diff --git a/e2e/critical-workflows.spec.ts b/e2e/critical-workflows.spec.ts
index 4c0107e..5df0d43 100644
--- a/e2e/critical-workflows.spec.ts
+++ b/e2e/critical-workflows.spec.ts
@@ -611,6 +611,12 @@ test.describe.serial("critical local prototype workflows", () => {
       await expect(
         page.getByRole("button", { name: "Create Geometric collage background" })
       ).toBeVisible()
+      await expect(
+        page.getByRole("button", { name: "Create Sunset arches background" })
+      ).toBeVisible()
+      await expect(
+        page.getByRole("button", { name: "Create Postcard frame background" })
+      ).toBeVisible()
 
       await page.getByRole("button", { name: "Create Geometric collage background" }).click()
       await expect(page.getByRole("heading", { name: "Choose a background" })).not.toBeVisible()
diff --git a/src/components/layout-editor.tsx b/src/components/layout-editor.tsx
index c336018..549a4f0 100644
--- a/src/components/layout-editor.tsx
+++ b/src/components/layout-editor.tsx
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ function BackgroundPicker({ onCreate }: { onCreate: (preset: BackgroundPreset) =
             Decorative elements start locked and can be unlocked in the editor.
           </DialogDescription>
         </DialogHeader>
-        <div className="grid gap-3 sm:grid-cols-3">
+        <div className="grid gap-3 sm:grid-cols-2">
           {BACKGROUND_PRESETS.map((preset) => (
             <Button
               key={preset.id}
diff --git a/src/domain/layout-backgrounds.test.ts b/src/domain/layout-backgrounds.test.ts
index be83215..7a64a9f 100644
--- a/src/domain/layout-backgrounds.test.ts
+++ b/src/domain/layout-backgrounds.test.ts
@@ -4,8 +4,13 @@ import { layoutSchemaValidator } from "./layout.ts"
 import { BACKGROUND_PRESETS, backgroundSchema } from "./layout-backgrounds.ts"
 
 describe("layout background presets", () => {
-  it("provides a blank page and a visual-only geometric collage", () => {
-    expect(BACKGROUND_PRESETS.map(({ id }) => id)).toEqual(["blank", "geometric-collage"])
+  it("provides a blank page and visual-only decorated pages", () => {
+    expect(BACKGROUND_PRESETS.map(({ id }) => id)).toEqual([
+      "blank",
+      "geometric-collage",
+      "sunset-arches",
+      "postcard-frame",
+    ])
 
     for (const preset of BACKGROUND_PRESETS) {
       expect(layoutSchemaValidator.safeParse(preset.schema).success).toBe(true)
@@ -33,4 +38,23 @@ describe("layout background presets", () => {
     })
     expect(first.elements.map(({ id }) => id)).not.toEqual(second.elements.map(({ id }) => id))
   })
+
+  // Rotation is intentionally avoided in the newer presets: the browser rotates around an
+  // element's top-left corner and the PDF export around its bottom-left, so a rotated preset
+  // would not print the way it previews.
+  it.each(["sunset-arches", "postcard-frame"] as const)(
+    "keeps %s axis-aligned and inside the printable media area",
+    (presetId) => {
+      const { elements } = backgroundSchema(presetId)
+
+      expect(elements.length).toBeGreaterThan(0)
+      for (const { geometry } of elements) {
+        expect(geometry.rotation).toBe(0)
+        expect(geometry.x).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(-3)
+        expect(geometry.y).toBeGreaterThanOrEqual(-3)
+        expect(geometry.x + geometry.width).toBeLessThanOrEqual(213)
+        expect(geometry.y + geometry.height).toBeLessThanOrEqual(151)
+      }
+    }
+  )
 })
diff --git a/src/domain/layout-backgrounds.ts b/src/domain/layout-backgrounds.ts
index cecf310..ce7aed0 100644
--- a/src/domain/layout-backgrounds.ts
+++ b/src/domain/layout-backgrounds.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,12 @@
 import { emptyLayoutSchema } from "./layout.ts"
 import { type LayoutSchema, type ShapeElement } from "./types.ts"
 
