Kablooey - an exercise in particle effects in Photoshop CS6

I've been eager to try to expand my proficiency with brushes in photoshop, so I checked out some of the tutorials at the NAPP website. They may have some free tutorials...I've been a member for years and I find the software/hardware discounts I get through them always pay for my membership. This particular tutorial was members-only.

There was a wonderful tutorial on using particle effect brushes with text by Mark S Johnson. It involves a text layer with effects applied and two layers of particles, some in-focused and some soft focused. Here's my result (click for ginormous size to see detail.)

What's fabulous is the particle brushes are available for free at wegraphics.com