Encore Performance - December 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. I'm posting early since my blog will be busy the next several days.

This month I revisited the penguin couple stamp from the Gina K Playful Penguins stamp set. This stamp first appeared on a card on my blog on December 17, 2022 - you can see it HERE. 

Thanks for stopping by my blog today!

Stamp/Die: Gina K Playful Penguins stamped with Lawn Fawn Jet Black Ink and colored with Copic and Olo Markers

Papers: Opaque Accent 120# White and SU Balmy Blue CS and DP

Dies: MFT Stitched Rectangles

Stencils/Ink: A Colorful Life Falling Snow Stencil blended with Taylored Expressions Cotton Candy Ink and Picket Fence Falling Snowflakes Stencil blended with Taylored Expressions Salt Water Taffy Ink