Let's Celebrate! Card by designer Leanne Allinson

Let's Celebrate! Card by Leanne Allinson

Supplies:

Jillibean Soup

Patterned Paper:  Fur Fusion Soup/Pooch Play

Adhesive Sequins:  Green Apple

Clear Stamps:  Handwritten Sentiments, Saffron Yellow Pepper Soup, Birthday

Shaker Clear Stamp:  Hang In There

Other:  cardstock, ink, watercolor paper.

Thinking Of You Today Card by designer Patty Folchert

Thinking Of You Today Card by Patty Folchert

Supplies:

Jillibean Soup

Patterned Paper:  Healthy Hello Soup/Hint of Hello, Cup of Ciao, Herbed Hola

Clear Stamps:  Healthy Hello Soup

Other:  Ranger Archival Ink/Watering Can, white card base, Scrapbook Adhesive 3D foam dots, Tombow Taper Runner, Royal Langnickel Watercolor Paints, watercolor paper, paintbrush.

Grateful For You card by designer Nicole Nowosad

Grateful For You Card by Nicole Nowosad

Supplies:

Jillibean Soup

Patterned Paper:  Mushroom Medley/Shiitake, Bite Size Bits; Healthy Hello Soup/Bite Size Bits, Aged Aloha; Soup Staples II/Pink Salt; Soup Staples III/Brick Wall

Mini Placemats:  Sew Sweet Sunshine Soup

Pea Pod Parts:  Healthy Hello Soup

Wordfetti:  Life

Wire Words:  Joy*

*Designer Note:  Nicole re-shaped the word joy into you on the front of the card.

Farmhouse Hacks using our Mix the Media Wood Pieces!

Hi All!  Jill here today.  Happy Friday! 

Today, let's talk wood. Wood, wood, wood - I love all things wood. I'm totally inspired by all the wood signs, wood projects, wood shapes and DIY wood tutorials you see on Pinterest and blogs. If you missed it last week, Kimber showed you our latest Mix the Media release. You can see it HERE. In the next couple weeks, we'll bring you some of our own DIY projects using the new wood pieces. If you love the FARMHOUSE look, you'll love how some of these pieces can fit in your house! Many of them I used in my home!  

Here's a peek at some of our upcoming DIY project tutorials...

Below, check out a couple of close-ups of some simple projects...
This beautiful sign using our Offset Natural Flats was very simple to make. If you own a die cutting machine, you can cut your own stencils. I make stencils with my Silhouette - either paper ones or vinyl.  I will note that vinyl works better in the case of our MM wood - it's a bit distressed so the surface is uneven. The vinyl attaches to the wood and helps build a barrier in between the wood and the stencil so it doesn't bleed as much. The word "beautiful' was purchased from the Silhouette store.


Another simple piece using another Offset Flat but this time in our "rustic" stain. I don't know what it is about cows right now, but I see them as cool and almost chic right now. This teal one is more fun but I love how he "pops" from the wood. This too was done using a stencil that was cut on my Silhouette. This one I did with paper. I used a stencil adhesive to adhere to the wood and unfortunately a little bit of glue was left on the wood. You can sand some of that off if it bothers you too much. I've tried many different ways to do these signs - trying to figure out what's best and easiest.  



Below is one of my favorite pieces.  The wood is one of our Mix the Media Flats in our rustic stain.  I had purchased the tiny wood slices from a home store but you can find them on Etsy and many other places.  In order to make this work, I cut out a deer head from cardstock using my Silhouette yet again.  I centered the deer head and then started laying them out.  Once I got close to being done, I went ahead and removed the die cut leaving the wood on wood.  Each wood slice was glued down using liquid nails.



Below is a fun piece using a couple different pieces of our Mix the Media program - a Whitewashed Wood Flat plus the Natural USA shape.  I painted the USA an aqua color so it would stick out on the white background.  The heart was cut with my Silhouette however you could easily punch a heart from a piece of cardstock and get the same stencil.  The heart was painted red and then the Wordfetti Words  "happiness" and "is" were added plus a wood veneer heart.  I sanded the edge of the USA a bit to give it a more distressed look.



This JOY piece is one of the latest pieces we worked on.  It's painted on the large 18x24 Large Wood Flats in our rustic stain.  The "J" and the "Y" were cut using a cut file we developed (and we'll share it in the next couple weeks) just for this piece.  The letters were outlined with a white paint marker (using the die cut cardstock as a stencil) and then painted and filled in with regular white acrylic paint (Jillibean has some - our Happy Hues :)).  The 10" wreath was adhered with a glue gun.  I'm all about cotton wreaths right now!  



