From my garden!
Using Anna Aspnes artplay palette Flourish!
http://www.oscraps.com/shop/product.php?productid=10009545
I have used a background paper and two transfers from the artplay palette,
The focal image was treated with filter fresco effect and watercolor techniques, and watercolor brushes,
I changed during the process the opacity, scale and direction of the brush,
always using the same brush with large surface and well defined edges.
you can see the details of my tutorial in Anna's blog composite 1 part of 6.
http://annaaspnes.typepad.com/anna/2014/02/composite-techniques-part-1-of-6.html