1..Open
a new RGB image. Type your text in black on a new layer. In
the channels palette, drag one of the channels to the
"new channel" icon. This will create channel 4, which looks
identical to the other channels. That's okay.

2..Duplicate
channel 4. Now you have channel 5. Run a gaussian blur over
it.
The amount of blur is dependant on the size of your image. For
this 200x200 image, I used a blur of 2 pixels.

3..Use
the stylize/glowing edges filter on the channel. Make it look
similar to the edges in the image below.

4..Create
a new layer and fill it with 50% gray (edit/fill).
You'll be using the "lighting effects" filter to create
the stamped look. If you haven't worked much with lighting effects,
don't get frustrated and give up. Once you learn how to use
it, you'll find it is one of the most useful filters for all
kinds of text effects.
5..
For this effect, I used two spotlights, yellow and a blue. Create
a blue spotlight shining down from the upper left. When you
get it looking about right, hold the alt/opt key and click on
the blue dot in the middle of the light. This will duplicate
the light. Make your new light yellow and move it a few pixels
away from the blue one. Slightly change the angle of the yellow
light until the image is bathed in a medium white light with
blue and yellow around the edges. For the light type and properties,
I used the following settings.
Intensity:
100
Focus: 50
Gloss: 100 (shiny)
Material: -100 (plastic)
Exposure: 0
Ambience: -50
Texture Channel: #5
White is high
6..The
next step is to tweak the background. Pay close attention here.
To more or less isolate the text from the background, go back
to the channels palette and select # 5. Use select/new
selection/channel 4 and invert the selection (ctrl/cmd+shift+i).
Fill the selection with white then deselect (ctrl/cmd+d), and
invert the channel (ctrl/cmd+i).

7..Now,
go back to the layer you were working on (should be layer
3) and load channel 5 as a new selection. You'll probably have
to contract it by a few pixels to get it just right (select/modify/contract).
The sky is the limit for the background texture. I used filter/texture/grain
with an intensity of 20, a contrast of 10, and a horizontal
grain type to get the finished product below.
