P. Kelly Smith
Welcome to Magazine Monday! This past Saturday, my card group peeps and I met at Jennifer’s house to swap cards, craft, chat and eat. It actually went more like this: eat, chat, swap…eat, chat, craft…eat, chat, eat. But at least we’re consistent and managed to begin and finish the night with the all-important party ingredient: food!
This month our card theme was taken directly from the pages of our July/August issue. The Few of My Favorite Things feature was all about buttons, brads and ribbon. Since buttons and brads are a few of my favorite things, I asked everyone to incorporate these fun embellishments into birthday cards.
Cards by (from left to right): Brady Lovell, Rox Bagley, Brandy Jesperson, Robin Huber and Andrew Young.
Cards by (from left to right): Jennifer Schaerer, Becky Olsen, Stephanie Hunt, Kelly Smith, Tracy Dragas and Summer Andrus.
After we swapped these cute birthday cards (and snacked a little more), we sat down to craft (and chat some more). Our instructor, Ms. Schaerer, did a great job in explaining our project: Paper Crafts’ CHA make-n-take kit. Thanks to Go-to Gal Jessica Witty for designing these super fun cards!
The whole gang (from left to right): Tracy, Brady, Andrew, Summer, Sarah, Brandy, Rox, Becky and Jennifer.
Cover girl Becky Olsen points to her merry card in a sneak peek of our November/December issue!
Bella Blvd’s Stephanie Hunt and Robin Huber had planned on joining us, but sadly another commitment came up. Luckily they still sent along their cute cards to be swapped and three prize packages for our loyal blog readers! Leave a comment telling me your favorite party snack food and three winners will win Stephanie’s Sunny Happy Skies collection and one of her cards (seen above). All comments must be received by midnight (MDT) on Tuesday, Aug. 31.
Three lucky winners will take home this happy collection from Bella Blvd!
Happy Monday!
Kelly
P.S. There’s still time to play along in our Go-to Sketch Challenge #6! Featuring a fun sketch from Paper Crafts Go-to Gal Teri Anderson, this challenge ends at midnight (MDT) tonight. Click HERE
for all the details! We’ll spotlight the three winners right here next Monday, Sept. 6.
P.P.S. It’s time to announce the three winners from my New Blog Badge post!
1. Mandie (Aug. 28, 8:20 a.m.)
2. Jaclyn Miller (Aug. 27, 9:35 a.m.)
3. Jessica P. (Aug. 29, 10:28 p.m.)
Congrats, winners! You’ve each won a copy of Card Style. I’ll be contacting you shortly to get your mailing addresses. Thanks to all who left comments!
I think I could live on snack food but one fav is something I make at Christmas with carmel popcorn, pretzels, m & m’s, peanuts….yeah, you get the picture!!
My favorite party snack would be dark chocolate M&Ms. You can eat them and scrap at the same time!
Love to snack on a white chocolate mix with M & M’s (all kinds), peanuts, cheerios, and pretzels,
Favorite party snack food is definitely white chocolate popcorn!
I love ice cream LOL!
It’s a good life!
Terri E.
Mmmm….party snacks! My favorite has to be blue corn chips served with this delightful layered mexican dip that I make every year during the Thanksgiving weekend. Makes a great football game snack! (I’ve even learned to make it with all low or no fat!). Thanks for the chance to win
Fave party snack??? I’m going to go with popcorn, because seriously, someone at my house eats it every day. In fact, right this minute my son took some out of the microwave! Thanks for the chance to win
My favorite party snack food is armadillo eggs! HOT and yummy!!!!
White corn tortilla chips-salted and home made in the blender tomato salsa…yummo!!!
Brownies, brownies, brownies!
M&M’s and Smokey Bacon potato chips
My favorite party snack food is Puppy Chow (the yummy peanut butter/chocolate/powdered sugar covered Chex) – as long as someone else makes it! LOL!
Oh what fun cards! I love them all! My favorite party snack would have to be spinach dip!
