Winners 2021 - Redraw

Hello Friends , 

The Women's Day Hop & Linky party WINNERS were announced on 23rd March 2021 in our last post.

Unfortunately, a few of the winners decided to pass on the prizes (Considering the current Covid situation having affected the postal services worldwide) and some of the prizes remained unclaimed within the mentioned 3 days of announcement.  

So we did a redraw and the new winners are :

Invisible pink cards – Unity GC 

Shweta changela – Pear blossom press

Cindy C – Sunny studio stamps

Shruti – EvlynT Designs

Valerija – Heffy doodles 

Kelly Santi - Altenew 

Sadia Ashraf - Gracielle

Winners are requested to send a mail at women.beyoutifully.you@gmail.com with subject line “International Women’s Day Instagram/ Blog Hop / Linky Party winner “ within 3 days of announcement.

CONGRATULATIONS to all of you. 

Love and Peace from us all.

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Winners 2021 - Women's day hop & Linky party

Hello Everyone!!

The wait is finally over.!

Before proceeding, let me take a moment to convey A Big THANK YOU from our team to

• The generous sponsors
• Our two Guest Designer Gentlemen on Insta-hop
• The Blog-hop participating sponsors.
• last but not least - all you lovely people who supported us

all of whom contributed in making this event a huge success.

Thank you all for being a part of our Women's day 2021 celebrations. We are gratified to see all the love showered upon us and also the 80 gorgeous creations in our linky party. 

As mentioned earlier, all our hop winners are fairly and randomly drawn from all the comments left across the hop stops. Kindly take a moment to read the prize claiming rules.

Rules for claiming the prize :

• Winners are requested to send a mail at women.beyoutifully.you@gmail.com with subject line “International Women’s Day Instagram/ Blog Hop / Linky Party winner “ within 3 days of announcement.
•  Please mention the prize that you have won and also attach a screen shot of same.

• We understand that for some reason, you may not be able to claim the  given prize. In such case we would request you to inform us so that we can pass it to another deserving candidate, who had taken part in the hop.
•  We would be responsible for sharing the winners email with sponsors and vice versa. Any further communication regarding claiming the prize has to be done solely by the winners. We won't be responsible for any delay for the same.

•  Please be aware that we are mere facilitators between winners and sponsors and won’t be able to follow up once initial exchange of emails is established.
•  Forwarding the prize and doing another giveaway with it, isn't appreciated, as in all fairness we can give the prize to someone else who has participated and supported the hop. 

• Once you receive your prize we would request you to share it on social media tagging our main account on Instagram or our FB group (both linked below) with hashtag #womensdayhop2021 #womenbeyoutifullyyou

We truly appreciate all those who still support us and remain connected with us even after the hop ends. It truly means a lot. Let's hope there are no unfollowers, unfollowing just spills cold water on all the efforts we put in making this hop a success.

And now finally here are the winners -

Instagram Hop Winners

1. @made.by.michi - Waffle flower $25
2. @sindhumanokaran - Avery Elle $25
3. @Itsacardknocklife - Kitchen Sink Stamps $25
4. @m_sudhamathi - Art Impressions Watercolor started kit bundle $75 valued
5. @cyc_crafts - Crackerbox Suzy Stamps $25 GC  
6. @hazelestibeiro - Penguin Palace $25
7. @dishaajain12 - Pretty Pink Posh - $30 GC
8. @mykraftcloset - Kindacute by Patrica Alvarez 10 digis  
9. @prettypinkcrafter - Unity Stamp $25 GC 
10. @suchi_art_craft - RainbowCraftykari(Goodie Bag)
11. @Rt_beingmom - Inkon 3 $25  
12. @Kailashcrafts - Little Birdie Crafts $25
13. @Pratvamprogs - Heffy Doodles £15
14. @Zubimomi - Gina k Designs 8 stamp sets
15. @Savyakala - Crazycrafter-craft Supplies shop(Goodie bag)

