In the Spotlight + Mini Challenge with ... Lisette Baker {better known to us as MrsBeez}

Hi Lisette here, and I'm very excited to be hosting this month’s mini challenge. By day, I work for a charity that trains people to set up healthy cooking clubs and to get people cooking good food from scratch. By night and at weekends I am a crafter. Actually, if the truth be told I spend A LOT of time outside those hours crafting in my head!

My first crafty endeavours were in the field of cake decorating before branching out into card making. Now I experiment with all types of crafting and my style is eclectic. I've been married for over thirty years and have two (sometimes) grown-up sons. All three men in my house are very good at putting up with my crafting mess! Last year I made the leap into blogging and have blogged every single day since. I was thrilled when Susan asked me to join the ABAC design team. To see more of my creations please visit my blog "MrsBeez".

I’ve always had a fascination for anything miniature and that is reflected in the theme I have chosen for this mini-challenge - “small is beautiful.” Inchies, twinchies, dominoes, ATCs, mini-books, little canvas, altered matchboxes or tins – pretty much anything goes for this, as long as it’s tiny! I’m going to say no bigger than the size of kitchen matchbox.

Here are some of the things I've been making
which I hope will inspire you:

First up is a little mini book. This is the size of a matchbox and is so simple to make. You can find all the details over on my blog.

These are just a couple of the inside pages:

Keeping with the Hallowe'en theme I've also made
a spooky twinchie and inchie...

And, just because I could, here are some
inchie trick or treat bags...

Finally, as "IT" is getting nearer and I love, love,
love Christmas! I thought I'd share a little altered
matchbox with a tiny scene inside.

I do hope you'll play along this week with the
"MINI" Challenge
and can't wait to see all your tiny projects. 

Please join us next Sunday for a brand new Challenge - No. 29.

Have a great week! ~ Lisette Baker {MrsBeez}

Halloween Treats for Week Three of Anything But a Card Challenges No. 28

Good Morning Everyone! It's week 3 of our current challenge number 28 - the third and final week to create and share. CLICK HERE to jump over to the challenge intro and where to LINK UP your creations.

Anything But a Card Challenge #28 is a COLOR CHALLENGE!  Use the COLORS Orange and/or Black. Let the colors flame the fires of your creations. Anything Goes with this COLOR challenge. JUST REMEMBER... create anything EXCEPT a card for this challenge. ALSO - Please new projects only {no-backlinking}. :)

**A REMINDER** This Challenge will go through midnight Oct. 26th... so you have an extra week to play along and ENJOY the creative process! We will share more of our Design Team's creations each Sunday to keep you inspired.

Let's see what part of our DT has created!!

Please click on the designers' name to visit their blog. We hope you’ll take a minute to go see their work up close... and as long as you’re there – please leave them a little love!

Margaret

"I decided to make a scrapbook layout since the colors

were begging to be used for a Halloween page!"

"This Spooky Halloween Treat Bag is constructed of clear acetate stamped with StazOn and stained with Ranger Distress Stains. My handmade crepe paper fringe really brings it to life!"

Susan

"I've mentioned before that I'm a painter at heart and this mini accordion book has painted pages throughout. Using my Ranger Distress Ink Pads I created a vibrant orange/rusty colored wood grain on my accordion which is a perfect background for Halloween photos to come. The cover is also a painted paper - a faux leather technique on brown paper which just makes the shaker box shine!"

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We hope our designers have you INSPIRED to break out some supplies, or curl up with a journal and create!!! We can't wait to see your creations and we hope that you will join in and share them with us! CLICK HERE TO LINK UP your creations. Stop back next Sunday for a new Designer Spotlight + Mini Challenge!

Fashion Forward in Orange and Black for Week 2 of Anything But a Card Challenges No. 28

Good Morning Everyone! It's week 2 of our current challenge No. 28 which has been extended to three weeks - giving you more time to create and play along. CLICK HERE to jump over to the challenge intro and where to LINK UP your creations.

Anything But a Card Challenge #28 is a COLOR CHALLENGE!  Use the COLORS Orange and/or Black. Let the colors flame the fires of your creations. Anything Goes with this COLOR challenge. JUST REMEMBER... create anything EXCEPT a card for this challenge. ALSO - Please new projects only {no-backlinking}. :)

**A REMINDER** This Challenge will go through midnight Oct. 26th... so you have an extra week to play along and ENJOY the creative process! We will share more of our Design Team's creations each Sunday to keep you inspired.

Let's see what part of our DT has created!!

Please click on the designers' name to visit their blog. We hope you’ll take a minute to go see their work up close... and as long as you’re there – please leave them a little love!

Sheri

Sheri altered a flat board 5x7 canvas using Viva Las VegaStamps!

and Julie Nutting Prima girl stamp.

Jennie

"I can't get enough of this dress form die!! So here it is yet again as a study in orange!"

Lisette

"I can never resist an opportunity to make a button fairy. This one is slightly different in that she has bat's wings instead of butterfly."

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We hope our designers have you INSPIRED to break out some supplies, or curl up with a journal and create!!! We can't wait to see your creations and we hope that you will join in and share them with us! CLICK HERE TO LINK UP your creations. Stop back next Sunday to see more creations from our Design Team!

Orange and Black... the Colors of the Season for Anything But a Card Challenges No. 28

Good Morning Everyone! Thanks so much for all of the wonderful comments and those that "PINKED it Up" with Sheri's mini-challenge. Stay tuned for a new "Spotlight and Mini-Challenge" at the top of November.

It's time for a new challenge today here at Anything But a Card Challenges... so get ready to play and have some fun! Congratulations to all of you who were inspired to create with Challenge #27 "Hit the Books". If you missed out on seeing all the amazing submissions... please CLICK HERE to check them out.

The new Challenge... Anything But a Card Challenge #28 is a COLOR CHALLENGE!  Use the COLORS Orange and/or Black. Let the colors flame the fires of your creations. Anything Goes with this COLOR challenge. JUST REMEMBER... create anything EXCEPT a card for this challenge. ALSO - Please new projects only {no-backlinking}. :)

**A REMINDER** This Challenge will go through midnight Oct. 26th... so you have an extra week to play along and ENJOY the creative process! We will share more of our Design Team's creations each Sunday to keep you inspired.

Let's see what part of our DT has created!!

Please click on the designers' name to visit their blog. We hope you’ll take a minute to go see their work up close... and as long as you’re there – please leave them a little love!

Julia

"I love making tags and couldn't wait to get started on this one! A Halloween Tag featuring surface texture... Just the excuse I need to get messy with lots of different mediums, inks and anything else I fancy!"

Julie

"The last to leave and the first to return to our garden my remake is a celebration of the glorious Wanderer Butterfly. The black and orange of this delight is unmistakeable."

Diana

"I used a new digi from "Just some lines" to make this ATC. I love artist trading cards because they are usually a quick creative process! The bats are also stamps! All colored up using my copics."

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We hope our designers have you INSPIRED to try your hand with the colors of the season!!! We can't wait to see your creations and we hope that you will join in and share them with us! Stop back next Sunday to see more of our Design Team creations!

Featured Artists for Anything But a Card Challenges No. 27 - Hit the Books!

Greetings!!! Thanks to all who shared your inspiring creations from our "Hit the Books" challenge... even those of you who ran with the theme and submitted two projects!

Presenting the Featured Artists

for ABAC Challenge No. 27... 

Monique

Margie

Pam K

Congratulations! 

Feel free to snag our NEW badge for your blog!

There is still a little time to play along with Sheri's "THINK PINK" Mini Challenge. Join us later today with a brand new Anything But a Card Challenges No. 28! Have a fabulous Sunday :)