From summer to autumn in a day

Hello everyone, I'm back from a fantastic week away on the sunny island of Rhodes where the late summer sun is still blazing away. This was the view we woke up to every morning. We could sip our morning cup of tea on our balcony and gaze out to the blue Aegean sea.

We left temperatures there in the 30s to find the high of today at home is going to be..gulp..16c. At least at the moment the sun has broken through and I am able to get some of my mountains of washing dried outside. Seriously though it is great to be back, there is no place like home and I am looking forward to autumn, it is such a pretty season, the colours are glorious.

We spent alternate days on the beach and sightseeing. I am such a fidget that I could never spend a whole week lying on the beach. I do love the beach though and I have a fascination for watching the waves rolling in. Our beach were we stay has a narrow part where we like to lie on our sun loungers and the waves almost tickle your toes.

On our beach days I regularly took a stroll, there are not really shells to find but there is always some form of wildlife to spot

Hello Mr Crab

There are so many fishes to see; all sizes and shapes. The funniest are the plaice which lie flat on the sea floor and watch you. They shuffle further into the sand if they think you have spotted them. The sea is so clear and warm, it is like swimming in an aquarium. I like to snorkel to see the bigger fish further out and I found my Hb had taken a couple of snaps.

After a lazy day on the beach it was time to shower and head out to our favourite cliff top restaurant. There we could watch the sun go down, whilst enjoying a cool glass of Mythos.

Just bliss. I will try to sort through the many photos I have taken and I will be back soon with a return visit to the wonderful butterfly valley as well as a visit to Rhodes town and ancient Kamiros.

Today's card challenge is inspired by all the blue skies, sea and sunshine we enjoyed. It is a tag and wrapping paper set I made for my Hb.

 Here is the tag in close up

For the tag I used TH Distress inks to create the background and then added a Marianne die cut butterfly. The tags are LOTV and the other leaf die cuts are also Marianne. I added pastel chalk to the Memory box cloud.
For the paper I used TH distress inks for the Whimsy Vintage seed packets stamp set.

The sentiment on the paper says it all

I would like to enter my tag and/or paper into the following challenges;

Simon says Stamp celebrate there is also a hop over there. The products that I have used here which are available in there shop are Tim Holtz distress inks ( I have used vintage photo for the sentiment above and several colours in my tag, the Marshmallow cloud die by Memory Box is also available over there.
Artistic Inspiration anything goes
Divas by Design anything goes
Whimsy Stamps Challenge masculine
Make it Monday Linky party #158
Charizma Card challenges favourite colour combo this blue and green is one of my all time faves and I use it a lot!
A Creative Romance dies/punches
Oldie but a Goodie dies/punches my butterfly and leaf dies are all more than 6 months old
Crafty Cardmakers Winged things
Sparkle Monthly Challenge Fairies and/or butterflies

I hope everyone is well and keeping busy? Time is flying by as my darling grandbaby is due in now less than 50 days, not long now. And for those of you who, like me, count down the days; it's only 97 days til Christmas....LOLOLOL!

Back soon,

Bye for now,

Jane x