{"id":28094,"date":"2019-01-02T10:18:21","date_gmt":"2019-01-02T18:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/?p=28094"},"modified":"2019-01-02T10:18:21","modified_gmt":"2019-01-02T18:18:21","slug":"january-featured-designer-adb-designs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/2019\/01\/january-featured-designer-adb-designs\/","title":{"rendered":"~~January Featured Designer &#8211; ADB Designs~~"},"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 2019!! I&#8217;m so excited to bring you this month&#8217;s featured designer profile. ADB Designs is one of our newer store designers. Let&#8217;s just jump right in and get to know her.<\/p>\n<p>How long have you been designing?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>As scrapbook designer since 2012; as designer (marketing and end user products) in a photography studio since 2002.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What made you decide to design?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I retired from a high stress job in IT and found designing to be a powerful creative outlet for my time and energy &#8211; AND &#8211; it allowed me to create designs that supported my genealogy passion.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What do you use to create your designs (program, additional tools, etc.)?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Photoshop CC &amp; AI; scanner, husband who is professional photographer, LOL!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Describe your design workplace.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I have an office in my home, with windows that overlook a wooded hill on our 5 acre property. It is peaceful and quiet, unless the office cat is demanding attention.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What motivates and inspires you as a designer?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I love history and romantic &#8220;things&#8221; &#8211; I research for my genealogy passion and all of that feeds my designer imagination. I create a lot of Heritage collections designed to assist with telling a family history.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What is your favorite kit currently in your GS store and why?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><a href=\"https:\/\/store.gingerscraps.net\/Patriots-And-Loyalists-Bundle-by-ADB-Designs.html\">Patriots &amp; Loyalists Heritage Collection<\/a> is my current favorite. I loved the challenge of creating a collection to support research in the American Revolutionary War period. I loved the challenge of creating a product that celebrated both patriots and loyalist&#8230;all were newly minted Americans at the end of the war.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/store.gingerscraps.net\/Patriots-And-Loyalists-Bundle-by-ADB-Designs.html\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/store.gingerscraps.net\/images\/P\/adbdesigns-patriots-loyalists-bundle.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"535\" height=\"535\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What was your first job?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>WOW that really takes me back. I would have to say babysitter at age 12 for the 3 children who lived next door.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Have you ever met anyone famous?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>No, I lead a boring life. LOL<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What are you reading right now?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Oh goodness, I read 6-7 books at a time. (I read a lot of non-fiction) I am finishing these:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Last Shogun &#8211; the life of Tokugawa Yoshinobu<\/li>\n<li>Rosalind Franklin The Dark Lady of DNA<\/li>\n<li>I Remember Nothing More &#8211; The Warsaw Children&#8217;s Hospital &amp; the Jewish Resistance<\/li>\n<li>His Brother&#8217;s Keeper &#8211; A Story From the Edge of Medicine<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>What is your favorite quote?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;The opposite of hate is not love, it is indifference.&#8221; David Wilkerson<\/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>Go to Australia and visit my brother Alan and his family.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>You have your own late night talk show, who do you invite as your first guest?<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Oprah Winfrey<\/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>Google Drive, Adobe Capture, Google News<\/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>Clean &amp; cook &#8212; oh wait, my husband does that&#8230;.I guess help me stay organized.<\/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>Back in time.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>What commercial jingle gets stuck in your head all the time.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Nationwide is on your side&#8221; Peyton Manning singing.<\/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>Would not want to do that&#8230;but if you are asking about other favorite liquids&#8230;.well a good single malt Scotch makes me happy. \ud83d\ude42<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Thanks Diane!! Make sure to check our her <a href=\"https:\/\/store.gingerscraps.net\/ADB-Designs\/\">GingerScraps store<\/a> and her <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ADBDesignsScrapbooking\/\">Facebook fan page<\/a>. Also make sure you are grabbing the daily download every day to get this awesome kit!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/gsblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/dd.jpg\" width=\"600\" height=\"300\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Happy New Year everyone!!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/gingerscraps.net\/images\/Blog\/GS_footer_Stephanie.jpg\" width=\"575\" height=\"24\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Happy 2019!! I&#8217;m so excited to bring you this month&#8217;s featured designer profile. ADB Designs is one of our newer store designers. Let&#8217;s just jump right in and get to know her. How long have you been designing? 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