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Sunday, May 20, 2018

To bee or not to bee

Hello Friend,

I am so excited to be part of this amazing blog hop initiative - 'To Bee or not to Bee'  by Milka in honor of The World Bee Day to celebrate 1st World Bee Day, to support bees and to raise public awareness of the importance of bees and apicultural products.


Let's see why we are celebrating Bee day.

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. A third of the world’s food production depends on bees, i.e. every third spoonful of food depends on pollination. 

Over the past 50 years, the amount of crops that depend on pollinators (i.e. fruit, vegetables, seeds, nuts and oilseeds) has tripled. Bees play an important role in relation to the scope of agricultural production. Effective pollination increases the amount of agricultural produce, improves their quality and enhances plants’ resistance to pests.

Cultivated plants that depend on pollination are an important source of income to farmers, especially smaller farmers and family-owned farms in developing countries. They provide jobs and income to millions of people. 

But of late, Bees have become increasingly endangered. There are various factors affecting their population such as  viral or mite infection of bees, use of pesticides, pollution, urbanization etc. Needless to say this poses a great threat to global agriculture. Recently,  United Nations (UN) officially declared May 20th a World Bee Day.  

 There are many artist around the world joining this hop and there are I think 17 or 18 prizes to win including one sponsored by me...:).

First, let's see the card I made.


Bees are around for  thousands of years. Yes, it is true...they have evolved quite a lot to survive but now they need our help so let's make the Bees strong again...:)

I have used the cute stamp by one of our sponsor Gerda Designs  and colored it with copics.




You can check what I made last year for the same hop HERE.


Here is the list of prizes and sponsors:


Dies to die for, ₤15 Gift Certificate to the Store

Gerda Steiner Designs, $15 Gift Certificate to the Store


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


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

Sasayaki Glitter, 1 Digital Image of winner’s choice

Uniko, Clear Stamp Set (in stock) of winner’s choice


Milka is also giving away Jane’s Doodles ‘Garden Friends’ stamp set to two lucky winners.

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.

‘Bee Kind Toile’ Clear Stamp Set from our sponsor Power Poppy is a brand new stamp set released to the store TODAY.

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Blog hop list

Amy Tsuruta                      
Beverly Brown                   
Birka Reinitz                       
Kaja Vezensek                   
Kathy Curry                      
Kylie Purtell                        
Neha Bhatt    (that's me!)                    
Samantha Mann               
Sonja Kerkhoffs                
Sue Hastead                     
Tina Pavlovic                     
Zrinka Beric                      
Ksenija Rizova                 
Milka Gubo (Inlinkz)


How it works :


For your chance to win, hop along blogs of the participating designers and leave comment on each blog hop stop. 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 tomorrow, May 21st 2018, 11:00 PM CEST. Winners’ names will be announced on Milka’s blog next day.


So, Hop along there is too little time to win ...:)

I hope you enjoy this post ! Happy Bee Hoping or Bee Happy Hoping....:)






60 comments:

  1. Neha, your card made me smile! Love this bee stamp. - Sweet Kobylkin

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  2. Neha, loved the information you shared at the starts and that’s a very pretty card, love how the little bee lights weight. Extremely adorable

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  3. Gorgeous card, Neha! I'm totally with you on supporting our bee population, Jo x

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  4. Lovely card Neha and really informative post....love the bee stamp.

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  5. Neha, love your fantastic card, it makes me smile.
    Thanks for sharing the bee facts/info too!

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  6. So cute and eye catching with such information on Bees! Love the cute charm added on!

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  7. It's a fun way to convey the message !Made me smile :)Loved the use of charm!

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  8. Lovely card, Neha and love your idea of using a bee with weights and your message of helping to make the Bees 'Bee strong' again! Time we recognised these little creatures which work so hard, through this great blog hop initiative - 'To Bee or not to Bee' by Milka in honor of The World Bee Day to celebrate 1st World Bee Day (the very First!) to support bees and to raise public awareness of the importance of bees and apicultural products.

