The LONG awaited post....

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!!!!

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?!?!?

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...