Alrighty guys, lately I've noticed that my icon effects have been getting overused on the icons I make, and I was looking to find some new ones to incorperate into them. If anyone has some neat tricks, I'd appreciate them.

Also...I was wondering if anyone knows how to do these effects:

 by so_timeless

The burst effects at the bottom

 by <lj user="__kali__">

The kind of burnt edges around the picture and the coloring.

 Dunno who this is by

The kind of muted effect...

And lastly:

 by calvincakes

The burnt part on the side.

Hope any answers to this can help other users as well.

~Katie