Photo Collage Question

I have adobe photoshop elements 4.0. I have made a photo collage successfuly before, but I'm not sure why it's not working now. I open a new blank file and add my picture in. However, now it is making my photo the background instead of the blank file. It is not adding the layers on the right side, it seems to be replacing it. I would appreciate any help you could give me.

Nancy,
Please me more specific as to the exact steps you take.
In particular, when you add the pic to the blank file, are you doing a copy/paste, or dragging the pic's layer in the Layers Pallete to the blank file, or something else?

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