Tutorial was written by Diana Lintott
Created using PSP9 but can easily be worked in other versions
Examples of the outcome can be seen at the bottom of the page

Thanks Diana for letting me put up this tutorial
Quick, simple and makes a nice background


Materials

Paint Shop Pro
Filter Factory F
*Filters are converted to .8bf*
FM Tile Tools

1. Open a new image 200 x 200, transparent

2. Flood fill the image with a color of your choice
For the background here I used #236065

3. Adjust - Add/Remove Noise - Add Noise

noise

4. Effects - Plugins - Filter Factory F - Bubble Distort

bubble distort

5. Effects - Plugins - FM Tile Tools - Blend Emboss
Apply the default settings

6. Effects - Image Effects - Seamless Tile

seamless tile

There you have it - some examples of the background - I think the blue
one could have used Blend Emboss x 2 to bring out the pattern more
Experiment with the controls of the Bubble Distort Filter
for different looks

bubble distort background  bubble distort background
bubble distort background  bubble distort background


I hope you have enjoyed this tutorial
If you have any questions, feel free to email me