We are excited to introduce you to another member of our team,  in a new 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 the fun-loving, digi-family that we are very thankful to be a part of.

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!

Today you get to meet Kater 07 (aka Katie), she is one of our gallery commenting queens! You can check her PDW gallery out here.

Katie has been scrapbooking since 1998 when a friend threw a Creative Memories party she attended. She started scrapping as a safe and creative way to preserve her memories.

Katie discovered digital scrapbooking in April 2008, when she realized that she could scrapbook with her Photoshop 7 program. Katie currently scraps with PSCS3. She said she doesn’t enjoy paper scrapping as much as digital and that she still has her children’s first year albums to complete in her paper albums as they are each missing three pages. (That’s a LOT farther than I have gotten Katie! LOL)

When Katie was asked how long she has been scrapbooking, her answer was this: I have been scrapbooking for 13 years unless you include the many pages I put together in my sticky backed photo album that I kept as a child and teen.  I actually put post its in with the photos.

Katie has been a member of the Plain Digital Wrapper Creative Team since 2009, she started out CTing for Paste Optional Designs and that was how she found her way here! She is currently a CT member for Plain Digital Wrapper, Dani’s Delusions, Tracy King, ViVa Artistry, Inspirations from Day, SKrapper Digitals, Rumki Designs, and Laura Burger-what a busy girl!

Here are a few other things Katie tells us about herself:

If you could only have one type of element, what would it be?  If I could have only 1 type of element, it would have to be flowers.

What is something else that can usually be found on your pages? You can find some sort of journaling, even if it’s just a date, on most of my pages.

Do you usually scrap a page with only one kit, or do you like to use items from more than one on a page? I am a kit scrapper.  Each page, and usually at least a 2 page spread, is done with 1 kit.  The most pages I’ve ever done consecutively with 1 kit is 20.  I’ve done that with 2 kits – Carefree Days by ScrapDZines and The Artist Workshop by Jofia Devoe.  I have also created pages beyond those with both those kits.  They are two of my beloved kits, and I use them often.

Do you have your pages printed to go into an album? I have printed pages as well as books.  So far, my favorite place to print pages is My Pic Tales although I send some business to Scrapbooks to Share because they are a small company in Florida, and I like to give my business to “locals” when I can.  I’ve found Artscow to be easiest for creating digital books and getting them printed with custom covers, and I LOVE custom covers.

Do you sing in the car or the shower? I sing in the car loudly enough that I’ve been cheered recently.  I don’t sing in the shower because I like to have music, and we don’t have a shower radio.  That’s a good idea, though…

What was your favorite game as a child? My favorite childhood game was hide and seek.

Do you have a favorite color? And, if you were a crayon, what color would you be? My favorite color is royal purple – the color of dark purple velvet capes.  If I was a crayon, I’d be magenta, so I’d always be Mom’s favorite.

Are you ticklish? If so, where? I am ticklish everywhere, it’s worse if I can’t move!

What would you do with a million dollars? If I had a million dollars, I’d pay of the the mortgages of my inlaws, my parents and myself, then I’d secretly pay for midwifery school for people who can’t afford it.  If I won the lottery, I’ve always wanted to run a play where the homeless who don’t want to be can live free for a time with clothing, food, showers, etc. available while they find jobs and get together the funds to live on their own again.

Do you have any other hobbies? My other big hobby is reading, but I won’t read just anything.  It’s very hard to get me to venture out of my psycho-thriller box.

Do you have any tips for new people to digital scrapbooking?  I tell newbie scrappers to check out the gallery at PDW and to ask questions in the forum.  I am active at other sites, but I find that the friendly atmosphere at PDW is more conducive to helping a new scrapper find her footing.  You also get to see many styles of scrapping because of the open gallery.

What is your scrapping style?  My style is all over the map.  Sometimes it’s about white space, sometimes I fill a page with journaling.  I LOVE multi-photo pages, but sometimes the subject screams that only 1 picture is needed. The hardest style for me is fantasy.  I LOVE the fantastical pages, and I wish I could make them more often, but alas, extraction is a difficult process for me.   Besides the difficulty with extraction, I scrap memories, so making fantasy pages comes after my memory pages are complete.  I’m behind by 5 years with 1 kid and 4 with the other.

How many pages do you usually get done in a month? I can complete 15 to 20 pages each month.  Sometimes I complete more than that.

