Playing around with Photoshop

I had a little rant to my friends recently after viewing some amazing Photoshopped pictures. These pictures were truly incredible but I felt they weren't true photography. Having this conversation with my Mum (turns out they are in fact almost always right!) she pursuaded me to try out a bit of Photoshop to the Woodland Dreams photographs and try putting Laura into a flower. She put it across that if I took both photographs it is still your own photography and it is just a different form of artwork that you have still created on your own. (see told you they're always right!)

Anyway here is my first couple of attempts and I must say I really am pleased with how they have come out.

What do you think??