She wanted the leaves to pop, so I did small pebbles in the background behind them. Then outlined each leaf, and added some veins.
pebbles
gold leaf
green leaf
I did smaller leaves in the triangles, and center squares of the red blocks:
The red triangles got a center loop with a hook on each side:
I put feathers in the smaller border, and piano keys in the large dark green border:
the backing is a gold and orange print with pebbles: