Here is another sample of a "scrunched" background. This one has gold embossing added to it.

This is a background for an ATC. I took part of a magazine page and scrunched it onto a piece of cardstock that had been run through a Xyron machine. That made the cardstock all sticky. Brayer the picture to the card real well and then trim to fit the card. I used a glue stick to adhere any loose folds and then brayered the whole card again. I then dry-brushed gesso onto the card and added some dye ink when the gesso was dry. On this card I also added some copper pigment ink.