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  9. Wow that background is awesome and I love that charm. :D

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  10. That is just about the cutest little bee I have ever seen! Great embossing for the BG, too! :)

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  11. Such a great post along with a gorgeous card,love the colors and bee lifting weights is so cute..

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  12. BEEutiful card!!! Love the design, adorable Bee, colors, charm, and oh background. Amazing pattern!! :o) Thank you for joining the hop!! xx

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  13. Hahaha, how cute, that totally made me smile!

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  14. What a cute card!! I love the background you used and the additional "hex" dimension you added on top. The coloring is superb! Thank you for being part of the hop and bringing awareness to the important job that honeybees do!

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  15. Cute card and love the sentiment!!! Thanks for a chance!

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  16. Super fun card!! Great sentiment and all the finishing touches are perfect!!

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  17. Oh my goodness ... so cute! I love the sentiment!

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  18. that bee is adorable! i love the little charm

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  19. This card is so cute. Love the bee stamp

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  20. Such a fun card, I love the look on his face :) .

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  21. This is such a cute card!!! I LOVE the fun embossed background!

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  22. Very funny card!!! I love the charm!!!

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  23. This is one of a kind image I have seen. Simply mind-blowing card

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  24. So funny ! Love this athletic bee and I hope so much that in the future, with the awareness of the importance of the bees, that they ended all as strong as this one. Thanks so much for sharing and for inspiring. x

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  25. I LOVE your card! That Bee is so cute and I love him being Strong! We need the bees to have food and I appreciate you taking part in this hope to get everyone to do their part to save the bees!! Thank you!

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  26. I LOVE your card! That Bee is so cute and I love him being Strong! We need the bees to have food and I appreciate you taking part in this hope to get everyone to do their part to save the bees!! Thank you!

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  27. Gorgeous card. Love that embossed background. Who makes that folder and what is it called please. The GS bee is so cute. Hugz

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  28. Cute card. A fun play
    on being strong - bees do
    a lot of work so they
    probably do work out.
    :-)
    thanks for sharing a cute
    card. txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  29. Pretty background and layering! Love that cute bee!

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  30. This card is so fun! Really cute.

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  31. I loved this card.. how cool is that bee.. strong and helpful! Love the texture of the background.

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  32. Super cute card. Love that lil hanging charm, great touch.

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  33. Thank you for this initiative and sharing all these bee facts..I completely adore this sweet gesture...your card is adorable and that perfect metal charm to coordinate can't go unnoticed...thanks for sharing this!!

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  34. awesome card - love the 'bee strong' sentiment !!

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  35. Cute card! Love that happy bee ♥

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  36. Your card is fabulous! Love all your cards Neha. :)

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  37. This cute and fun bee with her sentiment is a delight, LOVE her face :D Great design and the fabulous little charm is just perfect!

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  38. Haha, this card just makes me laugh. Clever and adorable!

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  39. What an adorable stamp and card!! Love the charm, too!!

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  40. You create so much magic on the piece of paper as always.This is such a smart and pretty card to look and awe!!

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  41. Thank you for the info on the bees. Is this strong bee not a cutie? You made a wonderfull card with him.

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  42. Aww!! That bee is too cute! And look at that charm!!! Amazing!

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  43. What a fun card! Background is really awesome.

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  44. Oh how your chubby little bee made me smile! And such a great sentiment too, fabulous!

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  46. This bee is strong! Background is original!

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  47. Darling card! Love
    the embossing and
    the strongarm bee
    is adorable. Cute
    charm also.
    Carla from Utah

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  48. Totally love your Bee Strong card!

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  49. Love this strong bee image and the background.

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  50. Brilliant card design, love this fun image.

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  51. The bee is so adorable! I really love this card

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  52. Hihi, this strong little bee is so funny! And I like your card.
    Very interesting design. ;)

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  53. i love the coordinated use and the charm too

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  54. What a fun and cute card!
    Sweet charm :-)

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