o.o.. you learning to make your own o.o
OK... how to put border.. the simplest step is make a new layer.. make sure that its the toppest layer .... then select all... you should see the marching ant around the image. Simply go to Edit->Stroke ^^
Text blending in the BG.. simplest one ... lower the opacity and change the blending option for the text layer ... both can be find on the layer window