Nesting...just a little

The heat has broken at last, I think I can say, although the humidity is still pretty high. But at least we can cool the house down to reasonable levels during the day after weeks of not even being able to open up the house for some relief. I went to Whole Foods this morning and thoroughly enjoyed the cool breeze on my walk down; I even thought (fleetingly) that I could stand to be pregnant a while longer if the weather was going to stay like this!

I do feel a sense of watchful waiting in the last day or so; I've had a few nesting urges strike me, and while I'm having no more than my usual Braxton-Hicks contractions, it just seems like we are all waiting with baited breath. My husband even remarked that he has run out of things to do at work and is restless, waiting for the baby to make an appearance! Until last night I was completely ready to have this baby. And then, just for a moment, I panicked. I worried about how this new addition would affect my other two children; I wondered how the dynamic of our family would change; I started to be a little afraid of the labor itself. I have good natural births, as a rule, but there is grace in the moment, and I confess that I feel a little apprehensive about the coming pain. I know once things get rolling, I'll be fine, but it is hard to wait. In the meantime, I've been incredibly productive on the card making front this week! I've made about 25 cards this week, mostly working from my "idea file", so not a lot of original work, but satisfying nonetheless. (It's probably some odd creative nesting urge coming out, rather than the traditional cooking-cleaning type...)

I do have an original (gasp!) card to share this morning. I woke up in the middle of the night (no shock there) to go to the bathroom and started thinking about this week's Color Q challenge, and suddenly a card idea popped in my head. I know, I'm weird; I think about cards in the middle of the night when one should be sleeping. :) I got up this morning and pulled out my colors and went to work! The final result isn't quite like what I had in my head, but I think I like it just the same. I added a Pool Party layer to the card because it was on the flowers in the picture for the challenge and I thought the card needed a lighter color to balance the darks. I love all these green-blues this year! And I even had a few scraps of Bermuda Bay lying around just waiting to be used up. I will say that the layout definitely owes a little something something to a card I made recently at a shoebox swap, but I changed a bit here and there and tweaked to make it mine.

I will say that I think I'm officially over Taken with Teal--Island Indigo is a wonderful replacement, and I'm really digging all the in colors this year! They all work wonderfully together and I'm finding new ways to pair them with our core colors all the time! I'm so happy we get two years to play with them. So look for more Island Indigo from me in the future! (I expect I'll come back to this whole color combo again too. It is so bright and fresh and makes me think of cool weather.

Supplies:

Island Indigo, Lucky Limeade, Pool Party, Bermuda Bay, Soft Suede, Whisper White cardstock

Soft Suede ink, Pool Party, Lucky Limeade, Blush Blossom, Soft Suede markers

Lean on me stamp set

Soft suede polka dot grosgrain ribbon (retired)

Scallop circles #2 die

Circles #2 die

circle cutter (non-SU!)

Stripes, Square lattice emboss folders