oh.. oh.. i LOVE this!!!!!!!!!!!! what an AWESOME picture... ESPECIALLY with that paper! and yes... it is just a matter of hitting different blend modes. lol. i haven't found an easier way yet. i sometimes duplicate layers and change that blend mode and play with the opacity on some layers... i just keep clicking until i'm happy. it sometimes takes a while, but it's ALWAYS worth it in the end. it was CERTAINLY worth it here! this turned out AMAZING!

WOW! This is very cool. It really stands out in the gallery.

Love the blending! And, yes, its just a matter of playing with blend modes. Perhaps something you haven't discovered yet is that you can "scroll" through the blend modes drop down by using your mouse scroll wheel instead of clicking, pulling, clicking, pulling (pulling being the drop down list)

I think this is gorgeous! Wonderful work on blending. Its a matter of practice I believe, and I think you're doing fabulous!

I think it looks awesome!!! I LOVE it! Great job!

Very cool!! Blending is definitely a matter of just playing and playing some more. I think you definitely have the hang of it though! Wonderful page!

You seem to have a knack! LOVE what you made here!

Yep, you still have it!!!! I will p.m. This is gorgeous!

wow this is a great layout very creative...flora

Love the look of your LO. Awesome first attempt at blending modes. Laughed at your description (sorry) sometimes the cool stuff just takes time and lots of experimenting of modes and papers. Hope you can do what Vicki suggested- it's really fun to just scroll through the modes. Really a cool croppoing of the guitar grouping.