It’s time for the Stampin’ Up! Last Chance products to make some of their last appearances. I thought about what card I wanted to make for this blog post and I had two reasons to make this card. For one thing, this background stamp, Hand-Drawn Dots, is a great deal! The original price was $19.00 but you can buy it now on the Last Chance List for only $7.60 which is 60% off! My second reason is that only recently bought this stamp and now it’s retiring already! At 60% off!
I was going to stamp a card background with this Hand-Drawn Dots Stamp and then just add a greeting, maybe some ribbon. Easy, peasy! But another stamp set I only recently bought and now, very surprisingly to me, is retiring, is the Conversation Bubbles Stamp Set. It is discounted 60% and priced at $9.60 instead of $24.00. The Conversation Bubbles Dies are 20% off and priced at $22.40 instead of $28.00. This is an example of why you should buy the stamp set and dies separately and NOT the Bundle because you will save almost $15!
I thought since the dots background was such a fun look, the Conversation Bubbles whimsy would go great with it! I decided to use the outgoing In Colors 2021-2023 to ink up the Dots background stamp. You probably shouldn’t do this but I took the lazy way out and randomly dabbed the ink pads around on the dots. I started with the lightest color and worked toward the dark, but if you can see another color on your ink pad, just take a paper towel and dab it off so your colors aren’t mixed. But a better idea would be to use a sponge or Sponge Daubers to have more control and not get other colors of ink on your ink pad!
This card has a base of Soft Succulent. Some people were surprised that color was retiring! I thought a layer of Polished Pink would go well and then the Hand-Drawn Dots background on Basic White.
The Conversation Bubbles are stamped in Polished Pink, Evening Evergreen, and Fresh Freesia and then die cut. One piece of the diecut can be the border so then I cut another one in Polished Pink and Fresh Freesia so I would have the extra piece in a color to put around the conversation bubble. I popped up the “Wow” bubble with Stampin’ Dimensionals. The little heart is also a diecut in that set. For a finishing touch, I added some 2021-2023 In Color Opal Rounds around on the card for a little sparkle. They are discounted also since they are outgoing colors.