A good trick to add interest to a graphic is to distort it, so that it appears to be viewed from a different angle. Most graphics are scanned in, in a 2D space, thus distorting can give the effect of an image taken at a different angle. For example:

In Fireworks, this can be distorted with the Modify-> Transform-> Distort menu option, to give:

Then the image can be faded into the background with the transparency option on the Layers window: