{"id":27802,"date":"2018-12-12T10:00:15","date_gmt":"2018-12-12T18:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/?p=27802"},"modified":"2018-12-11T10:31:24","modified_gmt":"2018-12-11T18:31:24","slug":"december-feature-designer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/2018\/12\/december-feature-designer\/","title":{"rendered":"December Feature Designer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/images\/Blog\/Headers\/GS_blog_FeatureDesigner_Header.jpg\" width=\"353\" height=\"28\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Happy December!! Can you believe we have less than two weeks until Christmas? This month our Featured Designers are Aprilisa Designs and Pixelily Designs. I was able to chat a bit with Lisa. Let&#8217;s see what fun stuff she shared with us.<\/p>\n<p>How long have you been designing?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I started as freebie designer in 2009, and opened my very first store in 2010.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What made you decide to design?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I think I just love creating things. I&#8217;ve been doing printable things for my personal use years before I even knew there is this business called Digital Scrapbook, and a friend introduced me to it. And now I cannot stop.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What do you use to create your designs (program, additional tools, etc.)?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I am designing in Photoshop CC and draw in Corel Draw.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Describe your design workplace.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>It is just a small space, small table in my bed room, which is the center of all activities in our home. I use a laptop which is actually allow me to move around the house, but I never move from the table, LOL.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What motivates and inspires you as a designer?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>My CT is my big helps in finding themes. Sometimes I have to work with colors that don&#8217;t inspired me at first. That&#8217;s when I throw them to my team, and they are the best! It always works really well, every time!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What is your favorite kit currently in your GS store and why?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Best of Summer &#8211; Kit, I love the happy colors in it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/store.gingerscraps.net\/Best-Of-Summer-Kit.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/store.gingerscraps.net\/images\/P\/Aprilisa_BestOfSummer_Kit.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What was your first job?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>An administration work.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Have you ever met anyone famous?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Yes. One that was so memorable is when I met Hanson, when I was very young. I hope you remember them, LOL.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What are you reading right now?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Wife Between Us by Greer Hendricks &amp; Sarah Pekkanen<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What is your favorite quote?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>My current motivational quote is : Be Stronger than your Excuses<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What is something you want to do in the next year that you\u2019ve never done before?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Hmm, I haven&#8217;t thought about it yet, honestly, LOL.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You have your own latenight talk show, who do you invite as your first guest?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Michelle Obama? I just got her book Becoming, and can&#8217;t wait to start to read it.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If you had to delete all but 3 apps from your smartphone, which ones would you keep?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Whatsapp, Instagram, and Uber Eats. LOL<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If you could have someone follow you around all the time, like a personal assistant, what would you have them do?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Doing my house chores? LOL<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Would you rather travel back in time to meet your ancestors or to the future to meet your descendants?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Wow, that&#8217;s tough. I think to the future to meet my descendants? It&#8217;s kinda scary to think, though&#8230;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What commercial jingle gets stuck in your head all the time.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>None of them, really.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If you could turn the ocean into a liquid other than water, which one would you pick?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>COFFEE&#8230;&#8230;!!!!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Thanks Lisa!! Make sure to check out her <a href=\"https:\/\/store.gingerscraps.net\/Aprilisa-Designs\/\">GS Store<\/a> and her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/aprilisadesigns\/\">FB Fan Page<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Make sure you are grabbing the daily download from the GingerScraps blog. Here&#8217;s a sneak peek at the kit she and Pixelily Designs collaborated on.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/dd-1.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/images\/Blog\/GS_footer_Stephanie.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy December!! Can you believe we have less than two weeks until Christmas? This month our Featured Designers are Aprilisa Designs and Pixelily Designs. I was able to chat a bit with Lisa. Let&#8217;s see what fun stuff she shared with us. How long have you been designing? 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