To BEE or not to BEE Blog Hop
Hey!
Today I am super excited to have been invited and to take part in a wonderful blog hop organised by Milka from Crafty Milka.
The purpose of the blog hope is to support Bees and to raise public awareness of the importance of bees and apicultural products. It is also in support of the Slovenian Beekeepers’ Association that May 20th be declared as World Bee Day by the United Nations (UN).
There are 14 fantastic companies and artists supporting the blog hop with their incredible generosity, which includes myself Uniko 🙂
All the prize information can be found HERE at the start of the hop and to be in with a chance of winning one of the 14 prizes, simply comment along each stop of the hop!
Now for some creative inspiration…
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With not owning any bee stamps 🙁 I knew I had to BEE creative with my card! The recently released Background Block Horizontal Stripe was perfect for the idea I had envisioned and the result is what you see above.
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I selectively inked alternate stripes first in black ink and then in yellow ink, using my MISTI tool to keep the stamp and card stock all lined up. The bee is a free hand drawing I did myself, which I fussy cut out and adhered to the card using foam adhesive. I also gave the bee a lovely coating of clear Wink Of Stella.
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The sentiment is from the recently released Happy Succulents clear stamp set and fussy cut out and adhered with foam adhesive too. I then drew in some little lines to give the bee some movement and as I couldn’t find a white gel pen to draw the lines in over the black stripes I improvised and added some mini sparkly rhinestones!
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I hope you have enjoyed my little creative offering for the hop?! If you have missed the start of the hop you can begin HERE at Milka’s blog. If you are on track your next stop is Amy Tsuruta HERE.
Thank you so much for stopping by and HAPPY HOPPING!
Hugs
Comments (42)
Oh, this is perfect, love your hand drawn bee!
AMAZING!!! Love your design and adorable hand drawn bee, color combination and layout. So cool!!! :o) Thank you so much for joining the hop and sponsoring an amazing prize. :o) xx
Such a lovely card Beverly 🙂 love the bling bling in the, ähm, “flyway” 😉
Beautiful card with Beautiful color combo! Perfect for this blog hop!!
OMGosh this is so super cute! Love the background stripes to match your bee.
Cute card love the layout.
Great card, Beverly! Love how it came together. And such a great idea to use rhinestones for the missing gel pen.
What a creative idea! Love that background and layout! Just awesome!
Very beautiful. love this Bee-Blog-Hop :-))
Danie
Very lovely card. Love the bold stripes in the background.
Wow bev!! This is simply stunning. I adore your card designs. Thanks for supporting this important cause.
Cheers
preeti
Wow! This is absolutely stunning! Those stripes were made for this card. Love the cute bee (would make a nice set) and the gems on the flight trail look fab! xxx
What a gorgeous card!! That bee is drawn?!! Wow! I loved the details of the sequins on its hovering trail.. lovely cause too!
Cute card
Fabulous card!! Love the stripes and gems you added to the curly q!!
beautiful card!
This is so striking and beautiful! Thanks for the hop and for supporting the bees cause! 🙂
Great thinking outside of the box! What a fun card xx
For not owning any bee images this looks so pretty and it’s a OOAK card 🙂
thanks for sharing
hugs Nikki
Oh, I love this — perfect color combo!!
The black and yellow background is so vibrate and the fact that you made your own bee is the icing on the cake. Well done!
That’s an awesome bold background stamp and your hand drawn bee is beautiful! I’d buy that stamp!
Lovely card! Its amazing what our imagination can do 😉
I just love these stripes it really brings out the card and all the aspects of a bee! Great job! Absolutely beautiful!
Love the stripy background. Perfect for your buzzy bee. Very gorgeous and fresh card. Hugz
WOW! Adorable card and I love the sentiment. Great job!
Your card is so bright and bold!
I love those stripes and your hand drawn
Bee looks like it was stamped!
Great graphic looking design, that background stamp is perfect for this purpose! This is really a fantastic card, great design for this fun hop!
Perfect with simplicity, love your pretty hand drawn image!
Lovely work on
your card, love
the design.
Carla from Utah
Wow, I love the hand-drawn bee! It’s absolutely bee-autiful! And the rhinestones trail is so pretty! Love this card!
This is amazing- I love it!
Valerija xx
Wow… such a unique and super card…. the crisp effects are just so gorgeous…. loved the handdrawn bee too…
Awww!!! Such adorable card!!! Too cute!!!
Wow you hand drew that bee…awesome. I love the very graphic feel to this card.
Bee-autiful card Beverly.
Love the whole look of your card and you should make a stamp of your hand drawn Bee ;o)
Love your card design with the clean space and the striking colors!!
Eine wirklich wunderschöne Garte, gefällt mir sehr gut!
Gruß
KleinerVampir
You’ve been really creative! It’s really lovely card from the bottom to the top. 🙂 Love the colour combo, than your sweet little bee and you found a perfect solution with mini sparkly rhinestones. 😉
Fabulous CAS card and love the Bee-great thinking
Carol x
Love the striking colors you used. Awesome card:)
Buzzing and humming with delight in seeing your “honey’ of a bee card, Bev! Love the yellow/black stripes…and your hand drawn bee is simply sensational! Ultra sweet…and such a worthy cause to support!
Hugs~c