Flourish ScrapArte Studio

Loyalty Cards

I've just had a lovely offer from Fiona at 'Stamp & Scrapbook Madness'. She has offered all Flourish customers to bring their loyalty card in and she will transfer the stamps you have onto a card for her store. This needs to be done by the end of the March so if you come into Flourish by Saturday I can give you your card to take into Stamp & Scrapbook Madness and have your points transferred over.

Stamp and Scrapbook Madness is located at 58 Holdsworth Street, Coorparoo, ph: 3397 6644.

Holdsworth St is the street that runs parallel to Old Cleveland Rd behind the Coles Supermarket .

Australia Day

I have decided to open on Australia Day as per our normal trading hours for all those people that have been working and unable to get in during the week. This is my final week, I will be closing the doors next Saturday the 30th January.

I still have a large range of cardstock colours available, all reduced to 60 cents a sheet for normal and 85 cents for the gorgeous bling so it's a great chance to stock up! There is also still a lovely range of patterned papers and embellishments for you to chose from to.

And surprisingly I still have Paper racks for sale too, lol. They are $25.00 each and have 10 paper spaces in each. I purchased these for $35.00 wholesale so they are a bargain at $25. The measurements for one are 33w x 32d x 46h approx. They stack on top of each other and are very stable, the colour is cream.

I thought I would list the other things I still have for sale here, if you're interested give me a call at the shop or pop in and have a look.

2 Cream Free Standing Gondolas on wheels with slat wall sides and ends and a shelf on top for display - 2040l x 1030h x 60w approx - $750.00 each or both for $1300.00 

4 Cream Shelves - fits 6 paper racks on the bottom and has slat wall to hang all your embellishments above - 1030w x 350d x 2010h approx - $250.00

1 Cream Shelf with 5 shelves,  I have been using this for my ribbon stand - 998w x 350d x 2010h - $200.00.

1 Cordless telephone set with answering machine and 3 handsets - $60.00

1 Microsoft Dynamics Retail Management System Point of Sale System - a fantastic user friendly system with bar code scanner, digital printer and cash draw. Please call me to discuss this.

I have photos of all these so if you are interested and can't get into the shop I can email you a photo for you to see the fitting I am talking about.

Cheers

Jan

I'm on the count down now until the last day before I close the doors. I still have a lot of stock in the shop that I don't want to pack up and store in my garage so from tomorrow everything will now be a huge 40% off the normal marked price!  

There's still lots of gorgeous products to grab a bargain on so come in and have a look.

 

Thank you to all my lovely customers that have been in over the last few weeks and given me amazing support. I'm very sad to be going and I will miss everyone very much.

 

 

Ihope to see you all before I go.   
  

 

30% of Everything!!!

 

Starting Monday the 11th January everything in the store will now be 30% off the normal regular   price (except for stock already marked down).

Come in and grab some bargains, there is still lots of gorgeous products available for you to purchase.

 

I have sold all the Bazzill shelves and a lot of the shop fit but I still have paper racks for $25 each, 5 open shelves with room for paper racks underneath,  one scrapping table,  one desk,  2 gondolas,  a ribbon shelf and a fantastic Point of Sale system for sale.  If you want a bargain, well below cost price then come in and have a look at what is still available.

 

l  look forward to seeing you in the shop.

 

Cheers

Jan

 

Sad News

I am extremely sad to announce that Flourish will be closing the doors at the end of January.  Therefore I am having a Closing Down Sale and starting Monday the 4th of January  everything in the store will be 20% off it's normal  retail price (except for products already discounted). I will also have some great bargains on shop fit items as well so if you're after a new scrap table, a fabulous paper storage shelf or paper racks all well below cost price,  then get in quick! If you would like more details then please give me a call at the shop from Monday.

 

It has been wonderful getting to know you all and I would like to thank everyone for the fabulous support that you have shown the shop and myself throughout the year.  The concept of Flourish was a wonderful one and it is heart breaking to have to make this decision.

Cheers

Jan

Christmas wishes to everyone.....