Blog Hop Winners

1. Beverly S - Uniko £25
2. Something Special by Suzzane - Altenew $25
3. Kim Heggins - Concord & 9th-  $25 GC
4. Erica Strange - Unity stamp $25 GC
5. Kanan Pandya - SSS $25  
6. Deborah Frings - Joy Clair designs 4 Digital sets  
7. Mel - Sunny Studio Stamps $25  
8. Sunshine HoneyBee - Varada Sharma Designs Entire March release
9. Cartol Wortman - Unity stamp $25 GC
10. Subhashini - Pink and main $25  
11. Karthika - Ellen Hutson $25
12. Tina Z - GC concord & 9th - $25
13. Lieve - Gracellie Designs $15  
14. Joyce - Pretty pink posh - GC 30$
15. Lauryne Cunningham -Taylored Expressions $25

Linky Winners

1. Fikreta(#11) - STAMPLorations- $25
2. Tracy Mclenon(#10) - Alex syberia Designs - $15  
3. Sharda Maheshwari(#76) - CraftTangles GC worth 1000INR
4. Suzzane H(#45) - Casual Friday Goodie bag over $50
5. Simran chopda(#75) -Dadarkar arts(Goodie bag)  
6. Lucy E.(#70) - Clearly Besotted £20
7. Maria Pillar(#22) - Jane's doodle $30  
8. Maura(#56) - Colorado craft Company - $50
9. Liz Williams(#13) - Power poppy $25
10. cards_by_elena(#34) - lawn fawn $25
11. Jane(#38 ) - Pear Blossom Press $25
12. Priya(#21) - Unity stamp $25 GC
13. Chris Dring(#7) - Mudra craft stamps 1500 INR
14. Sandy G(#8) - Crafty Meraki $25
15. Vinita Jain(#36) - Evelyne T Designs-$10  

CONGRATULATIONS to all of you. Kindly read the prize claiming rules and mail us at the address mentioned there to claim your prize. 

Also considering the number of prizes here we request you to give us two days time to get back to each one of you. 

Love and Peace from us all.

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3rd International Women's Day Blog Hop- 2021

A BIG Hello and a very warm  welcome to our 3rd International Women's Day Blog Hop (2021).

We are delighted to have you here and we are so excited to get this hop started!

Before we begin, we would like to wish you all a very 

Happy Women's Day!

We have a dynamite line up of talented artists with beautiful projects to share with you! Now all you need to do is quickly grab your favorite cup of beverage and simply sit back to enjoy this long post where we walk you through everything you need to know to participate, stand a chance to win and most importantly, ENJOY this first-of-its-kind blog hop, the main motive of which is to encourage and empower women to become the best version of themselves.

If you have been following our updates from the last few days, you may already be aware that the force behind this phenomenal blog hop is a group of 10 women, who are exceptionally talented card makers having unique personalities and crafting styles. Thanks to the individual introduction posts, it may seem that you know each of them a little already, right? :) 

As we all know, last year has been exceptionally challenging for everyone owing to the COVID-19 pandemic, especially so for the women for the multiple hats they don during their lifetime. Despite our personal challenges, we feel happy that ten of us have worked very hard to make this blog hop as inspiring and as interesting as possible for all of you. And going by our past experience, we promise that it is going to be all that and more!

When: Starting today March 8 - March 15, 2021

Where: On our Blog: Women-beyoutifullyyou

             On our Instagram page: @women.beyoutifully.you

 Theme:  Cards related to encouragement/empowerment for women

Now, about our generous sponsors. Our hop wouldn't have been possible if it weren't for the support extended by 40 craft supply/stamp companies from various parts of the world who have gracefully come forward to offer their generous sponsorship.  We have some BRAND NEW Sponsors and a lot of returning sponsors!  As always, we are floored by the generosity of this AWESOME Paper Crafting Community!