You can see a couple pieces below that I pieced together on a shelving unit in our living room.  Again - my cow obsession shows here.  I purchased the galvanized cow from Etsy - you can find just about any shape on there. The star piece was made by our DT member Jenifer Harkin using vintage springs. Easy peasy project that just requires the spring and glue. The "crazy blessed" wood piece is made using our Mix the Media original wood planks. I have been a fan of this saying for quite some time...crazy blessed. My girls make me feel like I'm blessed - crazy blessed. I believe this saying was also purchased in the Silhouette store.



String art... oh string art how I love thee. Below is one of our String Art kits that was sold through some of the major chains. In the next couple of weeks we'll show you how to do your own sentiment in string art. Believe it or not, it's pretty easy. Loud, but easy.  



The sign below uses our Wood Framed Burlap pieces. DT member Kristine Davidson completed this project using a stencil and a Sharpie. Sharpies work well on burlap - did you know that? And it's like coloring. :)


This is a wall in our hallway by the kitchen. I have a love of "Y"s because of our last name - Yegerlehner. You'll see them all over our house. And there's another "crazy blessed" sign. This one was purchased from Etsy years ago. The piece I want to point out is the Wood Framed Chalkboard. DT member Patty Folchert is great with a chalk marker! There's a technique we will share with you in the next couple weeks but I'm pretty sure Patty just free-handed this. Love the heart shaped verse!  Oh, and there's my birthday girl in the black frame - today is her 13th birthday!



Last but not least is another one of our USA planks but this time I used spray paint. I've learned that spray paint is easy but it doesn't always work the best or show up the best. In this case it works because the "rustic" stain is shown through as the words (Hey y'all) and the white is a good contrast to the stain. Once again, I cut out a vinyl stencil using my Silhouette Cameo. This time I used the mask part (the insides) though and then just spray painted over top of it.



I sure hope you will join us in the next couple of weeks for more great projects and tutorials! We've got some great stuff to share!

Let us know if you have questions! Our wood pieces can be found at stores across the US - JoAnn's, Hobby Lobby and Walmart all carry various pieces. We will be adding the larger wood flats to our retail store soon as well.

Have a great weekend everyone!
-Jill

Laugh Love & Smile Card by designer Summer Fullerton

Laugh Love & Smile Card by Summer Fullerton

Supplies:

Jillibean Soup

Patterned Paper:  Alphabet Soup II/Sea Salt; Soup Staples III/Wood Floor, Quick Test; Saffron Yellow Pepper Soup/Sea Salt

Tag:  Chalk

Wood Veneer Words:  Happy, Today*

Wordfetti:  Life

Word Dots

Other:  Bazzill cardstock, Luxe Memento ink, Spellbinders scallop border die.

*Designer Challenge Note:  Jillibean Soup wood veneer shapes, words and dots can easily be colored with your favorite inks.

Hi Card by designe Summer Fullerton

Hi Card by Summer Fullerton

Supplies:

Jillibean Soup

Patterned Paper:  Healthy Hello Soup/Cup of Ciao

Shape Shaker Dies:  Star*

Adhesive Sequins:  Pink Grapefruit

Other:  white cardstock, pink felt, hemp twine.

*Designer Note:  Metal dies are great for die cutting things like fabric and felt that can’t be easily cut with an electronic cutting machine. For smooth clean die cut shapes, back fabric with coordinating colored cardstock. This added weight makes the shapes super easy to work with.

Life Is Beautiful Card by designer Amy Coose

Life Is Beautiful Card by Amy Coose

Supplies:

Jillibean Soup

Patterned Paper:  Healthy Hello Soup/Hint of Hello, Cup of Ciao

Coordinating Stickers:  Healthy Hello Soup

Clear Stamps: Healthy Hello Soup

Tag:  Large Wood

Other:  Stampin' Up! ink.

Live Love Bark card by designer Sarah Webb

Bark Card by Sarah Webb

Supplies:

Jillibean Soup

Patterned Paper:  Fur Fusion Soup/Pooch Play, Krazy Kitty, Dancing Dogs, Bite Size Bits

Coordinating Stickers:  Fur Fusion Soup

Baker's Twine:  Blue/Green

New Mix the Media Wood Products!

