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Free For All Friday!!!

So I'm a bit late getting this post up - I'm a bit tired and traveling today so bear with me.  I just ate some yummy ice cream here at the airport so I've got a burst of energy now. ;)

EDIT:  Just realized when I was done typing this that it's Thursday and not Friday!  That's how tired I am!  Oh well, most of you will be reading it on Friday. ;)

Would you like to see more pics of the trip/booth?  Before I show them to you, let me tell you that we had horrible lighting in the booth.  My booth was facing the opposite direction of what it normally does so I don't know if that was part of it or because we were just in a poorly lighted area.  The pics I took of set-up are not so hot so I only have one to share :(.  Anyhow, it's still fun to see what's going on - especially if you're not able to attend.

Pictures start with the flight - Kimber took this out our window on the flight out to Orange County.  Did you know there's a big crater somewhere in Arizona?  ;)

Day 1 arrival - we went out to the beach to dig our toes in the sand.  Here's Summer and Kimber...

It was a beautiful day! 80 degrees and not a cloud in the sky!

Day 2 was set-up... here's my one pic.  You can see what it looks like with all the curtain backdrops and no carpet on the floor.

I know - not a good shot.  Like I said, the lighting was horrible.

Every show starts with a parade of bag pipers... here they are...

Here are the best photos I have of the booth - full of people standing in line for Jen's make n' take! 

Here's a couple of the boards...

Coconut Lime

The button and Bakers Twine board! 

Hearty Barley board with a beautiful layout by Becky with her gorgeous baby girl on it!

Here are some projects...

Kusudama flowers - the talk of the booth!  Hopefully we'll be putting up a how-to tutorial in the next week or so... everyone was asking!

Summer's cupcakes made with the Coconut Lime line!

Love this little bugger - even if I do say so myself!

Have a great weekend everyone!  I'm headed home for a much needed break with my girls.

 

CHA Soup Spotting!!!

We are having a lot of fun in the booth at CHA!  For those of you that don't know - Jillibean Soup attends 2 major trade shows a year, both by the Craft and Hobby Association (or CHA).  We are currently selling product at the January show in Anaheim.  We always have a great time visiting with old friends and making new ones!  This show we decided to do something fun and have a make-shift photo booth.  As one of our make n' takes, we're making corrugated mustaches to use in the photos.  Here's some of our friends having some fun...

 

Here are a couple other pics from CHA...

Coconut Lime board with Nicole's beautiful layout!  She cut out all the limes with an "anywhere" punch!

Game Day banner from Lisa  - great use of the Corrugated Pennant album!

Some Easter chicks by me! 

Button board - new wood buttons!

Laina's Friday Night Lights Corrugated Starburst album - soooo cute!

Jill will be back tomorrow with more great CHA pics!  Have a great day!!!

Guest Designer Sarah Webb

Good morning!  Help me welcome this month's guest designer Sarah Webb!  Sarah lives with her husband and two children in Southwestern Ontario, Canada.  She started scrapping to record those special memories and funny moments that highlight our everyday lives.

Sarah's favorite scrappy organization tip is to keep her product sorted by type and not colour. Sarah says, "I find that I always know what I am looking for and the rest of my creation unfolds from there."

You can check out more of Sarah's work at http://scropping.blogspot.com/.  Today, we're sharing a fantastic layout and a great card!

 

A Sweet Spring Sweater Layout by Sarah Webb

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Patterned Paper:  Southern Chicken Dumpling Soup/Bite Size Bits, Southern Chicken Dumpling Soup/Chicken Thighs, Southern Chicken Dumpling Soup/Shortening, Coconut Lime Soup/Straw Mushrooms
Pea Pod Parts:  Southern Chicken Dumpling Soup
Soup Labels:  Journaling Sentiments
Cool Beans:  Christmas
Corrugated Alphas:  Kool Kraft
Journaling Sprouts:  Circle/Yellow

Other:  American Crafts cardstock, Studio Calico mist, Fiskars border punch, October Afternoon alpha sticker. 

Just A Note Card by Sarah Webb

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Patterned Paper:  Coconut Lime Soup/Chili Paste, Coconut Lime Soup/Straw Mushrooms
Pea Pod Parts:  Coconut Lime Soup
Felt Blossoms:  Green
Soup Labels:  Card Sentiments
Sugar Picks:  Green/Quartz

Other: American Crafts cardstock, Martha Stewart border punch.

Thanks Sarah!  Tomorrow.....CHA pictures!  Thanks for stopping by!

 

Cards on Monday!

Good morning from CHA 2012 in Anaheim, California!  The Jillibean team has arrived and has one full day of the trade show complete.  We'll have some show pictures to share throughout the week, but for now we have some inspiring cards.  Just in time for Valentines Day!

I Love You Card by Aphra Bolyer

Supplies
Jillibean Soup
Patterned Paper:  Blossom Soup/Half Pound Blossoms, Hearty Barley Soup/Beef Broth
Mini Paper Pad:  Christmas Eve Chowder
Corrugated Sheets:  Red
Coordinating Cardstock Stickers:  Hearty Barley Soup
Cool Beans:  Vintage
Bean Stalks:  Pink Baker's Twine

Other:  White card, EK Success heart punch.

