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Free for all Friday-CHA wrap up

It's still Friday, right? I am so thankful to have gotten to take a nap today in my own bed. whew! What a busy week!

I just went through the rest of the photos I took while at CHA.

1st up, some of the fabulous people that stopped by to check things out and say hello!

We made cute little flowers for make and takes based off of Brenda Johnston's flower card from when she was our guest. These were two of the sweet people that stopped and took a moment to chat and create.

Speaking of Brenda Johnston... Look who we got to meet in person. She's a DOLL!

We had another fabulous guest designer stop by, Aly Dosdall! 

And yet another great guest designer came by to say hello and offer up a few hugs. That cute gal on the left is Lynn Gahary. She allowed us to snap a quick picture with 2 of our Design Team members Summer and Laura.

Catherine from Scrapbook and Cards Today came by to say hello.

Brittany Beattie stopped in to see the new products. 

The Paper Crafts trio (Susan, Kelly and Cath) popped in as well. 

We had some fabulous neighbors as well. Bella Blvd. was our next door neighbor. Stephanie and her crew were busy the entire show. We saw many sporting the Bella t-shirts.

Unity Stamp Company was directly behind us. This group was a laugh riot. By the end of the show we had become fast friends with both wonderful groups.

Crystal and Karen from 3L Scrapbook Adhesives were just down the aisle. They kept us in adhesive for our make n takes and any other adhesive emergency we encountered.

Check out this line! I knew Jill was a rockstar in our minds but, WOW!

Oh wait, they weren't there to see Jill... they were there to see Tim Holtz at the Ellison/Sizzix booth. ;)

Seriously though... Thank you ALL of your support! It was wonderful to have met new store owners and see those from the past year. YOU are what made the hard work this past week worth it!

Have a great one!

   

More CHA photos

Here are a few more photos from the booth at CHA. All of these projects will be posted on the blog over the next few months with full supply lists. Until then enjoy these snapshots.

Full booth on the morning of the last day.

Card tree part 1. (I see Jill in there)

Card tree Part 2

Super Cute easter egg tree and house that everyone loved.

Some of the lines released at the last show that were still very popular at this show.

Alphabet Soup!

 Lentil Soup!

Kraft Soup Staples

Soup Staples on White

 
Talk Soup!

This is what the booth looks like about 30 minutes after the show ends.  

I have lots of other photos from our booth still to share but, it will have to wait until sometime on Friday. We leave early on Thursday and get home late on Thursday. I promise to blog sometime on Friday with those photos. Next week our blog will get back to it's regular schedule. 

Have a good one!

 

Core Impressions giveaway winner and the 1st set of CHA show photos

First, let's pick a winner from today's giveaway.

Congrats to Molly U! You win the Core Impressions/Jillibean paper pack. 

Here are your random numbers:

62

Timestamp: 2010-01-27 04:11:25 UTC

I love it! Can't wait to see more!

Posted by: molly u. | January 26, 2010 at 08:59 AM

Please email Jill your mailing address at Jill@jillibean-soup.com so we can get a paper pack out to you shortly.

Now for our 1st set of photos from the booth. I'll put up some more tomorrow. 

This is the Chicken Noodle Soup Board.

Here's the New England Clam Chowder board.

Egg Drop Soup anyone?

Jill's favorite--Old World Cabbage Soup!

We love our new Alphabeans and Corrugated Alphas.

The Canvas Flowers. Awesome!

And of course, Core Impressions.

Off to bed for the night. Tomorrow is the last day of the show. I'll have some more photos of the booth tomorrow plus some of our friends that stopped by to say Hi.

Have a good one!

      

Tuesday Giveaway!

Since I left my camera in the booth tonight I can't upload the photos I had planned for today. So instead, let's do a give away for the new Jillibean Soup Core Impressions by Core'dinations.

This has been a INCREDIBLY well received by the Jillibean customers. We are so excited about this. I took some photos of the product today but, yet again, they are on my camera and not with me. 

So, leave us a comment today and I will pick a winner late tonight for a pack of Core Impressions.

Have a great one!

 
 

Live from CHA (setup)

We've got some behind the scenes photos to share with you today. 

 
This is the lovely booth space to start. Do you like the candy cane curtains?

 
Jill's husband Eric is our handy guy. He came out to help us get the main part of the booth set up.

 
I think Jill was a little excited to get started.

Awww we are very 

When we arrived last week it was POURING down rain. Not only was it wet, it was COLD for Southern California. brrr....

 

And when there is rain, there is the possibility of a rainbow. When we left the convention hall on the last day of set up we saw a gorgeous rainbow. It only lasted a few moments but, it definitely gave us hope for some sunshine by the time the show began.
 

Please be patient this week. We are trying to blog every day this week while we are here but, due to the time change and what we need to accomplish a lot even in the evenings. 

We've taken a lot of photos and plan to take more. Stay tuned...

Hope you have a good one!

 

Last Sneak Peek Winner!

Congrats to Karen Walker! You won the whole kit and caboodle from Wednesday's giveaway.

Here are your random numbers:

69

Timestamp: 2010-01-22 04:31:41 UTC

Love the canvas flowers and the kraft tags!

Posted by: Karen | January 20, 2010 at 12:14 PM

Please email Jill at Jill@jillibean-soup.com with your mailing information and we will get out your package when we get back from CHA.

Have a great one!

