They both look great. Thanks for posting them!
In my layout I CTRL-clicked the page curls to set the selection and I used my top BG page layer (CTRL+J) to copy those pixels. Move it above the page curls but below the Gradient layer and play with Blend Modes. Another idea is to fill the selection with a color picked from your photo or background paper.
In my layout I CTRL-clicked the page curls to set the selection and I used my top BG page layer (CTRL+J) to copy those pixels. Move it above the page curls but below the Gradient layer and play with Blend Modes. Another idea is to fill the selection with a color picked from your photo or background paper.