Love Card by Carole Maurin

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Patterned Paper:  Hearty Barley/Bite Size Bits, Hearty Barley/Canola Oil
Coordinating Cardstock Stickers:  Hearty Barley Soup
Bean Stalks:  Red/Brown Baker's Twine

Other:  brads, cardstock.

All You Need Is Love Card by Julie Bonner

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Patterned Paper:  Sweet & Sour Soup/Sour Salt
Coordinating Cardstock Stickers:  Hearty Barley Soup, Sweet & Sour Soup
Pea Pod Parts:  Hearty Barley Soup
Corrugated Shapes:  Frames
Felt Blossoms:  Red

Other:  Bazzill cardstock, Martha Stewart border punch, thread.

Valentine Wishes Card by Lisa VanderVeen

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Coordinating Cardstock Stickers:  Hearty Barley Soup
Pea Pod Parts: Spotted Owl Soup
Bean Stalks:  Orange/Yellow Baker's Twine

Other:  Bazzill cardstock, shape cut with Silhouette Cameo.

XO Card by Nicole Nowosad

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Coordinating Cardstock Stickers:  Hearty Barley Soup, Christmas Eve Chowder
Pea Pod Parts:  Hearty Barley
Bean Stalks:  Mini Flowers

Other:  Bazzill cardstock, Nestabilities Die (Labels 1).

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!



 

Corrugated Albums and New Bakers Twine Colors!!!!

Greetings from sunny California!  We arrived early yesterday so we were able to do some things and head out to Huntington Beach - it was beautiful!  80 degrees and not a cloud in the sky.  Just a little bit better than Ohio weather. ;) 

Oooh, couldn't wait to show you these!  Love, love, love the corrugated albums (and the new colors of the twine)!!!!  I had fun playing with this album...  oh, and I apologize for the yellow photos.

 

Yep, even sewed on it!  Big steps for Jill!

 

You know what comes next...WIN it before you can BUY it!  Leave a comment!  I'll pick a winner next week before the next and final sneak!

Have a great weekend everyone!  Hope you get to enjoy some sunshine too!

Winner, Winner... you know the rest.

Wow, I haven't kept up with these giveaways - my apologies!  Too much going on around here.  I guess I need to pick a couple of winners!  Let's see....

Congrats to #254 Cindy!!!!  You're our Game Day Chili winner!!!

WHooooo you hit this one perfect for me and my 3 sons sports!!!!! I would like 3 sets of everything please!! So excited

Posted by: cindy wolfe | January 20, 2012 at 07:44 AM

Congrats to #117 Lacey!!!   You're our Sticker winner!!!!

Oh boy - i'm a complete sucker for letter stickers!! Seriously! I will need at least 2 of all those colors!

Posted by: Lacey Igo | January 20, 2012 at 12:35 PM

Congrats to #189 Rebecca!!!!  You're our Buttons & Banners winner!

I love the etched buttons so much- all of them are neat but I just adore the etched ones.

Posted by: Rebecca | January 26, 2012 at 10:21 PM

Ladies, if you can e-mail your info to patty@jillibean-soup.com, Patty will get your goodies in the mail!

Have a great day everyone!

Layouts on Thursday!

Happy Thursday!  So did you like what you saw yesterday?  I am so in love with these little embellishments!  As far as what pushes my buttons...hhmmm....the list can be long....but, the biggest thing is gum chomping.  I can't stand the 'cow chewing the cud' look!  Maybe, that's a midwestern phrase?  But, I'm sure you can imagine what I'm talking about:)  How about some layouts?

Valentine Sundaes Layout by Aphra Bolyer

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Patterned Paper:  Hearty Barley/Fresh Mushrooms, Hearty Barley/Quick Cooking Barley, Hearty Barley/Canola Oil, Soup Staples/Brown Stock
Coordinating Cardstock Stickers:  Hearty Barley
Pea Pod Parts:  Hearty Barley
Felt Flowers:  Brown
Corrugated Alphas:  White
Cool Beans:  Typography
Bean Stalks:  Pink Baker's Twine

Other:  pink cardstock.

Snow Love Layout by Becky Williams

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Patterned Paper:  Sweet & Sour Soup/Shredded Cabbage, Apple Cheddar Soup/Fresh Apple Slices, Hearty Barley/Canola Oil
Coordinating Cardstock Stickers:  Sweet & Sour Soup
Pea Pod Parts:  Sweet & Sour Soup
Corrugated Alphas:  White, Rockin' Red

Other:  Spellbinders Lacey Circles Templates.

Love Layout by Carole Maurin

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Patterned Paper:  Hearty Barley/Quick Cooking Barley, Hearty Barley/Bite Size Bits, Soup Staples/Gray Sugar
Coordinating Cardstock Stickers:  Hearty Barley
Pea Pod Parts:  Hearty Barley
Felt Blossoms:  Red

Other:  Spellbinders Shapeabilities (Nested Lacey Pennants), Zva Creative pearls, Fiskars punch, paper doily, ribbons.

