Orchids and Watercolours

I had a lovely day yesterday crafting with my friends. We may have different styles, but we all agree on one thing. We LOVE dies ! It was so much fun to see all the new dies my friend had added since the last time we got together. She has a lot of  Cheery Lynn dies that I don`t have, so I just had to cut some to bring home. It got me thinking about some of my dies that I haven`t used in a while. It`s been ages since I used my Cheery Lynn Orchid die (B280 ), it is such a showy flower that it doesn`t take much to make a nice card with it, and this die makes flowers that can go in a regular envelope ( YAY !!! )

I used Peerless watercolour paints to make my background. I painted the orchids with Twinkling H2O`s for the purple and pearl Perfect Pearls for the white. I find it easiest to assemble the orchids by glueing the petals to a small paper circle. It isn`t necessary to use a circle, but I have a special talent for glueing things to myself and it helps me stay unstuck! ;D
The sentiment is from the Simon Says Stamp Summer Garden set.
I`m entering these challenges :
Simon Says Stamp Monday challenge : http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/mondaychallenge/?p=2452
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge; http://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-anything-goes-13/