-export const BACKGROUND_PRESET_IDS = ["blank", "geometric-collage"] as const
+export const BACKGROUND_PRESET_IDS = [
+  "blank",
+  "geometric-collage",
+  "sunset-arches",
+  "postcard-frame",
+] as const
 
 export type BackgroundPresetId = (typeof BACKGROUND_PRESET_IDS)[number]
 
@@ -156,6 +161,177 @@ const geometricCollage: LayoutSchema = {
   ],
 }
 
+// Axis-aligned only: rotated shapes rotate around the top-left corner in the browser and around the
+// bottom-left corner in the exported PDF, so a rotation-free composition looks identical everywhere.
+const sunsetArches: LayoutSchema = {
+  ...emptyLayoutSchema(),
+  background: "#fdf4e6",
+  elements: [
+    shape({
+      id: "dusk-band",
+      type: "rectangle",
+      geometry: { x: -3, y: 112, width: 216, height: 39, rotation: 0 },
+      fill: "#f0d3ab",
+    }),
+    shape({
+      id: "horizon-rule",
+      type: "rectangle",
+      geometry: { x: -3, y: 109.4, width: 216, height: 0.8, rotation: 0 },
+      opacity: 0.5,
+      fill: "#a9713f",
+    }),
+    shape({
+      id: "sun",
+      type: "circle",
+      geometry: { x: 118, y: 20, width: 52, height: 52, rotation: 0 },
+      opacity: 0.9,
+      fill: "#f2b95c",
+    }),
+    shape({
+      id: "tall-arch-crown",
+      type: "circle",
+      geometry: { x: 146, y: 44, width: 48, height: 48, rotation: 0 },
+      fill: "#c25f45",
+    }),
+    shape({
+      id: "tall-arch-body",
+      type: "rectangle",
+      geometry: { x: 146, y: 68, width: 48, height: 46, rotation: 0 },
+      fill: "#c25f45",
+    }),
+    shape({
+      id: "short-arch-crown",
+      type: "circle",
+      geometry: { x: 110, y: 66, width: 32, height: 32, rotation: 0 },
+      fill: "#4f7f72",
+    }),
+    shape({
+      id: "short-arch-body",
+      type: "rectangle",
+      geometry: { x: 110, y: 82, width: 32, height: 32, rotation: 0 },
+      fill: "#4f7f72",
+    }),
+    shape({
+      id: "band-dot-red",
+      type: "circle",
+      geometry: { x: 14, y: 126, width: 8, height: 8, rotation: 0 },
+      fill: "#c25f45",
+    }),
+    shape({
+      id: "band-dot-teal",
+      type: "circle",
+      geometry: { x: 26, y: 126, width: 8, height: 8, rotation: 0 },
+      fill: "#4f7f72",
+    }),
+    shape({
+      id: "band-dot-cream",
+      type: "circle",
+      geometry: { x: 38, y: 126, width: 8, height: 8, rotation: 0 },
+      fill: "#fdf4e6",
+    }),
+  ],
+}
+
+// Rules are thin filled rectangles rather than stroked outlines: the PDF renderer paints a shape
+// fill of "transparent" as black, so an unfilled frame would only look right in the browser.
+const postcardFrame: LayoutSchema = {
+  ...emptyLayoutSchema(),
+  background: "#fffaf2",
+  elements: [
+    shape({
+      id: "frame-top",
+      type: "rectangle",
+      geometry: { x: 7, y: 7, width: 196, height: 0.7, rotation: 0 },
+      fill: "#8a7256",
+    }),
+    shape({
+      id: "frame-bottom",
+      type: "rectangle",
+      geometry: { x: 7, y: 140.3, width: 196, height: 0.7, rotation: 0 },
+      fill: "#8a7256",
+    }),
+    shape({
+      id: "frame-left",
+      type: "rectangle",
+      geometry: { x: 7, y: 7, width: 0.7, height: 134, rotation: 0 },
+      fill: "#8a7256",
+    }),
+    shape({
+      id: "frame-right",
+      type: "rectangle",
+      geometry: { x: 202.3, y: 7, width: 0.7, height: 134, rotation: 0 },
+      fill: "#8a7256",
+    }),
+    shape({
+      id: "inner-frame-top",
+      type: "rectangle",
+      geometry: { x: 10, y: 10, width: 190, height: 0.35, rotation: 0 },
+      fill: "#d8c8ae",
+    }),
+    shape({
+      id: "inner-frame-bottom",
+      type: "rectangle",
+      geometry: { x: 10, y: 137.65, width: 190, height: 0.35, rotation: 0 },
+      fill: "#d8c8ae",
+    }),
+    shape({
+      id: "inner-frame-left",
+      type: "rectangle",
+      geometry: { x: 10, y: 10, width: 0.35, height: 128, rotation: 0 },
+      fill: "#d8c8ae",
+    }),
+    shape({
+      id: "inner-frame-right",
+      type: "rectangle",
+      geometry: { x: 199.65, y: 10, width: 0.35, height: 128, rotation: 0 },
+      fill: "#d8c8ae",
+    }),
+    shape({
+      id: "message-divider",
+      type: "rectangle",
+      geometry: { x: 118, y: 20, width: 0.4, height: 108, rotation: 0 },
+      fill: "#d8c8ae",
+    }),
+    shape({
+      id: "stamp-block",
+      type: "rectangle",
+      geometry: { x: 170, y: 16, width: 26, height: 30, rotation: 0 },
+      fill: "#e8d7bc",
+    }),
+    shape({
+      id: "stamp-inner",
+      type: "rectangle",
+      geometry: { x: 173, y: 19, width: 20, height: 24, rotation: 0 },
+      fill: "#c8836a",
+    }),
+    shape({
+      id: "postmark",
+      type: "circle",
+      geometry: { x: 158, y: 14, width: 22, height: 22, rotation: 0 },
+      opacity: 0.6,
+      fill: "#7f9d94",
+    }),
+    shape({
+      id: "address-rule-top",
+      type: "rectangle",
+      geometry: { x: 132, y: 104, width: 56, height: 0.4, rotation: 0 },
+      fill: "#d8c8ae",
+    }),
+    shape({
+      id: "address-rule-middle",
+      type: "rectangle",
+      geometry: { x: 132, y: 114, width: 56, height: 0.4, rotation: 0 },
+      fill: "#d8c8ae",
+    }),
+    shape({
+      id: "address-rule-bottom",
+      type: "rectangle",
+      geometry: { x: 132, y: 124, width: 56, height: 0.4, rotation: 0 },
+      fill: "#d8c8ae",
+    }),
+  ],
+}
+
 export const BACKGROUND_PRESETS: BackgroundPreset[] = [
   {
     id: "blank",
@@ -167,6 +343,16 @@ export const BACKGROUND_PRESETS: BackgroundPreset[] = [
     name: "Geometric collage",
     schema: geometricCollage,
   },
+  {
+    id: "sunset-arches",
+    name: "Sunset arches",
+    schema: sunsetArches,
+  },
+  {
+    id: "postcard-frame",
+    name: "Postcard frame",
+    schema: postcardFrame,
+  },
 ]
 
 export function backgroundSchema(presetId: BackgroundPresetId): LayoutSchema {
diff --git a/src/lib/analytics.ts b/src/lib/analytics.ts
index 6d9f10a..cfbda87 100644
--- a/src/lib/analytics.ts
+++ b/src/lib/analytics.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import type { PostHog } from "posthog-js"
 
+import type { BackgroundPresetId } from "#/domain/layout-backgrounds.ts"
 import type { PageProblem } from "#/domain/types.ts"
 import { isDemoMode } from "#/lib/demo-mode.ts"
 
@@ -19,7 +20,7 @@ let userKnown = false
 
 interface AnalyticsEvents {
   "layout_editor:background_created": {
-    background_id: "blank" | "geometric-collage"
+    background_id: BackgroundPresetId
   }
   "layout_editor:answer_label_edit": {
     cleared: boolean
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