Credits for the graphics used are as follows:
The mermaid is a piece of clip art from "DLA Fantasy Clip art" .
Sea creatures around the base of the globe and the seaweed are courtesy of " M Designs" .
The shell is provided by "Roxy's Free Tubes" .
The sand is from "Sandy's Corner" .
Rocks are courtesy of " Harold Heim, (aka, "Harry the Raver") " .
All of the animated fish are from"Lighthouse Blues". A wonderful resource page for those people wanting to do tube paintings. *smile*
The dingbat font used for the base is the letter "c" from Ornate Designs by Debbie Montique. Many more beautiful fonts can be found at "Moonlight Designs" .
The Blade Pro preset used for the base is from "Aesthetic Web Creations"; called ewcjade.q9q. I have also used that preset in my header side-bar graphic and logo.
The amethyst gem is one of many gems in a tube by "Fifth Street Studio" .
Bubbles are my colourized version of "The Hoods" tutorial for same.