What is a Good Replacement for CraftArtist 2 Professional and an Easter Card

Do you remember Digital Delights by Louby Lou? It was another digital stamp site I liked that has since gone out of business. I liked Wendy's digis so much I was even a member of the design team for a while. I have quite a few cards on the blog made with these digis, e.g. this swimming Peggy Legz card which is an all-time past favorite. 

I especially liked the sets Wendy had. I have one with digital stamps of all the Zodiac signs (so far I've used the Cancer, Taurus, Capricorn and Pisces ones). She also had a set with cupcake digis from all the months of the year; this one is the March digi. 

Remember me talking about the old Serif CraftArtist 2 Professional app a while back and how I was still using it and planned to until I couldn't anymore? Well, the couldn't day came and after a recent Windows update it wouldn't work for me anymore. I wrote Serif and told them about my plight and lo and behold they sent me the latest Affinity apps! Yippee!!! Thank you, Serif Affinity! The one that I'm now using is Affinity Photo 2 and it's in this app that I created the above oval shaped sentiment using Candy Round BTN font and the app's ability to place type along a path. Something I did often in Craft Artist (as explained on this Penguin Christmas card). If you're interested in trying Affinity Photo for yourself, you can get a 7-day free trial  HERE. I am liking it so far. It's similar to Craft Artist, but it's far more complex and I'm definitely in the learning curve. 

The dotted paper is from my scraps drawer and the floral ones are the front/back sides of a free sheet included in the Feb/March/April 2025 issue of Culture Scrapbooking magazine. Enamel dots top it all off. 

Supply List

Paper – cardstock, scrap piece & Culture Scrapbooking freebie

Digital stamp – Digital Delights March Cupcake (retired) 

Dies – Die-namics oval stax

Embellishments – enamel dots

Font – Candy Round BTN

Caran d'Ache Luminance 6901 pencils

Gelly Roll .08 white pen

Pentel .05 black fine line pen

I'm linking up with the following challenges: Kleuren met Potloden (Coloring with Pencils) April – ATG with colored pencils, C.R.A.F.T Challenge #752 – Spring/Easter/ATG, Sparkles Monthly Challenge #186 – Easter, Double 'D' Challenge 02/04 – Easter, Fab 'n' Funky #614 – Think Spring, and The Sisterhood of Crafters 09/04 – Springtime Designer Paper.