To create this layout, I started with the photo of the pine tree on an outcropping of rocks, near an icy sea. I selected the outside edges of the photo, and made a 55 pixel frame for it, and gave it a drop shadow.

Next, I selected a pretty mixed media grunge background paper for it from Rachel Jefferies' Sweet December Stories Complete Mixed Media Collection. I love black, white, and aquamarine together, which this paper shows off beautifully.

The "black" in the paper is more of a blue black charcoal color, so the black and white photo didn't look especially comfortable on the page. So I colorized it, to be black, white, and aquamarine, to settle it on the page.

Then I added some stamped dots to the left edge, some stamped lines to the right of the photo, and some stamped leaves just outside opposite corners of the photo. Then I added selected embellishments over and above, to create a dimensional effect.