Kars! Hi and welcome! I have done a lot of beach pictures because my dgd lives in Florida and my dd keeps me well supplied. lol I have done several layouts tearing different shades of tan,cream,beige and blues for a background of sand and sea. Tearing the paper lets you chalk it so it can be sand dunes and tearing differnt blues can be sea and sky. There are some good papers out there for beach layouts. I have used a lot of paper pieces with them as well ,i.e. sand pails,shovels, umbrellas . Jolie's have some cute beach embellishments,too. Good place to use a mermaid,lighthouse,rope and shells.
Sabrina :-)