How to go from this 
to this 
Made in PSP7, extrememly simple, and extremely translateable. Involves Adjusment Layers and Raster Layers.
to this 
Made in PSP7, extrememly simple, and extremely translateable. Involves Adjusment Layers and Raster Layers.
This is my first shot at a tutorial...eek
1. Take your base, crop it to 100x100 (I did 98x98 because I wanted to add a border to it, but you don't have to.)
2. Duplicate your base and set it to Screen at 100%. If it looks a little bright, don't worry about it, it gets better.
3. Make a new Raster layer and set it to exclusion, then flood fill it with #000080 at 36% opacity.
4. Make a new raster layer and set it to (color) burn. Flood fill it with #40FFFF at 100%.
5. Duplicate your base and drag it to the top, set it to softlight at 30%.
6. Go to Layers>>New Adjustment Layer>>Hue/Saturation/Lightness and set the Saturation to 10.
7. Make a new raster layer. Flood fill it with #000080 and set it to exclusion at 15%.
And voila! You're done :) If your image looks a little to bright, you can go back and lower the opacity of that first screen layer in step two. Feel free to add brushes or text, I added some text.
Other examples made by this tutorial:
1. Take your base, crop it to 100x100 (I did 98x98 because I wanted to add a border to it, but you don't have to.)
2. Duplicate your base and set it to Screen at 100%. If it looks a little bright, don't worry about it, it gets better.
3. Make a new Raster layer and set it to exclusion, then flood fill it with #000080 at 36% opacity.
4. Make a new raster layer and set it to (color) burn. Flood fill it with #40FFFF at 100%.
5. Duplicate your base and drag it to the top, set it to softlight at 30%.
6. Go to Layers>>New Adjustment Layer>>Hue/Saturation/Lightness and set the Saturation to 10.
7. Make a new raster layer. Flood fill it with #000080 and set it to exclusion at 15%.
And voila! You're done :) If your image looks a little to bright, you can go back and lower the opacity of that first screen layer in step two. Feel free to add brushes or text, I added some text.
Other examples made by this tutorial: