The well known icon of the telephone kiosk (aka telephone box) is so recognizable even if dressed two ways. There's the traditional "currant red" of the UK standard boxes and the blue of dr Who's Tardis.

For my monthly project, I used the telephone box stamp from one of Wow Embossing Powder's first stamp sets in a card and in a tag.


The Card I stamped the telephone box in Memento black ink then used water color paints for the background. I used my heat tool to quickly dry and set the water colors.
I masked the telephone box and sprayed white acrylic paint with a paint brush to dot stars on the background. Then, I stamped the entire face of the card with Versamark ink and heat set on top Wow's clear hologram sparkle embossing glitter. The effect is out of this world.

Can you see the hologram shimmer? 
The Tag This little tag will look great on a Union Jack themed gift basket I am planning.
I started with the red telephone box stamped on the tag. I masked it t…

Summer is almost over but I still have a few more birthdays and weddings to attend. What I love about these events are the cakes, especially layered ones! 
I came across a tutorial on this technique while feeding my addiction to YouTube. 
Using paper scraps (who doesn't have a mountain of these), you can cut rectangles to put together into a layered cake. 
Start with a sketch, on cardstock, of the cake that will fit your card and be the base of your card creation. 


Step two is to cut rectangle shapes from various paper scraps to fit the layered shapes in your sketch. 





Step three is to adhere the layers to the sketch. You can choose to outline each layer for a little more  emphasis. 

The final steps are to cut out the cake and emboss it with a layer of regular or ultra high clear, glitter or any other delicious Wow embossing powder to give this cake it's body and luster. 
The mini cakes are great for cards, scrapbook pages or gift tags.







You don't need hours or a special recipe for t…