I did some reading up on extracting pictures, so I re-did my bird and refined its edges in this layout. I think there are a lot more cool tools in CS5 that I slowly need to learn about. tfl.
Credits:
KPertiet_CrazyBeautifulLayeredT
KPertiet_DamaskTonalsFoundation
KPertiet_GrungedUpAlphaNo2
Easy Torn Edges No 2
MMartin_SammaPaperPack
KPertiet_QuoteInspiration12311 - 'friends' text recolored