Saturday 20 May 2017

To bee or not to bee...

Hello everyone!

I'm here today as part of a super fun blog hop in honour of the beautiful bee! We want to support bees and to raise public awareness of the importance of bees and apicultural products. 20 May is declared World Bee Day by the United Nations (UN) and the Slovenian Beekeepers’ Association has just been started to further support bees.

This hop has been arranged by my lovely blogging friend

We are celebrating everything bee-ish!

Milka has managed to find some fab sponsors for our hop and there are lots of prizes!

Here are some of the fab prizes you could win...

Crafty Sentiments Designs; 3 digital images of winner's choice 
Create a Smile; 25€ Gift Certificate to the store 
Gerda Steiner$15 Gift Certificate to the store
Happy Little Stampers; $20 Gift Certificate to the store
Jane's Doodles; 3 (in stock) stamp sets of winner's choice
Kitty Bee Designs; 1 digi of winner's choice
Lawn Fawn; $20 Gift Certificate to the store
Little Miss Muffet Stamps; $10 Gift Certificate to the store
Me! 6x6 Paper Pad
Milka; Jane's Doodle Daisies Stamp Set
Paper Smooches; Bee Mine Stamp Set
Sasayaki Glitter; 1 digi of winner's choice
STAMPlorations; $20 Gift Certificate to the store
Uniko; Clear (in stock) Stamp Set of winner's choice

14 prizes will be given away to 14 winners. 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, 27 May (12 AM, CEST +2 UTC). Milka will announce winners on her blog on Wednesday, 31 May. Winners have to confirm prizes in a week. Unconfirmed prizes will be redrawn.

I couldn't resist these gorgeous HoneyBear Stuffies by Stamping Bella...
This is a wonderful image!  There are bees, bears, honey, and a Winnie the Pooh sentiment!

You can say aaaahhhhh! <3 
Now, this is the important bit!

Here is the blog hop order, if you have come to see me first you need to go all the way around the list of blogs until you are back with me!

There are some fabulous designers taking part so pull up a chair, grab a coffee and start hopping!

There's a real buzz about this don't you think! (-;

Sue Hastead (That's me so you are now here)!
Ingredients
HoneyBear Stuffies by Stamping Bella (from Dies To Die For)
Make It Colour Blending Card by Elaine Hughes (Marker Geek)
Memento Ink Pad in Tuxedo Black
Tonic Rectangle and Scalloped Rectangle Layering Dies 
Victoria Park 6x6 Paper Pad by Lillybee Designs (from Dies To Die For)
Whimsy Stamps Honeycomb Die (from Dies To Die For)
Collall All Purpose Glue

Copic Markers
Bears E30, E31, E34, E35, E37, R01, R02
Honeycomb Y23, YR23
Honey Pot B21, B23, B45
Branch and leaves, E44, E79, YG13, YG25, G94
Background BG10, BG70
Thank you for popping by.
Happy crafting and happy hopping!

love from Sue...xxx

46 comments:

~amy~ said...

Love your sweet card!

Faye Wynn-Jones said...

Oooh, this is gorgeous xx

Milka Gubo said...

Your card is so SWEET, Sue! Love it!! Your coloring, as always, amazing. :o) Thank you so much for joining the hop and the prize you provided. :o) xx

Birka said...

these two bears are more than sweet..a nd sweeter than honey ;-)

Tink said...

WOW! This is just TOO CUTE!

Anonymous said...

Adorable Project for this hop Sue!!!

creative lady said...

Adorable card! Love your coloring too.

Holly AKA KopyKat said...

This is so super cute!!!

SonjaK said...

Such a super sweet card, Sue! Those two bears are totally adorable.

Neha said...

Such a cute card! The texture on the bears is spot on!

Pepita Hasenkeks said...

so cute. love this hop for the bees
Danie

Nandini said...

This card is just too adorable! Those bears so so sweet!

Preeti D. (aka Dutt Preety) said...

Super cute card :)

Quillish said...

Lovely card... Such Beautiful colouring.. Lovely cause!

crafty-stamper said...

Beautiful card,cute image and fabulous sentiment -I love Bees and will come back and hop tomorrow
Carol x

--Curation by Disha said...

Sweet card

Beverley said...

What an adorable image and so beautifully coloured. Lovely to be a part of this hop with you. Hugs Bev x

Fikreta said...

your card is super sweet!
hugs

Lorraine said...

Adorable, love it.
Lorraine x

Dana said...

Sweet image and love your coloring!!

Annette said...

This is one of my favourite Bella images, I love most of the stuffies, but this one is such a cutie. Fab colouring hun, and a lovely card. xx

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

How cute and sweet card!! Love that sentiment! :) Great hop and support to this right cause!

Nikki said...

What a lovely card your colouring is amazing and the winnie the poo sentiment is perfect for your card
Thanks for sharing hugs Nikki

Kathy Schweinfurth said...

How sweet! Your coloring is really lovely, too!

Dianne said...

Such detailed colouring. You did a great job!

AJ Bodine said...

So cute, love your card! I hadn't seen this image by SB before now!

Lucy E. said...

What a sweet image and it's
colored so nicely. Awesome card!

Anisoptera said...

Adorable! I just love the sentiment!

Nataliascraft said...

This is so adorable, love the way you coloured the image. Gorgeous card Sue. And what a great cause. x

Carlypool said...

Wow amazing coloring and how cute are those little bears!

ionabunny said...

Such a fun image and a perfect sentiment. Hugz

Mirella said...

Goodness my, how adorable is that?! And what amazing colouring, too! Well done! :)

New Creations said...

I love this cute and fun stamp, so adorable with awesome coloring!

cghundley said...

Oh this is the
cutest card!
Great scene.
Carla from Utah

stampfoldandrepeat (Jeanie) said...

This card is super sweet and that sentiment is perfect! Awesome colouring!!

Carole Pollard said...

Wonderful card love htis great design and what a brilliant blog hop Love and hugs Carole x

Valerija said...

Wow, what an amazing card. Love the super cute image and your fab colouring.
Valerija xx

Jahnavee Kaunal Gandhi said...

such a cute card..... the coloring you have done is so amazing....

Arianna Barbara said...

Awww!!! Such adorable card!!! Too cute!!!

Mary-Anne V said...

Aww what a bunch of cuties...love your colouring.

Craft Addicts - Tracy Evans said...

Wow Sue your bears look so textural. Beautiful colouring and card. Tracy x

CarlavdM said...

Ooohhh my....another gorgeous card with Bears and Honey.
Love the saying of Winnie the Pooh you added...super.

Anonymous said...

Ohhh, this is too cute!! Such a cheerful card design!

Valentina B said...

Aww your card is so swwet as honey. You put together all the sweet little things, honey, little bees, lovely bears and a perfect sentiment. Love your stuning colouring :)

Dee Earnshaw said...

such a fun card - love it:)

cm said...

Buzzing and humming with delight in seeing your incredibly adorable honey bears! Charming and lovely in every way! Protecting bees is such a worthwhile cause to support!
~carol