Erased unwanted parts of photo now how to make a background

I am just getting started with PSE 8.0.1. I have a photo where I just want that part which is a given person. I cropped then erased unwanted parts. The erased areas are pure white. How would I create a background that looked like clouds or draped cloth or something that would appear only in the erased parts of the photo?

Sorry to say, but the work flow which you describe will not give you result which you desire.
Go to File>new>blank file. Enter height and width, and resolution. The resolution should be about the same as that of your picture
Set the foreground and background color chips (lower left) to diffent colors - for example shades of light blue
Go to Filter>render>clouds. You should have a background with a cloud pattern
Minimize this as you wil need it subsequently
Make a selection of the person which you wish to retain, using one of the selection tools - e.g. the Selection brush tool. After you make the selection, you will see "marching ants" around the selection.
Go to Select>inverse, then hit delete on the keyboard, go to select>inverse. The checkered pattern denotes transparency
Go to Edit>copy. This will place the selection on the clipboard.
Go back to cloud background, go to Edit>paste. This will put your selection on a new layer
Access the move tool to position and resize the selection over the background.
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