Letraset met Birgit out at CHA in Los Angeles, January just gone. I, myself, have known Birgit for a number of years through a mutualfriend and I immediately knew that Birgit would warm to both Promarkers and Aquamarkers. Letraset kindly sent her a sample range of product and since then, there has been no stopping her.
Here is what we learned about her:
Hi! My name is Birgit Koopsen. I’m married to Erik and mom of 3 beautiful kids (Anne (girl) 1994, Lennart (boy)1995, Marlijn (girl) 2002). I live in a little village called Winsum in the north of the Netherlands.
I started scrapbooking, officially, when my youngest child was one year old but actually I’ve been doing it since I was a teenager. I always enjoyed photography and always “pimped” my photo albums, I just didn’t know there was a name for it and that there were special products to buy. I’ve tried several crafts before I started scrapbooking; oil painting, model drawing, sculpted and much more. But after a while I always got bored with using the same technique over and over again. I was so happy when I found scrapbooking and being able to use whatever technique I wanted in this hobby! Besides that I love how it keeps all the beautiful memories of special events and everyday life alive. Especially for my children! In the last 7 years scrapbooking slowly turned into a job. I teach and demonstrate in my own studio at home as well as in scrapbook stores, at scrapbook events (in the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany) and for the Dutch wholesales company Kars.
I work for magazines, do design team work (Prima Marketing, Tattered Angels, Infocrea, Scrapbook Adhesives by 3Ltm and MyStamp Box and last year released my first paper line with Infocrea and my second paperline is to be released soon.
Birgit likes to colour in her plain letters with Promarkers, it sure beats buying full alpha sets in different colours. Now it makes sense to buy just white lettering and colour them in to match her projects perfectly.
My favorite colors are lime green, turquoise, pink and orange in combination with black and white. But basically I just love all colors. I love flowers in all shapes and sizes, border punches, letter stickers, (spray) paints, canvas, patterned paper, transparencies, stamps, acrylic gems and bookpaper (and much more).
My style goes from clean and geometric to “busy” layouts with lots of details and colors, I sometimes love to “go freestyle” and play with paints and inks and use non-scrapbooking products! Besides layouts I also love to make mini albums and altered projects.
I just recently discovered Promarkers and Aquamarkers and I think they’re wonderful. I love that you can use them on every surface and that they have 2 different tips. My favorites are the Aquamarkers. The blend so easily when used with a water brush and give you beautiful water color effects. And the colors are amazing, warm and bright.
You can see other beautiful projects over at Birgit’s blog, HERE.
