these look great I D  nice ideas to try out

Yeah, textures are cool.

I hope, in the future, we can create own explorer backgrounds easy like textures.

They are pretty cool, indeed!  I was playing with the Music skin:

The last image shows textures that are not in WB7, so don't ask why yours does not show them

In my last shot, see the "create effect" in the lower right corner?

When you click on that, it will bring you to the three parts of the skin to add a texture.  The button to the right of each part will allow you to open a file.  You can then either choose an existing one, or open your own.  The "file" dialogue is in the upper left corner- it is what allows you to save the new texture.

ID- you should make a tutorial

It's on the list. 

So you claim!

Wow, KarmaGirl, your textures looks very nice.

and i was playing with "Christina" 

Yeah, you´re right.

It´s not so usable, but it looks sooo sweet.

That´s why we love them...