I was scrapping with friends recently when I spotted one of them using something I hadn’t come across before…..and it was pink so therefore warranted a closer look! Instead of a regular acrylic block my friend was using something called a Rock-a-Block and very kindly gave me a demo (and then I pinched them for the rest of the weekend ;) )
I am the first to admit that a tool like this wouldn’t normally catch my eye at all, but one rock and I was hooked. To me stamping is something that looks easy but doesn’t always give the results you want, the rock-a-block gives such great results everytime – it sounds too good to be true but it is! You just stick your stamp to the block, start at one edge, rock forwards using normal pressure until you reach the other edge, lift away and voila!
I now have a set of my own rockers so whilst I was up at my Mum’s this weekend I thought I would really put them to the test and give them my Mum to try. My mum has NEVER stamped before!
Here is Mum demo-ing the blocks:
My Mum’s verdict was that they were “really easy to use”, “foolproof” and “gave successful results everytime”, she really couldn’t believe what she had achieved J
Mum also tried with this cute little butterfly that I had lazily cut out from a sheet of stamps – you can see that when she inked the stamp she caught the corners with the Staz-on. Normally I would faff about wiping that off but seeing as we were in testing mode we left it as was and stamped anyway. There was no sign of the excess ink – the design of the actual rockers means that only the raised image ever touches the paper. To me this will save SO many tears and also save a lot of fiddly cutting out!
The Rock-a-Blocks can be used just like a normal acrylic block with clear stamps, and rubber stamps can be used with just a quick spray of Stick and Spray or some other removable adhesive, even Pritt Stick.
Rock-a-Blocks are made by Crafter's Companion – you can buy them from their website and lots of other crafty shops are stocking them now too.
Happy stamping!
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