Encore Performance - August 2025

My friend Darlene developed the idea for this series and invited some of us to join her in the challenge. It's called Encore for a reason. We all have those stamps (or other card-making items) that we've only used once even though our intentions were to use them again - and again. After all, we invest a lot of money in our supplies for them only to be used once. So, this series is our opportunity to dust them off and use them a second time.

Challenge Description

Go and grab a stamp set, dies, stencil, etc - your choice, that you have used once before and have always wanted to revisit it and use it again.  However, despite your best intentions, you have yet to use it!  

Now's your chance! Go dig it out and have fun with it once again.  Create anything you like, a card, gift card holder, decorate a gift bag, make a refrigerator magnet...whatever lights up your creative juices!

We'll be posting these Encore cards on or around the 25th of each month.

This month I revisited the Rubbernecker Freehand Border Large stamp. This stamp first appeared on a card on my blog on November 17, 2021 - you can see it HERE. I actually liked the overall design of that card so decided to recreate it. This time I paired the Encore stamp with one of my newest stamp sets - Unity Wingin' It This Holiday.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

Stamps: Rubbernecker Freehand Border Large stamped with Versafine Clair Nocturne Ink and Unity Wingin' It This Holiday stamped with Hero Arts Intense Black Ink and colored with Copic and Olo Markers

Papers: Opaque Accent 120# White and Amazon 120# Black CS 

Dies: MFT Stitched Rectangles

Embellishments: Amazon Nail Art Rhinestones and Ribbon from an unknown vendor