Further, we are delighted to have two talented gentlemen supporting this hop as Guest Designers and spreading the message of inclusivity, mutual empowerment and oneness in creative expression. Thank you Alberto Gava and Joe Sysavath for accepting our invitation to be a part of this hop.

Are you excited to check out what's in store at all stops below? Let's begin hopping!

Please note: The full hop list is available only on this blog, we are doing it old school, though we have selected the links to be opened in new window, it is advisable to keep this post opened in a tab for your convenience.

Hop order :

Alberto Gava

Alex Syberia Designs

Anila Dikay

Casual Fridays Stamps

Colorado Craft Company 

Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps

CrafTangles

Crafty Meraki 

Deepti Aggarwal

Ishani Sai

Jasleen Kaur

Joe Sysavath.....takes you to Instagram 

Joy Clair Stamps

Kinda cute Patricia 

Kitchen Sink Stamps

Mugdha Gujrathi

Pear Blossom Press 

Penguin Palace Stamps

Cardsncolouring.........takes you to Instagram 

Radhika Hobbycrafts

Raga Senthil

Rahmat Gouse

Rainbow Craftykari

Sathyakala Sankaran

Simon Says Stamp

Stamplorations

Uniko 

Varada Sharma Designs

Women.beyoutifully.you.............you are here, leave a comment in the end after hopping all stops

Rules:

1. Leave a comment on all blog stops, and in the end, leave a comment below as "done."

2. Only one comment per person please.

3. When linking a card, add our graphic and a backlink to the blog.

4. Following all accounts is an added bonus, though it's optional.

5. Although sharing about the hop is not mandatory to win, we would highly appreciate it if could you give us a shout-out on your social media.

6. Only Cards linked in the linky are considered for prizes.

7. Lastly and most importantly, ENJOY! :)

There are 3 ways you can win:

1. Hop along the blogs.
2. Add your cards (maximum upto 3) to the linky below, the theme being "Women Empowerment."
3. Hop along the Instagram accounts.

Please add your cards and comments by 15th March, 12pm GMT.

That’s it from us today…we will be hopping all morning, can’t wait for all the inspiration!

We hope to see you linking your gorgeous creations below!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

International Women's Day Hop Sponsors Reveal - 2021

Hello friends,

Welcome back! In today's post you will see our hop sponsors in entirety. The response from our generous sponsors amazed us, despite the tough times presented to one and all because of the pandemic. 

Lots of amazing companies are not only sponsoring our hop this year, but some are also taking part in the hop by sharing their inspirational projects. Some familiar ones and others might be new to you. So don't forget to check out each one of them as they specialize in their own innovative line of stamps, dies and other paper crafting stuffs.

Without further ado, here is the full revelation of sponsors and the prizes they are offering in correspondence. 

1. Alex Syberia Designs - $15

2. Altenew - $25

3. Art Impressions - Watercolor Starter Kit Bundle valued $75

4. Avery Elle - $25

5. CASual Fridays - Goody Bag worth over $50

6. Clearly Besotted -  £20

7. Colorado Craft Company - $50

8. Concord & 9th - Two GCs worth $25 each

9. Crackerbox & Suzy Stamps - $25 GC

10. CrafTangles - GC worth 1000 INR

11. CraftyMeraki -$25

12. Crazy crafter- Craft Supplies Shop - Goody Bag 

13. Dadarkararts - Goody Bag

14. Ellen Hutson - $25

15. Evelyn T designs - $10

16. Gina k. Designs - 8 stamp sets

17. Gracellie design - $15

18. Heffy Doodles - £15

19. Inkon3 - $25

20. Jane's doodles - $30

21. Joy Clair Designs - 4 digital sets

22. Kinda Cute by Patricia - 10 digis

23. Kitchen sink stamps - $25

24. Lawn Fawn - $25

25. Little Birdie - $25

26. Mudra craft stamps - ₹1500

27. Pear Blossom Press - $25

28. Pink and main - $25

29. Power Poppy - $25

30. Penguin Palace - $25

31. Pretty Pink Posh - two $30 

32. Rainbow Craftykari - Goody Bag

33. Simon says stamp - $25

34. STAMPlorations - $25

35. Sunny Studio stamps - $25

36. Taylored Expressions - $25

37. Uniko - £25

38. Unity stamp company - Four GCs worth $25 each

39. Varada Sharma - March Entire Release

40. Waffle Flower - $25

We are beyond grateful to all our generous sponsors who came forward to support us, without whom our hop would not be a grand success. 

As we are getting ready for the big Day tomorrow, stay tuned for amazing inspirations from crafters across the world. 

Thank you for stopping by. 

Love and peace from all of us!

Women's day card sneak peeks

 Hello ladies!!

Thank you so much for the amazing response you all gave for our Team member introduction series. We are extremely grateful for all the love and comments you all showered on our FB group and Instagram.

It shows that the crafting community is genuinely all about Empowerment and Upliftment. 

As we are nearing our BIG event, we are finding it difficult to contain our excitement. But again we do not want to reveal anything more before the Hop goes live. And believe me, when I say that you all are in for a BIG surprise there. 

Ok! So now before I spill the beans and spoil the surprise let me divert myself to something else. 

I am here today to share a glimpse of the cards we all team members made for the hop.

I leave you to guess who made which card :-)

and one more

Hope this excites you as much as it does to us.

We also have many people asking how they can be a part of this hop. 

I am just hinting that there will also be a linky party for this hop where you can participate with your lovely projects. So get your creative juices flowing and start planning for it.

Until then, 

Take care, Stay safe and most importantly Keep Crafting!!

Love and Peace from us all.

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Team Member - Anila

 Hey Hi Crafty peeps,

SathyaKala here and after an Awesome intro by Rahmat, am here to continue the tradition of our Introduction series. And it's such a pleasure to introduce to you, Anila Dikay of Novel Ideas.

 Anila Dikay is passionately a crafter and professionally an Interior Designer. She lives with her husband and a son in Mumbai. She worked in the Interior Designing field for 6 -7 years before entering this Crafting world. And she also worked in a reputed School in Mumbai as an Art & Craft Teacher for Primary kids. She actively blogs at 'Novel Ideas' about all Papercrafts but she technically breathe Cards. 

From Cardmaking to Tags, Decoupage to Mixemedia panels, You name it and she would have tried her hands on it! She is well known for her minimalistic approaches in Crafting yet her CAS cards are so eclectic in its own style.

Rainbow is her language and definitely Yellow has a greater wavelength in her Colour Spectrum. Her insta gallery is just an evident for that. Her FB live, Live workshops, Youtube tutorials are with excellent effortless renditions, that shows her passion for Teaching.

Unicorns, Rainbows, Critters, Florals and Butterflies rules her world and her Insta feed instantly lifts everyone's mood with such Sweet and Happy colours. Her aesthetic colour and design sense, finesse with which she handles her projects screams her strong Interior Designing Skills. I highly recommend you all to view her recent Monogram Youtube video, you will be sure to be bowled over by her Hand cut stencil topped with floral pattern. And not to miss her tutorial on Super cute Mini Album. She shares her knowledge so generously. 

Our Fellow-Teamie, rightly called her as Social Butterfly. 

Yes!! Butterfly goes wherever it pleases and pleases wherever it goes. She just spreads the joy of Papercrafting wherever she goes and has beautifully carved a niche in this Crafting World.

It wouldn't suffice, if I miss this end note. 

This Bloghop is the seed of thought of this Lovely Crafter!!!

Right from forming this 10 members Team to all the Blog, Insta write up, Discussions, Sponsors' mails, Checking on Prizes delivery and every bit of Blog hop needs were so meticulously taken care of by her.

It's SO Wonderful be on this Team with such a Talented, Dedicated artist.

