A big welcome to Oscrap's two new designers, Lynn Grieveson and Rachel Jeffries!
To create the background paper, I started with a mixed media paper, then added a black gradient layer over it with the Opacity being reduced to Zero. I used that as a clipping mask for the striped paper over it. Some of the paint and brushes are between those two layers. I used the floral paint bit as a clipping mask for the photo. I finished the page with the date stamp and their names below.