I started with 2 patterned papers one for my border and one for my background 

Layering on top of each other and then I machine stitched around the edges 

I layered a few patterned papers behind my photo and then I started fussy cutting flowers from one of the patterned papers then I started tucking them around the photo and some of the die cuts around in random 

I then die cut in white the pear cluster die

Tucking them randomly around the layout