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Jen (Jeenie11) let me use her "Magnolia" desktop wallpaper to experiment with Photoshop's "Blend If" sliders (Add A Layer Style button in the layers palette - Blending Options (top choice) - blend if sliders at the bottom of the dialog). You can split the sliders by holding the option key down (Macintosh). This allows you to blend in an image on the layer underneath depending on the lightness or darkness of the image in the layer you're working on. So I put fractals underneath Jen's flower and used the sliders to bring them into the flower itself. Cool. I added the butterfly and it's shadow to finish it off. Thanks Jen.