SCRAPAHOLICS - Store Showcase

Kia Ora (Welcome) to the world of Scrapaholics! My name is Jodi Tomlin and for the last 5 years I have developed my business because I was obsessed with Scrapbooking – the most awesome hobby in the world!

My business now resides in Howick, Auckland, New Zealand. Scrapaholics started life as a website business only but I am too much of a people person and I had to get face to face with other Scrapbook fanatics, so 2 years ago we extended ourselves to open a Bricks & Mortar store.

I left behind my career as an IT Consultant and dedicated myself to building my store into a space that I believe is comfortable and well stocked.

I am lucky to have a Store Manager, Sarah, who worked for another scrapbook store before mine and is very experienced and knowledgeable. Sarah loves helping our customers with design and colour combinations her willingness to assist is complimented all the time.

(here are some of Sarah's creations)

 

 Then there are a team of 5 tutors that bring great style to the many classes that we run each month. It’s great working with these ladies too; we bounce ideas off each other and get very inspired by each other’s work.

(The following layouts are from 1 of our tutors... JODI)

While I have been using BoBunny papers all of my Scrapbooking life, during the last 2 years we have introduced BoBunny to our store customers and we certainly have built a great fan base who eagerly await the new releases each quarter. I would say that the biggest fan we have is one of our tutors Vivienne who just cannot get enough BoBunny product...

Last year Vivienne made some beautiful cards from the Gabrielle range for a class and earlier this year made a stunning layout from the Country Garden collection for her “Pieces of Me” group.

(this is Viv)

I too have worked with a number of the ranges and pretty much love them all!

I was privileged enough to meet Jeri and Megan last year at an event in Auckland hosted by our New Zealand BoBunny wholesaler Kays Co. and then caught up with these lovely ladies again this January at CHA is Los Angeles.

(This is Jeri, while visiting)

Thank you BoBunny for giving me the opportunity to show off our store on your blog! We LOVE your products – your designers are FAB! Kia Kaha (native Maori phrase – means Stay Strong!)

Hugs

Jodi and the Scrapaholics Team

Oct. Card challenge & last month's winner!

It's time for another card challenge, but before we do...

~Just a reminder we are giving away a PINK purse each week this

month in hopes that more women can be aware of the fight for breast cancer.

~Also, Saturday is National Card Making Day and we will be having a blog hop

with a fun little game and a super fun giveaway!!  You won't want to miss it!!

For this month's challenge....   because of the crisp morning air, the comfy clothes & the

gorgeous fall colors we wanted our challenge to be for each of you to create a AUTUMN CARD.

To give you a little inspiration, the girls have come up with some great ideas...

Have a great day card
by Agnieszka Piskorz 

 Bo Bunny supplies:

Paper: Stripe /Serenade ; Dot, Orchard/ Apple Cider

Buttons: Apple Cider 

Jewels: Apple Cider

Chipboard: 12" Apple Cider, Layered Chipboard Apple cider

Stickers: 12" Combo Stikers, We are Family, Dimensional Stickers/Apple Cider; 

12" Combo Stikers Serenade

Cutest Lil Pumpkin

by Debbie Sherman

 Designer Tips: Adding clusters of embellishments gives your project dimension and depth. For this card I used patterned paper to create several of my embellishments, I popped them up with foam squares to add the feeling of pumpkins sitting in a patch piled upon on another. Using patterned paper is a great way to create coordinating embellishments!

BoBunny supplies:

Paper: Apple Cider Cut Outs,Pumpkin Patch,Afternoon

6x6 paper pads: Very Vintage, Natural Necessities 

Jewels: Apple Cider

Chipboard: 12" Apple Cider

Stickers: Apple Cider 12x12 Combo Sticker

Flowers: Apple Cider Market Petals

Ribbon:Olive Ribbon Spool

TACK/ Thank you

Mahlin Wiggur

 Bo Bunny Supplies:

Patterned Paper: Cut outs, Bounty/Apple Cider, Leaves/Camp-A-Lot

Cardstock: Double Dot in Ocean Vintage

Jewels: Apple Cider

Chipboard: Apple Cider

Petals : Apple Cider

Buttons: Apple Cider

Stickers: Combo Sticker/Apple Cider

Mini Album: Apple Cider

Ribbon: Double Dot in Kiwi and Turquoise

The Beauty of Fall

Robbie Herring

 Tips: Keep your supplies needed down by taking advantage of both sides and the pieces that are left over after you build your card. The Apple Cider Dot was used for the top layer of the card, the tiny punched flower centers and I punched the leaves from it, too. The leaves are the opposite side of the same paper.

 Also, take advantage of the packaged embellishments. Brads go a long way and I seldom use an entire package for one project. Think about using the smaller ones on smaller projects, like cards, and the bigger ones for layouts or projects where you need more impact. 

Supplies Used:

Patterned Paper: Apple Cider Dot and Apple Cider Cut Outs

Double Dot: Chocolate Dot

Brads: Apple Cider

Petals: Apple Cider

Ribbon: Double Dot Chocolate

Don't you just love today's cards! They kinda make me wanna rake leaves and

jump in the pile!  Create your fall cards and link us to them below..

We can't wait to see what you come up with.

And for Last months winner...

Gini Cagle

with her adorable card below...

Congrats Gini and shoot us an email and we'll get you out a bag-o-happiness!

Are you aware?

October is Breast Cancer  Awareness Month!

Here at Bo Bunny we encourage every bunny to be aware.

This month on our blog we are going to give away one of these

adorable Pink Bo Bunny Purses each Monday.

All you have to do is share how being aware has helped you or someone

you know in the fight against breast cancer.

16 of our 20 employee's are women!!  We all promise to be checked and stay aware.

Join us and inspire women everywhere!

ps...  there will be no blog class in October, join us in November when we'll be

making Christmas cards and a Christmas countdown.