hey bone,

here's a quick "kludge" ( or at least a starting-point, you can tweak it to fit your needs)

1. pick a brush and add some dabs of colour on a canvas (choose the pink you want but add some range, light-medium-dark values...)

2. go to FILTER --> GAUSSIAN BLUR (i adjusted the setting to around 50 pixels)

3. go to FILTER --> ARTISTIC --> PAINT DAUBS (i think i adjusted the settings to around 30 for the Brush Size, 25 for the Sharpness and set the Brush Type to Sparkle)

4. go to FILTER --> PIXELATE--> CRYSTALLIZE (i adjusted the setting for the Cell Size to around 10)

5. Changed the colour using the HUE/SATURATION (Ctrl+U) IMAGE --> ADJUST --> HUE SATURATION and click on the Colourize check box. move the sliders around to get the colour you want.

6. Mask your type to fill it with your "crystallized" background.

you can also run the FILTER --> BRUSH STROKES --> ACCENTED EDGES to get a little more "white" to the edges...

play around and experiment and i'm sure you'll get the effect you're looking for.

hope this helps,
:)
scott