TOP 4 and Winner (I Love Math Challenge #9)

Hi everyone! :o)

Thank you all for joining I Love Math Challenge #9!

We had 15 FABULOUS entries!! Disha, Kaja, Neha and I enjoyed very much visiting your blogs (and other profiles) and seeing your Math creations featuring spiral. Beautiful creations!!! :o) Ladies, you've inspired us a lot and gave us a super hard task to pick TOP 4 favorites.

You can find all entries on main challenge post here.

Here are our TOP 4 favorites 

in order of entering the challenge:

(and some thoughts by Neha and me)

1. Priyanka Kantak #1
(card preview not possible as it can't be shared from Instagram)

Neha: 'Love the colors and unique design how the theme of the challenge is as focal point.'

Me: Love that gorgeous spiral!!

2. Swapna Patil #7

(card preview not possible as it can't be shared from Instagram)

Neha: 'Though spiral is not the focal element on the card, I love the over all use of stencil as background. Beautiful coloring too.'
Me: I love colors and how spiral is incorporated. Gorgeous!!

3. Ishani #13

Neha: 'Very creative idea. Love the hand drawn flowers, colors and composition of card. Awesome job at doodling the flowers.'
Me: Doodled flowers, bright colors and all elements put together so well. GORGEOUS!!!

4. Anila DK #15

Neha: 'Lovely interpretation of the theme. Love the soft ink blending on the flowers.'
Me: Wonderful take on the challenge. Spiral flowers, soft colors and CAS design... LOVE it!! 

Congratulations Ladies!! Here is a TOP 4 badge for you. Feel free to download it and proudly display it on your blogs.

The winner of one Jane's Doodles stamp set from the TOP 4 Favorites, 

chosen by Random.org is

3. Ishani #13

Congratulations!!! :o)

Please contact me in a week to claim your prize (email: milkagubo81 (at) gmail (dot) com). You have to send me confirmation e-mail from the e-mail address that you provided entering the challenge. If I don't hear back from you in a week, another TOP 4 Favorite will be randomly picked. I will give my best to reply to your e-mail within 72 hours. If you don't get a response from me in 72 hours, please resend your e-mail.

PRIVACY NOTICE

• This post will not be deleted from my blog.
• If your work was selected and featured as TOP 4 or winner in this post and you decide you want your data to be deleted, please contact me and I'll erase your data from this and challenge posts on this blog. Also, please reconsider keeping the badge that has been won in the challenge on your personal blog.
• Challenge post will not be deleted from my blog, neither Inlinkz entries.
• If you want to delete your entry from the I Love Math Challenge #9 or any other past challenge (all challenges are labeled I Love Math Challenge and all links provided on a challenge page), you should do it by yourself as the Inlinkz provides that option to anyone. If any technical difficulty occurs you should contact me and I'll delete your link through my Inlinkz account or contact Inlinkz by yourself.
• No data is used in any other way than to run the I Love Math Challenge.
• For more details, read full Data Protection and Privacy Policy Statement.

Thank you all for wonderful support and participation. I hope you'll be also joining our next challenge which will start on July 7th 2018.


Big hugs to all!! Enjoy and smile! :o)

Milka

Bumblebee Circle Card (Kitty Bee Designs Spotlight)

Hi everyone! :o)

Today is my turn to be on the spotlight over at Kitty Bee Designs and I made this Bumblebee Circle Card. :o)

For my card I used an ADORABLE Kitty Bee Designs 'Bumblebee Cutie' digital image. This is my second card I made using this image. You can find the first one here. :o)

How I made my card....

I printed the bumblebee twice, one on a white cardstock paper and second on a watercolor paper. I left images dry through the night to prevent ink smearing while coloring.

I die cut a wonky stitched circle in the white cardstock paper. I cut two black circles in a black cardstock paper, glued them together and created a card base. Then I glued the white wonky stitched circle panel on the card base.

