Castle Card by Chris

Template designed by “A Path of Paper”, svg created by “Denise’s Scrapbooking Room”, and card decorated and played with by me! This was so much fun and so perfect for my granddaughter. I used tons of scraps and loads of goodies from Cutters Creek.

I love how the Pow Glitter Paper just glimmers as the roof and as the name-tag base. The name-tag was cut with my ebosser (yes I got one and it works beautifully). I used Spellbinders Shapeabilitie: Fancy Labels Two that I further glitzed with Nestabling. The flowers are from my stash, but they have a touch of glam—Times Square Glitter Glam that is! It was one of the clubs choices, and I think I’ve fallen in love with it.

The flower centers and turrets are decorated with I-Rock Glams. Outlines of the turrets and different stripes are all stickles: Orange Peel, Silver, Thistle, and Aqua. Another Spellbinders Shapeabilitie—Parisian Accents—backs the numeral 6, which is embossed with silver and trimmed in I-Rocks. The sentiment page is doodled with Gel pens. The mat is inked with Victorian Velvet Distress Ink and the stamp is perfect pearls on versamark. But the surprising elements (at least for me) are the new Deco Stickers from Ecstasy that edge the sentiment mat. They don’t look like much on the sheet, but when you peel them off and lay them on the page, there is a bit of dimension and color. I am so glad I ordered these in every color!

If there is something I’ve used and you don’t see it in the store, be sure to contact Kim. She always tries to help out and can point you in the right direction or maybe, special order something for you. Have a great day.

Bling It On!!! With Laura

This "episode" of Tutorial Tuesday....is a little light on the
"tutorial"....lol. There was truly a wonderful explanation of
the I Rock and how it works early this month (HERE), and
here is another project showing the difference it can make!
The above card is pretty, but when you "bling it on", look
what you can get:

It adds so much to your card in just seconds, it's quick and easy
and these I Rock gems HOLD!!! And it's so versatile, since you
can use it on so many surfaces!

Give the I Rock "hot rocks" a try.....you won't be disappointed!

(PS....do you like the pretty paper on the card? It's a sneak peek
of the Victoria Gardens paper from EP!! Kim has this on pre-order,
so grab it before it's gone!)

Available at Cutter's Creek:

I Rock "hot rocks"
I Rock jewel tray
Echo Park Victoria Gardens (pre-order!)

Precious Tutorial Tuesday

Continuing with our Irock Tutorial Tuesdays, I decided to make a precious little baby girl card to show you how I like to use my Irock. Here are a picture of the Imaginesce supplies I used on this card.

In this picture you can see my Irock tool, a compact full of rhinestones, a couple of lip gloss like containers full of gems, and my little tray which lets me keep track of all my gems. In the tray you will see one of the applicators that comes in the lip gloss tubes. When you wet the end of the applicator, it can be used to pick up the gems and place them where you want them to go. This is a lot easier than trying to pick them up, especially if you have long nails.

Here is a picture of the card I made using the Irock gems and my Teresa Collins Baby Boutique Imagine cartridge.

I like to look for obvious places in the die cuts themselves or the pattern that look like a rhinestone would fit. In this case, the middle of the wheels was perfect for a rhinestone, as well as the point of the sentiment, and I also mixed a few into the polka dot pattern on the stroller randomly. To finish the card off, I added a couple of Cutters Creek branded gardenias. The flowers come with stamens in the middle of them. I didn’t think it really went with my bling theme, so I carefully cut them out of the flowers and added an Irock rhinestone to the center of each flower.

Using the Irock is extremely simple. First, you need to place your gems where you want them using the applicator I told you about earlier. Then you place you Irock tool on top of the gem. Here is a link to a video showing you how to use the Irock. You can feel the gem move just a little bit when the glue has melted, that’s the best way for me to know it’s done. It will go a little quicker after the tool is completely warmed up. Your first few may take a little longer. If you are looking for an easy way to bling up your projects, then the Irock is the tool for you.

Cutters Creek Shopping List

Irock Tool

Irock gems

Irock tray

Teresa Collins Baby Boutique (available for special order)

Cutters Creek Branded Flowers