Chocolate covered M&M’s!
actually I have started listening to some Christmas music because it makes me happy….so my Christmas cards are getting started a little earlier this year. Can’t wait to see the November issue….I need inspiration !!!!!
Dates filled with skinned almonds, wrapped with smokey bacon and fried in a hot pan… Salty, sweet and crisp – could it be any tastier?
Thanks for sharing and inspiring us with all that great artwork! Love it!
<3
Oh my goodness! I really WANT that Bella Blvd!!! So cute! My favorite snack to bring scrappin’ is thick, chunky brownies. Quick and easy and still so yummy!
My favorite party snack food is spinach dip. I serve it with lots of veggies so we can pretend it is healthy, lol.
hmm… I guess it would either be bacon wrapped shrimp or peanut m&ms… depending if I want nummy or sweet. Thanks for the chance!
my mom’s shrimp spread on a cracker. yum!
Favorite party snack food? Homemade brownies and/or M&Ms
favorite snack food is Peanut MM or brownies
My favorite party snack food is deviled eggs. They never go out of style
I love that yellow cloud paper- thanks for the chance to win!
it all looks like so much fun!!
I would have to say my favorite is taco dip and tortilla chips!!
Peanut m&ms are the best!
Homemade chex mix – there isn’t a party that goes by that we don’t have this shack or another favorite is popcorn covered in almond bark with mini m&m’s!!!
My fav party food is always chips and salsa! Delish!
Kettle brand chips are my absolute favorie.
fave party food is cheesy potatoes or anything involving guacamole!! reading thru thse responses, you probably should have asked people to leave a recipe too!yum!
White corn chips with mango salsa… and of course something chocolate to top it off!
My favorite party snack would have to be chicken and clam dip spread! It’s really hard to pick just one snack though! lol
Hmmm, I have a couple of favorite party snacks that I love. The one that I make the most for parties is my Giradelli Brownies. And the one I love to have when I go to a certain friend’s parties is her “Party Crack”. LOL It is so yummy! Thanks for a chance to win a great prize, too.
Hard to pick just one but i make a killer salsa cream cheese dip that i love!!
party snack food, hmmm…not much I don’t like
My favorite would be spinach dip.
My favorite scrapping snack is M&Ms.
Looks like a great party…but it would have to have corn dip!
My favorite all time party snack would have to be that Chex party mix. Its great to eat while you craft too. Thanks!
Favorite party snack food… hmm… I guess if I have to pick one, it’s M&M’s. They don’t make a mess, everyone loves them, and you can choose the colors to fit the party theme.
My absolute favorite party food is ice cream, specifically make your own Sundae! How can you go wrong with ice cream???
Carol B
I have so many favorite party snacks… but I’d have to say my favorite one of all is buffalo wings!
Favourite party snack is homemade biscuits
Yum 
I happen to be a big fan of chips and salsa!
It sounds like you guys have a ton of fun!!! Plus you come home with so many lovely goodies!!
Chocolate, chocolate, chocolate, chocolate and did I mention chocolate??? Thanks for sharing these super cute cards and for the chance to win.
you all sound like you had a blast – a creative blast!
great projects.
my favorite party snack food is veggie pizza – yum!
i see a lot of people have M&Ms and brownies listed as their fav party snack
i thought they were staple breakfast, lunch, and dinner food – not just for parties!!
I made a sausage and cream cheese rollup wrapped in bacon that is amazing!
I love veggies and ranch dip, but if I’m working (playing with paper), I prefer m&m’s or strawberry twizzlers. Great cards! Great give-a-way!!
My favorite party snack is spinach dip, and while scrapping it is M&Ms, preferably the dark chocolate ones!
Anything dark chocolate! I have to be careful though, I’m gluten sensitive and can’t have much of anything anymore, including chocolate.
I can, however, have plenty of paper goodies to my hearts content. Thanks for the opportunity! 
Sushi! Delicious, sustaining, one-handed treat.
Favorite snack food – Fresh strawberries dipped in cream cheese and sprikled with a little brown sugar! Yumm Thanks for a chance to win.
Blessings Bernie