Drop shadow won't apply

I've added photo's to my 12x12 document and added a stroke to the inside of the photo to make it look like a developed photo and now I want to add a drop shadow. It shows on the in the layers pallette (fx) that I have done so but no drop shadow appears behind my photo. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong (I'm working in elements 10)
thanks

Hi there,
    I never did find out how to resolve my issue with the drop shadows on that document but i did have my photo's extending outside of my document so I decided to try starting over. When I opened a new document and opened my photo's I added the drop shadows before extending them beyond the parameters of my document (12x12). The drop shadows worked and I finished my page and discarded the other PSD, not sure if my solution will help you but I've done a couple more pages with no problems. If you do resolve your issue or come to understand why this is happening I would love to know......
Date: Sun, 4 Dec 2011 08:47:27 -0700
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    Re: Drop shadow won't apply
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I am having this same problem... my layer styles worked fine just yesterday, however now nothing will appear. I have duplicated backgrounds, added new layers, but nothing shows on my image. I've done everything mentioned in this form and it still does not work. I am frustrated to say the least because everything worked fine yesterday when I was using the layer styles. I don't know what I could have done wrong to prevent these from appearing on my image. Any additional tips would be greatly appreciated.
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