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Sunday, 20 May 2018

A day to bee happy...xxx

Hello everyone!  Happy Sunday.

Today I am absolutely thrilled to be taking part, for the second year, in the wonderful 
To Bee Or Not To Bee Blog Hop
organised by my lovely crafty friend
Milka Gubo

I bet you've already guessed that the theme of the blog hop is the beautiful bee!

We want to celebrate the first World Bee Day and to raise public awareness of the importance of bees and apicultural products. 

This blog hop has a superb array of sponsors who have all been incredibly generous!

Look at this fabulous list of giveaways!

Dies to Die for -  ₤15 Gift Certificate to the Store
Gerda Steiner Designs -  $15 Gift Certificate to the Store
Hannah Rosengren Studio -  Bumble & Honey Bee Patch
Happy Little Stampers -  $20 Gift Certificate to the Store
Honey Bee Stamps -  $40 Gift Certificate to the Store
Jane’s Doodles -  2 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 + freebie
Neha of Periwinkle Creations -  $20 Gift Certificate to the Simon Says Stamp Store
Paper Smooches -  ’Bee Mine’ Stamp Set
Power Poppy -  $25 Gift Certificate to the Store
Power Poppy -  ‘Bee Kind Toile’ Clear Stamp Set
Pretty Pink Posh -  $25 Gift Certificate to the Store
Uniko -  Clear Stamp Set (in stock) of winner’s choice
Sasayaki Glitter -  1 Digital Image of winner’s choice
Milka is also giving away Jane’s Doodles ‘Garden Friends’ stamp set to two lucky winners.

For your chance to win, hop along to the blogs of the participating designers and leave a comment on each blog hop stop. 
After commenting, return back to Milka’s blog and add your name to Inlinkz, but before  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 tomorrow, May 21st 2018, 11:00 PM CEST.  The winners' names will be announced on Milka’s blog the next day.


Lovely Barbara from Little Miss Muffet Stamps is also offering a freebie for next 36 hours, as long the giveaway will be open. 
It’s adorable 
Polka Dot Pals Xara’ digital image.
Right then lovely peeps - it's time to have a look at my card!

I have chosen for my bee themed card the beautiful stamp 
The Bee And The Heart 
by Stamping Bella

 Ingredients
The Bee And The Heart by Stamping Bella
MFT - Extreme Black Hybrid Ink Pad
Make It Colour Blending Card by Elaine Hughes Marker Geek
Copic Markers
Hearts All Over Background Stamp - Taylored Expressions
MFT Die namics - Stitched Hexagon Stax
Whimsy Stamps - Honeycomb Pattern Die
Sentiment from Stamping Bella - Mama Bunny Wobble
Copics Used - 
Background - FBG2 and colourless blender
Heart - R59, R37, R35, R32
Bear - E37, E34, E31, E30, R04, R02, R01
Bee Suit - W8, W6, W4, YR15, Y38, Y19
Wings - R02, R01, E41, E40 and Glamour Dust
Righty Oh then everyone, here is the blog hop list - you know what to do!
hop don't walk!!! (-:

Milka Gubo                    
Alice Wertz
Amy Tsuruta                  
Barbara Sproatmeyer    
Beverley Brown              
Birka Reinitz                  
Kaja Vezensek               
Kathy Curry                
Kylie Purtell                  
Neha Bhatt                  
Samantha Mann           
Sonja Kerkhoffs             
Sue Hastead  - you are here           
Tina Pavlovich                
Zrinka Beric                 
Ksenija Rizova              
Milka Gubo (Inlinkz)

Have fun everyone!
Thank you for popping by!
Happy creating
love from

Sue...xxx

















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57 comments:

  1. Ksenija @Sweet Kobylkin20 May 2018 at 11:07

    Sue, this is so sweet card. You did amazing colouring! - Sweet Kobylkin

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  2. Unknown20 May 2018 at 11:19

    Sue, that’s such a gorgeous card, the bee looks real and love the little heart.

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  3. ~amy~20 May 2018 at 11:35

    Such a cute card, love the bee you picked!

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  4. New Creations20 May 2018 at 11:41

    Awww, how sweet and adorable, its look like a patchwork on a cloth

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  5. sabiha khan20 May 2018 at 12:15

    Such a cute card Sue, amazing colouring.

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  6. Barbara Sproatmeyer (LM2)20 May 2018 at 12:21

    Excellent coloring and great depth! A fun layout to the card too. :D

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  7. Jennifer Scull20 May 2018 at 12:46

    What a beautiful job you did coloring that adorable stamp! Such a fun card! :)

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  8. Christy Bray20 May 2018 at 13:31

    That’s a BEEauty! 😁

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  9. Deepa Anand20 May 2018 at 13:38

    Very cute, huggable looking bee. Love the heart - with a felt look and the effects, beautiful card

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  10. Renuka20 May 2018 at 13:50

    Beautiful card love the bees..

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  11. Mirella20 May 2018 at 13:53

    Such an adorable image and card design, I love your sweet colouring!

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  12. Milka Gubo20 May 2018 at 14:07

    Love love love the image you used for your card, Sue. And WOW how you colored it, put all elements together... AMAZING!! :o) :o) Thank you for joining the hop!! xx

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  13. None None20 May 2018 at 14:10

    This is just adorable! I love the beautiful coloring you did and the honeycomb background is just sweet!

