Tsuruta Designs: to bee or not to bee blog hop

Monday, May 20, 2019

To Bee Or Not To Bee Blog Hop + Giveaways!

We're hopping to celebrate the 2nd World Bee Day, to support bees and to raise public awareness of the importance of bees and apicultural products. You should have arrived here from my friend Alice Huang's blog, if not, the fun starts on Milka Gubo's blog.

Check out all of these awesome sponsors:

Bugaboo Stamps - $12 Bugaboo Gift Certificate

Clearly Besotted Stamps - £15 Clearly Besotted Gift Certificate

Create a Smile - 50€ Create a Smile Gift Certificate
Gerda Steiner Designs - $15 Gerda Steiner Designs Gift Certificate
Hannah Rosengren Studio - Bumble & Honey Bee Patch
Honey Bee Stamps - $30 Honey Bee Stamps Gift Certificate
Jane's Doodles - $50 Jane's Doodles Gift Certificate
Kitty Bee Designs - One Digital Image of the Winner's choice
Lawn Fawn - $25 Lawn Fawn Gift Certificate
Mo's Digital Pencil - $5 Mo's Digital Pencil Store Credit
Newton's Nook Designs - $25 Newton's Nook Designs Gift Certificate
Paper Smooches - Bee Mine stamp set + Bees Dies
Power Poppy - $20 Power Poppy Gift Certificate
Pretty Pink Posh - $25 Pretty Pink Posh Gift Certificate
STAMPlorations - $20 STAMPlorations Gift Certificate
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 Gubo - Jane's Doodles - Daisies stamp set

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 (22 stops). After commenting, return back to Milkas 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.

Here's how I was inspired:

I combined the following Paper Smooches stamp sets:

Courteous Cuties | So Fairy Cute | Courteous Cuties 2

I designed a bee stripe panel, love how that turned out!

I also used the Bannerific + Flaunters Dies.

I was inspired by Fusion Card Challenge:

Next up is my friend Donna Mikasa!

In case you get lost along the way, here's the complete hop listing:

Milka Gubo

Alexandra Suta

Alice Huang

Amy Tsuruta --> You are here

Gerda Steiner Designs - Sponsor

Honey Bee Stamps - Sponsor

Lawn Fawn - Sponsor

Newton's Nook Designs - Sponsor

Paper Smooches - Sponsor

Pretty Pink Posh - Sponsor

Uniko - Sponsor

Your Next Stamp - Sponsor

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Sunday, May 20, 2018

To Bee or Not To Bee Blog Hop + Giveaway!

Hello and Welcome to the: To Bee Or Not To Bee Blog Hop! I'm so excited to have been invited to take part again in this hop to support bees and to raise public awareness of the importance of bees and apicultural products. May 20th is declared World Bee Day by the United Nations (UN).

You should have arrived here from my bloggie friend Alice Wertz's blog! If not, you'll want to start at the beginning which is Milka Gubo's blog!

Prizes! Here are all the fantastic companies and artists that are supporting this blog hop with their incredible generosity:

Dies to die for ₤15 Gift Certificate to the Store

Gerda Steiner Designs $15 Gift Certificate to the Store

Hannah Rosengren Studio Bumble & Honey Bee Patch

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

Paper Smooches 'Bee Mine' Stamp Set

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 the next 36 hours, as long the giveaway will be open. It’s adorable ‘Polka Dot Pals Xara’ digital image.

18 prizes will be given away to 18 winners.

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 21^st 2018, 11:00 PM CEST. Winners’ names will be announced on Milka’s blog next day.

Whew, okay here's how I was inspired:

This year I decided to ink up the Reverse Confetti Honey Bear set. Oh he's so cute with his friend the bee. I have them nestled onto a Tag Me. The clouds have been cut from craft foam.

I've had that hex embossing folder in my stash for a while. It's perfect in the Sunshine cardstock. The sentiment is from The Buzz stamp set, love the mixed fonts.

I can't wait to see how the other's were inspired! You can find the complete hop listing on Milka's blog! A big shout out to Milka for the invite and the coordination of this awesome event!

Now hop over to Barbara Sproatmeyer's blog!