Step 1: Open new image 300x400 transparent and open the tile you plan to use as your fill, on your materials palette, click the background colour, select the pattern tab, browse to load your tile fill with settings, angle 45, scale 100. flood fill your image with your selected pattern.

Step 2: Select your pre-set shapes tool rectangle, antialias and create as vector both checked, line style #1 solid, line width 8. Set your foreground to colour and select a medium or dark colour from your tile, set your background to colour and use white. Starting at x30,y30, draw out your rectangle to x270,y370. Objects/Align/Centre in Canvas, right click in the layer palette and convert to raster.

Step 3: Using the magic wand tool. mode=replace, match mode=RGB Value, Tolerance=0, Feather=0, sample merged and antialias unchecked, click on the the coloured border on the white rectangle to select it and go Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel, and apply an inner bevel using the following settings, shape #5, width 8, smoothness 0, depth 4, ambience -30, shininess0, colour white, angle 315, Intensity and elevation both 50, do not deselect.

Step 4: Selections/Invert, click on layer 1 in your layer palette and apply an inner bevel with the following settings, shape #2, width 31, smoothness 73, depth 5, ambience 0, shininess 12, colour white, angle 319, Intesity 45 and elevation 30, do not deselect.

Step 5: Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow and apply a drop shadow using these settings, V+H=-2, O=100, B=5 colour=black. repeat the Drop Shadow changing V+H to 2, deselect.

Step 6: In your layer palette, click on layer 2 to select it. Select your magic wand, same settings as before and click in the white area of the message board, Selections/Float, Effects/3D Effects/Cutout, and apply a cutout using the following settings. V+H=2, O=100, B=4 colour=black. repeat the cutout again changing V+H to -2, deselect.

Step 7: Set your foreground colour to the colour you previously used for your border and set your background to the pattern that you used. Select your text tool with the following settings, Create as Vector, font=Monotype Corsiva, size=30, Stroke width=1, Antialias checked, align Left, Bold, Line style #1solid, you may well need to adjust these if you use a different font. Click on your image and in the text box type in Messages, or whatever text you wish to use, click apply. Grab the centre handle and move the text to position it where you want it to be, then in your layer palette, right click and convert to raster.

Step 8: Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel and apply the bevel last used. Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow, V+H=-1 O=100, B=1, colour=black.

Step 9: Add a new raster layer, select your picture tube tool, click the little pic to browse to the tube you want to use to decorate your messge board and apply the tube to the image. The size you need will depend upon the tube you are using, if it comes up too big, just undo, size it smaller and try again until you have it just as you want it, use the mover tool to position your tube where you would like it to be. Adjust/Sharpness/sharpen, Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow with the following settings, V+H=-2, O=60, B=5, colour=black.

Step 10: Now what you do from here on in is entirely up to you, I decorated the model above by making a covered button using my tile fill and pasting it onto each corner, same with the black and white one below, on the pink version, I used my tube to decorate the corners, just let your imagination fly and enjoy.

Once your message board is exactly how you want it, Layers/Merge All Flatten, name and save as a .jpg file.

You are done, now to get your Message Board onto your Desktop and to use it, follow the instructions in Section 3.

Step 1: Open new image 300x400 transparent and open the tile you plan to use as your fill, on your colour palette, select pattern, browse to load your tile fill with settings, angle 45, scale 100. flood fill your image with your selected pattern.

Step 2: Select your pre-set shapes tool rectangle, antialias and create as vector both checked, line style #1 solid, line width 8. Set your foreground to a medium or dark colour from your tile, set your background colour to white. Starting at 30,30 draw out your rectangle to 270,370. Objects/Align/Centre in Canvas, right click in the layer palette and convert to raster.

Step 3: Using the magic wand tool. RGB Value, Tolerance=0, Feather=0, sample merged and antialias unchecked, click on the the coloured border on the white rectangle to select it and go Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel, and apply an inner bevel using the soft edge preset, do not deselect.

Step 4: Selections/Invert, click on layer 1 in your layer palette and apply an inner bevel with the following settings, 2nd shape on top row, width 31, smoothness 73, depth 5, ambience 0, shininess 12, colour white, angle 319, Intesity 45 and elevation 30, do not deselect.

Step 5: Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow and apply a drop shadow using these settings, V+H=-2, O=100, B=5. repeat the Drop Shadow changing V+H to 2, deselect.

Step 6: In your layer palette, click on layer 2 to select it. Select your magic wand, same settings as before and click in the white area of the message board, Selections/Float, Effects/3D Effects/Cutout, and apply a cutout using the following settings. V+H=2, O=100, B=4. repeat the cutout again changing V+H to -2, deselect.

Step 7: Set your foreground colour to the colour you previously used for your border and set your background to the pattern that you used. Select your text tool with the following settings, line width=1, Line style #1solid. Click on your image and when the text box opens select font Monotype Corsiva, Size 30, Vector and Antialias checked, type in Messages, or whatever text you wish to use, click apply. Grab the text and move it to the position where you want it to be, then in your layer palette, right click and convert to raster.

Step 8: Effects/3D Effects/Inner Bevel and apply the bevel last used. Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow, V+H=-1 O=100, B=1, colour=black.

Step 9: Add a new raster layer, select your picture tube tool, browse to the tube you want to use to decorate your message board and apply the tube to the image. The size you need will depend upon the tube you are using, if it comes up too big, just undo, size it smaller and try again until you have it just as you want it, use the mover tool to position your tube where you would like it to be. Effects/Sharpen/Sharpen, Effects/3D Effects/Drop Shadow with the following settings, V+H-2, O=60, B=5, colour=black.

Step 10: Now what you do from here on in is entirely up to you, I decorated the model above by making a covered button using my tile fill and pasting it onto each corner, same with the black and white one below, on the pink version, I used my tube to decorate the corners, just let your imagination fly and enjoy.

Once your message board is exactly how you want it, Layers/Merge All Flatten, name and save as a .jpg file.

You are done, now to get your Message Board onto your Desktop and to use it, follow the instructions below.

Ok so now you have your Message Board made and you want to use it, first copy it and save it with a slightly different name, this is so you don't destroy the original that you made and so that you can update your messages. Now you can add any messages or reminders to the copy of your board using psp. If you usually use a desktop calender or a background, just set that as usual. Right Click on your desktop and select Active Desktop/New Desktop Item then click "Browse to find a new picture or html doc", browse to the folder you have your message board saved in, select it and click ok, and your all done, just click on it and drag it to move it to where you want it to be. To add/change, reminders/messages to the board do it in psp once again using a copy of the board but saving with the same name you gave it the first time you copied it so that it asks you if you want to overwrite and you click yes, then when you go back to your desktop just right click and refresh and the board with the new messages will be there, see easy.