Magic?

Yep, magic! Lovely picture and layout.

Awesome photograph and layout, Electra!!

this is ah-mazing Electra - makes me ready for fall with these pretty autumn tones. the photo is breathtaking (do you know what kind of cactus this is?) so weird it can grow like that! i adore the stamped floral image running from one corner to the other on the diagonal - this is stunning! congrats your page is a froggy fave!

@jennmccabe thanks for the froggy fave! I have no idea what it is, to be honest, when I spotted it, I was really taken aback. Never seen anything like it, before or since! And the "flower stamp" is a paper I overlaid on the plain background paper.
I think I likely put it on "multiply" blending mode, but I am not sure about that.
I am driving back to that part of the province again this Saturday, maybe I will see some of those again.