"Raindrops keep fallin' on my head...

...and just like the guy whose feet are too big for his bed, nothin' seems to fit, those raindrops are fallin' on my head, they keep fallin'..."

Okay, so it isn't really raining (it is actually a gorgeous day again today!), but the song fits my card quite nicely! I admit, this is another 'woke-me-up-in-the-middle-of-the-night' cards. I was fiddling around on My Digital Studio last night, trying out this week's great ColorQ challenge, made something that I liked but didn't love, and then went to bed hoping to fix it in the morning. I woke up in the middle of the night with the idea for a physical card using the same Mojo Monday layout I'd been working with in MDS, as well as the great color challenge (love me some Island Indigo!).

I'm quite happy with the way this all came out, with one caveat. I wish I had the Perfect Pennants die because it would have been a better size scallop circle behind the little girl. I ended up using two 2 3/8" punched scallops and layering them to make the size right, but the die would have been perfect. (sigh) I guess I'll have to put it on my next order! I will say that I had a hard time photographing this card, and that it is prettier in person than in the photo, but I think you get the idea. I also had to substitute Daffodil Delight for Crushed Curry since I didn't have any of that color left. Close enough, I say!

Did I mention how much I love this set? It is called Lean on Me, and when I first saw it in the catalog, I blew right by it because I don't tend to gravitate toward line image stamps. Then I saw a bunch of samples that my upline Claire made, and made a card at a shoebox swap that featured the set, and I was hooked! I love that the bold lines made for easy marker coloring--no watercoloring involved! And the images are small so the coloring goes very quickly. And yes, I did hand-stitch the sides again. I really should just bite the bullet and pull my Bernina up from the basement, but the stitching by hand went pretty quickly and it just seems like a lot of time and trouble to set up the machine in my little crafting space.

38 weeks

In other news, I had an appointment with the midwives today. I got my favorite nurse and she said, "is it just me, or does it seem like you've been pregnant forever?" I won't say that was the best thing I heard all day, but I did chuckle and agree that it did seem like it had been forever. I also had my favorite midwife and asked nicely for a cervical check and got one. So right now, I'm sitting between 1-2 cm and have a "rim" (whatever that means); the midwife asked me if I wanted her to "wiggle it", and I said, sure whatever it takes to get this baby moving! So she did that (ouch!) and now we wait! I usually have my babies between 38-39 weeks, which is right where we are right now, so hopefully things will get a move on in a few days. I've had some encouraging prelabor signs, plus a few real contractions every day since Sunday, so perhaps it won't be too much longer.

Supplies:

Island Indigo, Daffodil Delight, Whisper White, smooth and textured Old Olive cs, Pumpkin pie dsp (retired),

Lean on Me, Teeny Tiny Wishes stamp sets

Island Indigo ink, Early Espresso, Island Indigo, Pumpkin Pie, Daffodil Delight, Old Olive, Pool Party markers

Baker's twine (white)

needle, white embroidery floss, mat pack, piercing tool

5/8" old olive grosgrain ribbon (retired)

Daffodil Delight designer button

Scallop border punch, scallop ribbon punch

Stripes emboss folder

Designer label punch

2 3/8" scallop circle punch

circle cutter (non-SU!)

dimensionals