IWIA 10th Meeting 10-19-09

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!

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

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!!!

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;