IWIA Stampers * Baltimore, MD *

IWIA's Let's start meeting again!!

2012-01-15T16:06:00.000-08:00

Hello stampers & scrappers!!! Beginning Monday, January 23rd, I will arrive at the Dundalk Moose Lodge around 6pm.

Please bring your project to work on. As before, they will have food and beverages served.

Hope to see you there to keep me company!!! And bring a friend!!!

IWIA Stampers 6-28-10 Shoebox Swap

2010-07-02T15:25:00.000-07:00

It was really great to see the number of stampers that turned out for this shoebox swap. This month's theme was Patriotic cards or Red/White/Blue.

Here is the first table, Debbie T, April and Donna hard at work;

Donna was concentrating on getting those cards done!

So was April....

the back of Kelly Mc., Lynn He and Mary Helen... they were in the zone!

Crystal came to visit, Courtney (standing up) participated, Lynn Ha and Michele in the back looking at cards and Pam... Everyone stamping the night away...

Mary Helen showing her work...

Courtney's beautiful smile, having a great time;

Then Mary brought Morgan... our newest, youngest stamper... (3 weeks old... come on gals, we start 'em young! HHAHHAHAHAH!)

Here is Crystal with Morgan; Sorry Crystal... this was the best pic I had of the two of you... I love Morgan's expression... I couldn't help myself but to laugh. You are so sweet and nice, she looks like, Who the heck are you?

Here is Lynn talking to Morgan... Morgan looks like a baby bird;

Crystal talking to Mary Ham. YES... this is Mary.... she just had Morgan 3 weeks ago, and has already lost ALL of her baby weight and is in last summer's clothes. She is gorgeous!!!!

AND... ONTO THE CARDS!!!!!

Donna couldn't help herself again and made not 1, not 2 but 4 cards for the swap;

Pam's card;

Debbie T's card;

April's card;

Lynn He's card;

Mary Helen's card;

Kelly Mc's card;

It was really great seeing everyone that could make it, and a couple of faces, Kim & Michele, who haven't been able to come for a few months. Always welcome ladies!!!

This is why you SHOULD have come to IWIA's!!!!

2010-06-21T18:19:00.000-07:00

Morgan Alexandra made her IWIA debut tonight!!! To a pretty empty crowd. Alice and I were there. Donna stopped by because she thought it was swap night, but found this little bundle of joy coming in with her mom. Then Lynn Ha called and I said MARY'S HERE WITH THE BABY!!! Ohhh you know she got up there right away.

So... without further adue.... Please welcome our newest and youngest stamper,
Morgan Alexandra Hamre;

I am the proud Stamp Aunt Linda... Lynn... thank you so much for taking the pics. Normally I'm the one taking all of the pics of the groups, but these are great.
Donna holding our precious little one.

Morgan sure was zonked;

Alice is holding her now. And she was still sleeping;

and still sleeping;

Lynn Ha adoring over her... Morgan is perfect, right down to the monkey toes... (had to be there!!!)

and she was still sleeping;

and I got her back in my hands. Mary looks absolutely amazing. Morgan slept the entire time they were there.

And guess what!!! Morgan won her first IWIA door prize...

And she kept sleeping.. bless her heart...

she didn't like the flash in this one. But she is going to keep mom or dad awake tonight, that's for sure.

And here is mom and Morgan. Doesn't Mary look amazing for having a baby, c-section no less, 2 weeks ago?!?!? Absolutely amazing.

Mary, love ya girlfriend!! you are an amazing mom. If you ever need anything, you know where I am. Besides, I think you have a lifetime of babysitters now... hahahha!!

5-17-10 IWIA Stampers Meeting

2010-05-23T08:58:00.000-07:00

It's the end of the school year, and our attendance at the meetings have been quite slim. But those who do come, come prepared to work on their projects and win door prizes.

Mary Ham, yup... with 3 weeks to go until the little one is here, came. This is one of her projects from the CTMH Card Kits.

Alice came, and is typically scrappin' her heart out. But alas... she is succombing to the darkside and making cards. She did a really great job!!!

*** WORK IN PROGRESS **

Rachel was working on gifts for the teachers in her children's school. Her children attend a school where the mascot is a bluebird.

And Rachel was also making these adorable baskets;

Tahh dahhhh... Here is Rachel showing off her masterpieces.

It is truly great to see everyone who comes. I know the Moose Lodge loves seeing us there. Please come and invite your friends and family to come along too!

Sketch Challenge Cards aka the April-Rachel Sketch Cards

2010-05-23T08:02:00.000-07:00

HAHAHAHHA... I thought it would be a good idea to possibly put out a challenge to the stampers in the group. There are several 'templates' or sketches online, and we posed a monthly challenge. Those who accepted the challenge, their name would go into a drawing. One name will be chosen to take ALL of the cards made in the challenge. So far, April and Rachel seem to be the two in the running... Here are their cards....

