Digitalise your Signature or "Mark" as a Brush

One of the greatest tips I've read for a long time  (and from a Digital Photography Magazine) -

1. Write out your signature (or a symbolic icon you may want to use) onto white paper, using a big felt tip black pen.
2. Scan this in at high resolution.
3. Open up the scan into your photo editing software.
4. Export the image as a brush (if you're using Paint Shop Pro, like me - there will be a maximum size of 500 x 500 pixels for this brush export), calling it whatever you like (ie My Signature Brush).
5. Everytime you create a new digital layout - mark the layout with your signature brush (just like an artist signing your canvas).  You can re-colour the brush to suit the layout, and resize it downwards to hide it from being too vocal on your layout.