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Layouts on Thursdays!

Good Thursday! Today Jill and I leave on a jet plane to The Netherlands. We're very excited to be teaching at Paper + Pictures and meeting fellow design team member Ingrid Danvers in her home country! Wish Jill luck on being stuck on a plane with me for that long. :) We'll share some photos next week from our trip. 

So on to your regularly scheduled blog posting. We've got a few more layouts for you this month created by the design team. 

Enjoy!

That Crazy Skirt by Jenifer Harkin

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Patterned Paper: Soup Staples/Light Blue Sugar, Soup Staples/Orange Sugar, Soup Staples/Gray Sugar, Soup Staples/Pink Sugar, Soup Staples/Green Sugar, Soup Staples/Yellow Sugar
Alphabeans: Blanched Black, Poached Pink, Boiled Blue, Glazed Green

Other: White cardstock, Offry Cloud ribbon, embroidery floss, staples.

Movie Stars by Ingrid Danvers

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Patterned Paper: Soup Staples/Black sugar, Gray sugar

Other: Cardstock Bazzill Basics Paper (Raven, White), Fiskars border punch Upper Crest, American Crafts Thickers, CreaMotion Metal Stars, staples, sewing machine.

Summer Bliss by Ingrid Danvers

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Patterned Paper: Soup Staples/Yellow sugar, Pink sugar, Summer Squash Soup/Crookneck zucchini, Gold potatoes, Yellow squash
Coordinating Cardstock Stickers: Summer Squash Soup
Journaling Sprouts: Circles Pink on White, Circle Green on White
Bean Seeds: Spring Fling/Medium, Small

Other: Cardstock Bazzill Basics Paper (White), Rusty Pickle buttons, We R Memory Keepers Corner Chomper, sewing machine.

Have a good one!

Soup Spotting 9.29.10

**** Millionth Sprout Contest Reminder!!!****

You have until Midnight EST on Monday, October 4th to get your contest submissions in! Read all the details here. 

For this week's Soup Spotting I have some amazing projects from the Design Team at The Scrap Room using their September Kit featuring some Jillibean Soup Pasta Fagioli. 

Enjoy!

Gizmo by Brenda Carpenter

Little Photographer by Melanie Call

Be Yourself by Lan Amphone

Dinosaur World by Jenny Moore

Trio of Cards by Lan Amphone

Would YOU like to be considered for Soup Spotting? Simply email me an image of your projects at kimber@jillibean-soup.com or load them to our Facebook Page. 

Have a good one!

Welcome Guest Designer -- Linda Beeson!

Please help me welcome our next guest designer -- Linda Beeson!

Linda created some great layouts and cards to share with us today. She used the great Jillibean Soup Core'dinations Core Impresseions embossed card stock with her projects. Of course they look amazing when they are paired up together. Linda did a a wonderful job showing off both products beautifully. 

Make sure you head over to Linda's blog for a TON of wonderful card inspiration with a bit of other projects mixed in. 

Thank you Linda for sharing your talents with us!

Enjoy!

Give me a Smile by Linda Beeson

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Patterned paper – Italian Seasoning and Romano Cheese/Pasta Fagioli Collection/Jillibean Soup
Sprouts – Jillibean Soup
Cardstock – Jillibean Soup Core Impressions/Core’dinations
Pasta Fagioli Cardstock Stickers – Jillibean Soup
White Corrugated title letters – Jillibean Soup

other: Spray color – Memories Mist/Stewart Superior, Fluid chalk stamp pads - Clearsnap, Pasta Fagioli Cardstock Stickers – Jillibean Soup, Machine sewing, Sandpaper

Gotcha by Linda Beeson

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Patterned paper – Tumeric and Small Hot Pepper/Summer Squash Soup Collection/Jillibean Soup
Date Sprout – Jillibean Soup
Cardstock – Core Essentials/Core’dinations
White Corrugated title letters – Jillibean Soup

other: Glimmer Mist – Tattered Angels, Fluid chalk stamp pads - Clearsnap, Fish punch – Papershapers/EK Success, Circle punch – Marvy, Corner rounder punch – Fiskars, Wave border punch - Fiskars, Machine sewing, Sandpaper 

Joy card by Linda Beeson

Supplies
Jillibean Soup:
Patterned paper – Shell Macaroni and Blended Beans/Pasta Fagioli collection/Jillibean Soup
Herbed Houndstooth sticker letters – Jillibean Soup
Pasta Fagioli label sticker – Jillibean Soup
Corrugated star die cut – Jillibean Soup

other: Cardstock –White Core Essentails/Core’dinations, White stamp pad – Joann, White embossing powder – Stampendous, Border punch – EK Success

Thank You card by Linda Beeson

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Patterned paper – Meatballs/Pasta Fagioli collection/Jillibean Soup
Cardstock – Jillibean Soup Core Impressions/Core’dinations
Button stickers and tiny alphabet stickers – Pasta Figioli stickers

other: Self adhesive Rhinestonse – Queen & Co., Corner rounder punch - Fiskars, Sandpaper

Have a great one!