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  14. Majtolina20 May 2018 at 14:28

    Amazing coloring and lovely theme! Thanks for a chance!

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  15. Little Scraps of Heaven Designs20 May 2018 at 15:01

    Such a sweet card. The bear is darling.

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  16. Debbie Rumpza20 May 2018 at 15:28

    This is just adorable! I love that little guy.

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  17. Cindy C.20 May 2018 at 15:59

    Sue your card is oh so cute!!!

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  18. Lynne 20 May 2018 at 16:42

    Such a cute stamp and I love your background x

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  19. Lisa20 May 2018 at 16:53

    I love your colouring! such a sweet card (:

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  20. The Black Elegance20 May 2018 at 16:53

    Such a cute card,i really like the bee and background

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  21. Marta A.20 May 2018 at 17:20

    Lovely card!! And the bee is adorable!!!

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  22. Papirnate radosti20 May 2018 at 17:27

    lovely

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  23. Nora Noll20 May 2018 at 17:39

    This is just adorable!! I LOVE that bee!!

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  24. StirYourCreativity20 May 2018 at 17:56

    Awesome image and a fantastic card

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  25. Izzy Scrap20 May 2018 at 18:13

    A pure cuteness ! And what a lovely design ! Adorable bear dressed up bee ! Great colouring and fabulous layout. Thanks so much for sharing and for inspiring.

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  26. Lori Kobular20 May 2018 at 18:14

    I love your card and that wonderful bee and heart stamp! I have to get that stamp for myself! Love the way you put the bee on the heart into the sky on your beautiful card! Thanks for helping to raise awareness in saving the bees!!

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  27. ionabunny20 May 2018 at 18:23

    Oh my that bee on the heart is adorable. Love the contrast with that rich blue background. Gorgeous card. Hugz

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  28. Denise Bryant20 May 2018 at 18:44

    Awesome coloring on your adorable card! Bee still my heart... love that adorable stamp!

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  29. Mary Holshouser20 May 2018 at 18:46

    Darling card.
    the shading makes the
    heart look puffy and soft
    for the little bee bear.
    Love this one.
    thanks for sharing
    txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  30. Lady Joyful20 May 2018 at 18:49

    Such a cute card! Love the sparkly wings.

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  31. Quillish20 May 2018 at 19:05

    What a lovely card.. the colours are so pretty and gorgeous coloring!

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  32. Preeti D. (aka Dutt Preety)20 May 2018 at 19:23

    So cute :) thanks for sharing xoxo

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  33. Anushree Vaish20 May 2018 at 19:28

    Cute card with lovely coloring!!

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  34. Christin20 May 2018 at 21:13

    It‘s also a lovely card!

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  35. Dee Earnshaw20 May 2018 at 23:06

    sweet card and awesome design:)

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  36. Brandi R20 May 2018 at 23:37

    Super cute! Love that darling bear ♥

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  37. Fikreta21 May 2018 at 00:40

    so lovely card!

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  38. Priyanka Kantak21 May 2018 at 00:58

    Such a cute card :)

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  39. Alice (scrAPpamondo)21 May 2018 at 05:55

    Adorable card!!

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  40. Karenladd21 May 2018 at 07:07

    What a cute little image and I love the layered honeycomb die.

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  41. D.Ann C21 May 2018 at 07:32

    Unbearably cute!!Love the heart background and the design on the wings!!

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  42. --Curation by Disha21 May 2018 at 08:30

    Totally different and nice color combos.

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  43. CarlavdM21 May 2018 at 08:50

    A wonderfull card with the cute bee on the heart. And you made an awesome background for it.

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  44. Paru Mahtani21 May 2018 at 09:29

    Just adorable!

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  45. Anja M.21 May 2018 at 10:02

    Fantastic card. I really like the colouring.

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  46. Elaine Wakeling21 May 2018 at 10:06

    Such a sweet card and lovely colouring ��

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  47. Jane21 May 2018 at 12:47

    Your sweet bee would melt anyone’s heart! Love all the blue hearts, perfect background.

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  48. GalinaY21 May 2018 at 13:55

    This bee is cute!

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  49. Cynthia Cole21 May 2018 at 15:01

    Love your bee card and anything made with Stamping Bella stamps!

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  50. cghundley21 May 2018 at 15:08

    Oh my, your
    card is adorable!
    Great design.
    Carla from Utah

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  51. Sue D21 May 2018 at 17:02

    Adorable--love the colors and all the hexagons.

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  52. Valerija21 May 2018 at 18:14

    You did a great job with this card. Love the image.
    Valerija xx

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  53. Arianna Barbara21 May 2018 at 19:13

    Awww!!! Super super cute!!!

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  54. Sina R.21 May 2018 at 21:07

    A wonderfull card with this cute bee

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  55. Sharda Maheshwari21 May 2018 at 21:55

    Very intelligent use of the elements

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  56. Valentina B21 May 2018 at 21:55

    It's been a year since I write you a comment for the first time. ;) And look here I am again. You made very nice and happy bee card! Hugs from Slovenia. :)

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  57. Annette24 May 2018 at 18:40

    A bee-autiful card Sue. Love him! xx

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