I'm real old-school when it comes to graphics

I own Photoshop CS but I just don't like how it does several things .. call it set-in-my-ways .. so I use a program that's several years old and do everything manually *laughs*
I created a checkered board pattern, used it as a filler and filled in each block with a silver and blue gradient pattern which I created manually also. Then added a white layer with an opacity fade. Made the border and the shadow effect manually using a chrome gradient I created and the drawing tool.