Guest Designer: Stacey Michaud

What an incredible month of exploring Ambition with everyone and we have VERY much enjoyed having Stacey Michaud joining us. Earlier this month you got to know her more and I hope that you visited her gallery on the SFTIO page.

I pulled a favorite layout to share with you today.

Stacey is always brilliant when it comes to using the kits down to the little details. Whenever I look at her layouts I am always gasping with delight when I see how she cut something or tweaked it to make it her own. Such is the case with the paper with the heart. It seems so simple! But, it provides the perfect pop of color below her photo and symbolism.

 

Looking closer at the ladies, I notice she used the embellishments at the appropriate place. It looks like those powerful and colorful ladies are marching with bright stars and hearts in their hands. And I KNOW Stacey is a lover of banners. Placing them at the top to help balance the movement at the bottom was perfect.

Reading her journaling is enough for us to see that Stacey knows the benefits and rewards of visual journaling and scrapping from the heart. 

Thank you so much Stacey for joining us this month! 

Visit Stacey's blog here: It's Just Paper

Journaling: Vent Session

vent¹

vent/

verb

1. 1.

   give free expression to (a strong emotion).

   "he had come to vent his rage and despair"

   synonyms:

   release, air, give vent to, give free rein to, let out, pour out, express,give expression to, voice, give voice to, verbalize, ventilate, discuss,talk over, communicate More

Sometimes it feels good to let it all out.

It's healthy too. Just think about volcanoes. It's good that they puff out steam every once in awhile. Otherwise, all that steam and such is going to keep boiling and boiling. Then, what will happen?  A huge explosion that will affect more than just the immediate surroundings.

While we should probably be careful about who we vent to and we should take care not to confuse venting with taking our frustration out on others, it's good to have a good journaling sesh.
Let the tears flow.

Let the tension ease.

It's good!

I love how our Guest Designer Stacey Michaud put this to practice. Her take on Ambition is an interesting one with this layout. While the photo is of her children and their own ambitions, if you read between the lines, you can see that Stacey used this opportunity to vent. "Just Get Along!"

If you are a mama, maybe you can relate???

For my layout, I vented in a round about way. Something that I'm getting so tired of is my laziness. No motivation. Just sheer laziness. Literally. Laziness. And I've had it! So, what better kit to let it out and make that thought public than by journaling it out on a layout.

It felt good, I tell ya! And now you all know and will hold me accountable, right?

Journaling is so therapeutic. 

Use it with the product and symbolism in our kits and you've got yourself the best visual journaling page just for YOU. 

Now... go let it all out!

September Guest Designer - Stacey Michaud

We are so thrilled to have the lovely Stacey Michaud guest designing with us again. We just love her style and that she truly gets the heart of SFTIO.

Hi all! My name is Stacey Michaud. I am a teacher during the day and an avid scrapbooker by night! I use the creative process to keep my sanity and record my stories. Paper serves as my muse and I love gaining inspiration from the products around me. I like to call my style clean and linear with a twist. Journaling is a must for me. I have been blessed enough to be published in Scrapbook Trends and Creating Keepsakes!  I currently design for Webster's Pages, Teresa Collins Designs and Lily Bee Design.

Here is one of the layouts, created by Stacey, using the September kit AMBITION:

We love how Stacey is able to record a layout with her kiddos and use it as a way to vent!

Stacey will be back later this month to share a little Behind the Scenes of one of her layouts. 

To view Stacey's SFTIO Gallery, click here.

To visit Stacey's blog and stay up to date on all her happenings, click here.