Would love you all to check out her Social media handles:

Instagram 

Youtube Channel

Thanks for stopping by!

Crafty Hugs!

Team Member - Sathya

Hello friends, today I am here to introduce our lovely team member Sathya.

She is an embodiment of elegance and calm, not just by her looks but also by her temperament. 
She is a very pragmatic and composed girl, always knows what and when to say to make a person feel better and make things easier.
You all might already know that she is also an uber talented colorist, mixed media artist, fabulous cardmaker and her exquisite penmanship is visible in her calligraphy work.
Apart from being crafty, she is a toxicologist with a desire to pursue PhD in that field. She is married to her best friend, who also is a toxicologist professor and researcher, and she is mother to a preteen son.
I also connect with her as a fellow expatriate, we both empathize with each other in terms of living far away from our loved ones, facing challenges about living in a new country every few years and missing those small little things which comes easy to people who live close by their home and families. 
Another common interest we both have is our love for flowers, and we often talk about various coloring mediums and the best papers to color and all sort of things. We have a mutual admiration for each other's floral obsession, now isn't that a fun thing to talk about?
Our team is very blessed to have such an encouraging sista among us, who is like an anchor to our team!

Do check out her social media links below:

Blog - Paperie Expressions

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sathyakala.23

If you aren't following us already, do follow us below to be updated and interact with a wider range of audience, specially on our FB group, links are below.

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Love and Peace to all.

Rahmat

                                                                                                                                                                                              

Team Member - Rahmat

 ​Hello Friends, 

Welcome back and Raga Senthil here.

Today I have a blissful person to introduce you all. 

​A happy mom and wife who hails from Hyderabad, India but calls Macau her home and had been living across many countries. A qualified degree holder in Science & Education and a master's in English.

The moment I pen down my thoughts about her, I realised how multi-faceted she is.

​She is not only a face of Women’s Day Hop but also the ​HEART of our hop and a ​MOTHER​-like ​Friend​ for our team members. She is an epitome of kindness and will charm you at first sight with her cool smile. An easy-going and a soft-spoken person who has a crave for papers, pencils, pens, paints and anything that you find in a stationery shop. Flowers are her first love for card-making, coloring, and/or illustrations. She surprises us with more off-the page project ideas on her feed. She is a mistress in Kitchen and a happy photographer to feed her adventurous mind. Being a mother of two University kids,​ ​​she ​has a tendency to work pre ahead of time that sets her an excellent example for younger generations. Organization has always come easy to her,​​ ​which turns her into a strict teacher who prods us to get​ Hop​ things done right on time. Yes, she doesn't like to put off things until later. Now you know why our ​Hop is a grand success for the past two years​, though it’s a team effort. We have got an outstanding leader.

Having sent her kids abroad for studies, she keeps herself engaged in crafting, photography, cooking and physical activities. She is a more sympathetic character that she never can forget to check on each one of us. Whatever the role is, she knocked it out of the Park. She does everything with a great gusto and proves that ‘Age is just a number’.​

Though she comprises many unique qualities that everyone wishes to possess, she is unassuming and gives her best without making a noise. Wherever she goes, she leaves trails of her happy tints. Yes,​ ​you guessed her right. It’s none other than Rahmat Gouse from Cards and Cooking Co​​rner. 

You can check her works at below links.

Instagram 

Facebook

YouTube

​I’m so honoured and pleased to introduce this phenomenal person. We love you so much, Rahmat. You have been a great motivator and a moral supporter for all of us, and we are so blessed to have you in our team. 

I conclude this post with my perceptions about all our teammates in one or two words.

Anila - Social Butterfly

Deepti - Easy going and skillful artist

Ishani - Innovative, Bubbly, and Gregarious

Jasleen - Classy and Inspiring

Mugdha - Charismatic, Calm, and composed

Pooja - A ray of sunshine

Radhika - Natural- born artist and Down to Earth

Rahmat - Intellectual

Sathya - Ingenious, Unassuming and Easy going

Thank you for stopping by. See you again with a Big Reveal! Until then, signing off, Raga.

Crafty Hugs.

Team member - Raga

 Hello everyone, 

Radhika here after yesterday's lovely introduction of me by Pooja,  today it's my turn to introduce our next talented team member Raga known as Perky Raga .

 She is a versatile crafter, youtuber, graphic designer, in addition to being a sweet and positive minded person . She is a computer application graduate and a happy homemaker who has always being inclined towards crafts since childhood. She loves to make things with minimal supplies and rocks it so well.

 She is originally from Chennai but currently living in Gurgaon, India with her sweet family.She is mom to two adorable young kids. 

Some of you might already know that in the craft world, she is quite known for her cool interactive and lovely CAS cards with great uplifting messages. At times, she also loves to make cards with her own illustrations and sentiments. Her illustrations and ideas are unique, her Instagram feed is filled with beautiful work as it is very evident on her grid.

 All our hop graphics are solely created by Raga, and you can see how professional these look. Her works speaks for itself, don't you think? She also teaches art and crafts to young kids. 

Apart from crafting Raga excels in cooking,  from time to time she shares a peek of her culinary side on her Instagram and YouTube. 

Do check out her Insta feed to see more from her.

Perky Raga 

https://instagram.com/perkyraga

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Have a great day  ...stay safe and happy crafting.

Team Member - Radhika

Hello friends, today I am posting on behalf of our team member Pooja, she is introducing our another team member Radhika today!

Here is what Pooja has to say :

Hello friends , I hope you all are enjoying our Team intros so far. Today I have the pleasure of introducing a beautiful and sweet soul - Radhika (also known as @RadhikaHobbycrafts on social Media). Radhika holds a Masters Degree in Microbiology and hails from ‘city of pearls’ Hyderabad, India. Many of you must have already been awed by her amazing illustrations. She has been creatively inclined since childhood and has dabbled in many arts forms be it drawing, painting, jewelry making, rangoli, mixed media, recycling crafts etc, you name it and she might have tried it . Radhika’s interest in illustrations made way for her as stamp designer for well known Indian brands like Mudra &  Craftangles. I have been fortunate to own a custom stamp set designed by Radhika, just for me!!
Along with crafts we also share a common love for gardening . She is a wonderful friend to have. As a Team member, I have found her to be very quiet yet dependable. Whenever an occasion arises she is wiling to chip in whole heartedly. We are very glad to have her as fellow team mate.
You can check out her beautiful artwork on her instagram account :
https://instagram.com/radhikahobbycrafts

Team Member - Mugdha

 Hello dear friends and bloggers,

This is Jasleen posting today. After yesterday’s introduction for me beautifully penned by Ishani, I’m still on cloud nine 😊 And while I bask in the glory, please allow me to introduce our next team member.

 Sweet and fun and one heck of a designer! Yes, that’s our Team Member Mugdha Gujarathi for you.

Mugdha’s fresh, elegant style often takes our breath away, and she can rock the fun and cute just as well!

A qualified MBA-degree holder and a passionate teacher by profession, Mugdha hails from the “Wine Capital of India,” Nashik in the state of Maharashtra. She is a mommy to a charming and energetic 4-year-old boy, who knows how to keep his mommy on her toes. Mugdha began her paper crafting journey with quilling and flower-making way back in 2012. Eventually, she got introduced to this wonderful world of stamping where she was warmly embraced by the kind souls of this community, given the talent she has. Finally, she started her own blog called as “Craftomania” in 2017 where she actively blogs about all her paper crafts. Today, she is on the Design Team of three Internationally-acclaimed craft-manufacturing companies.

I met Mugdha during our 1^st Women’s Day Blog hop, which was in 2019 and I’m a BIG fan ever since. She has an amazing sense of colour, design and space and I have lost count of the number of times I may have saved her card images for my dose of inspiration. Most of all, I was drawn to her humility. She’s not just an awesome crafter, but a down-to-earth person as well.

Mugdha sure knows how to get the flowers come to life, not just on her cards, but also in her garden. Gardening is another of her interests, along with reading books and watching movies.

My words do no justice to her impeccable card-making talent; you ought to check out her Instagram feed to know what I mean. 

Please  check more of her work 

Instagram - HERE 

 Facebook - HERE

 Blog - HERE

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Stay tuned for more introductions of our fabulous team members!

Hope you all are having a great weekend! Stay safe and happy crafting!

-Jasleen

Team Member - Jasleen

Hello dear friends,

Ishani here! After blushing by yesterday's sweet introduction by Deepti didi (didi is a suffix we Indians use for someone we consider our elder sister 😊, now you know why she said such lovely things for me!) I will continue the introduction series of our lovely team. 

I am so glad to be introducing to you  

Jasleen Kaur of Kagaz-ology.

This lady with the sweetest of smiles, sparkle in her eyes and a friendly demeanor, was the first person I ever approached in this crafting community! There is something so charming about her - just from the photograph, you know - if you messaged her, you will be greeted by an Angel! Don't you agree?

Jasleen is a passionate crafter, a Dentist by profession and now a days, a medical editor. She lives with her husband and two darling daughters in 'Oxford of the East' - Pune, India. She is a family oriented person, a devoted mother, an avid reader and a nature lover!

Her journey as a card maker started in 2013 with quilling and stamping and she has been influencing many of us with her creativity, since then. It was in 2016 when I saw her beautiful work and became a big fan of her talent. I was mesmerized by her work and loved her - Clean and Simple style, which was done so delicately. But little did I know that this kind lady will hold my finger to show me the right direction! I will always be so grateful to have come across so much love and kindness.

Lately, she has been making us go gaga with her beautiful and effortless water coloring. She is so talented, words will never be enough to express how much I love her and her work. That's why I would love you to check her work, yourself - and admire it!

Please  check more of her work 

Instagram - HERE 

 Facebook - HERE

 Blog - HERE

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We will continue our introduction tomorrow as well, keep guessing who is next!

 

Team Member - Ishani

 Hello Everyone...

Deepti here! Today, it's my turn to introduce one of the Team Member. I'm sure you already know her. She is the famous one. I met her through Instagram back in 2017. Yes, I made some great friendships through this Craft Community. 

Without further delay, Let me introduce you all to 

Ishani.

Ishani, known as Quillish to the crafting world, is a super talented Crafter, Blogger & a Youtuber. She is my CAS queen. Her each & every project is well thought and beautifully designed with minimal elements.  Her Instagram feed is a delight to visit and it's full of inspiring projects. 

 Ishani is an Indian Air Force Veteran, now a stay-at-home Mom for her 5 years old son and thoroughly enjoying her time with her family . She is originally from northern part of India but being in the Armed Forces she keeps moving around a lot. Currently She is residing in Ambala, India with her sweet family. 

And do you know that she is a music lover, loves to sing and plays Guitar. She is an adventurous person who loves travelling. And don't get shocked if she talks about World Wars....she is a history freak and loves to binge on Period dramas. 

In a nutshell, She is a sweet little girl who is very kind, innocent, down to earth and an amazing crafter. I'm a big fan of her sweet voice.. don't believe me then check her YouTube videos... her voice is like melody to the ears.  

Please hop over to her Instagram to check more of her work. 

HERE

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See you soon,Hugsxx

Deepti

Team Member - Deepti

Hello everyone...

Anila Dikay here! I am so glad to be starting this introduction series of our Team. 

This is great way of knowing more about and connecting with all the pretty faces you have been seeing all this time. 

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Without further delay, Let me introduce you all to our Team member 

Deepti Aggarwal.

Deepti is a versatile crafter. You just need to see the fabulous and varied array on her feed to know her versatility. 