I know this isn't very clear... but here was our first sketch challenge;
April's Card;

Rachel's card;

Here was our 2nd Sketch Challenge;

Rachel's card;

April's card;

May will be yet, another challenge.. I wonder if only April and Rachel will submit cards again??? HAHAHHAHAH!! Only time will tell...

Sorry for the delay!!!

2010-05-23T07:53:00.001-07:00

When you look back at times in ones life, it makes me have such a happy heart to know it's filled with friends. The IWIA Stampers have become such good friends. These women have come together, some didn't know who each other was, and are so terrific and wonderful. The baby shower was so successful. I know Mary was so touched by everyone's participation. Thank you so much for your outpouring friendship.

From the left to right; Courtney(who is always such a huge help with the group), April, Pam, Mary K, Sarah (Courtneys Partner in Crime), Crystal and Lynn.
Mary getting ready to open her goodies;

OOOhhh the onlookers;

From left you can see Alice, Shawna, Carly, Donna and Lynn He.

Courtney, again, who is always so willing to help. Thank you so much Court!!!

Mary showing off the belly;

I just can not thank you all enough. The IWIA Stampers are not only talented stampers, but wonderful people and I'm so proud to have them as my friends!

April's Mother's Day & Baby Card Swap

2010-04-30T18:32:00.000-07:00

I was/am so bummed I missed the swap. I really wanted to be there, but I had done something to my back. I was even home that day off of work because my back was so sore. HAHAHAH... it was like seeing a turtle on it's back, when I tried to get out of bed! HAHAHAH!!! Now that you have a nice image of that... ONTO THE CARDS!!!

Shawna... thank you so much for bringing me the cards from everyone. They are really terrific, (as usual).

This cutie patootie is Rachel's card;

This is Carly's card. Can you believe she is 12 years old and did this all on her own? I was with her when she came up with this whole thing by herself. Her mom and I even tried talking her into other things and she wouldn't have it. She did a really great job!

Debbie T.'s.. one of them. She had 2 stampers accompany her... but she didn't tell me their name, so this is called Debbie T. 1;

Debbie T. 2;

Debbie T.3;

Donna's... sooooo cute. I heard she did blue ones and pink ones so stampers had their choice;

Lynn He's... Surprising, there were only 2 Mother's Day cards in the whole bunch!

Shawna's adorable card;

I call their cards greativity! Because they all had some great creativity!!!

4-5-10 IWIA Stampers Meeting

2010-04-10T19:52:00.000-07:00

We can tell spring is in the air... not many made it to the meeting. But those who did, had a great time stamping, chatting and just being together!

Here is Rachel on the left and Mary Ham checking out what she is making, her squash books. In the back, you can see Brenda talking to Shawna and Carly. I love seeing the fellowship and friendships being made. And sharing ideas!!!
Here is Alice hard at work;

Linda made this card. This is from http://www.raisinboat.com You can 'rent' stamp sets like you can video's from Netflix! Yeah... rent stamp sets!!! They are terrific!

Our first sketch challenge, and only two cards were made. This is Rachel's card;

And this is April's card.

Both ladies did a fabulous job!!! Very impressed!!!

April was working on this baby card;

And her bird house welcoming a new chick in the nest;

Can't wait to see you guys this Monday!!!!

IWIA Stampers - Easter/Religious Card Swap

2010-03-23T15:03:00.001-07:00

Hey there stampers!!! What a terrific turnout for the Easter/Religious/Christian card swap. All of the cards were fabulous and it was really great to see everyone having such a good time. Smiles warm my heart and I was sweatin'! HAHAHAH

First.. I'd like to say;

Welcome Brenda, Alice, Andrea and Denise!!!

Brenda and Alice are new and came last week. They liked us so much, they came back... hahahah. Andrea is a neighbor of theirs and came this week. Hopefully she likes us a lot and will be back as well. Denise has been a member, but had her little girl, Madison late last year and now she's a little older and mom came out to play. Not without her baby bragging book of course!! Madison is soooo beautiful.

Back in the far left corner is Brenda & Alice... middle table, April is in pink, Carly (our youngest stamper), is in orange, and Mary Ham (mom to be) in black. In the right is Mary Helen in green and Mary Mc. working away...
Stampers are concentrating... in pink is Denise.

Kelly in the pink IWIA SHIRT (Hint... hint...) and Debbie T in white.

Donna with the cheesey face, Courtney with her headphones to drown out the dribble of stampers talking and Pam in the sweatshirt.

Donna loves the camera... or is it the camera loves her? She has a great smile!

April in pink and Shawna concentrating in the background... havin' a good time!

Shawna and Carly (Brenda & Alice in the background... Andrea in the blue shirt).

Ahhhhh... Mary Helen, Mary Mc. and Denise taking a break and toasting to another wonderful IWIA card swap!! CHEERS!!!

Now.. ahahhahaah... ONTO THE CARDS!!!!

April had brough this in... sooo darn cute!

Debbie T's book mark. You had your choice of 4 different colors;

Denise's card. LOVE the spring colors!

