How I make Kaleidiscopes
Take a colourful image and add patches of contrasting colours. (Top)
Move to Elements 3 and in Distort select Filters then Twiil to stir the colours together.
Then I select Liquify in the same group and pull the colours around.
(Left)

I then move back to PSP7 and go into Effects - plug ins - where I have downloaded a free file called MedhiKal.I work through that until I have a satisfactory image and save it. Then I go back to the saved mixed up image and go through MedhiKal again.
It is easy to make four or  five alternative images from one 'Doodle'