Chas,
Open both pictures in Elements. One will be open in the main window; both will be down in the photo bin at the bottom of the screen. Drag the other image up onto the one you have open; that should create a second layer. Now you have them both in the same file on two different layers. If you look at my screenshot above you will see that is exactly what I did with three different versions of the same image. And, I was using Graffi's mask on two of those layers.
I am using PSE5 and recall somebody mentioning that "dragging" was a bit different for PSE6 or maybe it was PSE7 ... I don't know anything about 6 or 7
Rusty
Open both pictures in Elements. One will be open in the main window; both will be down in the photo bin at the bottom of the screen. Drag the other image up onto the one you have open; that should create a second layer. Now you have them both in the same file on two different layers. If you look at my screenshot above you will see that is exactly what I did with three different versions of the same image. And, I was using Graffi's mask on two of those layers.
I am using PSE5 and recall somebody mentioning that "dragging" was a bit different for PSE6 or maybe it was PSE7 ... I don't know anything about 6 or 7
Rusty