Used the quick selection tool to select the portion of the cotton plant that I wanted then pressed control-J to copy it to its own layer. Used the clown tool and this picture of my dog Skipper.
step 2 of 2
Used the clone tool to cover any cotton I did not want in the image and also to remove the stem. Duplicated the cotton plant and used the clone tool to create the outline of the cottonSquatch.
Thats about it.