Need help translating PS Bloom Tutorial to Elements 8 ~ layer mask

Question

http://photoshoptutorials.ws/photoshop-tutorials/photo-effects/bloom.html
I'm having difficulting translating this PS tutorial into Elements.  Could someone familar with elements please take a look at the tutorial and offer guidance?
Thanks in advance!
Credo

Answer 1

Yes, see if the following gives the results your looking for:
1. Steps 1 and 2 are the same.
2. The part where it says add layer mask, click on the background layer and
    add an levels adjustment layer. (Layer>New Adjustment Layer>Levels)  Click on layer 1 and select group with previous.
    (Layer>Group with Previous or Add Clipping Mask)
3. Steps 3 and 4, instead of apply image, click the eye icon on the levels layer to make
   the levels layer and layer 1 not visible.
  Click on the background layer and then do a select all, copy. (Select>All) then (Edit>Copy)
   Alt-click the levels mask and paste (Edit>Paste)  (a grayscale image will be pasted into the mask).
   Deselect (Select>Deselect).
4.  Step 5 is the same.
5. Steps 6 and 7, click on layer 1 to make it visible and then click the levels layer mask
    to make the mask active, Then run the gaussian blur filter on the mask.
6. Step 8 is the same.
Hope this helps.
MTSTUNER