Green Stripes
You will need
PSP Trial Version HERE
Tube and font of your choice
Visman VM Instant Art
DC Special 4
Transparency - Eliminate Black
Open a 500 x 500 new image, transparent.
Open your tube and copy and paste it as a new layer. Keep your tube to one side. We'll use it again.
Adjust - Gaussian Blur with a radius of 10.
Effects - Texture Effects - Mosaic Antique
Columns 99
Rows 99
Tile Diffusion 20
Grout Width 3
Grout Diffusion 88
Symmetric Checked
Now Effects - Plugins - DC Special - Border Fade
Color - White, Round Corners - all checked
Thickness 100
Roundness 200
Intensity 35
Paste your tube again as a new layer. Image - Mirror. Lower opacity to 50%.
Go to Layers - New Raster Layer
VM Instant Art - Lightlines
Random Seed 117
Horizontal Lines 113
Vertical Lines 74
Now - Effects - Plugins - Transparency - Eliminate Black
Repeat the DC Special Border Fade
Once again, paste your tube as a new layer. Image - Resize - 90% All layers unchecked. Move your tube to where you like it.
Effects - 3D Effects - Drop Shadow
Vertical 4
Horizontal 4
Opacity 60
Blur 4.50
Now for your text. I used the font Beyond Control. Size 48 with a Stroke Width of 1.5.
Foreground Color - Black Background/Fill Color - #569754
Or use a color(s) from your tube. Create as a vector. Don't be afraid to move your text around to where you like it or to stretch it if you like.
Apply the same drop shadow as above, saying yes when prompted to convert to raster layer.
Add a new raster layer and add the artist's © information as per terms of use and your own watermark if you use one.
Layers - Merge Visible
Resize to 400 x 400
Adjust - Sharpness - Sharpen
File - Export as a jpg and you're done.
Another example
Thank you to Tara McLellan and Norma Peters for giving permission for the use of their artwork.