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Happy Tuesday and welcome to the Skipping Stones Design Sketch challenge!

Here is my card for the day:


I had so much fun playing with the March release of Green Birthday!



Come on, who doesn't love cupcakes?!!!

Here is this week's sketch by our sketch artist, Heidi Blankenship:


You won't wanna miss the fabbie goodness from the other gals on the Skipping Stones Design Team:



Woot Woot for our March Guest Design Team, we've soooo enjoyed having them play with us this month...

Heidi Blankenship - Guest Sketch Artist
Lindsay Amrhein - Guest Designer
Michelle Gross -  Guest Designer
Vanessa Menhorn - Guest Designer

**chit chat**

Thanks sooo much for all the well wishes on my new job!  I had a terrific first day...everybody is super nice AND my friends from my previous employer sent me a fruit bouquet...soooooo SWEET!!!


cardstock:  stampin' up chocolate chip
paper:  hambly screenprints
stamps:  skipping stones design green birthday
ink:  memento rich cocoa
other:  vintage prima blooms, queen & co pearls, sassafras buttons

Comments

Joy said…
SWEET! love the card you made. cute little cupcakes, love the DP and the set is so lovely! you did a great take on the sketch too. have a great day!
March 29, 2011 at 12:25 AM
yyam said…
Oh so totally yummy Amy!!! :)

Here's wishing you an even better second day at work!
March 29, 2011 at 12:27 AM
TesaB said…
Yummy is the word! Love this, could eat it!!! :) So happy you had a great start on your new job. Good luck with it!!!
March 29, 2011 at 2:21 AM
June Houck said…
This is adorable, Amy! I love to see your creative genius at work....your interpretations of a sketch and your paper, color, and embellie choices. Brilliant :)
March 29, 2011 at 2:37 AM
Karen B. said…
I was just going to ask how your first day went and then I read through to the bottom, glad it went so well! Great card, great patterns.
March 29, 2011 at 4:28 AM
Laurel said…
Oh my gosh this is fabulous! So glad your first day went well.
March 29, 2011 at 5:04 AM
Julie Tucker-Wolek said…
mmmmmmmmmmm cupcakes!! Love this! I loveeeeeeeeeee the colors! Glad you had a good first day! I went back to work yesterday after surgery ... and ohhhhhhhh not so fun! My backup barely did anything while I was gone...ugh... a lot of catch up to play! :):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):):)
March 29, 2011 at 5:05 AM
Jaclyn Miller said…
Super cute - love that the background matches those cupcakes. I'm constantly amazed at how you have time to get all these beauties done!
March 29, 2011 at 5:21 AM
Lindsay said…
What a fun card Amy! Love the colors and that set is super fun! Glad your first day was great!
March 29, 2011 at 5:38 AM
Sylvia said…
Hi Amy, Love this new "green set" and your card is wonderful as usual! Glad you had a good first day and so sweet of your friends(from former place of employment)to send a fruit bouquet. what a lovely way to end and start a job. Thanks for you wonderful comments. You are one of my favorites and you blessed me today with your words.
March 29, 2011 at 6:26 AM
Emily Leiphart said…
This is gorgeous, Amy! I love that lace ribbon tucked under the brown strip. These colours are amazing together!
March 29, 2011 at 6:37 AM
Jingle said…
Very cute card, Amy!
March 29, 2011 at 6:39 AM
Sherry Eckblad said…
Love the card! Makes me want to eat a cupcake. Luckily I don't have any in the house.
March 29, 2011 at 6:39 AM
Dana said…
Brown and aqua? *swoon*
The tiny peek of lace is darling.
March 29, 2011 at 8:12 AM
Shirl said…
Love your sweet cuppie cake card! Glad to hear you had a super day at work!
March 29, 2011 at 8:28 AM
Tiff said…
A fruit bouquet!!!!? YUM! Glad your day went well! Your card today is SUPER yummy too :)
March 29, 2011 at 9:47 AM
Cassie said…
How much fun are those cupcakes!!!
What a fabulous card!!!
March 29, 2011 at 10:13 AM
Brandi said…
The background cupcake paper is WOW!!!! So cute!
March 29, 2011 at 10:29 AM
Anonymous said…
aww... I heart this cupcakes card.. love that there is more than one serving hehehe! Love teh combination of pp and prints... just yummy love it!
So glad that you have a wonderful 1st day!!! :D
March 29, 2011 at 10:50 AM
wendipooh13 said…
yummy yummy cupcakes!!! LOVE the card!!! yeah for your 1st day!!
March 29, 2011 at 11:16 AM
Sparkplug17 said…
Such a fabulous cupcake card! Glad you had a wonderful first day!
March 29, 2011 at 11:35 AM
Riet said…
What a gorgeous card Amy.

