A Sepia effect card

 

Good Morning Ladies, 

Just a quick one today as the girls and I are off to IKEA,  they absolutely love wandering round and having lunch, Paul is in the office today so I wasn't going to refuse the offer to join them.  I need some bits for pantry organisation and I want different storage for tea /coffee /sugar,  I don't want a traditional set of three as we have 2 different types of ground coffee, white sugar and demerara cubes for coffee and coffee whitener as well as teabags,  we did have big glass jars with glass lids (old instant coffee jars I think) however the girls have smashed two lids because they are tricky to push ij sometimes so they don't push far enough in, when they grab it in a hurry at 7.15am the glass lid will fly off, thankfully they a good job of cleaning up as I'd hate the cats to get glass in their paws.  

Yesterday was a really busy day,  we had boiler man, who loves to chat,  I made him a cup of tea he was meant to be here about 40 mins,  but 2 hours flew by and he was still chatting to Paul!  We were hoping he'd sort our hot water issue, the water is so hot coming out of taps and upstairs showers, it literally scalds you,  the same in the kitchen sink,  I thought the boiler wasn't cutting off and do water just got hotter and hotter,  but apparently not, he told us it was the Hot water tank thermostat,   (which I thought was only for if you used the immersion heater)  but it the thermostat sits against the tank and cuts off when water reaches right temperature,   he was convinced thats what it was, so I asked for him to recommend one,  ge picked one out and Paul picked it up and fitted it with Bill's assistance.  I asked why the water got so hot if thermostat stopped working,  I mean why didn't the water stay cold?  Apparently its because of Legionnaires disease,  because water is held in a tank the water has to be at a minimum temperature to prevent Legionnaires,  so it defaults to the water getting super hot.   I can't wait to get back to showering upstairs,  although the water will probably still be too hot today!   They didn't get finished till 7pm,  so dinner wasn't ready until almost 9pm,  I made home made doner kebab meat with minced lamb and spices,  everyone loved it.  

Luckily while Bill and Paul were tinkering with electrics I sat and made some cards from my new Quiet Life Junk journal,  the paper and colours are so lovely 😍 

Today's card is like a sepia toned card,  I just layered a piece of the background paper onto a 4 1/4 X 5 1/2 Card base,  they pushed out the film strip die cut, inked the edges and placed it on the background,  then I added the lovely vintage looking lady with her camera,   I cut a little floral card,  distressed the edges and inked them a little,  then came the lovely postage stamp and the sentiment banner.  I really love the simplicity of this card. 

So...not a quick blog post at all 🤣😅😂

I hope that you all have a lovely day, 

Ooh I will add todays affirmation in a while as its 1.11am and Im in bed,  so I don't have book with me, 

My love and hugs to all, 

Sandra xxx