Monday, May 20, 2019

To Bee or Not to Bee Blog Hop

Hello friends, welcome to the World Bee Day Blog Hop! We are excited to have you join us to celebrate the importance of bees!

If you've arrived from Kaja's blog you are in the right place. If not, start at the beginning, so you won't miss anything. The full list is below, incase any links are not working.

I've use one of my long time favorite bee images from Designed 2 Delight digi stamps called Bee - Day. 



Thank you for stopping by today. Now hop on over to Larissa's blog!





Blog hop list:
1.     Milka Gubo
2.     Alexandra Suta
3.     Alice Huang
4.     Amy Tsuruta
5.     Donna Mikasa 
6.     Kaja Vezensek
7.     Kathy Curry.     (You are here)
8.     Larissa Walgemoed     
9.     Neha Bhatt
13.  Tina Pavlovic               
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)

Giveaway details


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
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
Power Poppy, $20 Gift Certificate to the Store
Pretty Pink Posh, $25 Gift Certificate to the Store
STAMPlorations, $20 Gift Certificate to the Store
Uniko, Clear Stamp Set (in stock) of winner’s choice

Milka is also giving away Jane’s Doodles ‘Daisies’ stamp set to one lucky winner.


19 prizes will be given away to 19 winners.



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 (24 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 31st 2019, 11:59 PM CEST. Winners’ names will be announced on Milka’s blog on June 3rd 2019 during the day.
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.








94 comments:

Karthikha said...

What a sweet bee-cake card! Lovely take! :)

cm said...

Oh my gosh! Buzzing and humming with joy in seeing your absolutely adorable card, Kathy! Talk about a wonderful ways to celebrate (cake...yummm!) and spread the word about Bee Day! Wishing you a most bee-utiful day!
~carol

Salnclts said...

I love the embossing folder and your cake!

Donna said...

Thanks for supporting such an important cause!

StirYourCreativity said...

Lovely play of textures and the image.

Dee Earnshaw said...

awesome card - Happy Bee Day:)

Becca Yahrling said...

What a lovely card! Love how the bees are
buzzing around the flowers on the cake. So cute!

Fun with Paper said...

To cute

Fun with Paper said...

To cute thanks for sharing your ideas

Shari Czerwinski said...

Sweet sentiment and great cause! TFS

Larissa said...

Yummy that image is really lovely! Great card.

Elle said...

Bee-utiful! 💛🐝

Milka Gubo said...

What a sweet card!!! Adorable image, lovely colors, beautiful design and layout. Love it so much, Kathy. :o) Thank you so much for participating in this blog hop. :o) Bee hugzzz!!! :o) xx

Bunny said...

Cute birthday card. Lovely embossing and coloring. 

[Bunny]

Andre M. said...

Such a pretty palette and design on this fab card. Thanks for sharing your creativity.

MadeByMeghanK said...

I'm with the bees! That cake looks YUMMY! Great card!

mwalker said...

I LOVE PINK AND YELLOW TOGETHER. AND LOVE CAKE!!

mwalker said...

WHAT A FUN CAKE! SO JOYFUL!

Kari V. said...

Super sweet! I love those little bees! Now in real life, if I had bees flying around my birthday cake I might not be so delighted. But I LOVE them on your card! :)

Mary-Anne V said...

Great bee bday card...love the embossed background.

Macimbalo said...

So cute! I love that embossing folder in white, great backdrop for your beautiful cake and bees!

Beverly Perdue said...

Awesome card! Love that sentiment with the bees flying around the birthday cake. The twine bow tied on the sentiment banner is a nice touch.

Unknown said...

Omg love the cake stamp, and the bees just make it cuter🐝

Kathy JH said...

Your card is so cute! I love the sentiment!

Barb F. said...

This is an adorable card. I love the cake.

Cheryl Jones said...

That is a great card. I will have to remember that idea.

Amy C. said...

This is a very pretty stamp. Your card is lovely!

Sue D said...

Love the birthday theme and the cute bees.

Cherry Blossom said...

What a lovely card!

Denise Bryant said...

Love your cute card! The cake and bees are adorable! Happy World Bee Day!

Liz M said...

Love the embossing!

Liz M said...

Love the embossing!

Kristen Snoozy said...

I love this sweet little cake set, it's really adorable, especially with the cute bee buzzing about!

Valerija said...

Wow, what a lovely card, beautiful colours, image and details!
Valerija xx

Kirsty Vittetoe said...

I love this, so sweet!

Mirella said...

What a sweet card, thanks so much for sharing and inspiring!

~amy~ said...

so cute, love the added dry embossing.

Donna Phelan said...

Great texture and design! Love that yummy looking cake and your sweet bee!

Louise said...

cute card! Reminds me that I have that embossing folder, I need to take it out and use it!

Isabel Z said...

I love blog hops because they inspire me to create! Thank you for sharing your beautiful creations.

Isabel Z said...

I love blog hops because they inspire me to create. Thank you for sharing all of your amazing creations.

Lisa Byers said...

Wow, I love that yummy cake with those sweet little bees buzzing around it!! It is truly a great design for this wonderful blog hop. Thank you for your inspiration.

