About to begin...

I am now about to begin creating my textile pattern. At this stage I want to challenge myself and create a toss pattern. Although I am not very experienced with photoshop, I hope it will turn out okay! My plan is to simply collage the roses and leaves together, as a big union of life's many stages. I don't want to create a sequential/consecutive pattern of stages, because I believe this will not be as visually effective. Here goes!