JB = Jillibean = Jingle Bells

Five more days until Old Saint Nick squeezes himself down our chimney and the 'silly season' is officially in full swing. Harvest is motoring along and the farmer is getting closer to being finished with each day that passes. I'm busy making sure he and our farm workers are well fed, still doing school run as it doesn't finish until this Friday and constantly chasing a newly crawling baby around the house.

Teddy's world has opened up to him now that he is 'on the move' and he has been busy investigating every nook and cranny. His favourite place just happens to be under the Christmas tree because he loves to reach up and grab whatever comes off easily. However, he does have a favourite ornament in the 'jingle bells' with a bright red bow. He happily shakes them about to hear them tingle and has whacked himself in the face a few times but that hasn't perturbed him... he still keeps coming back to find them.

I don't mind the traditional Christmas colours of red and green but throw in a dash of aqua and you've got me! Jillibean Soup's Winter Tortellini and Spinach Soup has the perfect blend of traditional and non traditional Christmas colours along with a whole host of snowflakes, stars, festive sentiments etc.

I'm still learning my way around the Jillibean products but what I have noticed is that I seem to always have a very lengthy supply list at the end of each project. This is mainly due to their products being so co-ordinated that I find myself using various soup collections rather than just the one range of products.

I can honestly say I'm no longer daunted by using stencils because I have taken a slightly easier path in using Pan Pastels rather than permanent inks. This way I have the ability to rub off any mishaps... and yes, there are quite a few! This template is from Crafter's Workshop and is called Mini Punchinella which not only has the stars, but hexies and circles all on the one single template.

I have finally found a mist that bleeds the way I want it to. Maya Mists are just beautiful to use because you only have to drop a small amount on your project and it bleeds perfectly, whereas other mists I've tried haven't bled at all and have just frustrated me.

Supplies:

Jillibean Soup

Patterned Paper:  Country Pumpkin Chowder/Toasted Pumpkin Seeds; Grandma's Lima Bean Soup/Bite Size Bits; Winter Tortellini and Spinach Soup/Bite Size Bits, Cheese Tortellini, Garlic Flakes, Stewed Tomatoes; Soup Staples/Brown Salt, Red Salt

Coordinating Cardstock Stickers:  Coconut Lime Soup, Southern Chicken Dumpling Soup, Winter Tortellini and Spinach Soup

Pea Pod Parts:  Winter Tortellini and Spinach Soup

Soup Labels:  Winter Tortellini and Spinach Soup

Alphabeans:  Blended Black, Roma Red

Other:  Maya mists (Avacado Metallic and Dragonfruit Pink), Mister Huey's Opaque White, Doodlebug Mini Pearls, Pan Pastels Brown, Crafters Workshop Template, Mini Punchinella, Spellbinders:  Shapeabilities Little Leaf Set.

You can never have too many Christmas tags! I seriously need to consider making these all year round so I don't end up having to spend half of December making enough to go on all the gifts. I loved how these turned out so ended up making a whole pile more exactly the same... yep, the old production line in progress again!

Supplies:

Jillibean Soup

Patterned Paper:  Winter Tortellini and Spinach Soup/Cheese Tortellini, Fresh Baby Spinach, Frozen Peas, Stewed Tomatoes; Soup Staples II/Brown Salt, Red Salt

Coordinating Cardstock Stickers:  Winter Tortellini and Spinach Soup

Alphabeans:  Braised Brown, Pickled Pink

Kraft Tag:  Shipping

Bean Stalks:  Red Baker's Twine

Other:  Doodlebug Mini Pearls, Martha Stewart snowflake punch.

The Jillibean Soup blog has been full of beautiful Christmas projects so if you are after holiday inspiration pop over and take a peek HERE!

And one last project before I finish... a little card using the Jillibean Soup Staples cardstock which is fast becoming one of my favourite patterned papers... in every different hue! The card was a simple design but hand cutting the sun took me a bit longer than it should... I seriously need to open my Silhouette box and get that machine out and working!!! Looks like it might be a New Years project.

Supplies:

Jillibean Soup

Patterned Paper:  Macho Nacho Soup/Bite Size Bits; Soup Staples II/Gray Salt, Yellow Salt

Pea Pod Parts:  Macho Nacho Soup

Alphabeans:  Organic Orange

Bean Stalks:  Gray Baker's Twine

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