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Welcome to Scrap Tower, my little corner of the world, where I share my creativity with you.

I enjoy many forms of crafting, from paper crafting to sewing. I make custom greeting cards for family and friends. I've made unique custom cards commissioned by friends.

I am proud to have been a card maker for the organization Operation Write Home (OWH) for several years supplying 1,000+ handmade cards for our HEROES.

I continue to make cards as gifts or to sell and I am testing a few other sewing and crochet projects to sell.

My current charitable project is Sew Powerful Purse and I have sewn and donated 20+ purses in the past two years. I plan to donate 10+ purses in 2018.

I enjoy sharing my creative passion with others, including children in Sunday School and Bible School, etc.

Sunday, February 9, 2014

OPERATION WRITE HOME - Sketch Challenge #211

Today's Sketch #211 at Operation Write Home Blog, Stars and Stamps is a very simple one. I have several ideas that I will try using this basic layout.

They are predicting some winter weather for us again this week.  Yesterday was like a spring day reaching the lower 60's.  By tomorrow evening, or Tuesday morning, we are supposed to have some frozen precipitation.  It is too early for the 'experts' to call what form the precipitation will fall. It is a big deal for those of us in the south.

So .... in pursuit of spring, I decided to make a spring card featuring a cute bunny die cut.
Some bunny loves you
Die cut image: Imaginisce Die Cut package #003763  (picked this up at a local $1 store !)
Pattern paper: Paper Studio Mirabelle Plaid
Card Stock:  Scraps from my stash
Embossing folder: Darice Basket Weave (5x7)
Sentiment:   I created the sentiment attempting to copy one that  I had downloaded on line quite a while back but could no longer find in my computer files. The fonts are not exactly the same, but they work.

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OWH Skwtch #211

Sunday, February 2, 2014

OWH CARD BOWL - Sketch #210 - Card #3

It's me again.  Card #3 for today's OWH SKetch #210.

Miss You All the Time
Pattern Paper: Kaiser Craft - Sears & Son Colletion - two sided
Sentiment:  Hero Arts - LP279 You're Always in My Heart
Ink: Memento Rich Cocoa
Brads:  Eyelet Outlet

OWH Sketch #210 - Card #2

This is my second card for OWH Sketch #210:

Lucky Stars
Pattern Paper: Sandy Lion - Blue Stars, Bo-Bunny - Regatta Stripe
Brads: Hampton Art - Ki Shaped Brads
Sentiment: Hero Arts - #CL582 Year Round Sentiments
Ink: Memento Paris Dusk


OWH CARD BOWL 2014 - Sketch #210

Today's OWH Sketch #210 inspired several ideas for me right away.  So far I have two cards completed using this sketch.

Here is card #1:

Call Me
Pattern paper: The Paper Studio - Call Me
Textured paper: DCWV - Woven Paper Stack, 6x6
Sentiment and telephone stamps:  Hero Arts - #CL502 Just Saying Hi, Clear Stamp Set
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black


OWH Sketch #210
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OWH Sketch #210
Stay tuned, card number two is coming up. :)

Saturday, February 1, 2014

OWH CARD BOWL CHALLENGE #2 - Sports Shaped Cards

The OWH CARD BOWL Challenge for Saturday is sponsored by Our Daily Bread Designs. Based on the number of cards entered, ODBD will fund the shipping charges of some OWH Cards sent to the deployed Heroes.

The challenge is to make a masculine card using brown as the main color.

I made this shaped card using a Football Cut File from Silhouette.  I created the shaped card base using the main football shape and duplicating it twice; inserting a small rectangle between the two football shapes and welding them.

I used the same technique for all of these sports shaped cards.


I kept the size of all of these cards under the A2 size so they are definitely going in the box to OWH.



OWH Card Bowl - Football Smile

Card #2 for OWH CARD BOWL 2014 for a masculine card reflecting the Broncos or Seahawks.

Football Smile
 The image is from Dearie Dolls that I downloaded some time ago. I colored this image with Copics Sketch Markers.  The sentiment is from a Hampton Art all occasion sentiment stamp set #SC0473.

Isn't he a cutie?  I hope that he is still smiling on Sunday night.

OWH Card Bowl - Denver Skyline

Operation Write Home Stars and Stamps Blog is featuring CARD BOWL 2014 this weekend.  Friday's challenge is to make a masculine card that somehow reflects either the Seahawks or Broncos.

I have two cards to offer today. The first is this Denver Skyline card was made using a Silhouette Cut File.
Denver Skyline