It all started with a rose petal macro!

I started with a macro shot of my rose petal. Played with it in Adobe Photoshop CS5 and added a stamp. Also used the Hue Adjustment.

Gold gesso from Daniel Smith

I painted the cream colored card-stock with Gold gesso from Daniel Smith. Then I folded it at random to give it some texture. Scanned it to my pc and adjusted it in Photoshop using levels.

Yellow mottled look framed background.

I must share with you how I came up with this. One evening I was walking by the dining table and noticed the light shining through a rattan lattice chair on a thank you card sitting there. I took a picture of it then added the golden colors. It would make a subtle background. Try it!

Gilded butterfly on diamond stamped sheet music background

Stamped the diamond design with Golden's gel medium then did a light brushing with a soft transparent gold before adding the "gilded" butterfly which I did using alcohol inks.

My gold netting background.

All you need is your vintage photo and crop off the outer edges of this background.