Art Journal page - Mermaid

I'm finding myself doing more and more art journal work.  For me, it's a wonderful way to experiment with different techniques and tools.  I acquired some new stamps recently which included the mermaid stamp from Julie Nutting and some sea stamps from Dylusions.  I combined those into this page.  I took some pictures of how I started laying down the backround.

Using mixed media paper, I stamped the mermaid using Stazon ink

I colored the mermaid with markers, and added some details with black ink (scales on her fin etc).  I then cut her out

For the backround, I put blues, greens and teal shades of acrylic paint and let them slightly mix.  I then dabbed them with a paper towel to create a blotchy, texture effect

I used a dot stencil and made dots in white, green and blue.  I'm trying to make it look like water bubbles

Finished page

To finish off the page, I glued on the mermaid, stamped fish and seaweed and added a saying.  In order to make the mermaid and the saying pop, I added some brown color around the edge to create a shadow effect.