PSC64 with Mojo Monday Sketch

This week at The Perfect Sentiment Challenge #64, the challenge is :

Anything Goes with a Die Cut and Sentiment on the front.

Here's more explanation from Jennipher: "GET OUT YOUR CRICUTS, SIZZIX, SPELLBINDERS, CUTTLEBUGS, ETC. CREATE A CARD FOR THE OCCASION OF YOUR CHOICE . YOU MUST INCLUDE A DIE CUT AND A SENTIMENT ON THE FRONT.

Our sponsor this week is Bugaboo, who is providing a prize of 7 free digis to one lucky winner! I used one of their digis called "Thoughts and Prayers Block" along with this week's Mojo Monday sketch for circle or square week.

I used two square-type dies from Spellbinders for the white digi and it's red mat. The large outer diecut was made on the Cricut using Art Philosophy Accent 1 Square 2. My tip for cutting this border is to make it 1/4" larger than your base. In this case I used 6" for the border and 5.75" for the card so it would fit into a 6" envelope. (Making the red outer border the same size lets the orange paper show too much. If it's too big, more than 1/4", it leaves empty spaces in the little holes.)

I colored the Bugaboo image like some fresias I once grew in my garden. I used a bow on the right side where the sketch had an added border. The ribbon shapes on the bottom are from Basic Grey's "Lemonade." I matted them in green for contrast so they'd show up.

My hubbie and I have several relatives that are in need of prayer and encouragement due to serious health issues. I was hoping this card would brightly cheer one of them. I decided to try using the outer piece left from the die cut to decorate the inside instead of throwing it away. I added a verse from Clearly Digital Stamps:

You don't have to use this many die cuts, but I had fun layering them. I hope you'll dust off your die cuts if you haven't used them lately and join our challenge!

I'm sharing this card with the following challenges:
Mojo Monday #278 - square sketch
Crafty Sentiments Designs - buttons and bows
Die Cuttin' Divas #100 - Anything Goes (my die cuts are listed in recipe)
Top Tip Tuesday #94 - Lavishly Luscious Layers (tip about cutting border)
Use It Tuesday #48 -  Use Red, Orange, and Yellow - hoarded supplies are my Basic Grey "Lemonade" paper (red and strips) and "Marrakech" (green) from 2009

6" Square Card Recipe:
Paper - Basic Grey Lemonade and Marrakech; Close To My Heart "Clementine" orange sorbet pattern
Digital Image - Bugaboo "Thoughts and Prayers Block"
Markers - CTMH Alcohol Ink Smoothee, Honey, Olive
Accents - 3/4" White organdy from stash; CTMH Clementine fabric flower and button
Tools - Spellbinders Nestabilities Scalloped Square and Decorative Labels One; Cricut Art Philosophy; printer