Here we start the "Donna Cards". Donna decided to stay up til 2am to make a ton of Easter cards since her stamp room was cleaned up. These are gorgeous;

This one is by Kelly; I love how she used the corner punch, and flower soft! OOOHHhhh AAAhhhhh.....
Linda's Card;
Inside with his little flocked tail;

Lynn He.. gotta love those chicks!!!

Lynn Ha. SOOOO pretty and even more beautiful in person;

Mary Helen's chick, so clever!

frontal view;

Mary Mc's card... love the chocolate bunny!!!

Pam's beautiful green card... love the color combo;

Shawna's GORGEOUS cross card. Absolutely beautiful;

I want to thank everyone for coming and having so much fun!!!! Don't forget, next Monday night, many people will be absent, going to the quarter auction at the Del Capri, but we will still be there if anyone who is not attending the auction, to bring a project and have some fun.

You guys are terrific!!!! I'm blessed to have friends like you all.

3-1-10 Meeting and Think Green Shoebox swap

2010-03-06T07:40:00.001-08:00

FINALLY!!! The snow is starting to melt, and we were able to get out. Not only that, we had a stamper join us that has only been able to come one time... Karen... great to see you. She is a "sleeper" stamper. Her card was truly amazing. You will see it below.

Now... onto the fun!!!

In the back from left to right, you will see Pam, Courtney and Karen stamping away. In the front is Shawna and Debbie T's hubby. He came to support her since she just had knee surgery two weeks ago and nothing was stopping her from coming to the swap.
Rachel, pretty in pink...

Debbie T concentrating on her work...

Ohhh the supplies!!!

From left to right, Lynn Ha, Crystal and Donna. We had just gotten our stamp stash from Pam and it was like putting chum in the water.. it was a frenzy!!!

Kelly looking marvelous...

Mary Helen, wonderful as ever...

ONTO THE CARDS!!!!
The theme was Think Green. It could be any kind of card, i.e. birthday, St. Patrick's day, but we wanted them to be green. The ladies came up with some fabulous things... take a peek;

Debbie T.'s cupcake card;

Donna's card;

Karen R's card...

and a close up...

Kelly's birthday card;

Lynn made this card and brought it to share; (PS... she's addicted to Martha Stewart punches);

Mary Helen;

Mary Mc's

Pam's

Rache's awesome card... check this out... alot of work went into this...

the inside; (mom.. don't peek.. you might be getting this for Mother's Day!)

Shawna's frog card...

Again... another successful swap. Can't wait until the 22nd for the next one. The theme is Easter/Religous/Christian cards. The April swap is going to be Use your DSP/Patterned Paper.

Stamping Wishes to everyone!

First swap of the 2010 year

2010-02-01T14:33:00.000-08:00

Well... we started the evening off really great. The "Loved Theme" swap was awesome!!! You ladies sure know how to make the cards up!!! Sorry for having to leave early... husband calls, I must run.

But thanks again to all who came. It's really wonderful to see everyone together and having a great time, enjoying each others company, and watching the creativity flow.

I don't know who made this card. Please email me at either lrzaworski@gmail.com or iwiabaltimore@gmail.com and I will put your name on here for the credit.

Here are a few familiar faces...

Lynn He made this card. I LOVE it!!! And I even have this set and didn't think to use it like this. Thanks for the idea Lynn!More happy stampers;

Another great card... whose card is this???

Debbie T. getting a box for the swap;

Mary Ham's beautiful card;

Donna and her cheesy face! Wouldn't be a swap without seeing that cheese face...

April's gorgeous card;

Rachel concentrating on her swap... she's in the zone...

One of Donna's cards... she brought two for the swap...

I believe this is Debbie T's card... if not, let me know so I can give the appropriate credit;

Another Donna card.... love the owl;

Rachel's card. She said she had gotten this idea from her upline. Regardless... I'm sooo glad she brought this as her swap card. It is GORGEOUS!!!

Bright & smilin' faces, Mary Mc on the left and her sis, Lynn He on the right. Congrats again you guys on 100 years for Dundalk Florist!!!!

Mary Helen's card... lovin' the ideas from you guys!

More stampers... hard at work;

Mary Helen lovin' our swaps... always with a smile...

Mary Ham showin' off her card... and I love the "GOtcha" face on Shawna (on the right)... hahahahah!! I still love ya Shawna!!!

But here is Shawna hard at work...

I have to say... I really think you all are the greatest friends and stamping co-horts a gal could have. So much talent!!! I'm honored being around you all....

XOOXOXOXOX

The LONG awaited post....

2009-12-13T06:28:00.000-08:00

Here are the long awaited pics from the last card swap we had done. Please forgive me, I don't have a list of who made what cards.... so if one of these beauties are yours, please email me at iwiabaltimore@gmail.com and I will give you the credit for it.

