Manners Soiree / Imaginice / iRock How To

Good morning! Well, morning as I sit here and compose this blog post. It's Columbus Day and the kids are off from school so I'm home with them today. What's on your agenda? We usually go apple picking but the rain here has forced us to consider other options. I'm thinking it's a movie kind of day. An "Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day" kind of day. :)

Meanwhile, I have a blog post over on the Imaginisce blog teaching you how to use the iRock to create your own free form shapes and a layout to go with it.

Gather your supplies;

- layout/paper

- HotRocks or GlamRocks

- iRock

- template

- reverse tension tweezers

- iRock jewel tray

 

Instructions

1.  Use a die cut or free hand cut the shape that you would like to use for the outline on your layout/card. In my case, a star.

2. Pour the HotRock or GlamRock of choice into the jewel tray, making it easier to access the bling that you want to use.

3. Using your tweezers, pick up the gems and arrange them within the outline of the shape.

4. Turn on our iRock and set it over the gem, then depress the button that activates the heat, thus melting the glue to affix the gem. I count to 10 and usually the gem is affixed. There is also a subtle slide of the gem as the glue melts.

5. Move down the line, adhering all your blingy goodness!

And the whole layout that this fabulous star is on looks like this;

Other useful hints about the iRock;

- Don't push down too hard. No downward force is needed.

- If you have a lot of gems you are heat setting, make sure you have a fresh set of batteries in the iRock.

- The metal does get hot, believe me, don't touch it! Make sure it cools before handling.

Love me my iRock! It's a tool that stays in my tool caddy and goes everywhere with me.