Bean Talk

Soup Sketch! It's Baaaaccckkkk!

We've brought back the Soup Sketch thanks to one of our new Design Team member, Julie Bonner. Julie is a whiz at making sketches and we've asked her to do up one for us this month. 

June 2011 Soup Sketch by Julie Bonner

Here's a quick peek at a layout that Julie created using the sketch. It will be back later this month with a full supply list. 

A Day at the Beach by Julie Bonner

So, how about a challenge? Simply use this sketch along with some Jillibean Soup goodies and whip up a layout or a card. Share it with us on our Facebook page and we'll randomly select a few of your projects for an upcoming Soup Spotting. Then at the end of June, we will randomly select at least one person to receive some Jillibean Goodies. Maybe the new Watermelon Gazpacho to kick off your summer?! ;)

We can't wait to see what you create. 

Have a great one!

Projects on Monday!

Happy Memorial Day to our US friends. I personally want to thank those men and women that have served in the US Armed Forces and for those who have made the ultimate sacrifice. You will never be forgotten.

We are also celebrating the end of the school year here. woot! Bring on the pool!!! This is the time of year that it gets hard to stay in and get crafty. I actually look forward to a rain day every now and then so I can spend some time creating. :)

Today the Design Team has an incredible batch of projects to share with you. Carole created a great journal. Wendy made a cute little set of wooden clothes pins and a matchbook card to put them in. Great for a teacher gift! 

Enjoy!

Note to Self journal by Carole Maurin

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Patterned Paper: blossom soup/corn kernels, anejo cheese, half pound blossoms, fresh clantro, pasta fagioli collection/blended beans
Journaling Sprouts: spotted owl soup, chilled strawberry soup, blossom soup 
Alphabeans: glazed green
Kraft Shipping Tags: repair tag

Other: mini album (kesiart, maya road), stickers (7 gypsies), pins (maya road),
rub-ons (hambly screen prints), punch (fiskars), 3D mounting square

Bloom and Grow Clips by Wendy McKee

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Pattern Paper: Blossom soup collection/Half Pound Blossoms, Anejo Cheese, Lime Wedges, Cornmeal, Corn Kernals
Journaling Sprouts: Blossom Soup
Sugar Picks: Butterfly, Flower 
Corrugated Shapes: frames 

Have a great one!

The Store is Open!!!

Head over to the Jillibean website and click on "products". 

 
 
Click on "Consumer Login" and You'll get to the store! 

 

Happy Shopping!!!

Jill

Free for All Friday...

It's a holiday weekend here in the states.  We celebrate our freedom and the men and women that make that possible.  We remember all those that gave their lives for our freedom.  Thank you to all of the amazing people in our armed forces - past, present and future.

In the essence of the red, white and blue, I wanted to share a card with you from Kimber McGray...

 

She used Watermelon Gazpacho and one of the Christmas Unity stamp sets (Celebrate).  Watermelon Gazpacho is great for creating those patriotic pages.  If you're on our retail list then project sheets with this card and other great Watermelon creations are headed your way! 

If you love that card, then you'll love our June projects!!!!  I've seen all of them and they are awesome!  LOTS of Watermelon Gazpacho inspiration!  Also, Jen Harkin will be our new blogger - please help us welcome Jen next Wednesday! 

Next...our big ANNOUNCEMENT!!  The consumer site will be up and running starting tomorrow!!!  I know you can't wait!  We have had numerous e-mails asking where our fans can find older Jillibean products.  With that in mind, we decided to develop a consumer site.  Each week we'll be adding new goodies.  You can find things like this...

 

Discount product packs - that's $85 worth of product for only $19.99

 

Project kits like this adorable mini muffin tin!

 

Chalkboards and mini wooden spools!  Lots of great additions to our papers and embellishments!

A friendly reminder - we will not have our latest releases for sale yet.  We want to give our online retail stores plenty of time to offer it to you first! 

Make sure you stop by the store tomorrow!  We only have a limited number of discounted kits and project kits!!! 

Have a great weekend!

Jill 

Layouts on Thursdays!

This is going to be a quick post. I am blogging in between Tornado Warnings. So much crazy weather lately. Thanks to scrapping and the internet, I find it amazing to be able to check in on all of our crafting friends across the states. Be safe!

