Well , you do whatever you feel like doing inside the shapes. That means - use bitmap fills, use clipart, use a photo ... do what works A combo of both can be really great - like taking a 'velvet' photo texture, applying as a fullcolor bitmap fill, and then putting vector edging on. Easy lace - fast embroidery .. good jewels. Easy transmaps. :) Also, if you have CDraw 8 or up you can change the shape into a bitmap object inside Corel and apply your photoshop filters to it - which include Kai's and Alien Skin. :) The possibilities are endless. I came up with the technique, because I am making a series of fantasy shirts/tunics and wanted embroidered edging. Since I have huge collection of vector borders, I wanted to use some of those. I've never asked Rena what she uses - I could tell at least Photopaint because some of the leaves on her page come from an image hose. :)