Darker pinks for Autumn

 

Good Monday Morning Ladies, 

Where did that weekend go??? We had a very busy one, shopping, tip run and back home in time for our first big log delivery,  they top the load out the back of their truck onto the driveway, luckily Matt & Alex came over, so Matt helped Paul stack all the logs in the dry ready for us to use on the log burner, I also ordered Oil for the heating and water,  that was an eye water £780, Paul did say that we were paying over £200 a month for Gas alone so it should work out cheaper,  we will have to see how long 1000 litres lasts.  

Paul cut the grass and trimmed two hedges while the sun was shining, I was busy making up cleaning baskets for the girls bathrooms,  we are totally addicted to Nancy Birtwhistle's Green Cleaning,  it was all I used to clean Manor Lodge, there are two solutions 'Pure Magic'  which is Citric Acid dissolved in hot water,  then you add Eco washing up liquid and some Essential Oil, it gets limescale and soap scum off of anything and as a spot treatment for laundry stains its a miracle worker! The other solutions is All purpose or Kitchen & Bathroom cleaner,  for this you mix Vinegar,  Isopropyl,  water and Essentials Oil, its antibacterial, it cleans windows, mirrors, worktops, wash basins, taps, tiles etc like a dream, it breaks down grease and grime like magic!                              Sue was a 100% convert after using them to clean the bathrooms etc upstairs,  in fact I asked her if she would like Nancy's books as a thank you for helping me and she was delighted,  she was going to buy them herself if I hadn't bought them for her.  She is on Instagram 'Nancy Birtwhistle' I think she has a slot on the BBC Breakfast show too. 

These are her books, it's nice to know you aren't using chemicals that damage the environment too. 

Today's card I made back at the beginning of August,  I bought these papers last year, however I thought they were a little bit dark, but looking at them again the combination of the darker links with the dark burgundy colours looks really Autumnal I added pops of silver to add brightness but I think Gold would add a more warm tone. 

At this moment I have no idea what the papers are called but they are retired anyway!!  I fussy cut the flowers and added them to the layered dsp background adding a bow in matching coloured ribbon and a little tag with the sentiment on. 

I hope you have a lovely start to the week, 

Love & hugs to all of you,

Sandra 

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