So let's get this party started....
Left to right: Pam P, Debbie T and Rachel. Having a great time as usual;
Donna (Cheesy Face), Michele M, Lynn Ha... serious stampers at work here;

Donna's card;

Lots of stampers here... Mary Helen, Lynn He, and a new face, friend of Mary Mc.

Mary Mc & Friend;

April having a great time;

Mary Ham & Shawna;

Our lovely group;

More of our wonderful group;

Ok... here are some of our mystery cards. Please email me to let me know who made these so I can give you the credit you deserve.

The following cards, Donna made at Peggy Outen's Stampin' Up class, (http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/peggyouten/)

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This is awesome. Lynn made this all from using her Cricut. Isn't this awesome!!!!

This is by April;

This is by Mary Helen;

THis is by Debbie T;

This is by Rachel;

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By Donna;
By Mary Mc;

By Lynn Hershner;

By Mary Ham; This is a two part card;

Inside;

By Shawna;

Another Donna card... this is a tag;

Now... ONTO THE CHRISTMAS PARTY!!!!! WOOHOOOO!!

Great Sisters; Lynn He & Mary Mc.

April, Crystal, Debbie T., Donna, Lynn He standing up;
OHhh the food! It was so great.... Everyone did such a fabulous job;

Mary Mc, Mary Ham and Mary Helen... wow... we got all of the Mary's together... it was like the Bermuda Triangle of stamping! HHAHHAHAAH

Shawna and Carly... future stamper

Another wonderful group;

Everyone having such a good time;

Patti showing off her ear rings... a wonderful gift from Lynn He. She made these for everyone who attended (Another reason everyone should come....) Donna's cheesy face in the back....

Pam showing this amazing stamp. A friend from Hungary sent this to her. It's carved out of wood or something. We couldn't quite make it out... but it's truly amazing and unique.

Debbie F. enjoying some tasty treats;

From left, Crystal, Lynn Ha, Patti, Debbie T and Donna;

Shawna, Carly, Lynn He, Kelly, Mary Ham, Mary Mc;

OPENING GIFT TIME;

Debbie T; The gift swappers, ready for action;

Pam and Mary Helen;

Patti looking at all of the grosgrain ribbon she got;

Kelly Mc;

Donna being snuggly;

and showing off her robe;

Lynn He looking at her stamps;

Shawna opening her presents;

Lynn Ha very excited with her Stampin' Up refills;

Mary Ham showing off her Martha Stewart punches;

Crystal looking at her stamps she received;

Mary Mc showing her Stampin' Up! punch;

Debbie F checking out her goodies;

Carly opening her goodies;

And me opening my goodies, with the pop up Christmas tree. I really want to thank everyone. You guys made me tear up. It is so wonderful to have friends like you who come and share your stampin, insight and friendship.

Linda Z showing off her cricket cartridge. THANK YOU!!!!!!!

Tahdahh...... part of the wonderful group!!!! I'm so glad you all could make it and make it what it is. IWIA's ROCK!!!

14th Meeting - 11-16-09 And GREAT NEWS!!!!

2009-11-19T16:06:00.000-08:00

Ok... we're starting this baby off with... welll... with a baby!!! GUESS WHAT!!! Mary Pa. is preggers!!! We have a baby stamper due in June!!!!! YEAHHH!!! Here is the baby bump.

CONGRATULATIONS MARY!!!!

Lynn made this card for a family relative;

Linda made this card, actually at home... but she can't show you what she worked on because it's for the swap.

Donna made these;

and this one...

Missy and her mom made these;

Here's a happy crowd, from left to right, Donna (and her cheesy face), Missy and her mom and Lynn Ha.

More smiles... April and Mary (Mom-to-be) Pa.

Debbie hard at work;

Pam and Courtney doing the same;

This is Debbie's card;

Donna brought these gorgeous cards. She made them at Peggy Outen's (http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/peggyouten/) Christmas card class;

12th meeting!! Can you believe it?!?!?

2009-11-03T16:46:00.000-08:00

Once again, another successful meeting. Lots of fun and fellowship. I am soooo happy to see new faces each month. We had two new members come, Carolyn and Stacie. Also three members who have visited us once, came again!!! They must be having fun!

April, Maria and Debbie were stamping up a storm;
Rachel had a whole table to herself. She definitely spread out her stuff;

April;

Maria... no... she's not drunk;

Stephanie, always with a smile;

Stacie was in the zone working on her Christmas cards;

Pam, always with a smile, must be where Stephanie and Courtney get it from;

And it wouldn't be a IWIA meeting without her crazy shoes or socks;

Kelly Mc... enjoying the stamping;

the giggle bunch: Nicholas joined us this time, Courtney and Sarah. Who did a great job with the door prizes. Thanks ladies!!!

There's my stampin' clown;

Nicholas tryin' to get away;

Debbie giving us her mac daddy pose;

NOW THE CARDS!!!!
These were made by Rachel, aren't they gorgeous?!?!?!

Maria's card;

Debbie definitely won the prize for bringing the most stuff;

Donna made these... absolutely gorgeous;

Carolyn's card;

Stephanie's cards;

Another Donna card;

and another;

and yet.. another....

