Ready, Set, Go! ~ Mix it, Mash it!

Ready, Set, Go!

There's a new challenge in town!

The 3 Musketeers (Barb, Jeanette and I) are about to kick it up a notch!

In the 3M, we take turns sending a stamped image out and we all create a card with that same image.  We're living up to the adventurous Musketeer name and adding on an additional challenge on the 3rd Wednesday of each month

 (courtesy of Barb's adorable Smoochy-the-Wednesday-camel.}  

The challenges will be bolder, creatively adventurous and artistically out of the box.

When thinking of our challenge name, we thought:  We got this.

"We're Ready.  Dates, challenges, hostess - all Set.  Let's Go!"

I'm up first to throw down the gauntlet!

I chose this theme for our 1st challenge:  Mix-it-mash-it-up! 

Taking the oldest stamp set that we still own and the newest stamp set that we have gotten, we have to create a card using both stamp sets.

Mix it, mash it, and combine the two!

If it has multiple stamps in the set(s), we pick at least one stamp from each set.

The added fun is that even if the two sets are polar opposite 

and don't mix and mash at all, we have to make it work.

Ready, Set, Go!

A craft room downsize has left me without almost all of my first stamp sets.      EXCEPT for my most cherished and treasured Elzybells from the UK in 2008!

I will keep these stamps FOREVER!

And lucky, lucky me ~ my Stamp AnnieThing order arrived last 

and in it, this darling Sam best buds stamp

 that I ordered to make cards for my son ♥

 I looked through my many Elzybells stamps

and pulled out just the dog ones.

I am crazy for anything with dogs, stamps included,

so, of course, these have stayed with me all. these. years! 

I had to make this stamp set match this stamp!

 What I did with the Stamp AnnieThing stamp set was mask off Sam and his pug, and stamped a few of the Elzybells to see which of the dogs would fit best.

** I got them all at the same time all the way from England - same box! 

I ended up going with the dog with the buzzing bee on his tail ~

masking it off, as it looked like the pup was lovingly looking up at him :)

The sentiment was a bonus, not required in the challenge :)

I loved the way the card looks without my usual layers of dsp

and embellishments and I let the challenge mix-mash stamps be the focal point.

I am in love with how this card came out ♥

                               Barb is up next in June with challenge #2,                                               followed by Jeanette in July with challenge #3 ~ fun!                             You can see what they both made with my mix-it-mash-it-challenge by clicking the links to their blogs. 

 We even have fun new blog badges!

Big hugs, bigger blessings!
~Kelly