This post is part of a series on our blog that will introduce you to the designers and team members that work behind the scenes at Plain Digital Wrapper to make it a fun-loving, digi-family. We would love to get to know you better as well, so if you aren’t already hanging out with us in the forum, please take a moment to say good morning to us, introduce yourself, and find some inspiration from our many challenges or in our gallery.

 

This month we are excited to introduce one of our two guest designers for the month of October, Terra, who designs as Sugar Kissed Designs. You can find her blog here and her Facebook Page here and check out her guest store here. I saw a fun little blog train freebie she has up on her blog so make sure you stop by and check it out.

 

Sugar Kissed Designs has been designing for a little over two years and designs with both Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator and has taken several college courses in Digital Arts.  She told us that these classes were what really cemented her desire to digitally design. Although she was a paper scrapper before she started designing, she first came to the world of digital design through tagging. “I actually started out as a tagger.  Soon I found that I could create my own graphics.  Two years ago I participated in Designer Survivor.  I freely admit I was completely unprepared for what I got into.  However, it stretched my designing beyond what I thought I could do.  It also gave me my first taste and ultimate love for designing for scrappers.”

 

Terra shared the following with us.

 

What was your favorite childhood toy or game? My favorite toy was a doll house that my grandmother had given me for Christmas one year.  She had painted it herself and we decorated it with patterned contact paper for the walls and floors.

 

Do you sing in the shower or car? I sing everywhere… I’m passionate about music almost as much as I am design.

 

What are your favorite colors? I love purples, and yet I never seem to design with them as much.

 

If you were a crayon, what color would you be? Plum

 

What is your favorite snack to scrap with? This probably sounds very egocentric, but I love the Original Terra Chips. The taro root ones are my favorite.

 

Where do you get your inspiration from? Everywhere, but almost always music.  Music will inspire a feeling which will inspire and idea.

 

What is your least favorite part of designing? Hindsight.  Whenever I finish a kit and have it in the store, that’s when I see things I could’ve added or done differently.  I think every good designer feels that way, though.

 

What is your favorite part of designing? Papers.  I love designing papers and patterns.

 

What was the hardest part about starting out as a designer? Patience.  I think we all want to come out guns blazing our way to the top, and it really takes patience, dedication and a willingness to learn.

 

If you had to have one color in every kit, what color would it be and why? Some sort of cream or white.  I think it adds a brightness and neutrality that can be so versatile.  There are very few kits that I can’t see using a creamy white color in.

 

Describe your design style. I think of my design style as contemporary transitional.  A cross between traditional and modern.

 

Do you use a tablet when designing? I actually don’t.  I use a mouse.

 

Where do you design? I feel like I design everywhere.  My mind is forever coming up with ideas and pictures of things I’d love to put in a kit.  Primarily I work at my kitchen table.  I don’t think I’ve ever had an actual meal on it since it’s covered with my computer, scanner, and designing bits and bobs.

 

Sugar Kissed Designs has two exclusive kits for Plain Digital Wrapper this month.  The first is called “Boo”. “I wanted to create this funky fun kit with colors that weren’t your traditional black and orange. It’s perfect for all your Halloween layouts or hybrid projects.”

 

You can purchase the Boo page kit, which includes 12 papers and 21 elements and is on sale for $5, or the papers and elements separately. There is also a matching alpha which is included with the page kit or can be purchased separately.

 

 

 

 

The second kit Sugar Kissed Designs has for you is called “Grace”.  “I really love the soft hues next to this dramatic black. This kit is simplistic in design and will complement any layout!”

 

You can purchase the complete “Grace” page kit which includes 12 papers and 24 elements plus an alpha and is on sale for $5, or purchase the papers, elements or alpha separately.

 

 

 

 

 

Sugar Kissed Designs has made a wonderful quickpage from Boo as a gift for you.

 

Download: Boo Quickpage (239)

 

Because Terra is really awesome, she is also giving our blog readers a coupon for 25 percent off!

 

 

Happy Scrapping!

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