We are so EXCITED to share with you some brand new additions to our very popular Mix the Media wood collection!

Which one is your favorite? What would you create? Where would you display your project? 
Personally, my new favorite is the 18"x24" white wash planks. I love how Jill always cuts fun stencil designs on her Silhouette and uses either spray paint or craft paint to create perfectly customized wall decor. 

Guess what? Leave a comment over on the Jillibean Soup blog post HERE and we will select 4 (FOUR!!!) winners to receive one of the new Mix the Media wood pieces of their choice. Doesn't get much better than that! 
Have a great weekend!

Bless Your Heart treat bags by designer Patty Folchert

Recently when we needed a cute project for Bible Class I grabbed this new wood stamp. “Bless Your Heart” it was a perfect sentiment for the kids to make favor bags for their Mom’s for Mother’s Day. But guess what? they work for a quick teacher gift too. The three new tags from Hampton Art really made a statement together with the new stamp.

Bless Your Heart treat bag by Patty Folchert

I started with Jillibean Soup Party Playground favor bags, several colors and designs are available. We added some candy into each bag and then began to layer on the goodness. First we stamped on the new plain tags in dark brown ink the “Bless Your Heart sentiment. Then set it aside to dry. Next we folded over the bags and added a doily (got these ones at the dollar store). Then the kids chose a color border oval tag and wrote their message to their Mother’s. Then we grabbed the fun new heart shape wood tags. Last we layered those all onto the favor bag as shown in the picture with some added ribbon and a Party Playground wood clothespin finished it off.

That was all, a cute and simple favor bag for any occasion. Do you like to make favor bags? If so share with us on Facebook or here on the blog we would love to hear about it!

Bless Your Heart,

Patty Folchert

Materials List:

Wood Stamp: Hampton Art/Katie & Co.: PSO992

Ink: Ranger/Archival-Coffee

Hampton Art/Wood Veneer Tag: Hearts- AC0579

Hampton Art/Deco tags: White-AC0557

Hampton Art/Luggage tags: Multi-colored- Oval-AC0553

Jillibean Soup

Party Playground/Favor Bags: Multi Triangle, Cotton Candy Pink Chevron & Multi Confetti

Party Playground/Wood Clothespins: Cotton Candy & Red Hot Red

Other Products:

White Paper Doilies/Dollar Store; Scrapbook Adhesives/3D foam dots; Tombow/Tape Runner Adhesive

Happy Love Card by Patty Folchert

Happy Love Card by Patty Folchert

Supplies:

Jillibean Soup

Patterned Paper:  Healthy Hello Soup/Aged Aloha, Hint of Hello, Bite Size Bits

Pea Pod Parts:  Healthy Hello Soup

Wood Veneer:  Healthy Hello Soup

Tag:  Jewelry/White

Happy Hues:  Precocious Pink*

Adhesive Sequins:  Lemon Yellow

Other:  white card base, white thread, sewing machine, Scrapbook Adhesives 3D foam dots, Tombow tape runner, Royal Langnickel Watercolor Paints, watercolor paper, paintbrush.

*Designer Note:  Break out those Happy Hues and give them a coat!

Be-You-ti-ful card by designer Patty Folchert

Here is another card that uses the new Coloring book style design trend. This one was made for a special graduate, an encouragement to be her beautiful self. This is a brand new “Color Me” stamp set from Hampton Art, complemented by the new Healthy Hello papers from Jillibean Soup.

Be-You-ti-ful card by Patty Folchert

Once again I stamped the image in dark gray ink onto watercolor paper and then watercolor painted the image. It is a lot of fun and it doesn’t take very long to completely color the image. Next I chose one of the brand new watercolor tags and stamped the be-you- tiful sentiment onto it in dark gray ink. The tag needed something more so I used the green salt paper to coordinate it with the mat for the painted image as shown to pull the card together.

Both the image and the tag were added onto the card with 3D pop up dots. Last I added an iridescent yarn bow onto the tag and some of the new adhesive sequins as flower centers for a bit of bling.

Then it was complete, I think it makes a nice encouragement card. The time spent painting or coloring these type of images can be quite relaxing.

