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Open a new image 400 x 400,
Transparent
Flood Fill 
with the Jag gradient, set it to Linear gradient-Repeats 0
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Make a Point to Point Freehand Selection 
similar to this.
On the Main Menu go to Layers>New Raster Layer |
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Set your Jag gradient to Repeats 12
and Flood Fill
your selection.
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On your Main Menu, go to Selections> Select None.
Back to the Main Menu, go to Effects>Geometric Effects>
Wave.
Use these settings.
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Click on the side of your selection
with the Magic Wand 
to select it again.
On the Main Menu go to Selections>Invert.
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Set your Foreground color to White.
Click on the Airbrush 
and use these Settings.
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This is the most important step to
make ice.
Brush your white over your selection, you want some
background showing.
How you brush your white on determines how much your ice will
look like ice.
There is no right or wrong way to do it, every piece of ice
will look different.
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Keep your ice Selected.
On the Main Menu, go to Effects>Blur>Gaussian Blur. Set it
to 5.
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Keep your ice selected.
On the Main Menu, go to Effects>Texture Effects>Sandstone.
Use Custom 2.
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Keep your ice selected.
On the Main Menu, go to Effects> Texture Effects>Rough
Leather. Use Custom 2.
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Deselect.
On you Main Menu go to Colors>Histogram
Functions>Equalize.
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Click the arrow on the right side of Layer 2, choose Luminance
for the Blend Mode.
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Select your Icicles, on your Main Menu go to Layers>Merge>Merge
Visible.
Invert your Selection, on your Main menu go to Edit>Clear.
Deselect
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Just add your icicles as a new layer to your image.
You might
want to add a drop shadow, also.
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