Milka's To Bee or not to Bee Blog Hop

May 20, 2019 3 Comments

Hi there,

today Gerda Steiner Designs is joining Milka's To Bee or not to Bee Blog Hop and these are our creations:

Tanja

cut out a CUTplorations Stitched Tag from smooth white cardstock
stamp a little scene using the bee from the Gerda Steiner Designs Happy Hoppy set, the grass and the flower from the Gerda Steiner Designs Hello Spring set and the sentiment from the Gerda Steiner Designs Bee Strong set and the Gerda Steiner Designs Happy Hoppy set and Versafine Onyx Black
color the images with Derwent Coloursoft pencils
add a cloud background with the help of the My Favorite Things Cloud Stencil, a Blending Brush and Distress Oxide Ink Tumbled Glass
add Nuvo Glitter Drops White Blizzard to the wings of the bee
add a piece of twine through the hole of the tag

Tina

stamp and color six bees from the Gerda Steiner Designs Happy Hoppy Stamp set
color them with your favorite medium, die cut the bee's with the coordinating Happy Hoppy dies
stamp the "You Are Simply" sentiment from the Happy Hoppy stamp set with black ink and trim it out
cut a white card stock panel that measures 4'' x 5 1/4''
die cut a large flower in the upper center
ink splatter with black Distress Ink and a paint brush.
place the panel on an A2 sized white card base with foam tape
die cut a smaller flower from white cardstock, add a coordinating embellishment to the center; adhere it to the center of the flower window on the card base with 2 layers of foam adhesive
die cut a word sentiment (fabulous) from black card stock and adhere it below the flower with the "You are Simply" sentiment strip as shown
add the bees around the flower with foam adhesive, fill in the bee wings with your favorite glitter drops

Gerda Steiner is giving away a $15 Gift Certificate for the store

For your chance to win, hop along the blogs of the participating designers and sponsors listed in the blog hop listand leave a comment on each blog hop stop. After commenting, return back to Milka’sblog and add your nameto InLinkz, but before you do that, please read the Blog Hop details, terms, giveaway rules and privacy policy which are shared in Milka'sblog postbelow InLinkz.

InLinkzcloses on May 31^st2019, 11:59 PM CEST. Winners’ names will be announced on Milka’s blog on June 3^rd2019 during the day.

There will be a couple of additional giveaways along the hop. Details about additional prizes and giveaway rules can be found on the blogs that offers additional prizes.

Blog hop list:

Milka Gubo
Alexandra Suta
Alice Huang
Amy Tsuruta
Donna Mikasa
Kathy Curry
Ksenija Rizova
Larissa Walgemoed
Neha Bhatt
Nonni Niskanen
Samantha Mann
Sonja Kerkhoffs
Tina Pavlovic
Valentina Bizjak
** Gerda Steiner Designs ** - you are here
Honey Bee Stamps
Lawn Fawn
Newton’s Nook Designs
Paper Smooches
Pretty Pink Posh
Uniko
Your Next Stamp

If you like, use following hashtags when sharing on Instagram.

#tobeeornottobeebloghop

#savethebees

#worldbeeday

Enjoy the rest of the hop,

3 Responses

Patricia Brown

December 04, 2019

Such a cute 🐝 bee tag!

Marisela Delgado

May 28, 2019

Such a cute bee. I love tags.

Kimberly Perkins

May 28, 2019

Cute bee ideas. I think bees are very important to our environment.

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