Here are some of Katies favorite LO’s  from her Plain Digital Wrapper gallery:

As the team leader for our Unwrapped Team, Katie also is the host of those new RAK threads here at Plain Digital Wrapper you may have seen, currently there is an RAK Pick-A-Kit from Starving Artist Designs! You can find the thread here, in Our Happy Place.

She also helps create the ads for our challenges (they’re awesome!) and she does other behind-the-scenes duties as well.

Thanks so much Katie for helping make PDW the wonderful place that it is!!

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We are excited to introduce a new 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 the fun-loving, digi-family that we are very thankful to be a part of. 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.

Our first Creative Team feature is: Crazsquaw (aka Becki). You can check out her gallery at Plain Digital Wrapper here.

Becki has been scrapbooking for over 20 years, eight of those as a digital scrapbooker. She used to work at a large craft store as the department head of the rubber stamp collection and co-manager of the scrapbook department where she collected “a LOT” of paper supplies. She used to spend so much time at the store, her husband had to come and make her go home! But then she discovered the freebies of the digital scrapbooking world and found herself hooked on digital instead.

Here is what Becki had to tell us about herself:

What one things would you want on a dessert island and why? Bed – nothing is worse than not having a good night of sleep. Who would you want there with you? Actually, that is a hard choice between my husband and my granddaughter and my husband. I know he would take care of me and with her there too, we would have so much fun!

What superhero power would you most like to have and why? The power to fly so I could go visit my family whenever I want.

What would you do with a million dollars? Pay off all debt, go on vacation, open a scrapbooking shoppe and teach hybrid scrapbooking. The rest would go into a college fund for my granddaughter and savings.

Are you ticklish? If so, where? LOL. I am ticklish on my side and my legs. I hid it from my husband for a long time but I let it slip about seven years ago and it has been on since!

What is your greatest weakness? Saying NO!

How did you get started and why do you scrap? I started right before I graduated high school out of a bad habit of keeping everything! I really got into it when my children were very small. I am a serious photo-holic and you [have to] do something with [all those pictures!]. I really love the creativity. It is like an outlet for me – very relaxing. I had no idea I would become so addicted!

What program do you scrap with? Microsoft Photodraw

What is your least favorite thing about digital scrapbooking? Learning my Photoshop CS3.

Do you hybrid scrap? Yes, but not as much as I would like because my current printer is picky about how thick the paper is. The last thing I made were the seed packets by Purple Cherry Designs for the April Hybrid Challenge at PDW.

What would you like to learn in digital scrapbooking? How to create text on path but not have to do so in Photoshop CS3 because the program I use [for scrapping] is SO easy, but limited.

How many pages do you usually make from a single kit? I usually do two to three pages if I am using that kit only but I love to mix and match them and create pages with everything so I often use them for more than pages just from that kit.

How long have you been a CT member at Plain Digital Wrapper? Since Fall of 2009.

Are you on any other Creative Teams?  I started doing one kit calls three or four years ago, then I got accepted [to CT for] Just Passin’ Through (who just recently retired). That got me started. I am currently CTing for PDW, Alexis-Designs, Purple Cherry Designs, Princess Lala Designs, Funky Playground Designs, Misty O’Brien Designs, RubyLane Designs, and Brine Designs.

What are some of your favorite pages you have created?

I love the colors and simplicity of this. It was easy and fun to do. (Layout credits: Southern Creek Designs-Chickadee kit)

This is my favorite (and first) family tree layout I have done. . .love those frames and the way it is offset. (Layout credits: Donna Rafferty-Autumn Glitters papers and Antique Fancy Frames, Rosey Posey Designs-Fragments, KariQ-Mixed up Heart)

This was one of my favorite extractions and page I did with an extraction. (Layout credits: Rosey Posey Studios-Everyday kit)

This was fun to do and I totally wish I had a wall just like this in my house. (Layout credits: Clue Me In series by Starving Artist Designs–the Conservatory and the Hall kits)

This is one of my favorite Digidare pages, loved creating this one. I am a huge Digidare fan! (Layout credits: Votre C’est Me Terre kit by Scrapment)

In addition to being on the Plain Digital Wrapper Creative Team, Becki also hosts several challenges, including monthly and Variety Pack challenges, here at PDW and has recently accepted a spot on our Social Media Team. Thanks, Becki, for all you do to help make PDW great!

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