Supplies Needed:
Tube of choice, I am using Elias Chatzoudis found at PTE
Scrap kit Aphrodisiac by Inzpired Creationz found at the Creative Chicks blog
MuRa’s Meister - Copies
MuRa’s Meister - Perspective Tiling

Open a new image 600 x 250 with a white background.

Add a new layer above the white background, flood fill this layer with a gradient made from two colors of the tube.

Copy and paste the tube as a new layer above the gradient layer. Position close to the center to your liking. Go to Effects - MuRa’s Meister - Copies
Wallpaper - Rotate
Random
Wraparound
Blend Mode
Number - 8
I left the other setting on default, you of course can play around with these until you have something you like.

Still on the tube layer go to Effects - Distortion Effects - Twirl and I used 200. You can use the setting you like. Change the Blend Mode on the tube layer to Overlay.

Open Word Art (don’t close), resize by 95 percent and then again by 98 percent. Copy and paste as a new layer. Place at the bottom of the template. Go to Effects - MuRa’s Perspective Titling.
Perspective - 5
Stretch - 4
And the rest of the setting I Left on default. Once again you can play around with this until you have something you like.  Change the Blend Mode on the tiling to Luminance (L).

Using the Selection tool, draw out a strip across the template on top of the other layers. Add a new layer above the rest and flood fill this with the gradient, switch the colors. Go to Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance. Apply a drop shadow. Position the strip to your liking.

Copy and paste the word art again, this time place inside the strip. Duplicate and change the top layer to Multiply.  Merge the two. Apply a drop shadow.

Copy and paste the tube as a new layer. Place to your liking. Apply a drop shadow.

Select the white background layer, go to Selections - Modify - Select Selection Borders and I used 4. Add a new layer above the others, flood fill this layer with the gradient. Go to Effects - Edge Effects - Enhance. Apply a drop shadow.

Add any copyrights and your name. Save as a PNG.

*NOTE to make the avatar open image 150 x 150, follow the same thing as above in a smaller size.

Thank you for using one of my tuts, I hope you have enjoyed yourself and I look forward to having you back here again!! I would love to see what you have created.