4th International Women's day 2022 - Insta Hop and FB linky party

 Hello friends, first of all wish you all a very Happy Women's day!

It started as a small initiative to empower and encourage women through our papercrafts back in 2019 and today we welcome you for our 4th Annual Women's Day Hop. Each year saw us being humbled by the tremendous support and encouragement we received from our crafting community. Not only new crafters but seasoned crafters also look forward to our hop. Such enthusiasm boosts our moral!

 Established brands have trusted us through years and continue to do so and we also have new brands interested in joining us, what can be more empowering than this ? We are very glad that 30+ brands are sponsoring our Hop this year and some joining the hop as Guest designers.

This year along with women empowerment, let’s also dedicate this hop towards psychological and social empowerment, as this is the need of the hour. No matter where you are and the circumstances you are in, just remember that you can always talk to people and know that you are not alone. 

We are all in this together.
Along with our team  we have some of our sponsors joining us for the INSTAGRAM HOP - You can start hopping from here

Ways to join the hop
1. Hop along all the stops, like and comment on each stop.

2. Create a women empowerment/encouragement theme papercraft and upload it to dedicated Facebook Album " Women's Day Hop 2022", in our Facebook Group.
You can enter new projects, upto 3 times.

Winners will be selected randomly from comments left on all stops and the FB linky party. The Hop and linky party is open till 15th March 12pm GMT Winners will be announced in next couple of days, so keep an eye on the account.

Unfollowers/Giveaway accounts do not qualify. As per Instagram rules ,we must mention this is no way sponsored or administered by Instagram or Facebook.

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

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 - 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.

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.

Do follow us on:

Instagram 

Facebook group 

Love and peace from us to all.

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.

Thank you for stopping by.

Do follow us on:

Instagram 

Facebook group 

Love and peace from us to all.

Our Journey - year one

Hello friends, by now you all must have sensed we are super busy behind the scenes preparing for the 3rd International Women’s Day hop. YES, our third HOP!! Before we get into details of this year’s hop, let's have a look at how all this started back in 2019. 

Usually, a group comes together and then hops are planned but it was the other way around for us. This hop was an idea which sparked in January 2019 and our 1st hop was March 2019.  One thing lead to another, and soon we were a team of 10 girls. Some of us knew each other well,  some were acquainted through our blogging. Within no time we became best buddies! Now imagine 10 girls coming together who are very different from each other in every aspect of life, whether it was age, countries, identities, languages they speak and with unique crafting styles. But that didn’t stop us from having fun while pulling each other's leg at every given chance.(That’s the glue which keeps us together !) It's more like, the women who laugh together, stay together! 

None of us had prior experience of organizing a hop . Being this our first, we taught ourselves every thing from scratch, whether it was approaching the sponsors, the format,  the time to post, sharing the responsibilities, choosing the winners and much more than that. Each day a new problem would surface and we had limited time at hand to resolve. But our excitement to be a part of something new led us through all difficulties.  It was not  a smooth ride, we had our fair share of road blocks which we had overcome together. 

Back in 2019 we had mostly Indian sponsors 13 of them. They were kind enough to have faith in us .The response was tremendous, nearly 250 comments on each account, it sure  was overwhelming, we never expected this much love. People appreciated the hop idea, came forward to support and encourage us. That served as a major boost to continue this HOP. Every prize delivered brought sheer joy to us! Some of you must have witnessed our first hop! Thank you for cheering us and for your continued love and support.

Do follow us on :

Instagram 

Facebook group 

Love and peace from us to all.

A quick heads up

Hello friends, I am here to give you all a quick heads up about a couple of things regarding the upcoming hop.

Starting tomorrow we will start posting actively about the hop. First few days our story, then a glimpse at our team members and sponsors, and finally leading to the hop day.
Make sure you follow us on all our social media handles. The prizes are really big this year, so help us share the word about it.
Please do invite your friends to join our FB group, follow our blog and Instagram below: 

                                                                          Instagram 

Facebook group 

Love and peace from all of us!

International Women's day bloghop

Hello friends, first of all wish you all a

Happy Women's day!

Behind the face and the words of this blog post are 10 women who are very different from each other in every aspect of life, whether it's their age, places where they live, their appearances or their identities, and moreover,  their unique individual crafting styles! The most impressive thing is that these women, despite this diversity, had come together and joined hands to start this HOP last year.

We as women are social, responsible, empathetic, vulnerable and nurturing. Well, the list of qualities can go on and on and we can use n no. of adjectives to describe a woman. With these qualities in mind, let us all crafty women from all around the globe take a step toward women empowerment. All we need to do is be positive, encouraging, and uplifting to each other via our paper crafts, as it is the love for crafting which binds us all together here. A little bit of kindness goes a long way, and let us shine and share the warmth together.

Remember this -
"You are like a Sun-- impenetrable but emitting warmth within yourself and to those around you."

Now we welcome you to our 2nd International Women's day Blog hop. This year we are organizing an Instagram hop as well as a Blog hop and what's more exciting is you also get to be a part of it through a Linky party. Our team will be sharing their projects on their blogs and on their Instagram accounts as well.

Further, we are delighted to have few of our sponsors as the Guest Designers for the Blog Hop. Not only have they generously sponsored our event, they have also created a project for inspiring everyone of us. Thank you so much, our dear sponsors.

Excited to check out what they have made?? We know you all are :)

Please note:  In order for you to be eligible for prizes, you are required to leave comments on ALL 21 blogs. In case of a broken link you can always come back here. 

