After looking at other photos with textured backgrounds, I realized that if the background was mostly transparent, it would work with a foreground with a lot of detail. So I worked on the Scarlet Leather flower again, this time with rain drops as the background.
My first effort working with the flower photo wasn’t successful, that’s for sure.
It's a long story ... 
Hey, I liked the first one; it had mood. But yes, this one is even better.