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Monday, May 20, 2019

Too bee or not to bee 2019

Hello Friends,

Today, we are celebrating 2nd World Bee day with a blog hop which is organized by Milka Gubo. The main purpose of the hop is to spread awareness of the significance of bees for our survival. You can find a lot of educational information on official World Bee Day pages, here: https://www.worldbeeday.org/en/

There are 22 crafters from all over the world are joining for the hop. We all are  sharing something handmade featuring bee/bees, honey or apicultural products. 

Here is my card


We all know that bees are the most hard working insects. A bee visits 50 to 100 flowers per trip to take nectar and pollen to the hive. Apart from making honey they work as nursemaids, caretakers, cleaners, honeycomb builders, nectar ripeners, pollen packers and hive repairers. When they are older, they will begin the public work of collecting water, pollen, nectar and propolis , then working with the house bees to appropriately store and utilize their goods. 

So, the sentiment on my card suggests what we can learn from this incredible insect. I have used alcohol inks on yupo to make hexagons in the background. Here is the close up.






Sponsors and Giveaways :

There are 19 sponsors so 19 prizes to win. There will be couple additional giveaways along the hop. Details about additional prizes and giveaway rules can be found on blogs that offers additional prizes.

Following are the sponsors who made this hop possible. 





Giveaway:

Bugaboo Stamps, $12 Gift Certificate to the Store
Clearly Besotted Stamps, £15 Gift Certificate to the Store
Create a Smile, 50€ Gift Certificate to the Store
Gerda Steiner Designs, $15 Gift Certificate to the Store
Honey Bee Stamps, $30 Gift Certificate to the Store
Jane’s Doodles, $50 Gift Certificate to the Store
Kitty Bee Designs, 1 Digital Image of winner’s choice
Lawn Fawn, $25 Gift Certificate to the Store
Mo’s Digital Pencil, $5 Store Credit
Newton’s Nook Designs, $25 Gift Certificate to the Store
Power Poppy, $20 Gift Certificate to the Store
Pretty Pink Posh, $25 Gift Certificate to the Store
STAMPlorations, $20 Gift Certificate to the Store
Uniko, Clear Stamp Set (in stock) of winner’s choice

Milka is also giving away Jane’s Doodles ‘Daisies’ stamp set to one lucky winner.

19 prizes will be given away to 19 winners. 


How to Enter :

Giveaway is opened Worldwide (+18), except for minors.

For your chance to win, hop along blogs of the participating designers and sponsors listed in blog hop list and leave comment on each blog hop stop (21 stops). After commenting, return back to Milka’s blog and add your name to InLinkz, but prior you do, please read Blog Hop details, terms, giveaway rules and privacy policy which are shared in Milka's blog post below InLinkz.

InLinkz closes on May 31st 2019, 11:59 PM CEST. Winners’ names will be announced on Milka’s blog on June 3rd 2019 during the day.

Here is the full blog hop list:


Blog hop list:
1.      Milka Gubo
2.      Alexandra Suta
3.      Alice Huang
4.      Amy Tsuruta
5.      Donna Mikasa  
6.      Kathy Curry
8.      Larissa Walgemoed        
9.      Neha Bhatt
11.   Samantha Mann
12.   Sonja Kerkhoffs
13.   Tina Pavlovic                   
15.   Gerda Steiner Designs (sponsor)
16.   Honey Bee Stamps (sponsor)
17.   Lawn Fawn (sponsor)
18.   Newton’s Nook Designs (sponsor)
19.   Paper Smooches (sponsor)
20.   Pretty Pink Posh (sponsor)
21.   Uniko (sponsor)
22.   Your Next Stamp (sponsor)
Milka Gubo (InLinkz – return after commenting and add your name to InLinkz)

Please visit all the designers and leave some love on their creations. In the end, do not forget to add your name to Inlinkz.

Thank you , Milka for this wonderful hop!

Happy Hoping! 










Saturday, May 20, 2017

To Bee or Not To Bee - Blog Hop

Hello Friends,

I am so proud to be part of this blog hop - to bee or not to bee. Yes! our purpose is to spread awareness about bees and their role in apicultural products. Also to support initiation of the Slovenian Beekeepers’ Association that the May 20th is declared World Bee Day by the United Nations (UN).

Bees are some of the hardest working creatures on the planet, and because of their laborious work ethic, we owe many thanks to this amazing yet often under appreciated insect.

Our lives – and the world as a whole – would be a much different place if bees didn’t exist. To illustrate this fact, consider these numbers: bees are responsible for pollinating about one-sixth of the flowering plant species worldwide and approximately 400 different agricultural types of plant.
It is sad that their colonies are declining. We really have to be aware how and why this is happening.

HERE is an interesting video I came across from TED talk.

Few things we can do to help bees' sustainability 
 * Plant flowering plants if you can.
 * Avoid the use of pesticides.
 * Whenever possible, choose native plants.  Native plants will attract more native pollinators.

So as our today's theme is bee, I made this card 



The world is full of wanna-bees. What if we just  bee ourselves? Don't you think life would be much easier and more beautiful that way? The other message I was trying to give through this card is how our ever expanding cityscape is engulfing the natural habitats of bees. I hope I manged to do so.

Now, coming to the hop. There are 14 prices to win from our fabulous sponsors below




Crafty Sentiment Designs, 3 Digital Images of winner’s choice

Create a Smile, 25€ Gift Certificate to the Store

Gerda Steiner Designs, $15 Gift Certificate to the Store
Happy Little Stampers, $20 Gift Certificate to the Store
Jane’s Doodles, 3 Stamp Sets (in stock) of winner’s choice
Kitty Bee Designs, 1 Digital Image of winner’s choice
Lawn Fawn, $25 Gift Certificate to the Store
Little Miss Muffet Stamps, $10 Gift Certificate to the Store
Paper Smooches, ’Bee Mine’ Stamp SetSasayaki Glitter, 1 Digital Image of winner’s choice
STAMPlorations, $20 Gift Certificate to the Store
Sue Hastead of Tanglemouse Cards, 6 x 6 paper pad
Uniko, Clear Stamp Set (in stock) of winner’s choice
Milka is also giving away a prize: Jane’s Doodles ‘Daisies’ stamp set



Aren't you excited already? 
For your chance to win, 
all you have to do is hop along blogs of the participating designers 
and leave comment on each blog hop stop.
You can enter the giveaway until Saturday, May 27th (12 AM, CEST +2 UTC).
Milka will announce winners on her blog on Wednesday, May 31st
Winners have to confirm prizes in a week.
 Unconfirmed prizes will be redrawn. 

You must be here from Birka's Blog and your next hop stop is Kaja

In case, any link is broken or you are lost....here is the hop order.






So keep hopping and BEE happy!

Thank you so much for being here. Have a great day!