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

Hannah Rosengren Studio, Bumble & Honey Bee Patch

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

Paper Smooches, ’Bee Mine’ Stamp Set and ‘Bees’ Dies

Power Poppy, $20 Gift Certificate to the Store

Pretty Pink Posh, $25 Gift Certificate to the Store

STAMPlorations, $20 Gift Certificate to the Store

Sue Hastead of Tanglemouse Cards, Pretty Pink Posh ‘Bee Friends’ stamp set

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

Your Next Stamp, ‘Honey Bee’ stamp set

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 31^st 2019, 11:59 PM CEST. Winners’ names will be announced on Milka’s blog on June 3^rd 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

10.   Nonni Niskanen

11.   Samantha Mann

12.   Sonja Kerkhoffs

13.   Tina Pavlovic                   

14.   Valentina Bizjak

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! 

Alcohol inks on YUPO (distributed by NoteGrab in India)

Hello Friends,

As you all know, I works quite a lot with alcohol inks and yupo. Till now, I used to source it from USA as it is very expensive here and most of the time not available. Recently, I found a new source in India for YUPO.  NoteGrab - The paper is same but prices are great...:). It is available in different sizes and microns on Amazon.in. You can check the products HERE. Their Instagram handle is Notegrab.in. They were kind enough to send me a pad of these papers to try. Surface is same as yupo, the one I got was very thin but they have thicker papers too. As it is waterproof paper, thickness didn't make much of a difference. These are used for water colors too which i have to try yet.

The weather is quite humid and alcohol inks don't like moisture so i had tough time maneuvering inks but enjoyed all the things I tried.

Lately, I am liking the contrast in textures. I have created abstract land scape here with various Ranger and Piniata inks.

Another abstract. I used tonic nuvo Gilding Flakes to add little glamour .

Abstract landscape with some hand drawn trees...:P . Hills are painted with palette knife .

I have used Art Impression stamps for cabin and trees. Love the cliff on this one.

Last two are my favorite. Believe it or not it is just one ink - Ranger's Pitch Black . It is magical how one ink gives so many shades.  Took long time to build all those layers of petals but love the end results. 

Once again, just black ink and some details with white sharpie. 

Please check their Amazon & Instagram for more info on this paper.

I hope you enjoyed the post. Please mail me on nehab@yahoo.com if you have any query regarding this paper or any other materials. Thank you for being here.G

Sunflowers and alcohol inks

Hello friends,

I am sharing a card made for Jane's Doodles blog . I have used alcohol inks on yupo paper. This technique is so much in trends right now but not new for me. I have experimented with this mediums 2 years back and loved it since then. I will share few old post and pics in the end.

I have use ranger alcohol inks in yellow and brown with blending solution. Sunflowers are embossed in white on vellum and colored from the back with copics to give depth. 

You can see the close up of inky background below.

Pretty artsy , isn't it?

You can check 2 posts i did in 2016 HERE and HERE. It has few videos of process too!

Below are few art work I did for an exhibition. They are not proper but at least I remembered to take photos of few before they were sold out.

I hope you enjoyed the post. Thank you for being here.

Alcohol inks on Yupo

Hello friends,

I am on The Craft Shop blog with some abstract art I created using alcohol inks and Yupo paper.
Here is the sneak peek

You can watch following videos to understand the process and materials required .

(1) Introduction to Yupo 

(2) Alcohol inks on Yupo 

(3) Painting landscape with Alcohol inks on Yupo

(4) Abstract with alcohol inks on Yupo

This is super relaxing and fun! Give it a try...:)