Yup.. you guessed it... another Donna card;

And another Stephanie card. Love the Sandy Claws!

Thank you everyone for coming, and keep coming. We have 2-1/2 weeks until our last mini-showbox swap of the year. Our last meeting of the year is 12/7, which is also our Secret Santa gift exchange. I hope everyone can make it!!! It is so wonderful to see everyone come, stamp, and enjoy each other's company, share ideas, etc...

10-26-09 11th Meeting and Christmas Card Swap!

2009-10-28T15:00:00.000-07:00

WoW!!!! Here we are again. Our 11th meeting and 3rd shoebox swap. I have to say, this was the BIGGEST turnout yet!!!! 14 swappers, over 20 members came. What a fabulous night!! Thank you to everyone who participated and came. You were all stamping your hearts out!!!!

So let's start this Party Train up!

Donna's Card;

Kelly H's card;

Linda Z & Rachel. This was Rachels first time at the meeting and look... she didn't have a shirt yet and she's still wearing pink!!!

Crystal, who doesn't like her pic being taken, but is a trooper;

Kelly H. and Susan S. all smiles seeing all of the swap cards they were going to do;

Anna W & Lynn S. being our stampin' clowns for the evening. Talk about putting on your cheesy face!

AAwww!! Mother & daughter, Kim & Haley; (next generation stamper!!)

Mary Mc. always with a smile;
Kelly M. & Mary Mc. - lovin' the smiles!!!

Debbie T;

April P; Debbie F.

HAHAHAH!! Mary K... talk to the hand!

Our Stampin' clowns Courtney & Sarah;

Pam showing off her IWIA socks!!!! Check those babies out!

A picture just isn't a picture without Donna's Cheesy face!

Stampers hard at work;

Hi Pam!!!

Kelly pitchin' in and helping Shawna and Carly;

This is Rachel's card;

Linda's card;

Lynn He's card;

Mary Mc's card;

April's card;

Kelly Mc's card;

YEAHHHH for stamping!!!!

Mary K's card;

Kelly H's card;

Shawna's card;

Lynn made these and brought them along; aren't they cute!!!

Donna's card... yes... she made 2 for the swap;

Crystal's card;

Debbie T's card;

Donna made these with the very nice SCS women at the Kingsville swap;

Kelly H & Susan goofin' it up;

Haley concentrating on making her first card;

Donna giving her some stampin' pointers;

TAHDAHH!!!!! Haley's very first card!!!! What a great job!

THANK YOU to everyone who came. Your cards were outstanding and you all did such a fabulous job!!! Keep up the great work!!!

Until next time....

IWIA 10th Meeting 10-19-09

2009-10-21T16:50:00.000-07:00

YEAHHH!!! Our 10th meeeting!!! There was lots of stamping, chit-chatting, eating, more stamping, just all around wonderful fun!!

Finally.... a picture of Patti !!!
April sure came prepared...

Mary Ham... she was crankin' out the cards;

there just wouldn't be a picture without Donna showing her cheesy face!!! Lynn was just too busy stamping... Crystal was having a great time stamping her images....

HI Kelly!!!!

What do ya know... Pam has a cheesy face!!!

Here are the cards...

April made these;

Lynn Ha made these... LOVE DeNami Design Chicks!!!;

Donna's reindeer card... and it's a punch!!! See the twigs on the antlers?!?!?

Donna's chick card;

Patti was crankin' her cards out;

Kelly was working on her scrapbook pages;

Another Donna chick card; (GOSH I LOVE CHICKS!!!);

Lynn Ha was working on this beautiful chick card in progress;

HHHmmmm... glitzy and shiny... could only be one stamper.. MARY K!!!!;

More cards by Patti;

Mary Ham's gorgeous sparkly Christmas gal, card in progress. LOVE this set!!! (By CTMH by the way!)

Kelly's card - work in progress;

Mary Ham's Halloween cards... these were soooo great and cutsie!

If you want to be a IWIA Stamper and live in the Southeast Baltimore area: Dundalk/Middle River/Sparrows Point/Edgemere/Essex/Perry Hall/Kingsville, etc... we would love to have you join us!!! Email me at lrzaworski@gmail.com We have an open Monday even meeting.. no requirement to come every week... it's nice if you could just come once a month! No stamp requirements, i.e. just Stampin' Up!, or Close To My Heart, etc... you can use what you want, what you have. And the best thing is.... You're WITH FRIENDS!!!!

Happy Stamping!!!

10-12-09 9th meeting! Yeah.. 9 already!

2009-10-13T16:49:00.000-07:00

This is the kind of support I need!!! HAHAHAHH!!! I am so sorry I couldn't make it with you guys last night. It sure wasn't the same, but then again, I was home with troubled sinus allergies. thankfully... Donna sent me these marvelous pictures of you guys!!!

Don't forget... if you want to participate in the Secret Stampin' Santa gift exchange... email me with your information.

