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Magic Wand Tool
Settings:

• Match Mode: RGB
• Tolerance: 50
• Feather: 0
• Sample Merged: checked

Select the white line area between the bricks and apply a cutout.

Image | Effects | Cutout
Settings:

• Fill Interior with Color: unchecked
• Shadow Color: white
• Opacity: 100
• Blur: 4.1
• Vertical: 1
• Horizontal: 1

Apply a Hot wax coating, making sure your Color Palette foreground color is still set to white.

Air Brush Tool
Brush Tip Settings:

• Shape: square
• Size: 200
• Opacity: 52
• Density: 100
• Hardness: 0
• Step: 1

Center the cursor over the canvas and click once.

Apply one final Hot wax coating, making sure the foreground color is still set to white.

Your new texture can now be used with the Fill tool to fill text or interiors of selected areas.