Snowball background
1.  Open a new image 200 x 200, add a layer, go to Effects, geometric effects, balls and bubbles, snowflakes, put a tick in single ball.
2.  Go to geometric effects, circle, tick wrap, ok.  Do this 2 more times.
3.  Effects, filters, simple, top bottom wrap, ok.
4.  Effects, filters, simple, pizzaslice mirror, ok.
5.  Effects, filters, simple, quicktile, ok.
You can save this now as a psp format or tube and use it over again as a lacy type graphic putting it on a color when you use it, or you can activate the bottom layer and spray a color and merge visible saving your tile as a jpg.  You can use colorize on it, or use your imagination. 
The background for this page is the resulting tile used as it was without coloring. 
Click here to go to a download site for simple filters.  If this link isn't working, do a google search for Simple Filter
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This tutorial was written and placed here 8-30-2003 by sandisuetoo.  It was a result of playing with a wet graphic for a group I belong to and just clicking buttons.  You may use this tutorial however you see fit.