Next up was coloring. I colored the bumblebee in watercolor technique using Distress Inks. First I colored wings, legs and sting of the bumblebee printed on the cardstock paper. The rest of the image I colored with a black marker. Then I colored the bumblebee printed on the watercolor paper. After drying, I fussy cut the bumblebee (I cut away wings, sting, legs and antennas), traced edges with the black marker, softened image with a stylus ball and glued it over the bee printed on the cardstock paper.

As a finishing touch I coated bumblebee's wings and sting with Clear Wink of Stella and my card was finished. :o)

Card dimensions: d = 83 mm  (3.25")

List of supplies:

• Kitty Bee Designs 'Bumblebee Cutie' digital image
• white cardstock paper
• black cardstock paper
• thin white watercolor paper
• Tim's Holtz Distress Inks:
• Mustard Seed
• Fossilized Amber
• Tea Dye
• Hickory Smoke
• Black Soot
• Stabilo Fiber Tip Pen (Marker) 68/46, Black
• ZIG Wink of Stella Brush (Gl. clear 999)
• UHU liquid glue
• printer
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• Sizzix Big Shot
• My Favorite Things, Die-namics Wonky Stitched Circle STAX
• EK Success circle cutter
• Xcut Self Healing Cutting Mat A4
• Marabu rounded fine paint brush no. #0
• scissors
• paper towels 
• water
• stylus ball
• soft working mat

I hope you'll like my today's KBD spotlight project and get inspired. I have another KBD spotlight project to share this month and that will be on Thursday. Stop by. :o) 

Update May 31st, 2018
I smeared my second spotlight project at the end. I tried to fix it and teared a paper. At that point card was not fixable and I threw it away.

For more inspiration and cute images jump over to the Kitty Bee Designs Etsy Store, Kitty Bee Designs Blog and Kitty Bee Designs FB. :o)

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Enjoy and smile! :o)

Milka

To Bee Or Not To Bee Blog Hop Winners (Re-draw)

source: https://www.worldbeeday.org/

Hi everyone!! :o)

Thank you all for hopping along with us in another To Bee Or Not To Bee Blog Hop. I'm very happy you liked the hop. Mark your calendars - same time, same place next year :o)

Once again, I would like to thank again all wonderful Ladies who joined me in the hop and all wonderful companies and artists who supported the hop with the amazing prizes. THANK YOU!!! ♥

Winners of the blog hop giveaway were announced on my blog on May 22nd, 2018 and had time to confirm their prizes by May 26th, 2018, 11:59 PM CEST (UTC +2).

Three prizes were not confirmed, neither winners contacted me.

UNCONFIRMED PRIZES

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

RE-DRAW
Winners were picked from all Inlinkz entries, who commented on all blog hop stops, using Random.org. Winners from a first draw were not eligible to win any prize in this re-draw.

And here are the winners and prizes they've won:

$25 Gift Certificate to the Store

Prize not confirmed and redrawn.

Random.org capture deleted

Winner's name deleted

$25 Gift Certificate to the Store

Prize confirmed

Random.org capture deleted

Winner's name deleted

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

Prize not confirmed and redrawn.

Random.org capture deleted

Winner's name deleted

Congratulations!! :o)

Please contact me to claim your prize (email: milkagubo81 (at) gmail (dot) com).

Winners, you have to confirm prizes by Thursday, May 31st, 2018, 11:59 PM CEST (UTC +2).

WINNERS, YOU HAVE TO SEND CONFIRMATION E-MAIL FROM THE E-MAIL ADDRESS THAT YOU PROVIDED ENTERING THE GIVEAWAY.

Unconfirmed prizes will be redrawn and new winners' names announced on my blog on June 1st, 2018, during the day. Prizes will be redrawn until all prizes given away.

Put a following in a subject line: BEE - SPONSOR'S NAME (for example: BEE - UNIKO).

Please do not contact sponsors directly, as it's not possible to claim your prize that way.