This is a great idea for the monochromatic swap coming up in the next month or two.
April P. made this card to thank those who donated for her son walking in the "Race for the Cure". Breast Cancer awareness... ladies... don't forget to get your boobies squeezed!!!

Great job April!!!

Absolutely gorgoues!!!
Crystal hates her picture being taken... but she's lost 20+ pounds!!! YEAHHH Crystal!

HAHAHAHHA!! Pam and Mary K, the birthday girl... havin' lots of stampin' fun!

The french fry guys... better known as Courtney and Sarah;

Kelly doesn't have time for anything but stampin!!!

Mary Ham and April.. they look warm and cozy. But gosh... look behind them!! Lots of empty tables for more stampers!

And of course... this wouldn't be a blog without Donna and her cheesy face!! XOXOOX Donna!

This is another great card that could be used in the monochromatic swap coming up;

Crystal and Debbie. WoW... Debbie brings soooo much stuff!!! now that is workin' on some serious stampin' stuff.

Stampin' Up's new ornament punch...

10-6-09 Our First Buy/Sell/Trade

2009-10-07T19:17:00.001-07:00

Well... we had our first Stampin'/Scrappin' Yard Sale. I honestly have to say I was a little disappointed in the number of people who did NOT show up, but those who did show up, showed up with product in hand to sell. And boy there was lots of it!

Lynn Ha's table;
April's table;

Pam's massive amounts of stuffs - yeah... even a box of freebies!!!

Donna's stuff;

Lynn He's stuff;

Mary K's mass;

Donna giving us her cheesy face... I caught her peeking. I don't know why she was looking, I'm sure she has it! AHHAHHA!!

We did have a couple of new faces. From left to right, Anna W., Lynn S. and Merry;

Debbie... another newbie. She came serious!!!! She needed a table just for her stuff.

April;

Sarah and Courtney having a good time chatting it up;

Lots of fellowship going on! From left to right, Mary Nic, Lynn He, Pam, Donna & Mary K.

WoW! 7th Meeting and a great swap!!!

2009-10-03T08:27:00.000-07:00

Tahhdaa!!! What another great Monday night and our 2nd Monthly Swap. This month's swap was "Fall cards". This could be leaves, Halloween, Thanksgiving, anything to do with fall. 11 swappers were fabulous and every was in the "zone" stamping the night away.

If you live in the Baltimore/Dundalk/Middlesex/Middle River/Essex/Perry Hall and close vicinities and would like to join our group, please email me at lrzaworski@gmail.com for more details. It's FREE!!!

Donna is wearing the non-pink shirt, Patti next to her on the left. Pam and Lynn Ha on the right talking up a storm. (We have a tendency to do that... girl time is just fabulous!)

Here is Donna & Patti chatting while stamping. Who said we can't do two things at the same time?

Pam stamping her swap cards;

Courtney and Pam. Courtney was selling chocolate bars for her dance class to raise money for her outfit. The chocolate was yummy!!!

Lynn hard at work;

Mary Mc. & Lynn He stamping the night away;

Kelly was in the zone and was very organized;

Mary Ham. stamping her heart out;

April adhering the silk flowers with a brad onto her swap card;

Our next generation stampers... Carly and her friend;

A row of happy stampers;

Still nothing slowing them down;

Donna giving us her 'cheesy' face... she's such a ham!

Swap cards... here we go;

Shawna's card;

Linda Z.'s card;

Mary Mc.'s card;

April's card;

Mary Helen's card;

Kelly's card;

Lynn He's card;

Lynn Ha.'s card;

Mary Ham's card;

Donna's card;

Pam's card;

9-21-09 WOOHOO!!! 6th meeting!! YEAH~~~~

2009-09-22T15:08:00.001-07:00

As our Monday night started, Shawna was unloaded... good thing we have alot of space!!!

Shawna's daughter Carly came with her girlfriend. You're seeing the next generation of stampers!! Watch out!

Carly's very first card for her friend Jayden;

Shawna was working on her Christmas card; I love the non-traditional colors;

This is just part of the hall... we had 5 tables going;

left to right; Lynn Ha, Crystal in the middle and April;

from left to right; Mary Helen, Kelly (YEAH!! SHE CAME!!!), Lynn He and the back of newcomer, Maria's head;

More stampers!!! left to right; Mary Ham, Stephanie (YEAHHHH!! STEPH CAME TOO!!), Courtney, My wonderful helper, and Pam;

Pam was organizing her cards.... this was just part of them. Yeah... can you believe this is just part of them;

Stephanie... hard at work;

Stephanie and Courtney... ahhh sisterly love!

I LOVE seeing all of the happy stampers, but mainly, all of the PINK shirts!!! GO IWIA's!!!

Lynn Ha's card... I hope I get one of these in the mail!!! It is gorgeous and 3-d!

And Lynn Ha's cow card;

Crystal was hard at work, working on her swap card for the Fall Card swap next week;

HAHAHAHHA!! Lynn Ha's... "Tacky" crab. Yes... it's pink quartz...

