The next lesson I’ll show you a possibility of designing the abstract background for Valentine's Day, made very stylish. 

Begin by creating a file of 1024x768 px and 72 dpi. 

Select the Rectangle Tool (U) on the tools’ panel to represent a rectangle.



Next choose Blending Options and here Gradient Overlay selection:



Set the gradient’s parameters:



And this is what we get at this moment:



Next we’ll select the Custom Shape Tool (U) and out of the presented table we’ll choose the element shown below:



Select also white color, stretching out the figure the way demonstrated next image:



Fill 0% on the layer and select again Blending Options with Gradient Overlay.



Set the colors by following the codes demonstrated below:

 



Working with the background is finished. It’s time to start representing the picture’s main elements. In this case we’ll take again Custom Shape Tool (U) and here we’ll select the small heart, the same one from below:



We need to represent the heart in a way for the rays to come out the central part of it.



Gradient Overlay: