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!
Favorite party snack food is definitely tortilla chips with some kind of sweet and spicy dip. Thanks for the chance to win!
My favorite party goes back to the trusty chips and either ranch dip or a good onion dip. Boring but delicious! Love Bella!
I like veggies and dip!
Chips & salsa!!! Thanks for the chance to win.
My favourite snack food is nuggets.
My favorite party snack food is cheese and crackers.
Sounds like my kinda party!
My favorite party snack food is spinach-artichoke dip with chips. OK, I don’t make it myself, but I dive in when others do!
Thanks for the chance to win some Bella Blvd!! Talk about delicious – yummy stuff!
My fave party snack food is Doritoes Nacho chips – love them and only eat them occasionally for special treats!
My favorite snack is tortilla chips and my Texas Two-Step dip. It’s so simple–8 oz of cream cheese and one jar of chunky salsa. Blend in your food processor until it looks like small curd cottage cheese. Yum!
I love a good cheese tray! Yum!
I love 7 layer nacho dip, spinach dip with pumpernickle bread, mushroom pastry puffs, salmon cream cheese and dill mouse! Thanks for the chance to win!
I love chips and salsa (mild). I could eat a whole jar…
How fun, and the cards are fabulous! Looks like you all had a great time, and that’s the best part.
Oh, I’m a chips and onion dip gal so we try not to ever have those ingredients in the house. lol Actually the past few years I’ve made a green onion and cream cheese spread that my family looks for soon after they walk in for holidays.
My favorite party snack food is anything chocolate!! M&M, or Hershey kisses are great because you can eat while you craft!
I also love a big fruit platter….to make me feel less guilty about the chocolate!
Can’t go wrong with pepper jelly spread and wheat crackers. Yum!
My favorite party snack food is the good ole onion dip and potato chips. An oldie but goody! =) Love the cards, Love Bella Blvd!
My favorite snack food is thai wings … yuuuummmmy!!!! Thanks for the opportunity!! crossing my fingers!
My favorite party snack food is something sweet and salty. This could be chocolate covered pretzels or something as simple as popcorn with chocolate chips mixed in. Love the combo.
My favorite party snack is veggies & dip….. but also around our house we love shrimp cocktail as a sports watching snack!!!
What an amazing prize…. thank you so much for sharing & the chance to win!!!
~Ola
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ooh my new favorite is popchips. they’re like healthy no fat chips…so i dont have to feel guilty anymore
All of these are beautiful!..
My favorite snack is potato chips!.. anywhere, anytime!
Definitely potato chips and sour cream dip. I could eat the whole bag by myself which is why I don’t buy them:-)
I’m glad that you eat and chat as much as my scrappin’ group does every time we meet! I love spinach & artichoke dip, and I havev a recipe for black bean and corn salad that yummy!
I love raisins, by themselves or in trail mix, but I dont snack when I paper craft. I like to keep my hands and table very clean.
My favorite party snack is veggies and dip or pretzels and dip. Great prize…thanks!
I love Bella Blvd! My favorite snack is M&M and gummy bears. I love sweets.
Even though it’s not good for me, I love party mix with cheez-its mixed in.
Artichoke and spinach dip. I jump at the chance to bring this yummy appetizer ;oD
Spinach dip and pita chips are a favorite!
I love to cook as much as I love to scrap so I make it ridiculous! Muffeletta (olive tapenade type thing) and goat cheese on sourdough slices. Not fat free in the least but ohhhhh sooooo goooood!!
Cheese and crackers all the way!!!! Yay;)
Love the yellow walls in the picture!!! so warm and sunny. My fave snack is puppy chow/chocolate chex with powdered sugar and peanut butter.
My favorite snack food is barbecue potato chips
My favorite party snack food?? Homemade focaccia bread with extra virgin olive oil for dipping (with a dusting of freshly ground black pepper over the top) !!!
My favorite party snack food has to be ham/creamcheese/green onion rollups! I can pop one after another of those savory snacks! And snacking and papercrafting go together like PB&J !!
My favorite snack for a party is salsa and chips. Yummy in the tummy!!!
My favorite snack is chopped apples with cinnamon sprinkled (liberally) on top. Love it!
Why do I have to chose just one? Can’t I make a list…?
Chips and Tastefully Simple has this awesome dip, Warm the Oven, of which they are sadly discontinuing (I stocked up!) would probably top the list. But I have to have a sweet too, so anything sweet will do for that!
Favorite party food, oh that would be Chicken Wing Dip. Love that stuff! And tortilla chips to scoop it up with! Oh yummy!
Love all of the cards! I actually have a new favorite – it is a greek version of seven layer dip – yummy!
Love me some chocolate covered pretzels – yummy!!
I really like potato chips!
M&Ms are my favorite go to snack when I’m scrapbooking. That and diet coke
I love snackin’!! But I’m a cookie junkie all the way through! Any kind of cookies!! Oh, and of course, the all-time favorite…chocolate!! Then I have to wash my sticky fingers and get back to crafting!
My favorite crafting snack doesn’t have a name. It is a mixture of: Gumi Bears, M&M’s (I prefer plain, but you can do peanut) and salted peanuts. Yes, I know it sounds weird but the chocolate with the salty and the sweet gumi’s is a perfect flavor mix!