Methods for making decorative overlays, foils and decorative moldings

A decorative molding wrapping foil is derived from a decoration having features specific to a substrate to be decorated. The image of the decoration having features specific to the substrate is first stored as a digital image in a portable image format and thereafter imported into an electronic graphics reader, duplicated at least once thereby creating at least one duplicate image. A portion of one of the duplicate images is laid over the image in one transition zone thereof and a like portion of the image is laid over the duplicate image in a like transition zone thereof thereby creating a continuously repeating image in a ring like manner. The continuously repeating image is imported into a single-pass, multi-color electrostatographic duplex printer where the repeating image is printed upon a wrapping foil for use in foil wrapping of a substrate for use as picture frame element or building trim piece.