Let's start hopping......

You are here 
(Our main blog)------>Women.beyoutifully.you

Guest Designers ---->Casual Fridays
                                    Craftyscrappers
                                    Funky Fossils
                                    Jane's Doodles
                                    Kitchen Sink Stamps
                                    Pear blossoms press
                                    Power Poppy 
                                    Time for Tea Designs
                                    Uniko
                                    Your Next Stamp
                                 

Hosting Designers---->Anila 
                                      Deepti
                                      Ishani
                                      Jasleen
                                      Mugdha
                                      Pooja
                                      Radhika
                                      Raga
                                      Rahmat
                                      Sathya

Rules : 

1. You have to be a follower of this blog.

2. Comment on all the stops in the hop list. 
3.This step is not mandatory but we would encourage you to follow all the blogs participating in the hop.

4. Please provide only one comment per person.

5. Sharing about the hop on social media will earn you extra entry. 

6. Comments are open till 22nd March, 12 P.M. IST. 

There are 3 ways you can win:
1. Hop along the blogs.
2. Add any number of projects to the linky below, the theme being "Women Empowerment."
3. Hop along the Instagram accounts.

P.S. Winners will be announced on this blog on 31st March.

All the winners will be drawn randomly using random.org tool.

Have you hopped already on Instagram? If not, then please click on the below link to start:

Women.beyoutifully.you

Love and peace from all of us!

Women's day hop Sponsors

Hello friends as we are getting ready for tomorrow's hop, first we would like to introduce our generous sponsors to you all, without their kind support we couldn't have come this far!

The sponsors' graphic looks wonderful, don't you think?

A loud round of applause for our wonderful sponsors, here they are:

Alex Syberia Designs - 3 digis of winners choice
Casual Fridays Stamps - $25 Gift Certificate
Clearly Besotted Stamps -  £25 Certificate
Crafters Emporio -  Goodie bag worth 750 INR
Craftyscrappers - 2 Digital Stamp Sets
Crazy Crafter - Goodie bag
Creative Minds - Goodie bag worth 500 INR
Dadarkar Arts - Goodie bag worth 1200 INR
Funky Fossils Designs - £15 Gift Certificate
Gracielle Designs - $25 Gift Certificate
Heffy Doodle - £10 Gift Certificate
Indian Craft Addicts - 1 Stamp set
Jane's Doodles - $25 Gift Voucher
Kitchen Sink Stamps - $25 Gift Certificate
Lawn Fawn -  $25 Gift Certificate
Little Birdie Crafts - $25 Gift Certificate
Mudra Craft Stamps -  2 prizes 1000 INR/- each
Pearblossom Press- $25 Gift Certificate
Pink and Main - $20 Gift Certificate
Power Poppy - 1 Stamp set of winners choice
Prika All about Crafts (a crafting community) - Gift Coupon worth 500 INR
Simon Says Stamp - $25 Gift Certificate
STAMPlorations - $25 Gift Certificate
Time for Tea Designs - £20 Gift Voucher
Uniko Stamps- £10 stamp in stock
Your Next Stamp - $25 Gift Certificate

We also have surprise sponsors
Crafter's tree - Goodie bag worth 1000 INR /-

Rainbow Craftykari - a Goodie bag 

Just a reminder that you can join us on Instagram and Facebook Group , lots of exciting are coming !

Stay tuned for tomorrow's Blog Hop , we are excited for sure,  hope you all are too!

Love and peace from all of us!

Sneak peeks !

Hello friends !We are so glad you are joining us today,  we are all gearing up for the International Women's Day hop and working hard behind the scenes.Would you like to see what are we creating for the hop ? Just a sneak peek !

Anila 

Mugdha

Sathya 

Rahmat

Radhika 

Jasleen 

Deepti 

Pooja

Raga

Ishani 

Aren't they amazing , each one of us has interpreted the theme differently.I hope you are excited to see the full reveal.Just a reminder that you can join us on Instagram and Facebook Group , lots of exciting are coming ! Just two days more ,stay tuned !

Women - be you own kind of beautiful

Hello and welcome to our Blog  “Women – Be your own kind of Beautiful ” ! We believe that every Women is beautiful in her own way.

The idea behind this blog is to encourage women through our crafts. We look forward to building a positive environment with your support on this blog. Just a small word of encouragement from fellow women goes a long way and can do wonders. So lets us come together and empower our sisters all around the world.

Last year a group of 10 Cardmakers (Anila, Deepti, Ishani,Jasleen, Mugdha, Pooja, Radhika, Raga, Rahmat and Sathya) came together to organize an Instagram hop on 8th March for International Women’s day, we received tremendous support from all of you .This year we are taking a step ahead - with  a dedicated blog , a Facebook group and an Instagram account.  Women’s day hop will be a major event on all these platforms, but we plan to have posts throughout the year on women empowerment. The Facebook group has already gone live and we are overwhelmed by the response we are getting it already has 240+ members and going strong and Instagram account goes live today. Be sure to check it out.

Coming to our blog, we will be hosting our annual event which is International Women’s day Blog hop (along with an Instagram Hop) and we look forward to your participation through a Linky party! Yes this year it is not just us but YOU will also be encouraging our fellow sisters through your crafts.
We have a line up of amazing sponsors and Guest designers for the hops, so keep an eye on this place. 

We would be very delighted if you could follow our blog and spread a word about it - Thank you 🙏

Love and peace from all of us!