New Digikits!

I was very restrained, and I didn't go for the Create and Craft Pick of the Day sets. I say restrained, but really, my thought was - why do I need 5 discs of butterfly images?
Anyhoo, I bought the set from Peppermint Creative instead. They landed with a flump on my doorstep today, and I'm so thrilled with my choice. I can see these getting some serious use. To start I played with the kits on the same layout, so I could compare the styles.

Top left: April Morning
Top Right: Kindergarten Crafts
Bottom Left: Tropical Popsicle
Bottom Right: Wild Hearts

There is not one kit I don't like in the set, and I can already seem me using them for different people/events I really do love the kindergarten crafts, although it's geared up to be for school days, it makes a lovely masculine card (an effect the flower embellishments don't really detract from). There are elements in (I think) all the samples that I've recoloured just to tone in with the background and embellishments.

A brilliant set of kits, and a long time to spend crafting for me!

A familiar favourite, remastered

I'm suffering a bit at the moment - a bit of a carpal tunnel issue is making it tough to craft, so Craft Artist is taking a beating instead!
You might remember this card from earlier in the year

I wanted to get some practice and confidence in Craft Artist, so I thought I'd try to recreate it ... and here it is!

OK, so this is just an export from Craft Artist, but you get the idea. I don't think it's too bad a comparison. The carnation topper was still saved on the computer, so I used cutout studio to separate the layers, and reconstructed it. Each layer has the "Bevel and Emboss" filter applied to it to make it appear 3D.
The silver behind the carnation is a metallic effect "Dull Silver", but altered to look flat. In filter effects -> 3D effects, I changed the depth to 0 (All the silver is done this way, except for the frame, where I left the depth set to its standard amount) The filigree background is taken from an embellishment from the "Father's Day 2011" (free from Daisytrail), and the frame is from "Sparkle Sky" (also free from Daisytrail)

Sorry for the MIA!

Yeah, I disappeared for a bit - sorry about that. I had a bit of a computer malfunction (for techie types, my graphics card died, so I had to resurrect my brother's old computer by taking out the additional graphics card to improve airflow and stop it collapsing from heat exhaustion every time I booted up)

After the computer issues, I decided to buy new software ... yeah, I know, potentially mad idea. But you can't blame me - C+C had a £20 software programme available for postage only! I am now a dedicated ( and slightly obsessed) Craft Artist Professional user. Hopefully I will be uploading some of my creations soon, but I'm still gorging on the fantastic-ness that is the programme and marvelling at all the new things I'm finding to do.

If I don't put up projects, hopefully I'll be able to do some tutorials, and upload the digikits I've been making out of my old photos