 

Free for all Friday-project peeks!

Today we are headed over to set up the booth. Before we do so we wanted to share a few snippets of the projects that will be displayed as well as a new sign for the booth.

If you have checked out pictures from the past 2 shows, the Jillibean booth has a bit of a shabby style. This new sign fits perfectly. The old sign was a piece of foam core that worked well but, now it's time for something more permanent. Love this distressed, wooden sign. 

Ok, time for a few peeks at some projects.

I said they would be snippets! We'll be showing you all of the teams projects on the blog over the next few weeks with complete supply lists. 

Now, off to do the dirty work of setting up the booth. 

We'll be back with photos on Monday.

Have a great weekend!

     

Layouts on Thursday 1.21.10

We are headed out this morning for California. (hopefully! as I type this we have freezing rain in Indianapolis)

Here are some great layouts created by the Design Team for you to enjoy!

Science Experiments by Summer Fullerton

Supplies Used:
Jillibean Soup
Patterned Paper: Alphabet Soup/Vegetable Soup & Soup Staples/Orange Sugar
Accessories: Kraft 12x12 paper
Bean Stalks: Red/Black Ribbon and Pink/Green Ribbon
Corrugated Alphas
Buttons: Brown

Other:Cardstock Prism/Bazzill, Dymo Label Maker, Corner Rounder, Cricuit Expressions (used to create diecut science image), Tim Holtz Crackle Paint and Font downloaded from the internet Traveling Typewriter

Designer Trick: Try cutting multiple images with your diecut machine then layer to transform a one deminsional accent into one that just pops off your layout.

Hot Cocoa & Cookies by Kimber McGray

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Patterned Paper: Minestone/Chopped Tomatoes, Grandma's Christmas Crab Soup/Can Beef Consomme
Corrugated Alphas
Cool Beans: Red
Journaling Sprouts: Red Circle on White

other: Core'dinations cardstock, Stampin' UP! punch, Martha Stewart Craft bakers twine, DMC floss

On Our Way by Laura Vegas

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Patterned Paper: Soup Staples on White (red sugar), White Bean on White (cold water)
Journaling Sprouts: Green Circles on White
Alphabeans: Really Red
Corrugated Alphas

Other: swiss dot cardstock (Bazzill), stickers (American Crafts, Pebbles Inc), brads (Making Memories), scallop punch (Stampin Up), string, staples, tags

True Love by Ingrid Danvers

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Patterned Paper: Soup Staples/Red Sugar, Black Sugar
Journaling Sprouts: Circles Black on White
Alphabeans: Black Alphabeans on White
Bean Seeds: Medium Spring Fling

Other: Bazzill Basics Paper, EK Success Retro Flower punches, Zva Creative crystal flourish, brad, Bookworks Mini ABC & Numbers, Stampin'Up! circle punch, Coluzzle Circle template, Fiskars Scallop Sentiment border punch

Cousins by Shannon Zickel

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Patterned Paper: Soup Staples/ white macaroni, Lentil Soup Collection/ground coriander, Minestrone Collection/ chopped tomatoes, olive oil
Ribbon: Brown Polka Dot

Other: Paint- Delta, Buttons- Fancy Pants Designs, Ink- Colorbox, Pen- American Crafts

Parents to be by Laura Vegas

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Patterned Paper: Soup Staples on Kraft (white pea pod), Alphabet Soup on White (ground round)
Alphabeans: Groovy Green
Bean Stalks: 5 Color Polka ribbon

Other: die cuts, epoxy stickers, journaling block, Slice die cut machine (Making Memories), staples

Have a good one!

        

ONE more CHA Winter Sneak Peek!

ohhhh! We do have 1 more fun thing to share! Jillibean Soup and Core'dinations has partnered together with a set of Core'dinations cardstock papers embossed with Jillibean Soup designs.

Pretty cool! Jill and I got to play with a few samples of the Core Impressions. It added so much to the projects with out over powering them. I am certain you will be seeing plenty of projects in the future from both the Jillibean team and the Core'dinations team.

We don't have a giveaway of this for you today but, I am sure we will have one in the near future. ;)

Have a good one!

 

CHA Winter '10 Sneak Peek #6-Canvas Flowers, New Sprout Colors, More Stamps and Kraft Shipping Tags

This is our last sneak before we head out to California tomorrow morning. This one is a smorgasbord of good bit to go with your 'Soup'.

1st up we have canvas flowers that have 3 designs printed on cream colored canvas, red polka dots, green grid and brown text. The have a round foam adhesive on the backs. Ready to be added to any project!

2nd up we have 2 more sets of clear stamps. A great all purpose lined card with additional stamps that fit perfectly within it's lines. And who doesn't need more Birthday Stamps. I love that 'Happy' banner. 

Next are 4 different Kraft Shipping Tags. These would be PERFECT added on to a layout for a little fun. My favorites are the Guest and Repair tags. Can't wait to play with those!

Finally we have 3 new colors of sprouts to coordinate with both new and older lines. Yellow, light blue and olive green are a welcome addition to the Journaling Sprout family.

 

Of course we are giving away all of these to one of the commenters on today's post. Simply let us know what you think and you have a chance! I will draw a winner on Friday morning before we head over to the SuperShow for some make and takes. If you are headed there as well stop by the O'Brien Systems booth either day between 9 and 11am. Jill, Summer and I will be making a different project each day.

Have a great one!