Step 1. Create a new document, apply a Layer Style on the background layer. Add a Gradient Overlay and a Pattern Overlay.
Step 2. Here I've used an icon I found on a cool site, but you can use whatever you want.

Editor's Pick in Photoshop Tutorials, March 2007
This ideally written tutorial will show you clearly how to Design an Icy Vortex with Flashy Stars. The author gives you an easy-to-understand outline with 19 different steps. Each step has the graphics and screenshot to make it sim....

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