Super Reader by Melanie Blackburn

Supplies:
Kraft Cardstock 
Patterned Paper: Pasta Fagioli/Italian Seasoning/Meatballs/Blended Beans
Coordinating Cardstock Stickers: Pasta Fagioli
Journaling Sprouts: Pasta Fagioli
Alphabeans: Baked Brown, Boiled Blue
Corrugated Alphas: Kraft
Corrugated Shapes: Arrows
Printed Canvas: White Stripes Stars
Bean Stalks: Monster Stew Collection/Stars

Other: Coredination Cardstock, Maya Road Mist

Designer Tip: To create the award badge I use the sugar picks packaging as my base. I thought this was a great way to reuse such beautiful packaging and it also added a fun element to my layout.

That Face by Julie Bonner

Supplies:

Jillibean Soup

Patterned Paper:  Dutch Mustard Soup/ Dry Mustard Powder, Wholegrain Mustard, Atomic Soup/Stirred Elements
Coordinating Cardstock Stickers: Dutch Mustard Soup
Journaling Sprouts:  Dutch Mustard Soup
Corrugated Alphas: Kraft
Pea Pods:  Dutch Mustard Soup

Other: Bazzill Cardstock, Scalloped Decorative Scissors

Lazy Days by Nicole Nowosad

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Patterned paper: Pasta Fagioli (meatballs, shell macaroni), Soup staples (brown)

Journalling sprouts: Pasta Fagioli, Blossom Soup

Coordinating Cardstock Stickers: Pasta Fagioli, Blossom Soup

Corrugated alphas: Red

Corrugated shapes: Hearts/owls

Twine: Blue/Green Baker’s Twine

 

Other: Bazzill cardstock, Technique Tuesday stamps,Stampin’ Up Ink, Ranger Liquid Pearls, Stitching

Family Time Eh by Nicole Nowosad

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup 

Patterned paper: Pasta Fagioli (Romano Cheese, Blended Beans, Meatballs, Shell Macaroni), Soup staples (brown)

12x12 Kraft paper

Corrugated shapes: Butterflies pack, Hearts

Coordinating Cardstock Stickers: Pasta Fagioli, Blossom Soup, Chilled Strawberry Soup

Journalling Sprouts: Pasta Fagioli, Blossom Soup

Pea Pods: Blossom Soup

Corrugated Alphas: white

Bean stalks: Twin polkas

 

Other: Bazzill cardstock, Studio Calico ink, staples, stitching

Happy by Linda Barber

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Patterned Paper: Dutch Mustard Soup/Creme Fraiche, Soup Staples/Orange Sugar, Soup Staples/Gray Sugar
Bean Stalks: Red/Brown Ribbon

Other: Basic Grey letter stickers, Doodlebug button and jewel, Fiskars punches, Stampin Up punch

Toil and Trouble by Wendy McKee

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Pattern paper base: Bunch of Monsters
Patterned Paper: Monster Stew/ Bunch of Monsters, Monster Stew/Pinch of hair, Monster Stew/2 tsps of slime/Monster stew/3 arms, Monster Stew/cup of eyeballs

Other: Circle stencils, Craft knife

Cutie Pie by Laina Lamb

Supplies: 
Jillibean Soup
Pattern Paper: Chicken Noodle Soup (dried egg noodles, tarragon leaves, chopped lemon grass), Blossom Soup (anejo cheese) 
Coordinating Cardstock Stickers: Dutch Mustard Soup and Chilled Strawberry Soup 
Journaling Sprouts: Pasta Fagioli 
Bean Stalks: Red Twine
Corrugated Alphas: Red
Printed Canvas: Red Polkas
Alphabeans: Red

Other:
Cardstock, staples, pen, pop dots

The Mighty Bonecrushers by Laina Lamb

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Pattern Paper: Monster Stew (bunch of Monsters, 2 tbsp slime, pointy teeth, cup of eyeballs, pinch of hair)
Journaling Sprouts: Monster Stew
Coordinating Cardstock Stickers: Monster Stew
Corrugated Shapes: Arrows
Alphabeans: Blanched Black

Other:
Cardstock, staples, rubons (Doodlebug), pen, pop dots

Have a great one!

Soup Spotting 5.25.11

Wow! I've gotten some great projects emailed to me lately. Below are just a few of the wonderful things that that you've sent over the last few weeks. More to come in up coming week's soup spotting!

Enjoy!

I love how Laura used Dutch Mustard for a boy page. And check out the hand stitched hearts. Wonderful work Laura!

Grade 2 by Laura Whitaker

I love how Annette added a pop of blue to this card that features Dutch Mustard as well. So sweet!

