A big thank you to all of you who purchased my Layering Leaves Class To Go. To get supplies out to the 300 participants for the May class and 200 for the July class, I needed a team. I couldn’t do it alone. I’m so thankful to all the volunteers who physically pitched in their time & talents to either one or both sessions: Beth Ferguson, Luanne Peterson, Glenn Kuphal, Cayla Callies, Nancy Forsberg, Kayla Cory, Vicki Spicer, JoAnn Pollock, Tricia Josephs, Lori Callies, Theresa Gloe, and Cheryl Lee. I didn’t keep track for the first session, but the extra volunteer time for the class of 200 was over 57 hours!

This post is full of photos of these sweet friends AND snapshots of the steps along the way. It was such an amazing process stamping, punching and assembling all those gifts, cutting and packaging all the project packets, putting together all the kits, and labeling & stuffing all the mailers.

Here I am with Beth, Luanne, Glenn (owner of The Country Cardinal and the creator of the beautiful coasters) and Cayla prepping the June class. Making the toppers for the coasters (the gifts) took the most time. Not only did people devote time in my studio, but they brought dies and tools to make the process go faster. AND some even brought things home to work on.

To be the most efficient, we each had different jobs and mass produced one step at a time.

Here I am with Nancy, Kayla and Vicki. Below are the beautiful coaster gifts from The Country Cardinal.

For both sessions Cayla and I were a team when it came to signing the sets. She made it easy for me by taking the inserts out of each stamp set and then reassembling each of them afterwards.

Here are JoAnn, Cayla, Tricia and Lori in a photo I took from the first session.

The class included six different projects. Here are photos of the separating and packaging of four of those project packets. We used the tables in my studio. But…

…the island in the kitchen turned out to be the easiest place for this task.

The wreath card had a lot of parts and pieces. Vicki and JoAnn are with me above and sorted for one session. Theresa, LuAnn and Cayla are in this photo below and sorted this card for the other session.

Lori, Cayla and LuAnn are sorting for the fun box project in this next photo.

Once the individual project packets were done…

…we put all six together into one large cello bag. Here are Nancy, Vicki and Cayla being pretty efficient with this task for the second session.

Then we labeled the mailers. Cheryl and Lori did all the labeling for the first session.

The final task was to put the items into the mailers and put the mailers out for Scott, my awesome postal carrier to pick up. Look at all those coaster gifts, ribbon rolls, and rhinestone packs.

Even putting the mailers together required an assembly line of people. Lori and Luanne (above) added the embellishments. Cayla checked to make sure each envelope had all the items and then sealed them shut.

I had shared this photo before in my May 8th post. But I had to show it again. Wow, right?!

Here is what was included in each mailer for those who took the full class.

Here are close up photos of the coaster gifts. I used Garden Green, Parakeet Party and Azure Afternoon for the colors in the topper.

Oh! And Glenn gave me this beautiful coordinating tumbler as a thank you for the large order of coasters.

I can not thank my volunteers enough for all their time, talent, energy, positiveness, great conversation, etc that they put towards making my Layering Leaves Class To Go “one in a million.” What an amazing experience!

Click here to shop my online store.
Click here to access & view the current catalogs.
Click here to shop My Favorite Extras.
Click here to subscribe to those fun Paper Pumpkin kits of creativity!
Click here to learn about my Loyalty Rewards program. You can earn free stamps just for shopping with me!
Click here to learn more about joining my Stampers With ART community. Get the MOST rewards including a discount on future products!
Follow me on social media! I share regularly on Pinterest, YouTube, Instagram, my Facebook Page, and my Facebook Group!
Please subscribe to my blog, too! Click here and enter your email in the blue box (above the butterfly).

BONUS DAYS!
When you shop July 6 – 31 and spend $50 USD you will earn a $5 USD coupon to redeem in August! Make sure you save all your coupons (you can earn as many as you’d like) because you can redeem them (and we mean ALL of them) between August 1 – 31! Click here for more details.

MORE ONLINE EXCLUSIVES HAVE ARRIVED
New products arrived in the online store July 6, 2023! You won’t find these products in any catalog. 

CLEARANCE RACK REFRESH
Additional items appeared in the Clearance Rack section of the Online Store 7/6/23. Click here to shop great deals on these returning & discounted retired products.

KITS COLLECTION: BLOSSOM WISHES KIT ADDED
This kit is special for its trendy, slimline card design, and includes all the precut paper pieces for a fun card for a friend! This new kit is part of the Kits Collection and is now available. Click here and scroll down for more details.

A PEEK AT AUGUST’S PAPER PUMPKIN KIT
Discover beautiful watercolor forget-me-nots and lotuses in the August Paper Pumpkin Kit! This kit includes 8 cards, 4 each of 2 designs, and 8 coordinating envelopes. The kit is special because of the way it uses the meaning of flowers. On each card, you’ll find a small inscription of what the flowers represent. As you craft with the included vellum and watercolor paper pieces, you’ll know you’re sending a message of encouragement/hope and loyalty. And anyone who subscribes to this month’s kit will get a BONUS Distinktive stamp set! Coordinating Stampin’ Up! colors: Bubble Bath, Crushed Curry, Garden Green, Melon Mambo, Misty Moonlight, Orchid Oasis, Pretty Peacock (ink spot color), Tahitian Tide
If you are not a Paper Pumpkin subscriber, I invite you to give it a try. CLICK HERE to learn more. CLICK HERE to sign up by August 10th for this next kit.

ALL STAR VIDEO CLASSES
I’m a designer with the All Stars, a group of globally recognized Stampin’ Up! demonstrators. And we are excited to share exclusively with our customers, paper crafting friends & team members our July 2023 Earthen Elegance Suite Video Class Bundle which is now available. CLICK HERE for more information. Click here to get to my Tutorials/Classes for Sale page to see others that have been offered. The next one featuring the Bright & Beautiful Suite from the 2023-24 Annual Catalog will be available August 1st.