I will give my best to reply to your e-mail within 72 hours. If you don't get a response from me in 72 hours, please resend your e-mail.

PRIVACY NOTICE

• After winners' names announced here on my blog, winners have to contact me via e-mail to arrange prize delivery details.
• Winners can't confirm their prizes by contacting sponsor prior they contact me.
• After the winner of a particular prize contacts me, I will forward sponsor's contact details or gift certificate codes provided by each sponsor itself to the winner.
• Winners' names will be permanently deleted from this blog post as soon as all prizes confirmed (or redrawn), as well as correspondence with winners, latest one month after the giveaway is closed. 
• Winner's post will not be deleted from my blog.
• No data will be kept neither shared with any other party.

Have a wonderful day!! Bee happy! :o)

Milka



Update (June 8th, 2018):
In line with a Privacy Notice (see above) and my Data Protection and Privacy Policy Statement, I've deleted winners' names from this post and all comments that would reveal winners' names. This post will not be deleted from this blog.

Colorful Cacti Pot Card II (Jane's Doodles DT Spotlight)

Happy Friday! :o)

Today is my turn to be on the spotlight over at Jane's Doodles and I made this Colorful Cacti Pot Card II. :o)

To make this card I was inspired with my own two cards I created last year: Masculine Snake Card and Colorful Cacti Pot Card. :o)

I used GORGEOUS Jane's Doodles 'Cactus' stamp set. I love succulents and cactus!! :o)

With some masking, I stamped a cactus/succulent pot on a Kraft Paper panel using pre-made masks. After removing masks, I fixed some lines with black fine liner. I colored the image with colored pencils and used Stabilo fine liners for extra shading.

Then I stamped a sentiment on the panel, overlapping the pot and triangles. I colored triangles with colored pencils.

Lastly, I glued the panel on a white top folded card base. To add more interest to my card, I outlined the cacti pot, sentiment and triangles with white pigment ink and my card was finished. :o)

Card dimensions: 98 mm x 131 mm (3 7/8" x 5 1/8")

List of supplies:

• Jane's Doodles 'Cactus' stamp set
• Crafter's Companion Neenah Desert Storm Kraft Coloring Card
• white cardstock paper (card base)
• Ranger Archival Ink (Jet Black)
• TOZ Artist Color colored pencils
• light yellow
• dark yellow
• orange
• pink
• red
• light green
• dark green
• light blue
• dark blue
• Stabilo Fine Liners, fine 0.4:
• yellow 88/44
• orange 88/54
• green 88/43
• Mittsubishi Pencil, Black Fine Liner 03 (frame)
• Uniball Signo White Pigment Ink
• double sided adhesive tape
• eraser
• pencil sharpener
• Fiskars High Precision Personal Paper Trimmer
• bone folder
• acrylic block (102 mm x 102 mm)
• pre-made masks

I'm linking my card to following challenges:

Note: bold text and challenge badge (if any) are direct links to the current challenge and blog badge (if any) is a direct link to blog or challenge home page.

1) Little Miss Muffet Challenges, Challenge #189 - Anything Goes

2) Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Blog, Use More Than One Stamp
This is my 1st entry to this challenge.

Thank you for stopping by and your kind feedback. Enjoy and smile! :o)

Milka

To Bee Or Not To Bee Blog Hop Winners

source: https://www.worldbeeday.org/

Hi everyone!! :o)

Thank you all for hopping along with us in another To Bee Or Not To Bee Blog Hop. I'm very happy you liked the hop. Mark your calendars - same time, same place next year :o)

Before I continue with blog hop winners, I would like to thank again all wonderful Ladies who joined me in the hop and all wonderful companies and artists who supported the hop with the amazing prizes. THANK YOU!!! ♥

PRIZES

• 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
• 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
• Jane's Doodles 'Garden Friends' stamp set from me
• Jane's Doodles 'Garden Friends' stamp set from me

Winners were picked from all Inlinkz entries, who commented on all blog hop stops, using Random.org.