A Hundred Hearts card by Annette

Check out this mini album that flips and folds and is filled with Jillibean Soup created by Jodi. BEAUTIFUL work!

 

Flip and Fold Mini Album by Jodi Baune

Would YOU like to be considered for Soup Spotting? Simply email me your Jillibean Soup projects at kimber@jillibean-soup.com or load up your projects to our Facebook page. We can't wait to see what you've created!

Have a great one!

Guest Designer Tuesday- Patricia Folchert

Today we wrap up our month with Patricia Folchert as our guest. Thank you Patty for sharing your talents with us this month. 

She has two last projects to share with you this week. Check out how Patty used the Bean Blossom on her 1st card and added a little Butterfly Sugar Pick tucked into the back of it. Then in her 2nd card, she used a Kraft File Folder as the card base. What a fun take on a basic card.

Enjoy!

Vintage Card by Patricia Folchert

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Pattern Paper: Old World Cabbage Soup/Caraway Seeds, Head of Cabbage, Diced Tomatoes, Chilled StrawberrySoup/Cup of Sour Cream
Bean Blossoms: Red
Sugar Picks: Butterfly

other: Cats Eye Inkpad/Chestnut, Glue Dots/mini 

Grandma's Never Run Out of Hugs or Cookies card by Patricia Folchert

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Patterned Paper: Chilled Strawberry Soup/Cup of Sour Cream,Frozen Strawberries,Light Corn Syrup,  Blossom Soup Paper/Anejo Cheese, Dutch Mustard Paper/Cornstarch
Kraft File Folder
Pea Pods: Chilled Strawberry Soup
Coordinating Cardstock Stickers: Chilled Strawberry Soup

other: White Cardstock, Vintage Lace, Queen & Company gold gemstones, Cats Eye inkpad/Chestnut, Brown Gingham Ribbon, Scrapbook Adhesives 3D Foam Squares

Have a great one!

Cards on Mondays!

Good Monday! Hope you have a great weekend. I got my first official sunburn of the spring sports season. It always sneaks up on me after weekends of watching soccer and baseball in the rain. Yes, the sunscreen has been replenished and will be used from now on. :P

Did you craft this weekend? If you created something with Jillibean products, show me! Either email me at kimber@jillibean-soup.com or load it up to our facebook page. I know many of you have picked up some of the new Watermelon Gazpacho line. I'm dying to see what you have created with it!

Today we have another great batch of cards created by the design team. 

Enjoy!

Cloud 9 by Melanie Blackburn

Supplies:
Kraft Card base
Patterned Paper: Pasta Fagioli/Romano Cheese/Meatballs
Coordinating Cardstock Stickers: Atomic Soup
Alphabeans: Frosted Flowers

Other: Fiskars Punch Cloud

Cut Out Cards by Wendy McKee

Heart Card

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Patterned Paper: Blossom Soup/half pound blossom, corn kernals, anejo cheese, Lime Wedges
Bean Stalks: Twill polkas

other: White cardstock

Star Card
Supplies:
Jillibean Soup 
Pattern Paper: Spotted owl soup/ 3 dancing hats
Bean Stalks: Twill polkas

other: White Cardstock

Have a hoot of a Day card by Summer Fullerton

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Kraft Accordion Album 
Patterned Paper: Spotted Owl Soup/Silly Owls

Jillibean/Unity Stamps: Spotted Owl Soup

 

Other: misc black pen and black Versafine Ink

Designer TIP: I used a 4x4 mini album on another project and didn’t need all the pages so I used the 2 pages I cut out to make this card.

Party 'Til The Owls Come Home card by Stephanie Klauck

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Patterned Paper: Spotted Owl Soup/5 Totally Fun Tunes, 6 Silly Owls; Dutch Mustard Soup/Cornstarch
Pea Pods: Spotted Owl Soup

Other: cardstock (WorldWin)

Just 4 You card by Jenifer Harkin

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Patterned Paper: Soup Staples/Black Macaroni, Spotted Owl Soup/4 Unwrapped Presents, Soup Staples/Orange Sugar
Coordinating Cardstock Stickers: Spotted Owl Soup

Journaling Sprouts: Spotted Owl Soup
Stamps:  A Hoot of a Day Jillibean/Unity Itty Bitty

Other: White card blue glitter, black ink.

Have a great one!

Free for All Friday...