Cards on Mondays!

Happy Monday everyone! I hope you had a great weekend. I was lucky enough to be invited to teach at Simply Scrapbooks in Dayton, Ohio. Vicki and her customers were fantastic. Thank you very much for allowing me to come hang out with you guys. I hope to be back in the Spring. :)

Today we have another great bunch of cards for you from our Design Team.

Enjoy!

Happy Birthday card by Cindy Liebel

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Kraft Cardstock or Card base: A2 Kraft Card
Patterned Paper: Pasta Fagioli/Romano Cheese, Pasta Fagioli/Shell Macaroni
Corrugated Alphas: Brown
Clear Stamps: Sentiments

Other: Bazzill Basics Swiss Dots cardstock & Archival Ink Black

Best Friends tag by Aly Dosdall

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Patterned Paper: Atomic Soup/bunch of matter
Coordinating Cardstock Stickers: Summer Squash Soup
Journaling Sprouts: Atomic Soup
Kraft Shipping Tags: Stock tag
Bean Stalks: pigs ribbon

Other: button (Creative Café), dimensional foam squares (3L)

Let's Party card by Summer Fullerton

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Kraft Cardstock 
Patterned Paper: Monster Stew/3 Arms & 2 Tbsp Slime
Coordinating Cardstock Stickers: Egg Drop Soup 
Custom Twill: Mini Flowers

Other: Bazzill Cardstock & Creative Charms Rhinestones

Reach for the Stars card by Summer Fullerton

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Kraft Cardstock 
Patterned Paper: Monster Stew/3 Arms & Pointy Teeth 
Alphabeans: Boiled Blue 

Other: Creative Charms Rhinestones & Basic Grey Alphas

Hi Ya card by Summer Fullerton

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Kraft Cardstock 
Patterned Paper: Monster Stew/3 Arms & 2 Tbsp Slime
Alphabeans: Boiled Blue 

Other: Bazzill Cardstock & Creative Charms Rhinestones

Have a great one!

 

Free For All Friday...Guess Who's a Guest Blogger at CK?

Yep, that's me!  I'm so excited to be guest blogging on the Creating Keepsakes Blog!  I showed you a sneak of one of my projects last week.  Here's another...

 

Go over and check out how Kimber and I used our Corrugated Shapes and Sugar Picks packaging on cards, a layout and a wall hanging project.  You might even find a GIVEAWAY of these fun products!  

Speaking of CK, I had a great time in Celina, Ohio last weekend!  Thank you everyone that attended the crop to support the Mercer County Family Crisis Network.  Our class was great - thank you to all my new friends!  Thank you to Chiara for asking Jillibean to attend!  Also, it was awesome to meet CK's founder, Lisa Bearnson!!!!  I tried to play it "cool" but inside I was like oh my gosh, that's Lisa Bearnson sitting beside me!  I'd share some pics but my camera battery died. :(

On to some other news...

To our retailers: If you missed our announcement last week, we will begin shipping Christmas Chesnut Soup on October 1st!   Yep, next week!   Here's a cute card to help inspired you with the new products!!!

 

Speaking of October, we have lots of great stuff going on in October.  We have a couple of great kit giveaways, new tutorials, fun holiday projects...you won't want to miss out!   We also have a BIG Announcement coming!  Stay tuned!

Have a great weekend everyone! 

 

Layouts on Thursdays!

Ok, wait. Where did this week go? I've been cutting up Jillibean papers and kiting cards all week here. It always amazes me how long it takes to kit classes. I really don't mind doing it. It's nice to pop in a movie or stream a tv show on netflix and zone out. But, really how is it already Thursday?!

Well, fortunately I've got some more great layouts for you from the design team to share. 

Enjoy!

Time at the Lake by Paula Gilarde

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Kraft Cardstock or Card base
Patterned Paper: soup staples on kraft collection/white stock, pasta fagioli/meatballs, pasta fagioli/romano cheese
Coordinating Cardstock Stickers: pasta fagioli
Journaling Sprouts: pasta fagioli
Alphabeans: diced damask
Bean Stalks: blue/green twine

Other: Papertrey Ink cloud dies

Crew Leaders by Karen Nuce

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Kraft Cardstock 
Patterned Paper: Monster Stew/2tbsp slime, bunch of monsters (back); Soup Staples/Orange Sugar; Minestrone/Olive Oil
Coordinating Cardstock Stickers: Atomic Soup; Chicken Noodle; New England Chowder
Corrugated Alphas: Green
Cool Beans: Green
Bean Stalks: 5 color polkas; twill polkas (twine)

Other:  Helmar Liquid Adhesive; Stampin' Up Old Olive Carstock, yellow ribbon; Making Memories Brads, staples & mini stapler; Tim Holtz brown distressing ink

For You Mama by Jenifer Harkin

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Kraft Cardstock 
Patterned Paper: Lentil Soup/Kosher Salt, Chicken Noodle/Chopped Lemon Grass, Old World Cabbage Stew/Caraway Seeds
Coordinating Cardstock Stickers: Summer Squash,Egg Drop
Alphabeans:  Glazed Green

Other: Core'dinations cardstock, photo corner brads.

Have a good one!

Soup Spotting 9.22.10

I love Wednesday's. It's Soup Spotting day so I get to go poke around and see what I can find that was created it Jillibean goodies. Today's 1st stop made it super simple to find some great projects. Our Facebook Friends have been loading up many great projects to share with us. 

Enjoy!

Cookie Monster by Cathy Harper

Braces by Judith Armstrong

Thank You Very Much by Hanneke van der Linde

If YOU would like to be considered for Soup Spotting on Wednesday's simply send me an email with your project at kimber@jillbean-soup.com or load it to our Facebook page. 

Have a great one!

Projects on Tuesday!

Today we've got 2 fun projects to share with you created by design team member Cindy Liebel and Karen Nuce.

Enjoy!

Candle Wrap by Karen Nuce

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Patterned Paper: Pasta Fagioli/Clove Fresh Garlic
Journaling Sprouts: Round Red on White
Canvas Flowers: Red Polkas and Green Grid
Cool Beans: Red
Bean Stalks: Twill Polkas (twine); 5 color polkas

Other: Tim Holtz red distressing ink; Bath & Body Works Lemon Jar Candle

Monster Cone by Cindy Liebel

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Patterned Paper: Monster Stew/Cup of Eyeballs, Monster Stew/2 TBSP Slime
Journaling Sprouts: Monster Stew on White
Bean Stalks: Flour Tortilla & Brown/Neutral Ribbons

Other: Heidi Swapp crystals, Fiskars Scallop Border punch & Helmar's Craft Glue

Have a good one!

Cards on Mondays!

Good Monday! Hope you had a great weekend. Summer and I just got back from ScrapFest at Mall of America. It was so much fun to see thousands of scrapbookers and card makers all in one place as well as visiting with some of our Soup Friends.

Since it's Monday you know we've got another fun set of cards for you created by the design team. 

Enjoy!

 Just Because by Paula Gilarde

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Patterned Paper: pasta fagioli/blended beans
Coordinating Cardstock Stickers: pasta fagioli
Corrugated Shapes: buttons
Clear Stamps: sentiments

Other: Core'dinations cardstock

Celebrate You! by Juliana Michaels

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Patterned Paper: Pasta Fagioli/Blended Beans; Soup Staples on White/Olive Sugar
Journaling Sprouts on White: Pasta Fagioli
Cardstock Stickers: New England Chowder, Chicken Noodle
Kraft Accessories: A2 kraft cards/envelopes

Other: Punch by Martha Stewart, Bling by Hobby Lobby, Sewing Machine

For You card by Jenifer Harkin

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Patterned Paper: Summer Squash/Gold Potatoes,  Summer Squash/Turmeric, Soup Staples/Pink Sugar, Lentil Soup/Lentils
Coordinating Cardstock Stickers: Summer Squash
Kraft Shipping Tags: Luggage Tag
Bean Seeds: Harvest/Medium

Just Because card by Karen Nuce

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Kraft Cardstock
Patterned Paper: Pasta Fagioli/Clove Fresh Garlic
Canvas Flowers: Red Polkas
Clear Stamps: Sentiments
Cool Beans: Green
Bean Stalks: Twill Polkas (twine)

Other:  Tim Holtz red distressing ink & distressing tool; Stampin' Up red ink & cardstock

Relax by Melanie Blackburn

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Card base
Patterned Paper: Summer Squash Soup/Gold Potatoes/Turmeric/Small Hot Pepper
Journaling Sprouts: Green
Alphabeans: Poached Pink

Other: Kaiser Pearls, Doodlebug Rubs, Slice Cartridge.

Have a great one!

Giveaway Winners!

The winners are...

Here are your random numbers:

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Timestamp: 2010-09-20 10:45:28 UTC

I am the luckiest fan of Jillibean Soup since I got to meet and hang with the "big bean" herself this weekend at the Crop for a Cause. You have new followers in Dublin as everyone loves the cards we made in your class this weekend. I would love to win more fun Jillibean products because no one can ever have enough!!!!

Posted by: Abby Heckman | September 19, 2010 at 11:31 PM

 

SUPER! Thanks for the opp!

Posted by: Jessica R | September 17, 2010 at 01:24 PM

 

I am counting the minutes til my Atomic Soup that I ordered on line comes in the mail!! So of course I'd be beyond thrilled to add some Chestnut Soup to my Jillibean stash asap too! Chestnut Soup looks wonderful!

Posted by: Amy Megan | September 19, 2010 at 02:34 PM

 

Abby, Jessica and Amy please email Jill at jill@jillibean-soup.com with your mailing address so she can get your prize packages out to you. 

Have a good one!