Fifth Grade Layout by Celeste Smith (Hybrid)

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
(Digital) Patterned Paper:  Minestrone Soup Digital Paper Pack, Chicken Noodle Soup Digital Paper Pack
Patterned Paper:  Homemade 6 Bean Soup/Bite Size Bits
Coordinating Cardstock Stickers:  Sweet & Sour Soup
Pea Pod Parts:  Homemade 6 Bean Soup, Apple Cheddar Soup
Bean Stalks:  Blue/Green Baker's Twine, Red/Black Baker's Twine
Cool Beans:  Typography
Corrugated Shapes:  Arrows

Let Her Eat Cake Layout by Paula Gilarde (Hybrid)

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
(Digital) Patterned Paper:  Minestrone Soup Digital Paper Pack
(Digital) Cool Beans:  Mixed Buttons
(Digital) Corrugated Alphas:  Set 1
(Digital) Canvas Flowers:  Red Polkas

Other:  Naturally Krafty No 11, Stamped Blocks No 24, Printable Tag and Instamatic Frames No 3 by Katie Pertiet.

Be Mine Layout by Summer Fullerton

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Patterned Paper:  Hearty Barley Soup/Canola Oil, Apple Cheddar Soup/Fresh Apple Slices, Apple Cheddar Soup/Sharp Cheddar Cheese
Buttons:  Apple Cheddar Soup, Typography
Corrugated Shapes:  Hearts
Soup Labels:  Sweet & Sour Soup, Card Sentiments

Other:  Bazzill cardstock, Stampin' Up scallop border punch, JoAnn's stick pin, misc. white floss, Silhouette Cutting System, Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher, pink paint, foam squares. 

So, guess who will be in California along with the Big Bean?  ME!  And some other members of the design team will be working too:)  I'll be 'wo-manning' the make and takes.  We hope to see you there and hopefully it will be sunny:) 

We might be having another sneak tomorrow - shhhhh:)

Have a great day!

Buttons, Banners and more Buttons!!!!

Are you a button hoarder?  Check these out...

Love the new Epoxy buttons - the colors just pop! AND they're woodgrain!!!!   Here's a cute card with one...

 

Oh wait... did you see those adorable wooden banners?   Here's another card from Your's truly... remember I was working on some cards last week. ;)  Love these wooden flags! 

As always - WIN it before you can BUY it!!!!  Leave a comment about buttons - what pushes your's?  We'll pick a random winner before the next sneak!  Good Luck!

Next time you hear from me - I'll be in sunny California!

Guest Designer Katja Schneider

Happy Tuesday everyone!  Help me welcome back our January Guest Designer Katja Schneider (Australia).  Today, we have a fantastic holiday mini album to share.  Christmas mini albums are always so full of great pics, fun details, great traditions and priceless memories. 

You can visit more of Katja's work on her blog, here.

Christmas Mini Album by Katja Schneider

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Patterned Paper:  Christmas Eve Chowder/Frozen Lobster Tail, Christmas Eve Chowder/Dried Green Onion, Christmas Eve Chowder/Frozen Haddock
Album:  Kraft 4 x 4 Mini
Coordinating Cardstock Stickers:  Christmas Eve Chowder
Pea Pod Parts:  Christmas Eve Chowder
Bean Stalks:  Snowflakes
Soup Labels:  Birthday, Christmas
Corrugated Shapes:  Frames
Sugar Picks:  Hearts

A big thank you to Katja for sharing and for inspiration! 

Shhhh, I'm not supposed to tell you - but stop by tomorrow for another sneak!

Have a great day!

Cards on Monday!

Good morning everyone!  Did you have a great weekend?  Mine was uneventful, except that I FINALLY cleaned the bathrooms.  I know that's lame, but man oh man, have I been putting that chore off!  I didn't think I was such a procrastinator:)  Today, we are celebrating birthdays and a little bit of love with cards created by the design team. 

Happy Birthday To You Card by Linda Barber

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Patterned Paper:  Apple Cheddar Soup/Dried Thyme
Soup Labels:  Happy Birthday
Sugar Picks:  Flower, Heart, Butterfly
Bean Stalks:  Orange/Yellow Baker's Twine

Other: Spellbinders Grand Nestabilities-Grand Big Scalloped Circles. 

Where's The Party Card by Lisa VanderVeen

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Pea Pod Parts:  Spotted Owl Soup
Bean Stalks:  Orange/Yellow Baker's Twine

Other:  Bazzill cardstock.

I Love You Card by Becky Williams

Supplies:
Jillibean Soup
Patterned Paper:   Sweet & Sour Soup/Shredded Cabbage, Hearty Barley Soup/Canola Oil
Coordinating Cardstock Stickers:  Hearty Barley Soup, Homemade 6 Bean Soup
Bean Stalks:  Brown Twine.

Thanks everyone and have a great day!