Kelly's card. I believe this is the swap card for next week. I can't wait!! I get first dibs!!!!

Mary Helen was working on all of her cards. Isn't this so awesome?!?!!? Post card type;

Maria!!! There you are. She was hard at work, putting her pics in her scrapbook;

Stephanie and Courtney stamping their heart out;

Mary Ham does NOT like her picture taken....

Pam... THANK YOU so much for CHOCOLATE!!!

Where would we be without the IWIA Pink?!??!?! From head to toes... literally!!!

Stephanie's card;

Another card Stephanie made;

Mary Ham's card;

I LOVED this card, I love everyone's card, but I have to say, the length of the card was just different. Simple, yet really colorful. Great job Mary Ham!

Close up so you can see the glitter;

9-14-09 5th Meeting --- Only 8 stampers/scrappers

2009-09-14T18:51:00.000-07:00

Well... it is our 5th meeting and 8 of 30 showed up tonight. We all had a great time.. but we sure did miss alot of people.

Linda made these cards using a Stampin' Up! Simply Scrappin' set. This set is retired, but it made 18 cards!!! WoW!

Mary Helen working away...

Mary Ham & April...

Mary K, Lynn Ha & Donna. Patti hates her picture taken... but she was sitting in between them.

Lynn & Donna's back, and Mary K.

Mary K was working and cutting out ALL of these gingerbread men;

Donna's Christmas cards, that she made at a stamp class, were removed due to request by the SU Demo, because 'designer' credit was not provided. If you would like to see the cards, please ask Donna at the next IWIA meeting.

Mary ham was working on this scrapbook page. It's not done just yet, but this was realy awesome!

Here is Mary working on a card;

The card isn't done yet either.... but it looks great!

IWIA Stampers ROCK!!! 8-31-09 meeting & 1st Shoebox Swap

2009-09-01T14:15:00.000-07:00

IWIA Stampers ROCK!!!!

I have to say, WoW!!! 19 people showed up!!! This was just amazing. Definitely not disappointing in any way! 11 swappers, cards were fabulous, seeing a sea pink of shirts was terrific and the fellowship was truly amazing. Hearing everyone chit-chatting, happy, giggling, makes my heart happy.

Please don't forget that if you have any friends or family that would like to be a member, please email me at lrzaworski@gmail.com . We are limiting the group to 40-48 people. We are currently at 22, not including Karen C and Amber W if they want to join.

So let's get this one started;

Lynn He. started the shoebox swap off. August's theme was "Manly" cards;

From left to right, Courtney, Sarah, MK and Pam;

OOohh having fun! Left to right; Mary Mc., Lynn He., Mary Helen ... yes... we now 5 Mary's in the group.

From left to right, Crystal, April (hiding) and Merry. It was Merry's first time and of course, she's now HOOKED!!!

A better pic of Crystal and April.

More stamping!! From left to right, Mary Ham (at least the back of her head), Michele and Shawna. It was Mary Ham and Shawna's first night too!!! They had a great time!

I was still trying to get Mary Ham's pic... from left to right, Shawna, Mary Ham and Michele.

Not only does Lynn Ha wear a pink shirt, she drinks a pink drink!!! Instead of Margaritaville, maybe we should call it Stamp-ville? HAHAHAHAH! It doesn't matter what time it is to stamp!

We had 5 of the 16 tables in use. Really 6 tables, but one table has the munchies and beverages on it...

And more stamping... the tables seat 6 per table, but we seat 3 per table so everyone can spread out and not be stuffy. A spread out stamper is a happy stamper!

Mary Mc. & Lynn He.;

Lynn He. & Mary Helen;

April and Karen C. Karen stopped by to check us and and really enjoyed what she saw. Hopefully she will join!!! (I think she will.... she was already wearing a pink shirt! She is one of us and just didn't know it).

Karen C and Merry... chit chatting;

Patti, Lynn Ha and Donna; Donna and Patti won door prizes and ran down like they were on the Price is Right!!! It was hilarious. And thanks for the extra wiggle Donna!!!!

Debbie T. (on the right) was as quiet as a mouse. She was definitely in the zone.

More stamping... and swapping...

OK... now the cards! YEAH!!!
Crystal's card;

Michele M's card;

April's card;

Lynn He's card;

Patti's card;

Linda's card;

Mary Helen's card;

Debbie T's card;

Donna's card;

Lynn He. brought her Christmas card. This is gorgeous!!! The picture doesn't do it justice. The red in the starburst are stickles and really makes the card pop. I sure hope I get one of these for Christmas!

Shawna's card;

Pam's card;

More stamping....

Mary Kay's card;

8-24-09 3rd IWIA Meeting!!!

2009-08-28T14:36:00.000-07:00

What another terrific night!!! Lots of stampers getting down to business.

Here is Crystal, Lynn and Donna, Mary K in yellow.