Be-You- tiful,
Patty Folchert

Materials List:
Clear Stamps:Hampton Art/Color Me by Angela Porter: SC0721
Ink: Archival/Watering Can
Hampton Art Tag: Tags with Twine/Watercolor:AC0598

Jillibean Soup
Paper: Healthy Hello/Bite of Bonjour, Soup Staples II/Green Salt

Other Products:
Melissa Frances/Iridescent yarn; Scrapbook Adhesives/3D foam dots; Tombow/Tape Runner Adhesive

You Are Amazing card by designer Patty Folchert

When I received my box of new products from Hampton Art I was really excited to see lots of stamps in the new Coloring Book trend design style. This card was made with one of those new clear stamp sets and I added some Jillibean Soup papers and the really cool wood slice tag is also new from Hampton Art.

You Are Amazing card by Patty Folchert

So I am not a copics user yet so I decided to give this stamp a try using watercolor paints. I stamped the image in gray ink onto watercolor paper and then I watercolor painted the design. I really like how it turned out and this allows you to completely customize the color palette. I decided to stamp the sentiment directly onto the wood slice tag with dark gray ink and it worked great. Then I grabbed a wood veneer heart and watercolor painted it and added it to the new wood slice tag as shown.

I matted the painted image with the Morels paper from the Mushroom Medley collection and added to the card base as shown. Next I cut a border strip from Green Salt paper and then added the wood slice sentiment layered on top as pictured.

Now you have an amazing card to share with someone special. I think the Hampton Art new wood products are truly amazing and I really love the new coloring book trend. Have you tried any of the new coloring book designs? If you have we would love to see it, please share on Facebook or here on the blog!

You’re Amazing,
Patty Folchert

Materials List:
Clear Stamps: Hampton Art/Color Me by Angela Porter: SC0723
Ink: Ranger/Archival- Watering Can
Hampton Art Tag: Wood Tags: AC0575

Jillibean Soup
Paper: Soup Staples III/Wood Floor; Mushroom Medley/Morels
Wood Veneers: Healthy Hello

Other Products:
White Card base; Scrapbook Adhesives/3D foam dots; Tombow/Tape Runner Adhesive

That's Why They Call It The I.C.U. card by Patty Folchert

So I just had to laugh when I first laid eyes on this new stamp set of Hampton Art and Art Impressions. It is so funny! What better way to encourage healing than laughter?

This is a super simple card with just a couple layers of Jillibean Soup papers from the new Mushroom Medley collection.

That's Why They Call It The I.C.U. card by Patty Folchert

I began with a plain white card base and then layered on the plaid paper. Then I stamped the image onto kraft paper in dark gray ink. Then stamped the funny sentiment below it as shown, it says: “That’s why they call it the I.C.U….” Ha Ha so cute with the typical gaping back hospital gown. Then I matted the image piece with the cheerful yellow print and added those pieces to the card base using 3D pop up dots. Last I tied on a pretty green crepe ribbon and added some green adhesive sequins.

To complete the card I had to add the inside sentiment which says: “Hope you’ll soon be fully re-covered!” Too funny, right? This stamp set is a keeper to be sure.

Well Wishes,
Patty Folchert

Materials List:
Clear Stamps: NEW-Hampton Art/Art Impressions: SCO681
Ink: Archival/Watering Can

Jillibean Soup
Paper: Mushroom Medley/Girolles & Shitake; Plain Kraft Paper
Adhesive Sequins: Green

Other Products:
Scrapbook Adhesives/3D foam dots; Tombow/Tape Runner Adhesive; Sewing Machine; white thread

Thankful card by designer Deborah Nolan

Hiya, Card Makers!
Today's card features some goodies from Jillibean Soup's Mushroom Medley collection!

Thankful card by Deborah Nolan

S  U  P  P  L  I  E  S
Card Stock: light green; Mushroom Medley 12" x 12" Patterned Papers, Pea Pod Parts, Stamp (Jillibean Soup); Accents: pearls, hemp cord (Hemptique); Ink: red; Tools: paper cutter, Scor-Pal, bone folder, scissors, die cut machine, hexagon die

I  N  S  T  R  U  C  T  I  O  N  S

1. Make a 4.25” x 5.5” base from cardstock.
2. Die cut 12 hexagons from PP and adhere.
3. Stamp sentiment.
4. Wrap panel with cord and tie into bow.
5. Adhere Pea Pod heart with foam dimensional tape.
6. Adhere pearls.

Thanks for stopping and have a blessed day!
Deborah

XO card by designer Deborah Nolan

Welcome back, card lovers!
Today's card features papers and Pea Pod Parts from Jillibean Soup's Mushroom Medley Soup collection.

XO card by Deborah Nolan

S  U  P  P  L  I  E  S
Card Stock: Summer Sunrise, Hawaiian Shores, Terracotta Tile (PTI); 12" x 12" Patterned Paper and Pea Pod Parts: Mushroom Medley Soup (Jillibean Soup); Accents: Pearls (Doodlebug Design); Embossing Folder: Swiss Dots (Cuttlebug); Other: foam dimensional tape; Tools: paper cutter, Scor-Pal, bone folder, corner rounder    
I  N  S  T  R  U  C  T  I  O  N  S

1. Make 4.25” x 5.5” base from yellow card and round bottom corners.
2. Cut panel from aqua card, round bottom corners, dry emboss, and adhere to card.
3. Cut plaid patterned paper panel and adhere to top of aqua panel
4. Adhere flowers and word bubble with foam dimensional tape.
5. Adhere pearls.

Thanks for stopping and have a blessed day!
Deborah

Hello card by designer Deborah Nolan

Good morning and welcome back!
Today's card features all kinds of goodies from Jillibean Soup and a little sump'in'-sum'pin' from Hampton Art!

Hello card by Deborah Nolan

S  U  P  P  L  I  E  S
Card Stock: aqua; Mushroom Medley 12" x 12" Patterned Paper & Coordinating Label Stickers (Jillibean Soup); Stamp: Happy Camper Stew (Jillibean Soup); Accents: sequins (Jillibean Soup), metallic nailheads (Mark Richards), cord (Hemptique), feather tags (Hampton Art); Distress Ink: Burlap (Ranger); Tools: paper cutter, Scor-Pal, bone folder, corner rounder, scissors 
I  N  S  T  R  U  C  T  I  O  N  S

1. Make card base for a 4.25” x 5.5” card from cardstock and round bottom corners.
2. Cut and adhere 1.25” x 5.5” panel of Mushroom Medley PP.
3. Stamp woodgrain on feather tag and adhere.
4. Apply letter stickers to feather tag, thread hole with hemp, and adhere.
5. Adhere sequins and nailhead stickers.

Thanks for stopping and have a blessed day!
Deborah

Get Well card by designer Deborah Nolan

Good morning, People Who Love Paper!
Today's card features a fantastic clear stamp from Hampton Art and some wood veneer words from Jillibean Soup!

Get Well card by Deborah Nolan

S  U  P  P  L  I  E  S
Card Stock: lavender, white; Clear Stamp: I'm So Grateful (Hampton Art); Ink: Black Onyx (VersaFine); Accents: Wood Veneer Words (Jillibean Soup), gems; Other: colored pencils (PrismaColor), black brush pen; Tools: paper cutter, Scor-Pal, bone folder, die cutting machine, die

I  N  S  T  R  U  C  T  I  O  N  S

1. Make a 4.25” x 5.5” base from cardstock.
2. Stamp image on white cardstock and color.
3. Fussy cut around image's border and run brush marker around outer edge.
4. Die cut panel from white cardstock and adhere to card.
5. Adhere colored image to die cut panel.
6. Adhere wood veneer words and gems.

Thanks for stopping and have a blessed day!
Deborah

Hello Cards by designer Sarah Webb

Hello Cards by Sarah Webb

Supplies:

Jillibean Soup

Patterned Paper:  Mushroom Medley/Shiitake, Chanterelles, Oysters, Bite Size Bits

Stampables:  Woodgrain Mini Bags, Chevron Mini Bags, Doilies, Wood Flags

File Cards:  Soup Staples Sides

Baker's Twine:  Orange/Yellow, Blue/Green

Wood Veneer:  Mushroom Medley/Wood Dots

Clear Stamp Set:  Healthy Hello

Be You Card by designer Gail Lindner

 Be You Card by Gail Lindner

Supplies:

Jillibean Soup

Patterned Paper:  Healthy Hello Soup/Aged Aloha, Jar of Jambo, Cup of Ciao, Bite of Bonjour, Hint of Hello

Coordinating Label Stickers:  Healthy Hello Soup

Pea Pod Parts:  Healthy Hello Soup

Acrylic Shapes:  Healthy Hello Soup

Other:  white cardstock, watercolor paints, stapler.