Margaret's Challenge Card

Good Morning Ladies,

I didn't receive Margaret's Challenge card in time to share it with you all on Sunday, so today it gets a post all of its own, it's a stunning card and totally worthy of its own post too! 

I will share Margaret's description below:

I love the papers you have used Margaret they are so pretty, both the gold foil dotty paper and that beautiful floral piece too.  The addition of the little lace butterflies makes it even prettier!
Thank you so much for taking part in the challenge my lovely. XXX

I have discovered the best cleaning products ever.....White Vinegar and Baking Soda (bicarbonate of soda).
Both have their own strengths, white vinegar is the very best thing for removing limescale build up on just about anything, I run about half a bottle through the coffee machine every couple of weeks as it has an indicator saying when the limescale has built up, I was worried at first that it would taint the taste of the coffee somehow but it doesn't, I also run to cycles of just wanted through just to make sure there is no vinegar left.  I am going to try it on the kettle next.  I use it on the shower head too.
If you soak some cotton wool in vinegar and wrap it around the base of your taps it cleans the limescale off there too. 
I am also going to try a combination of baking soda and vinegar to revive my towels next, some of them seem a little rough, mostly because we use fabric conditioner I believe but I think they have detergent residue in them too, I discovered this when using a face cloth, I popped it into a sink of clean water and it immediately went cloudy as though the flannel hadn't been rinsed.  I only hope that the towels don't smell of vinegar at the end of the wash. It will probably clean the machine at the same time.
Bicarbonate of soda is great for lifting smells out of carpets, you can sprinkle it on your mattress too leave for a while and then vacuum it up.
The two mixed together made into a paste are like a miracle cleaning product, our microwave/combination oven has a base plate that was once white but years of roasting chickens etc have left it  "baked on" brown! We have soaked it, scrubbed it, popped in the dishwasher but we couldn't get it clean.  While I was 'gloved up' on Friday I thought I would have a go at it with bicarb/Vinegar paste, it was like a miracle!!! It isn't as good as new but it's 95% better !  So we can dispense with the cupboard full of sprays, creams, aerosols and just have Baking Soda and vinegar oh and Bleach, I couldn't live without without bleach! 
The best thing about it is that the white vinegar costs about 30p in Aldi and I ordered a Kilo of Baking Soda for about £4 from Amazon, that's so much cheaper than all of these fancy cleaners!

Do you have any amazing cleaning tips and tricks?? I would love to hear everyone's cleaning ideas.

I hope you all have a lovely day,

Love and hugs,

Sandra
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