Creating multi-colored brushes in PSE 8

OK, I am having a really hard time finding information on this...maybe because it can't be done, who knows. Maybe you all do, I hope! I am very interested in using Photoshop brushes. I have PSE 8 and I have a general understanding of brushes...I know how to upload, change color, transparency, etc. What I don't know is how do I make a butterfly look like a multi-colored butterfly instead of a pink butterfly or a gray butterfly? I am assuming I need to make several layers, but beyond that I'm lost. I just can't seem to make it look right when I try to color in with different colors. I hope all this makes sense and someone can help.
Thanks in advance!

She states it's also for PSE 7, but I would think that would be very similar to PSE 8, but I can't seem to make it work as I don't have the same set up she's describing. If someone maybe could see what she's trying to explain and maybe figure out how to take her instructions and apply them to PSE 8. Usually, I can follow instructions that aren't from PSE 8 anyway, but this one I am having trouble with.
http://www.obsidiandawn.com/using-multiple-colors-with-photoshop-brushes-tutoria l
Thank you to everyone!
That particular dialog is in Photoshop not Photoshop Elements so she must have mean't PS7 not PSE7. All she's doing is adding a color overlay layer style so you can replicate that by adding your solid color onto a layer over it (fill layer with color or use a solid fill adjustment layer) and using the butterfly as the base of a clipping mask (clipping group...same thing different name).
Clipping mask tut:
http://www.photokaboom.com/photography/learn/Photoshop_Elements/layers/layer_groups_clippi ng_masks/1_layer_groups_clipping_masks.htm
This will give you a solid colored butterfly. Change the solid color blend mode to color just as she does with the layer style. (Softlight blend mode might also do the trick for you.)
Another option that I think might produce better results would be to clip a gradient map adjustment layer to the butterfly...butterfly again base to the clipping mask...instead of a solid color. Gradient maps color according to the brightness value.
You can pop in a blank layer between the butterfly and the gradient map and use paint (white or black at low opacity...color is unpredictable) to to push the color to the desired result. (Black will map to one side of the gradient and white to the other with shades of gray mapping between these brightness endpoints.)
Tutorial on editing gradients:
http://www.photokaboom.com/photography/learn/Photoshop_Elements/gradients/4_gradients_edit _a_gradient.htm

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