Designer Spotlight | Pink Reptile Designs

I have a brand new Designer Spotlight for you today! It’s none other than the super sweet Mirjam of Pink Reptile Designs!!!!! I hope you’ll enjoy learning a bit more about Mirjam & don’t forget to snag the sweet gift she’s left for our OSD readers!

Q: Where are you from?
A: I am from the Netherlands.

Q: Where do you sell your products?
A: I sell exclusively at Zig Zag Scrap.

Q: Describe your design style.
A: Well that’s a tough one! I think you can recognize me in all my designs although I try different things & techniques. So I must have a certain style huh? I can’t give you a name but what I can say is that I definitely like to put a little humor in everything I create & also like the realistic paper look. Someone also called it fancifully vintage.

Q: When did you start designing?
A: I have always been very creative, even as a child I would make crochet cup & saucers for my barbie dolls (something my grandmother taught me), I drew, painted, knitted, etcetera. I started paper scrapping in 2004 whilst trying to come to terms with the death of our first dog Kenzo & fell head over heels in love with this hobby because it gave me the opportunity to put all my creative quirks into it. I’ve put handmade knitted items on layouts, I machine stitched, hand stitched & painted on layouts, you name it & I probably did it.

In March 2009 I officially turned digital & I loved having this whole new field of techniques & styles to learn & experiment with! Then in October of that same year the Zig Zag Scrap team gave me the opportunity to even further broaden my creative horizon, this time as a designer. I was over the moon!!!

Although I still need to feel paper &/or fabric from time to time I have to say that I couldn’t be happier with this clutter free hobby! Besides a creative outlet it brought me a whole world of digital friendships too! Friends that I cherish just as much as the ones I have in real life!

Q: Do you scrapbook as well?
A: Definitely also a scrapper although it’s often a struggle to find some time to scrap a page besides my regular job, designing & running a household.

Q: Favorite thing to design?
A: I don’t actually have a favorite thing to design. I just love designing period. What I do like to do is try new things, styles & techniques to keep it interesting for myself & my customers. Plus I love to learn!

Q: All time favorite product you’ve made?
A: That is such a difficult question because I love them all & often for different reasons that make it really hard to compare.

I love:

I love this kit because it turned out exactly the way I had it in my head. I love the summery & romantic feel it has.

I had so many ideas for this kit that I almost couldn’t stop designing. The kit is stacked to the roof with goodies because of it & I love that people liked the non traditional travel kit colour scheme.

I love designing with my digi friend Val & this collaboration turned out just so incredibly beautiful!

And of course my latest kit is always one of my favs!

Q: What’s your latest product?
A: Rated T for teen

Q: What’s your FAVORITE thing about being a designer?
A: I just love to create & I can’t even begin to describe how cool it is to see other people create with something I made! It’s the awesomest of things!

To give you a little taste of Mirjam’s designs in action, our Creative Team whipped up some pretties & gave a review of what they thought!

by Kym | credits: Feb/March Zig Zag Line Bundle - Photos by Leiko Beck Photography
“Pockets, pockets, pockets, are so HOT right now. I especially loved these Pretty Pockets to throw in a simple photo or to journal on. There were many different styles to choose from. I settled on this simple one to showcase my photos. I decided on the bundle pack as I loved the yellow striped alpha set & the cute tape as well! I really enjoyed working with this bundle as things were very clean & simple, just like me.”

by TanyaH | credits: Say Cheese
“This kit is soo cute! I absolutely love the flowers, the papers are to die for & the choice of fabulous word arts made it so hard to choose just one! I went minimal on my layout this time because I can think of a ton of other photos & ways I want to use this kit in the future!”

by anrobe | credits: Healthland Poem & Tape It! - Font is Kingthings Trypewriter 2
“This kit screamed out to me because it is simply perfection - the color scheme, the sheer amount & diversity of elements as well as the versatility it offers are all amazing! I love the attention to detail that I see in each & every element in this kit. This kit is packed with elements which are useful, beautiful & well thought out! This was my first time using the designs of Pink Reptile Designs & I’m so excited about being introduced to a new & wonderful designer! I’ll definitely be spending some time in her store in the future!”

by scrapsandsass | credits: Numb3rs
“I love being introduced to a new designer. It was hard to decide which of her yummy kits to choose. Right now, I am so into typography & numbers, so this kit edged out the others. I have never really used a photo mask before, so it was fun to try, & it was super easy to get a fun effect. The photo mask also has numbers in it, which I thought was really neat. And for more numbers, several of the papers have them in different styles, there is a border stamp, number charms, word art & more. Between the colors & the numbers, this kit is totally versatile & I can see myself using it in a lot of different ways.”

by rmcabana | credits: Happy Days & Dark Wood Brad Alpha
“I have to say Pink Reptile Designs picked a great name for these papers & elements because they did indeed make me happy! These sets have lots of my favorite things (buttons, cute little owl, sunflower) & colors (yellow, orange, purple). I was very tempted to use all of the pieces. & the butterfly paisley background is just gorgeous! But what I really love: I scrapped these summer photos with a fall kit. It was very easy to put a page together with these versatile elements & patterns!”

by tania | credits: Numb3rs
“Finding new designers is always a ton of fun for me, & I was so glad to be introduced Pink Reptile Designs. Papers are always my favorite part of kits since I tend to use few elements, & I have to say, these papers did not disappoint. I love the scale of the patterns & the texture is perfect. The elements & colors in the “numb3rs” kit were fun & playful. I look forward to getting to know this designer better!”

by audneal | credits: February Basics collection, Journal Cards #2, Sew Square - march foundation template #2 by crystal livesay - fonts: bebas, liebe erika, pea sara print
“I immediately saw the journal cards & loved the combination of kraft, graphic patterns, & ORANGE — seriously, three of my favorite things. I knew I had to use them, so I went in search of other products that would match, & that’s when I found the February basics & the Sew Square stitches. The journal cards were designed in a way that made it easy to clip bits & pieces of them & mask them with papers from the February basics kit; I love how they contain lots of little layered-type pieces that make it simple to build up a layered design behind my photos but still keep things graphic & fairly simple so that my pictures & journaling remain the focus on my page.”

by brynn marie | credits: Wanderlust - March Foundations by Crystal Livesay, The Dry Ribbon font by Heather Hess
“The versatility in Mirjam’s kit’s is wonderful. I think wide variety of scrapbooking styles would find her kits appealing. She has a nice mix of realistic & digital elements & clean papers with a variety of pattern sizes & styles. The colors in this particular kit were very eye pleasing & could easily work for a feminine, masculine or gender neutral page like mine. This is another new designer to me & one that I will definitely be purchasing from in the future.”

by Valoriew | credits: Wanderlust
“I adore Pink Reptile Designs! Her products are always so clean, fresh & fun! Wanderlust was perfect to scrap my vacation photos as it was neutral enough to be used for any place in the world! Love the versatility!”

Mirjam is hooking you up with a fantastic gift through the month of March!

Click below to download this gift during the month of MARCH!
DOWNLOAD PAPERS | DOWNLOAD ELEMENTS

(all together) THANK YOU MIRJAM!!!!

It’s been great getting to know a bit more about you!

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