DesertKatz | by Denise Vaughn

I love to scrapbook! I love Stampin’ Up products to scrapbook with.  I found these cute pictures of Hagen (my grandson) on his Dad’s facebook page.  I thought they were so cute of him playing on the playground, exploring and just being a kid.  My sister Patrice is finding her inner child and I think these pictures will help her remember to have fun, enjoy the moment and laugh!!! I looked at different blogs (you would not believe how many cute ideas are out there) and one of my favorites is Heather Summers. She has some great ideas so I grabbed one and went with it. This is from a Simply Scrappin’ kit that Stampin’ Up sells called Hoppy Memories and it is really a great way to scrapbook. Anybody can do it….it is almost done for you. So I pulled out some stuff and went to work.

I have struggled agonizingly over many a scrapbook page or card, but this came together very easily in about 1/2 hour. It is taking me far longer to post it on here than it did to do it. This is a 2-page layout. This is the first page.

and this is the second…

together they look like this.

Now see how easy and fun that is? Maybe this is my passion so I think it’s a blast….but anyone can do it.   I love making cards too! My goal this year is to not buy one card from the store. Now one of the reasons for this goal is because I have got to use up some of my scrappin’ supplies so I can justify buying more.  Speaking of which….as I said it is National Scrapbooking Month and Stampin’ Up is having a great sale.  Buy three packs of Designer Series paper or 12″x 12″ textured card stock and get one FREE!!!! I love the textured paper…best I’ve ever found and the designer paper is beautiful.  So head on over to my Stampin’ Up Website and check it out.  These are some cards I put together because I loved this Stamp Set.