Backgrounds with characters -test

Inspired, by my children's illustration research i have been trying harder to simplify my artwork. There is something very appealing in the result that I'm getting and i will continue on the same path. Here is another example, here i have used various watercolour textures, and created it in the style of a cut-outs. I have also been asked to integrate my character and background designs , and when i did, I understood the importance of it. At the moment my characters don't integrate very well with the background. I will work on changing that over the next week or so. Here is why :