Jen P said...

Darling card! Love all the layers and details you included.

Lagene said...

AWESOME creation! This is the BEE'S KNEES HOP! My husband & I host 60 to 80 bee hives on our 5 acre place for the summer (to get them out of the heat) for a bee keeper from California after they are through pollinating the orange and nut orchards.

Sherry Butcher said...

So cute and different, love it! Thanks for sharing your creation.

Sherry Butcher said...

Wonderful and so different for the others. Thanks for sharing your creation.

Heather said...

Oooo . . . how pretty! I really like that embossed background!

Kristina B. said...

Very cute, Love all the layers!

Alice (scrAPpamondo) said...

Clever design, love the bee-utiful sentiment matching the cake and the sweet colours!

Terrie D. (StarSpry) said...

What a pretty card! I love how you colored the cake, and the added texture and dimension of the layers is really fun. :)

Deepti Aggarwal said...

Such a fantastic BEE card..Love it.

amymwz said...

Need and daisies go together so perfectly.

Lagene said...

AWESOME creation! This is the BEE'S KNEES HOP! My husband & I host 60 to 80 bee hives on our 5 acre place for the summer (to get them out of the heat) for a bee keeper from California after they are through pollinating the orange and nut orchards.

Beverly S. said...

Pretty birthday card with the "bee theme." Thanks for sharing.

Debbie said...

Really cute card. Your use of the bees is great, coming off the cake.

Lagene said...

AWESOME creation! This is the BEE'S KNEES HOP! My husband & I host 60 to 80 bee hives on our 5 acre place for the summer (to get them out of the heat) for a bee keeper from California after they are through pollinating the orange and nut orchards.

Larissa Heskett said...

SQUEAL!! LOVE LOVE LOVE the BEE Inspiration!! Such an AMAZING Design!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEK!!

Super Stick Chick said...

Bee-utiful card! Love the cake with the bees.

N Womble said...

Awww...this is cute. Love the cake :-)

Larissa Heskett said...

SQUEAL!! LOVE LOVE LOVE the BEE Inspiration!! Such an AMAZING Design!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEK!!

Kimmers said...

Your sentiment is so sweet! I love the cake, such a cute card!

frommycraftroom said...

Lovely card. See why this is a fav stamp.

Shelley said...

Love your card.

AnnetteH said...

I love your card,especially the background made with the embossing folder.

Oma of 11 said...

Really cute! Love the cake, with the bees buzzing over and around - like at my house trying to have a picnic!

Eva Laney said...

Great card, I really like the birthday embossing folder, cute stamp too!
Crafty hugs, Eva Scraps

AnnetteH said...

I like the embossed background.

Quillish said...

Those buzzing bees make that cake sweeter. Adorable card :)

Arianna Barbara said...

Oh my! What a lovely card!!!

sharon g said...

Nice idea to add the embossed panel. Very cute.

Anushree Vaish said...

Loved the embossing folder and those cute bees!!

Fikreta said...

Very beautiful card!

Effie said...

What a sweet birthday cake with those bees buzzing around!

Andrea MacTrinh said...

Cute little bees buzzing around the yummy cake. Lovely card

Lucy E. said...

Your card is super fun
and adorable, with that cake
and the bees swarming around it.

Kathy J in Ellicott City said...

What a great card!

Chandhini said...

Love the dry embossed BG, amazing card.

Dana M said...

What a sweet card! Lovely layers, texture and design - awesome!

Robin B. said...

What a pretty card! I love the background and layering, thanks for the inspiration.

wendyp said...

Absolutely adorable! Love those little bees!

Anila Dikay said...

Love the entire composition of the card. Beautiful

jeanchaneyaz said...

Aww, how cute this is for a special birthday!

Shuly said...

such a fun card bee day card!

Vivian Foo said...

Love the textures on the background.

Marjeta said...

Great birthday card. Love it.

Surekha Galagoda said...

What a lovely card. The bees will be attracted to the nice smells. I like your twist.Love and hugs

Linnea S said...

great sentiment for your sweet card

Lynne in NI said...

Lovely card, what a fab birthday cake!

LIZARD said...

I like how the yellow paper on the left of the card, compliments the bee AND the stark white embossing upon the right side of the card. I think it is bee-utiful card!

Imke said...

Kathy !!! Waving to you !!! So nice to see you blogging again. Hope you are doing fine and everything goes well in the Curry House ;-)

Adorable card. I joined Milka´s Thyroid Blog Hope in January - she is such a nice person.

Big Hugs to you from good old Germany !!

Imke ~ MY CRAFTY PLACE

Mary Holshouser said...

Love the play on words with the
sentiment and the bees hovering
around the cake. Clever card.
And it's so cute. thanks for
sharing.
txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com

Kavitha Vadhri said...

Beautiful Bee day card.

Roberta Stevenson said...

Love your card and the sentiment is awesome! I've never seen that one before. Great shading and love your design. Thank you so much for being a part of this blog hop and helping to share the awareness of the importance of bees. I know that unpasteurized honey changed my life for the good.

Tina Z. said...

I love the cake!