Ahh, Credit. I give it, so should you.
Check the works of these fine folks out.


Brushes, Templates, Backgrounds, Textures and Lights:

offbeat_upbeat - notebook textures, and tutorial specifically but there's lots of good stuff there!

kekoah - notebook textures, and stars

ianthinus star brushes

creamuts of mutsie_brushes has exceptional content for borders.
darkislight - creations were obtained 100x100_brushes - another brush-master.
dj43
coaxme
arisubox
colorfilter
77words
amethystia
myrasis
meleada
realcdaae in masquerade_arts,
ewanism
_dreamworld
draconis393
xsleepingswanx
magnetboyicons masquerade_arts -Wonderful color\texture brushes.


Prior Icon Credit - These folks are responsible for the brushes etc. used on older icons.

hanako_lovely
im_glas
cyberelf
disappearicons
disorderedmind
dojie
dragong
elijah_wood_fan
_excentric_
oh_pants
laurad311
lovetheories
luxbella
miggy
nightfall_icons
xenylamine
wherethewind__


Communities
cap_it
lc_bases
100x100_brushes

I've been pretty bad about keeping track of exactly -what- I got from -who- lately, so if you specify in one or two things (say you only do borders, or maybe you're a texture\light artist) - please contact me so I can properly credit you precisely.