Release Party Day 2 - adding glamour!

 Welcome back to day two of all things bling! We loved hearing your comments on the latest i-rock accessories and have definitely seen a pattern emerging in your favourite pieces. Let's just say that the hearts and tears are coming in first but it's a close race!

Now, just incase you were wondering how our design team were coming up with all these fancy patterns on their projects, we thought we'd let you in on their secret. Yes, that's right, they've been using the new i-rock heat resistent stencils which come in three fabulous new designs.

Design team member Liz has kicked off today with a wonderful way to revamp a handbag and give it a complete make-over by adding the new square glamrocks. Can you just believe how amazing this looks!

by Liz Qualman

Okay, now isn't this just adorable? Heather has completely transformed a sports visor by adding flourishes and borders of cristal hotrocks using the new bracket and border stencil and large flourish stencil.

by Heather Leopard

Same flourish, different hat! Melinda has given her daughter's favourite pink cowgirl hat a touch of glamour too! She'll be the sweetest pink cowgirl on the farm!

by Melinda Spinks

Tracey has also used the Cristal Hotrocks in conjunction with the large flourish stencil and added some major pizazz to this carry-bag giving it a fabulous new look!

by Tracey Taylor

Michelle has added a little bit of sparkle to this darling headband and given it the WOW factor by adding some fabric flowers and a covered brad daddy with extra bling. So cute!

by Michelle Unruh

Robyn has created this super sweet card from the Garden Party collection and added highlights using the Glitter Hotrocks and the Bracket and Border stencil.

by Robyn Schaub

Keely has also used the Boarder and Bracket stencil with the Glitter Hotrocks to add a touch of fun to delightful card from the Little Cutie collection.

by Keely Yowler

Metallic Pearl Hotrocks were the perfect choice to give this super cute layout some sparkle as Keely has been busy making the most of the new Large Flourish stencil.

by Keely Yowler

The new black glamrocks are definitely becoming a firm favourite with our team as they complement any collection and teamed with the new Bracket Stencil you can add such a statement to your layout as Marielle shows in this fun project using the Animal Crackers range.

by Marielle Leblanc

After reading yesterdays comments if was obvious that the new silver tear shaped hot-rocks are on top of the wish list for most of our followers so you are going to love the following cards.

Courtney has cleverly used the hot-rocks to create water droplets from her watering can to produce this amazing little card. Isn't it just adorable?

by Courtney Lee

Courtney has also created a wonderful video tutorial on how she put her sweet card together which can you view below.

It's raining... well just look at Erin's rain drops using the silver tears. They are just so versatile and can be used to create adorable scenes on the sweetest cards.

by Erin Bassett

Sophia has also used the tear shaped hot-rocks as rain on this simple yet striking card. Just love the stitching on the umbrella.

by Sophia Allison

Now I guess you wouldn't have thought to do this little trick - Sophia has used the tear shaped hot-rocks to create little flames on her paper rolled birthday candles. Such a fun card and a very unique look.

by Sophia Allison

I'll huff and I'll puff and I'll bling your house and make it sparkle! Cari has an amazing eye for adding just the right touch to her fun cards and this little number is no exception. Just have a look at that fancy chimney and picket fence made from the popular new square glamrocks.

by Cari Locken

GIVEAWAY

Today we saw the team use our fun new stencils so we'd like to know which stencil design is your favourite and also what stencil design you'd like to see us create.
We'll choose one lucky follower to win a fabulous prize pack of the new i-rock accessories and your very own i-rock!

Winner announced at the end of the week!

i-rock Templates: Learn to Make Your Own

Everyone loves our i-rock templates, we know because we keep selling through them and having to bring in more. Stores are telling us these are among the best selling item in their stores. Everyone loves a something they can use over and over again and have cute designs. Imaginisce actually has three different designs currently. We are working on next designs for next year. Be sure to keep reading to see how you can create your own or win one!! 

Here's what the end result of the template design looks like when you remove it and  the gems are left behind...beautiful don't you think?

The following pillow and card designs used the Swirl Templates to create the beautiful flourish pattern on them. The great thing about our templates is they're made from a HEAT RESISTANT material so that you can touch it with your i-rock tool and not melt the material.

Another Tip: In stead of leaving the template in place and dropping each stone in and setting it inside the holes of the template, you can simply mark where the holes were with a pencil and go back and add the stones of your choice.

We've had tons of requests for more templates and we're working on some amazing designs hopefully to release for next year. But in the meantime, we've got a couple great ideas from our cute friend over at PinkCricut. She created two videos showing you how to create your own templates. 

The first video shows you how to use your Crop-A-Dile hole punch to create your template. Here's a template design we worked up for you so you could try this technique out yourself. Click on the image to make it larger and open in new window and right click on it to save it to your computer to print (you can resize it too). Enjoy!!

 You could also use one of my favorite tools to for this same technique. Some call it a Japanese Screw Punch and others call it an Anywhere Hole Punch. Simply print out your design and punch holes along the lines to create your gem pattern. 

The second video shows those of you that have a Gypsy and Cricut how to easily create your own template from designs you have stores on your Gypsy. I've tried this and loved how amazing the designs turned out when I was finished.

FREE STUFF: 

Let us know which of the PinkCricut videos you think you'll try and we'll giveaway one of our Template Kits and a new i-rock tool. Be sure to leave Sarah a comment so she knows you stopped by to check out her videos!! We'll announce all winners from previous weeks each Monday.