Pasting a masked image unto another picture, background shows

I have a photo that I wanted to show just the people and no background. I masked the photo and have just the people. Now I want to take that photo and paste it unto another photo that has a blurr background effect. When I do the paste of the masked photo the background of that photo that I masked shows on top of the blurr background . How do I do this paste with only the people that I selected in the mask.
thanks
Mike

Here's a step by step overview of what I did to blur the background behind people:
1. Duplicate the original image as a second layer.
2. Mask so that the people only are showing in the top layer.
3. Use the mask to create a selection of the people only (Ctrl-click on the upper layer's Mask).
4. Make the top layer invisible and activate the lower layer.
5. Expand the selection to encompass a few pixels around each of the people.
6. Edit - Fill - Content Aware (which eliminates the people from the lower layer).
7. Filter - Blur - (Gaussian or Lens, depending on your preference).
If you did not duplicate your image as in step 1 above, don't worry, you can still get a second copy of the image from what you have:
A. Duplicate your masked image as a second layer.
B. Delete the layer mask from the lower layer.
C. Start with step 3 above.
If it's not clear to you how to accomplish any of these operations, I encourage you to look them up, so that you can become familiar with how to find out how to operate the software, but if you get stumped just ask and I (or someone else) will be happy to elaborate.
The first 2 minutes 45 seconds of this video shows how to do something a lot what you're doing here. Instead of moving your subjects, blur your background.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vfkjHnsAsvg
-Noel

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