Happy Birthday Rolling Waves

I have a second card today; this one uses Michelle L's sketch over at Freshly Made Sketches and I'm squeaking in my entry over at Colour Inkspiration with that pretty ice-cream coloured palette:

I wanted to have a first play with the new Rolling Waves bundle and these colours had a definite summery feel to me! I thought Michelle's layout might work for a beach scene, so set to work. Take a look at what I came up with:

Here's the low-down on today's card:

I used a base of Basic Beige to emulate white sand, then stamped the Coastal Cabana stamp onto a piece of the same colour cardstock and used this for my sea bae, before adding Pool Party and Shimmer White sea foam. I layered a couple of beach umbrellas in the challenge colours and for the smaller third circle of the sketch I blended some Bubble Bath and Daffodil Delight inks onto some white cardstock with a blending brush and die cut a trio of shells, adding a few pink sparkly sequins for some seaside shimmer:

 A happy birthday sentiment finished on the inside with another greeting and another trio of those pretty shells complete my card:

I think I need a little more practice with the layering and I do wish the dies were a little longer (I had to get a little creative to extend my sea to cover the height of my card) but otherwise for a first try I'm quite happy with how this card turned out.

Here is the visual summary of the key products used on today's project for you to pin for easy reference:

You can see all of my 'How To' summaries on my 'How To - Tips and Techniques' Pinterest board in case you've missed any. 

Enjoy your day and I'll be back tomorrow with another project. Until then, happy stampin'!