Deepti, originally belongs to Bangalore, India but currently resides in Brussels, Belgium, with her sweet family of a husband and two daughters. 

She is also a travel freak who loves exploring new places. 

She is a great card-maker and looks like an amazing Baker (Deepti.... I can only be sure after tasting some of your cakes🤪). 

Overall an amazing, multi-faceted personality who is kind, generous and super talented. 

I would simply rather let her work speak itself. 

Please hop over her Instagram to check more of her work. 

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Lots of love until next time,

Take care, Stay safe and most importantly Keep Crafting!!

Anila Dikay

 

Chapter three - our progress so far

This past year had been really hard on all of us in one form or the other. Many small and big businesses have been badly hit due to the pandemic. In this situation, we were doubtful about the hop, whether we would get a response from sponsors. Also, most of our team members are busy, some with their little ones doing online schooling. After a much needed discussion, we decided to go on with the hop. As the times have been tough for one and all, we realized that the need for hop is even greater now. We all need some form of encouragement during difficult times, we need someone to assure us that we are not the only one in this, there are many more people and we will sail through this storm together. There is no better way to say it than a parade of encouragement cards all over the social media. 

We are now gearing up for our Third hop, with the experiences from our past two hops, we have started this one much ahead of time. 

We were prepared that many sponsors may not be interested and we understood the situation but we were proved so wrong! We got a tremendous response from our sponsors. Including the ones who have stood behind us right from our 1st Hop to this upcoming one. 

The number of prizes and sponsors are overwhelming. The prizes offered are as such that, at times we thought of taking a break from team and joining as hopper. Let me stop here before I spill the beans!  Mark your calendars for 8th March, GMT 2pm to get ready to HOP with us on our blog and Instagram and a linky party for you all to link you projects on our blog.

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Chapter two of our Journey

After the success of our 1st hop in 2019, for the 2nd hop we decided to expand it further to FB and blog as well. We also created a dedicated Instagram account. Our 2nd hop was on Instagram and blog plus we had a Linky party! With the experiences from the 1st hop, we ironed out the creases for this hop pretty well right from the start, and it was planned more efficiently. 

However, extending our presence on blog and FB brought some unexpected challenges. We had to maintain not one but three separate accounts!  We felt deeply humbled that many International as well as local craft supply brands came forward to sponsor us not only by offering prizes but also by participating in our blog hop. We continued to receive more visibility.

Just when we thought everything was in order, Instagram and FB had something else in store for us: “Blocking the links”! Our major platform to spread the news about the hop was FB, which became a hurdle at this stage. After continuous reporting and wait of few days, the issue was resolved, and a new lesson was learnt to test out things beforehand. 

Despite flawless planning, there were lots of confusions and misunderstandings (10 girls working together isn't easy we tell you🤣🙈). Until the last week of February, we weren't even sure how we were going to pull this off. We did overcome it with each other’s support. 

To our surprise, our 2nd hop was a great success. Our Instagram account @women.beyoutifully.you has over 200 supporters, and our FB group is going strong with 341 members. We had 26 sponsors globally. The Linky party was received with enthusiasm and we had more than 60 beautiful encouragement themed projects linked! 

Just as our hop was about to end, we had a linky issue, but that was overcome smoothly. 
Another hurdle came wrapped as “COVID-19"; the hop got extended by a few more days. Following the winners' announcement, several prizes could not be shipped whereas a few got delayed owing to the worldwide lockdown. Despite these obstacles, we are thankful to our winners for their patience, and to most of the sponsors who kept their word by sending the prizes as soon as the lockdown eased. We are very grateful for that, and also for the fact that despite being badly hit by the pandemic, people were emphatic towards us and the situation. 

Planning and execution of this hop has taught all of us to be more accepting and be ready to face uncertainties in any form and to go with the flow. As a team, we were put to a daunting test and we all came out of it with great personal learning experiences.

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