Layers in CS5

I have an iMac running OSX and PS CS5. My previous experience has been PS and PSE 7.0, and Lightroom 3. I'm pretty new to CS5 and am still in the steep part of the learning curve.
I took a photo of a car and cropped it and eliminated the background by masking. I believe I saved it correctly. I created a new project with a unique background on which I would like to place the car. Using the move tool, I was able once to drag the car onto to the new project, but it appears the new project was in the forefront and I could only see the car at the opaque edges. How can I bring the car to the forefront?
Thanks.

What you have done is similar to what I intended. The car has been masked out of the backgroun and I tried to drag it onto a layer of blue/black background. I want the car tires to reflect in the blue surface. However, the layer of the car and the later of the background seem to be in opposite places, with the background in front of the car. I can't get them to switch possitions, but will try to work with the layer ordering in the panel.
I can't get to it until Tuesday, so look for some response by then. I do intend to post a screen shot to illunstrate where I am with this.
And thanks for the suggestions.
Michael

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No, you seem to have understood me very well! The thing is, I have used Photoshop, but I'm not a professional with Photoshop and with some parts of the program it can be very confusing and hard to understand! I'll try to be a little more precise!
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