Hugs Riet.xx
March 29, 2011 at 11:55 AM
Barb Turpin said…
Congrats on the new job...what are you doing?

Love your cute card Amy...
March 29, 2011 at 12:19 PM
xiumaiyuki said…
heehhee... Me likey this card... a looooooot! Scrumptious and fun = one hungry me. :o)
March 29, 2011 at 12:22 PM
Martha said…
Love the yammy card!! And congrats on your new job :)
March 29, 2011 at 12:34 PM
Sharm Nidyanandan said…
so cute!! your card looks delicious Amy :) lol!! glad to u know u had a fab day at work! :)
March 29, 2011 at 3:31 PM
Tamra said…
Cute, Cute, Cute!!! Love those cupkakes!
March 29, 2011 at 3:35 PM
dstandard said…
Awesome card Amy!
March 29, 2011 at 4:20 PM
Wendy said…
Great card Amy!!! I hope your first day was great!
March 29, 2011 at 6:23 PM
Brenda said…
Cute, cute cupcakes!! Great card, Amy!
March 29, 2011 at 6:33 PM
Alice said…
so sweet! love the lace trim tucked under. fab details!! lovely card, Amy!
March 29, 2011 at 7:06 PM
Lynnda said…
Ahhh thats awesome Amy!!! of course you are sweet yourself...!!!

And that is one yummy Card Amy!!! :)
hugs...xoxo
March 29, 2011 at 7:26 PM
Anonymous said…
I love how you did everything for the sketch, I looked at that and saw nothing in my repertoire, and then I gazed upon your cupcakes!! Awesome job on this, too stinkin' cute! Man, I've never had former coworkers send me something at my new job!! I told you are somethin special!!
March 29, 2011 at 9:57 PM
Anonymous said…
Uhhh, that was s'posed to be "I told you that you are something special" - jeepers, sorry about that!
March 29, 2011 at 9:58 PM
Elise said…
SWEET TOOTH - ACTIVIATED: craving level - 10! Yummmmmmmmm! WHAT a super fun card, Amy! Do you bake as well as you CRAFT! This is delish!
March 29, 2011 at 10:40 PM
scrapsnsuch@gmail.com said…
Delish! Aqua and brown are so yummy together. Glad to hear that all went good yesterday :>)
March 30, 2011 at 3:01 AM
Angie Tieman said…
Yum! Yum! What a tasty card! It looks like chocolate!
March 30, 2011 at 3:09 AM
Regina Easter said…
This is so delicious girl. Hugs
March 30, 2011 at 7:12 AM
Michelle said…
LOVE LOVE LOVE this card.. I am a total cupcake girl. Really awesome card Amy.

Mishy
March 30, 2011 at 7:18 AM
Angi Barrs said…
SWEETNESS. Love those adorable cupcakes. :)
March 30, 2011 at 8:12 AM
Tasha said…
Super sweet! Love this colour combo, its so striking and works so well with the cupcakes
love tasha xx
March 30, 2011 at 9:54 AM
Tina said…
Love, love, love it!
March 30, 2011 at 10:14 AM
Linby said…
Glad all went well at your new job. Love the cupcakes, what's not to like!
Linbyx
March 31, 2011 at 12:24 PM
Anonymous said…
Yum! This card is adorable, Amy.
I love the colors, the buttons, the lace ribbon. I love everything! So cute. :)
April 1, 2011 at 3:01 PM
ivy said…
yes, who does not love cupcakes?? i will need to convert them LOL! LOVE that cupcake paper!
April 4, 2011 at 12:04 AM
Rose said…
yum yum yum :)
April 8, 2011 at 5:45 PM
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