Patti standing, Pam, Courtney and Mary K;

Anna W. standing and Michele chatting with April (hiding behind Anna);

Anna W. with her new shirt;

April chatting with Crystal;

Lynn Ha's card;

Donna's card;

Crystal was mounting her stamps. See... sometimes stampers don't always make cards. And boy did she have alot of sets!!

Pam was mounting all of the new stamp sets she got from the Winter mini... but I didn't get a chance to peek;

Mary K's card;

Mary K was making these for her mom... sooo cute!!

Pam was pretty in pink right down to her toes and flip-flops!

Donna's Halloween cards... MANY of them;

Stephanie wasn't there this Monday, but these are the cards she made at Donna's house, and Donna brought them to share. I LOVE PENGUINS!!!

I had held a "Spotlight technique" swap and here are the cards I received from the swap;

Chary Patzelt's card;

Sabrina Delgado's card;

No name on the back of the card;

Jennifer Kupiec's card;

No name on the back of the card;

No name on the back of the card; (this is why it's so important... I want to give you the credit for making your card!)

Dori from Hawaii;

Dennelle Kaczmarczyk cards;

No name on the card;

8-17-09 2nd Meeting and WOW!!!

2009-08-18T15:24:00.000-07:00

I have to say... BRAVO!!!! BRAVO IWIA Stampers!!!

Of the 20 of us, 13 showed up!!! Lynn He, Kelly.. thank you sooo much for stopping by. We hope that you come one Monday night and join us. But the lodge, again, was more than accomodating and it was such a pleasure to be there. We had such a great time.

Thank you Pam and Donna for the door prizes. YES!!!! DOOOOOORRR PRIZES!!!!! FREE STUFF!!!! Anyone who is interested in donating anything for the door prizes, please bring it with you and we'll give it out. All stampers love free stuff!!!!

Here is what we did;

April with her card... inside it was full of "HUGS";

Donna gave this to me at the meeting... is this gorgoeus or what!?!?!?

Donna H. can never make just 1 card... This is really gorgeous;

And another one in blue

Crystal was having a great time with the Stampin' Up! Circle Circus set;

Mary K made about 22+ of these. How cute are these?!?!? I sure hope I'M on her Christmas card list!

This is all of the card stock Pam cut up!! Yeah... can ya tell she's planning for alot more classes???

Donna H. loves making the cute and funny cards. This is sooo awesome in person!!

Pam made a bunch of these. The copper c/s really looks amazing!!

Can you tell who made this??? Another Donna H. card. Sooo adorable!

Patti H. made this. The colors are sooo fabulous!!!

Crystal having a great time. It was her first night!!!

Mary Helen (her first night, too) making something really cool with folders. She is going to put pictures in it and send it to a family member for her birthday. TOTALLY Ingenious!

Lynn Ha. made this ... she loves owls;

Lynn Ha's Halloween card;

Lynn Ha's inside of the card. SOOO cute!! the pop-up is awesome!!

Lynn Ha's inside another card;

Lynn Ha's front of another Halloween card;

One of Michele's Christmas cards;

Another of Michele's cards;

Michele made a bunch of these... they are gorgeous;

Linda "LZ's" card;

All of Linda's cards;

Miss Courtney always has a smile on her face... and Pam having fun. She was cutting up soooo much card stock!!!

WoW... look at us go!!! There was stamping and talking and eating and just alot of fun!!!

Diane from the lodge checking out what we are doing... she's going to be a new stamper next week!

The women working hard;

From left to right, Mary K, Pam. Courtney and Patti

Donna H. was hiding at that table too...

April and Michele chatting up a storm;

From left to right; Lynn He, Lynn Ha, Mary Helen and Crystal looking thru a box of freebies!!

8-10-09 - FIRST meeting... and it was great!

2009-08-10T20:40:00.000-07:00

This is the beginning... from left to right, Michele M., Donna H., Linda Z., Lynn H., and Patti H.

Patti starting to unload with Donna.

Linda showing off the new club t-shirts! They are awesome!

yes.. our first night and one of the women of the lodge already made her very first card! We suck them in so quickly now. This is Diane.

Michele M... a woman on a mission!

Linda's cards... using the SU Upsy Daisy set.

Close up

Women hard at work! April P. (Pam's downline and another of my demo's) came to visit. She doesn't like her pic being taken.

FELLOWSHIP!!! Lynn and Donna... we laughed and talked and ate and drank the whole night. Ohhh and some stamping.

Donna's mass production of cards!

Close up of all of Donna's cards she made;

Patti's card... she made about 15 of these. So adorable!!!

And she doesn't like her pic being taken either... even though she has gorgeous eyes!

Michele's Christmas cards... getting an early start!

yes.... she made all of these... in 2 hours!

Lynn's cards;

WoW... our first night. of the 17 that are in the group, so far, 5 showed up. Pam and April stopped by for a visit. It was great. Plenty of room and the lodge was so grateful we gave them cards. It was a wonderful night of fellowship, bonding and stamping!