Framing a Picture: a Photoshop tutorial by Janee

Framing a Picture: a Photoshop tutorial by Janee: "Framing a Picture
In this tutorial, written with beginners in mind, we are going to mat and frame a picture using a frame and mat that we make ourselves. We will learn/practice the following skills:
Cropping a picture.
Using layers to manipulate images.
Using gradients.
Using the rectangular marquee and the polygonal marquee.
Using Layer Effects.
As you work through this, read the first line of the step and think about how you would do it. Try it on your own before you read how I did it. "