closest I could come to a stagecoach is this wagon wheel from Country Road, which was something of an impulse buy a few months ago and now it's come in handy.  I kept this card very simple and used my ink pads and blending brushes to color in my main panel.

I have Balmy Blue for Nancy and Bess's clothes, Shaded Spruce for the woods, and Crushed Curry for Bess's hair because I just couldn't convince myself to stamp that grain stalk in green.

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Country Road
Ink:  Crushed Curry, Bashful Blue, Pecan Pie, Early Espresso
Paper:  Bashful Blue, Thick Basic White, Meandering Meadows DSP Stack
Accessories:  Deckled Rectangles DSP, Dimensionals

And I have one more card:

At the end of the book, when all the baddies are in custody, a police officer tells one of the baddies that another one had fooled him, and the man says "I'll say he did, the skunk!" which just made me laugh so hard and I had to make a skunk card.  I will say after I finished this one that I wish I had made the dark green panel (same as on the first card) smaller so more of the cloudy pattern would show, but it is what it is and I can't unstick it.

I think I'm going to start saying "The skunk!" when someone does something I don't like : )

Supplies, all SU!
Stamps:  Wildlife, Rough Edges Alphabet
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Shaded Spruce
Paper:  Shaded Spruce, Basic Black, Thick Basic White, Meandering Meadows DSP Stack
Accessories:  Dimensionals, Matte Black Dots

I think The Clue in the Old Stagecoach is fine, but not one of the more memorable mysteries in the series, so I give it three stars.  If this book inspires you too, I would be delighted to see what you make, just leave a comment on this post.  And come back next Saturday when Nancy encounters The Mystery of the Fire Dragon!