I would like to wish everyone a very Merry Christmas and a huge thankyou for the support you have shown me and Flourish this year. It has been fabulous to meet you all and to see you enjoying scrapbooking as much as I do.

I hope you and your families all enjoy the festive season with much love and laughter and that the New Year is a Happy and Healthy one for you all. Enjoy the holidays.

Remember: Flourish is closed from 12noon on Christmas Eve and reopens on Monday the 4th of January.

Cheers Jan

Some new goodies....

We have just recieved in store the two gorgeous new ranges from October Afternoon.

Farm Fresh:

and Report Card:

 

I'm sure they won't last long because they are just so cute.

We've also just got in some of the beautiful Vintage Findings kits from Making Memories:

  


 These are little kits of beautiful vintage embellishments to use on your layouts, very, very sweet.
 
 Pop into the store and grab yourself some new scrapping supplies for Christmas!
   
 
 

Monthly Musings - December

It's now officially Mad Scramble time in the preparations for Christmas.  Are you still making your Christmas cards?  I have some information here about inks that might help you along. 

Pigment Inks : create beautiful crisp clear colours.  They are acid free and fade resistant.

Brilliance - It is a special pigment ink that dries on surfaces that traditional pigment inks won't.  It was designed for use on shiny papers.  It dries fairly quickly but slow enough to emboss. 

VersaColor - A pigment ink perfect for most stamping techniques.  It is archival safe and comes in a large range of colours.  Suitable for embossing, stencilling and archival projects. 

Chalk Inks: A subtle powder finish ink that can be blended before it dries.  It is acid free and archival safe.  It creates opaque colours, even on darker coloured papers.

Versamagic - The chalk finish adds a soft touch.  It does not smear after drying.  And can be used on vellum, shrink plastic, polymer clay, wood, leather,cardstock and more. 

Staz On Ink: Is a solvent based ink.  This means it can dry on surfaces that other inks won't, especially non-porous and semi-porous surfaces like metal, glass, plastic, foil etc.  It is non-toxic smelling and can be cleaned off stamps with Staz On Ink Cleaner.  It is archival safe and will not harm rubber stamps.

VersaMark Ink:  A pigment ink with a difference which allows for a number of techniques like watermarking, tone-on-tone images, resist images.  It's also quite sticky and can be used as a glue for chalks and embossing powders.  Very versatile and acid free.

Helpful Hints: To maintain longevity of your stamps, store them in a cool dry place away from sunlight.  Clean after use with a baby wipe or stamp cleaning solution.  To improve cling on acrylic stamps, wash in warm soapy water and allow to dry thoroughly.  Do not submerse wooden blocks in water.

Inspiration:  Something for the kids - create a cd envelope on You Tube

Cards and things at the Cosmo Cricket gallery

And finally, crafting excellence to drool over at Flickr 

Enjoy!

Flourish ScrapArte Studio is for SALE!

Yes, our beautiful small business is for sale.  Unfortunately due to our personal situations, we've had to make the decision to move on.  But we hope we can hand Flourish over to a new owner with as much passion for it as we have.

Here is some relevent information for the potential buyer:

This is a retail scrapbook store in 270m2 space, elegantly decorated with an excellent shop fit.  There are defined areas for classes, office, kitchen, bathroom and kids play area.  We are located off a busy main road near public transport and major shopping centres.  The lease runs until Dec 2011 with options.  Point of Sale and MYOB software and customer list are included.  Training is available for the new owner.  Price is all inclusive, negotiable for quick sale.  Priced $60 000, walk in walk out.  Please email scrapshop@hotmail.com or phone the store on 07 3843 1115 for more information.

Gorgeous Keepsake box

Come along and join Lorna in making a stunning vintage style Keepsake box to store those special treasures you have. In this class you will be decorating the box using your own choice of papers so that you can theme it to your own personal choice. You may decide to make it a Christmas themed one or a pretty girlie one, the choice is yours. You will be decoupaging, making old fashioned scrolls  and paper flowers as well as lime washing and stamping. Book in to join in this action packed fun filled class. 

The class is on Wednesday the 25th November from 6.30 - 9.00pm.