My first tutorial

make this into
Made in PSP X1

Crop your base to 100x100

Don't sharpen

Make a new Curves Layer (Layers>New Adjustment Layer>Curves)

RGB
I-116
O-167


Duplicate the base and drag it to the top

Set the blend mode to Soft Light

Create a new layer and flood fill it with light blue (#c6e7fa) and set it to softlight 100%

Duplicate the light blue layer and change the blend mode to burn 100%

Add a new Color Balance Layer (Layers>New Adjustmet Layer>Color Balance)

Midtones: -20 +20 +70
Shadows: +40 -10 -20


Add a new Hue/Saturation Layer (Layers>New Adjustment Layer>Hue/Saturation)

Master-35
Reds-10


And your done!


Other icons i used this tutorial with:
  

I would love to see your results :D