Every Thursday evening I sit down to do the Friday blog post and, like most Friday's,  here I am again trying to figure out what to post...

We had more store closings announced in the Columbus area - 3 more in fact.  This brings us to 4 announcements in 2 weeks.  It's just sad.  Really, really sad. One of the stores will re-open in August, which I'm thrilled about and thrilled to meet the new owner.  The other 3 will be closed by mid-June.  Lana, Sue, Caron & Amy, we wish all of you the best.  It's been great working with all of you! 

On another note, I'm headed to Iowa on Monday and Tuesday of next week.  Headed to visit Jen Harkin and do some blog talk and training!  Like I mentioned last week, she's taking over the blog in June.  She loves little quirky things like gnomes and scary looking Christmas elves - hopefully we won't see any of that stuff around here. ;)  Jen lives close to some fun shops with vintage and eclectic goodies - excited to visit them!  Watch out Jen, I'm bringing a second suitcase!  Oh, and I get to meet Jen's 2nd daughter - she was very pregnant the last time we visited (meaning she gave birth the day after we left). 

Next week we have a big announcement about the consumer site - check back next Friday. 

Laina, Nadia and I have been working on new designs for Summer CHA.  I'm pretty excited about the paper lines and I think you will be too!  Any guesses?  How about we do a GIVEAWAY?  I know several of you are interested in getting the new collection - Watermelon Gazpacho.  If so, leave a comment with your guess(es)... what do you think the theme will be for one or more of the new lines?  Kimber or I will pick a winner on Monday!

Good Luck and have a GREAT weekend!

Jill

Layouts on Thursdays!

We've got a fun mix of layouts from the Design Team today. I love that both Linda and Melanie used envelopes on their pages. What a great way to add a journaling tag or things you want to scrapbook from a vacation. Next check out how Jen used the Bean Blossoms and then repeated the circular theme by hand stitching all those circles in different color thread. Awesome!

Enjoy!

Pucker Up by Melanie Blackburn

Supplies:

Kraft Card base envelope
Kraft Cardstock
Patterned Paper: Pasta Fagioli/Clove Fresh Garlic, Soup Staples Collection/Red Sugar, Summer Squash Collection/Gold Potatoes
Coordinating Cardstock Stickers: Chilled Strawberry Soup
Diecut Shapes: Chilled Strawberry Soup
Bean Stalks: Atomic Soup Collection/Twill Polkas, 

Other: Maya Road Mist

Just Be You by Jenifer Harkin

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup

Kraft Cardstock
Patterned Paper: Chilled Strawberry Soup/Whipped Cream, Summer Squash/Small Hot Pepper

Coordinating Cardstock Stickers: Dutch Mustard Soup, Blossom Soup, Chilled Strawberry Soup

Bean Blossoms:  Red

Other: Core'dinations cardstock, buttons, embroidery floss.

Berry Cute by Teka Cochonneau

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Patterned Paper: Chilled Strawberry Soup/Vanilla Soy Milk, Soup
Staples On White/Red Sugar, Blossom Soup/Lime Wedges
Coordinating Cardstock Stickers: Chilled Strawberry Soup
Pea Pods: Chilled Strawberry Soup
Corrugated Alphas: White and Red
Corrugated Shapes: Buttons
Bean Stalks: Red/Brown Bakers Twine
Sugar Picks: Flowers and Red/Brown

Other: American Crafts White Cardstock, Recollections Foam Adhesive,
Marvy Uchida Heart Punch

NY by Linda Barber

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Patterned Paper: Soup Staples/Orange Macaroni, Dutch Soup/Gruyere Cheese, Blossom Soup/Anejo Cheese, Soup Staples/Orange Sugar
Corrugated Alpha: White (colored with mist)
Bean Stalks: Orange/Yellow Ribbon
Journaling Sprouts: Black

Other: Martha Stewart Crafts punch, Staples hole punch, Basic Grey paper, sewing, mini-envelopes

Vintage Vermont by Lisa Vanderveen

Supplies:

Jillibean Soup
Patterned Paper:  Chilled Strawberry Soup/Vanilla Soy Milk, Chilled Strawberry Soup/Light Corn Syrup
Corrugated Shapes: Houses
Sugar Picks:  Hearts

other: Ranger: Tiny Attacher, Punches: Fiskars and Creative Memories, Twine, Buttons: Jenni Bowlin, Brads: GCD and My Mind's Eye, Pattern Paper: October Afternoon, Lace: Prima

Have a great one!