French-Language Math Book, 1997

Jouons avec les chiffres (or Playing With Numbers) is copyrighted 1996 by Phidal (based in Montreal) and 1997 by Disney. This Snow White-themed math book was sold in Belgium and probably other French-speaking countries too. Designed for ages 4 and older, it helps parents teach their children about rudimentary arithmetic through the use of stickers that are pictured with numbers, animals and characters from the film.

The 16 pages are illustrated with images of Snow White, the Dwarfs and her forest animal friends. It's good to see that the Queen and Witch made it onto a page as well. The Prince shares one sticker with the Princess.


Front cover...

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The introduction to the book roughly translates as the following:

This sticker book, created for kids of 4 years and older offers simple and fun activities that will help your child learn with numbers. Moreover, this practical book and its re-usable stickers can be used in many other ways. After having completed all of the book games, your child can create his/her own story with the stickers on the last page.

The re-useable stickers didn't really work, however. Once they were placed on the math exercise pages, they tended not to come off.


Learning to count...

Addition and subtraction...

Put them in order...

Make your own story page...

Back cover...

All illustrations copyright Phidal/Disney.

Book images and information courtesy of Alexandre Milazzo.

Inky fingers again

Good Morning all, a rather early post before work as I wanted to share this and I think I should be safe now as the card should have reached it's destination.

My good friend Sally very kindly presented me with a set of Inkilicious stamps when we met up at Stampalot last week for the blog girl classes. Sally explained the reason behind the gift was that she knew I was in need of more trees and an excuse to get inky.........as if, but thanks so much for the kind gesture. So of course I set to work and created a few cards.

This one uses just two coloures of Adirondack dye ink, sunset orange and hazelnut. A brayered sun of course, trees from the Inkilicious set, a little fence and some Art Impression sheep. I sponged some rays of sun coming down the hill, although they don't show up too well on the photograph.

And one more share of one I did a while back, again brayering and stamping poppies from Hero Arts CL449. The small piece with the Penny Black 2905H sentiment was created by laying over the main piece to line up the masks, then brayering using the same masks to carry the flow of the hill and sun.

Thanks for visiting and hope you all have a good week.

A Passion for Stamps

Hello peeps, how's everyone doing ?

The weather this weekend has certainly been pretty typical for British Bank Holiday hasn't it, but it's provided the perfect opportunity for some crafting without the pull of the garden. We had a bit of a bash yesterday for the girls birthday which is actually today and tonight we are going to Jamie Olivers Italian restaurant in Cambridge as an extension to the birthday celebrations, so really looking forward to that.

Ruth at A Passion for Stamps has created some lovely new floral images so I have been having a little play. The one above is a Nasturtium and I have coloured it with Aquamarkers in the traditional orange colours that we used to have in the garden, some DP from stash that matched rather well and a border cut with Spellbinder Fleur de Lis.

My second share is using the new Thistle and I just love this one and of course I had to colours do it in purples, again with Aquamarkers, although I know you can get hybrid varieties in other colours nowadays. I embossed the two panels with a cuttlebug die adn some corners using Spellbinders Parisien accents.

The Old Witch at Beverly Sunset Sweet Spells

All images from personal collection unless otherwise noted.

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Image courtesy of disneypix.com.

Like a cousin to the Candy Cauldron, the Beverly Sunset Sweets Spells shop is a wickedly savory confectionery located on Sunset Boulevard at WDW's Disney Hollywood Studios in Orlando. The outside facade replicates the Warner Beverly Hills Theatre that once stood aglow in neon on Wilshire Boulevard in Beverly Hills.

Inside is...

an odd but effective and sometimes stunning mixture of Gothic and Art Deco styles that extends to the nearby Villains in Vogue location as well. Often missed due to the store's attractive and tempting assortment of candy and pastries is a series of high perched reliefs that serve as a hall of fame of Disney villains. Source: 2719 Hyperion

The villains overlook the shop...

And the Face in the Magic Mirror stands guard in several locations...

There's candy galore including these Evil Queen mints and Grumpy sours...

And these theme park chocolates (which are also available at Disneyland in Anaheim)...

Candy Box images courtesy of TokyoMagic! Used with permission.

Setting up shop in one of the storefront windows is the Old Witch...

Taking a little direction from her spell book which reads...

juicy apple

gobs of butter

sack of sugar

pinch of mystery

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cast spell

boil in cauldron

She works her wicked ways for all to see as her arm moves up and down "dunking" the apple into the bubbling cauldron...

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Down a couple doors, the Witch appears again, this time in the store window of the Scary Apothecary where she tries to entice innocent passerbys to splurge on a few Vinylmations...

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For more on the Beverly Sunset Sweet Spells shop and the other building facades along the DHS Sunset Boulevard, read the write-ups (with more photos) at AllEars.net, WDWfacts.com, and Main Street Gazette.

First day at school

We have a new challenge for you at Allsorts where Fleur has chosen the them 'Starting School/back to school'. Now I know there are loads of lovely stamps out there that fit this theme perfectly, but none are here in fantasy land, so I was a little bit stumped.

After much head scratching I decided to use one of my Sarah Kay images, she is a bit of a Country girl and has no school uniform and unsure what to expect on her first day at school, so is taking a rather large picnic basket to share with her new friends and some flowers for the teacher.........................I know, fantasy kicking in big time.

I coloured her with Copics , used Doodlebug DP from which I made the pom pom flower, added some swirls cut with a Sizzix die and added a computer generated sentiment.

Enjoy the weekend whatever you have planned.

Wicked Mints and Grumpy Sours Tins

I'm a big fan of Snow White tins, especially small ones. I guess there's just something about the fact that they're made from metal, and if properly cared for, they'll be around way longer than I will. Here's a couple nifty examples currently available at the theme parks...

"Wicked" Evil Apple Mints tin. Purchased from the World of Disney store at Walt Disney World Resort, November 2009. Measures 4" x 2 1/2" x 3/8". Original price $3.95 (USD).

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This "Grumpy" Orange Sours tin (in shrinkwrap) was also purchased from the World of Disney but in February of 2011. It wasn't available in 2009. Same measurements and price as above.

1938 Texas Electric Recipe Brochures

Here's a couple rare gems from Snow White collector Rick Payne--two 1938 printed recipe handouts issued by the Texas Electric Service Company in Fort Worth. Each measures 3" x 5" when folded. 

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Dopey Chicken Curry...

Front Cover

 Inside Text

 Back Cover

 Doc Spice Roll...

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All images courtesy of the Rick Payne collection. Used with permission. See what Rick has for sale at dadric's attic.