And here are the winners and prizes they've won:

₤15 Gift Certificate to the Store

Prize confirmed

Random.org capture deleted

Winner's name deleted

$15 Gift Certificate to the Store

Prize confirmed

Random.org capture deleted

Winner's name deleted

Bumble & Honey Bee Patch

Prize confirmed

Random.org capture deleted

Winner's name deleted

$20 Gift Certificate to the Store

Prize confirmed

Random.org capture deleted

Winner's name deleted

$40 Gift Certificate to the Store

Prize confirmed

Random.org capture deleted

Winner's name deleted

2 Stamp Sets (in stock) of winner’s choice

Prize confirmed

Random.org capture deleted

Winner's name deleted

1 Digital Image of winner’s choice

Prize confirmed

Random.org capture deleted

Winner's name deleted

$25 Gift Certificate to the Store

Prize confirmed

Random.org capture deleted

Winner's name deleted

$10 Gift Certificate to the Store

Prize confirmed

Random.org capture deleted

Winner's name deleted

$20 Gift Certificate to the Simon Says Stamp Store

Prize confirmed

Random.org capture deleted

Winner's name deleted

’Bee Mine’ Stamp Set

Prize confirmed

Random.org capture deleted

Winner's name deleted

$25 Gift Certificate to the Store

Prize not confirmed and redrawn.

Random.org capture deleted

Winner's name deleted

‘Bee Kind Toile’ Clear Stamp Set

The set is released on May 20th 2018, on a World Bee Day. How cool is that!!! :o)

Prize confirmed

Random.org capture deleted

Winner's name deleted

$25 Gift Certificate to the Store

Prize not confirmed and redrawn.

Random.org capture deleted

Winner's name deleted

1 Digital Image of winner’s choice

Prize confirmed.

Random.org capture deleted

Winner's name deleted

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

Prize not confirmed and redrawn.

Random.org capture deleted

Winner's name deleted

two Jane's Doodles 'Garden Friends' stamp sets from me

Prize confirmed.

Random.org capture deleted

Winner's name deleted

Prize confirmed.

Random.org capture deleted

Winner's name deleted

Congratulations!! :o)

Please contact me to claim your prize (email: milkagubo81 (at) gmail (dot) com).

Winners, you have to confirm prizes by Saturday, May 26th, 2018, 11:59 PM CEST (UTC +2).

UPDATE: WINNERS, YOU HAVE TO SEND CONFIRMATION E-MAIL FROM THE E-MAIL ADDRESS THAT YOU PROVIDED ENTERING THE GIVEAWAY.

Unconfirmed prizes will be redrawn and new winners' names announced on my blog on May 27th, 2018, during the day. Prizes will be redrawn until all prizes given away.

Put a following in a subject line: BEE - SPONSOR'S NAME (for example: BEE - MILKA).

Please do not contact sponsors directly, as it's not possible to claim your prize that way.

I will give my best to reply to your e-mail within 72 hours. If you don't get a response from me in 72 hours, please resend your e-mail.

PRIVACY NOTICE

• After winners' names announced here on my blog, winners have to contact me via e-mail to arrange prize delivery details.
• Winners can't confirm their prizes by contacting sponsor prior they contact me.
• After the winner of a particular prize contacts me, I will forward sponsor's contact details or gift certificate codes provided by each sponsor itself to the winner.
• Winners' names will be permanently deleted from this blog post as soon as all prizes confirmed (or redrawn), as well as correspondence with winners, latest one month after the giveaway is closed. 
• Winner's post will not be deleted from my blog.
• No data will be kept neither shared with any other party.

And that would be all from me today. Bee happy! :o)

Milka


Update (June 8th, 2018):
In line with a Privacy Notice (see above) and my Data Protection and Privacy Policy Statement, I've deleted winners' names from this post and all comments that would reveal winners' names. This post will not be deleted from this blog.