Sandcastles and Sunshine

I had a great time making this card, the idea for a sandcastle shaped card just popped into my head and I was off!

 The card blank was made from dark cream card, with the edges shaded with Wild Honey Distress Ink.  I added the pitted texture with a tiny See Dees stamp, (it's only about a centimetre across, so it took a while!) using Mustard Seed, Wild Honey and Tea Dye Distress Inks.  I used the same technique on the small, hand cut sandcastles too.  I used two strips of torn, lightly patterned paper to make to beach foreground.

 The cute image was a Whimsy Stamps digi freebie not so long ago on their Facebook page, I've coloured her with my usual Promarkers.
The rub on sentiment and papers I've used for the hand cut pinwheels and die cut seaweed (made with a Spellbinders Foliage die) are all Fancy Pants Summer Soul.  I used cocktail sticks for the pinwheel handles and finished off my card with a few pearls.

I'm entering this card in the following challenges -
Joanna Sheen - Don't be Square
Digi Stamps 4 Joy - #70 - Folded Paper Embellishments
Fab 'n' Funky - #178 - Anything but Square
Deep Ocean - #55 - On the Beach
Creative Creations - #13 - Shaped Cards
Cupcake Craft - #249 - Anything but Square
Incy Wincy - Summer Lovin'
Tammy's Scrappin' Corner - #69 - Summer Fun
Jellypark - Celebrate Summer
Pattie's Creations - #70 - Summertime Fun