2 PATCHWORK CHRISTMAS CARDS

2 cards made using the Christmas Patchwork Party 1 digital kit

Cards both created using CAP2

1

 

This card uses the Snowflake Patchwork kit and 2 papers from the Frosty Papers Collection.

The Patchwork Diamonds were positioned to make a tree as illustrated, then grouped and re-sized.

The base of the tree was one of the Patchwork Triangles.

The tree was then moved to the My Digikit punch feature.

The lilac frosty paper was imported and the tree punched from...copied and pasted to make another.

The white frosty paper was re-sized and cropped, the trees positioned and a border made by placing a dark purple oblong behind the arrangement.

The stars were from the Layered Christmas Trees Part 2 kit.

2

This time the Patchwork Fan Segments were used. They were arranged as illustrated to make a tree, with a triangle as the base.

The tree was saved in the task bar and the one in the workspace was converted to a picture.

It was then opened in Photolab, distort (top right button) and kaleidoscope. The image was then manipulated using the image and angle slider until a doily-like pattern appeared.

Once back in the workspace, the fancy square was punched from it. A white circle was created and re-sized to fit inside the 'doily' and the tree re-sized and positioned in the centre.

One of the lace brushes (re-coloured) was used to make a border round the circle.

Lastly, a dark turquoise square placed behind to complete the card.

MIXED MEDIA CANVAS

Peerless Designs Workshop

Mixed media canvas

My lovely Grandmother

FLORAL SKETCHBOOK BLOSSOM

Using blending in CAP2 to colour flowers.

This card uses images and papers from Blossom Ballet Digital Download

The torn edge is from Creation Cassel

1. Import the flower and 2 papers.

2. Import the torn edge template. Put the torn edge into the punch space.
3. Bring the blossom tree paper on to the workspace. Position the torn edge on the left side of the paper
    select it and change the blend mode to overlay. Group the edge and paper and then punch
    the edge out.

 
4. Move the gradient paper into the workspace and place the torn edge on the left side of the paper. Copy,
    paste and flip the edge horizontally so the edge is over both sides of the paper.
5. Group and make a dark pink paper to create a border around the design. Move to the storage bar.
6. Bring the gradient paper to the workspace and position the blossom flower so it is part green and part
    pink. Select the flower and change the blend mode to multiply. Repeat twice over different parts of the
    paper so each flower is slightly different.
7. Bring the background design on to the workspace and position the 3 flowers (re-sizing and rotating),
    the central panel.

SNOWFLAKE COLLECTION 1/5

Card Samples using the new Snowflake Collection 1 digikit.

This kit is split into 2 items 1a and 1b for selling purposes.

USING YOUR GRAPHICS PROGRAMME

Most programmes have features such as crop, transform etc.

The 2 cards below have used the transform tool to create multiple images at different angles.

This card has used the punch feature to isolate the bubble from the topper.

Craft Artist 2 also has a Kaleidoscope feature (Photolab / distort / kaleidoscope). 

Here it has been used on a snowflake.

The background on this card has been made using the Kaleidoscope feature and then Blur / Zoom on the topper. The normal topper was then positioned on top.

The depth in this card has been made by having 3 graduated sizes of the same topper and decreasing brightness of the largest topper (by 6 stops) and the middle one (by 3 stops).

FLORAL SKETCHBOOK DAHLIA

Another way of colouring the Floral Sketchbook flowers using Craft Artist 2

The dahlias and background have all been coloured using the blend modes in Craft Artist 2.

Three squares were made using swirls of colour and the gaussian blur feature

 (photolab / blur / gaussian blur).

The Floral Sketchbook Dahlia below was placed over the first square, selected and the blend mode changed to multiply...this removes the white in the flower leaving just the colour. The same  was done to the dahlia over the third square.

The dahlia placed over the second square had the overlay mode applied.

The plain dahlia image was moved to the punch feature in CAP2. 

Each of the three dahlias were punched from their respective squares resulting in 3 coloured flowers.
Group the square plus blended dahlia before punching.

The pale background was made by creating a pale lilac square. The dahlia was re-sized and rotated to make a group of three. This was then placed over the square and the soft light blend mode applied. The group was then copied, pasted and rotated to cover the background. Grouped and cropped.

The three coloured flowers were then arranged over the background and a dark purple layer placed behind the design.

SNOWFLAKE COLLECTION 1/4

Card Samples using the new Snowflake Collection 1 digikit.

This kit is split into 2 items 1a and 1b for selling purposes.

MIX THEM UP!
Mix the different colour sets

SNOWFLAKE COLLECTION 1/3

Card Samples using the new Snowflake Collection 1 digikit.

This kit is split into 2 items 1a and 1b for selling purposes.

CREATING BORDERS AND FRAMES FROM PAPERS

Use the cropping facility in your graphics programme to create borders and frames from the papers.

SNOWFLAKE COLLECTION 1/2

Card Samples using the new Snowflake Collection 1 digikit.

This kit is split into 2 items 1a and 1b for selling purposes.

CHANGING PAPER SIZE AND ADDING SNOWFLAKES

Changing the paper size and rotating papers can add another dimension the design. You can also use the single snowflakes to enhance your designs.

SNOWFLAKE COLLECTION 1/1

Card Samples using the new Snowflake Collection 1 digikit.

This kit is split into 2 items 1a and 1b for selling purposes.

SIMPLE LAYERING

For quick and easy cards you can just use the papers and toppers. Simply layer a topper 

over 1 or 2 papers and add a message if wished.

NEW! SNOWFLAKE COLLECTION 1 DIGIKIT

We have a new digital download...Snowflake Collection 1

This is split into 2 downloads Collection 1a and Collection 1b. You will need both to get the most 

from the kit.

There are 8 sets (8 different colours) and each set includes 12 papers, 6 snowflakes and 4 toppers.

There are also ideas for using the designs.

Collection 1a is 05.4MB and Collection 1b is 94.9MB

Personal Use Only.

Each Collection costs £2.50

ROYAL SUNSET LILY Card 11

Sample card 11 made using the new Royal Sunset Lily Digital Kit.

You will need a graphics programme such as Serif CraftArtist or My Craft Studio.

Uses papers P2 and P3, topper t4  and Lily L4

1. Create a dark brown square 9about 8 ins. x 8 ins.) in your graphics programme.

2. Import paper P2. Crop until there is just one row of the square pattern. Re-size and position just under

    the top of the brown square.

3. Copy the border, paste and position this just above the bottom of the brown square.

4. Import paper P3, re-size and place between the 2 borders.

5. Import topper t4, re-size and position it as illustrated. 

6. Use the decoupage tool to make another topper.

7. Import and re-size lily 4 and position as shown. Add a drop shadow if you wish.

ROYAL SUNSET LILY Card 10

Sample card 10 made using the new Royal Sunset Lily Digital Kit.

You will need a graphics programme such as Serif CraftArtist or My Craft Studio.

Uses frames 3 and 4, papers P6 and P8 and lily 4

1. Import frame 4 into your graphics programme and re-size to about 8 ins..

2. Import paper 6, re-size and place inside the frame. Group and send to the side bar.

3. Import frame 3 and paper 8. Re-size the paper so that the central circle fits into the frame. Remove the

   frame and use the punch tool to isolate the circle.

4. Position the frame over the circle. Bring the frame with paper back to the workspace and position the

   circular frame as illustrated.

5. Import the lily, re-size, rotate and place inside the frame.

  

ROYAL SUNSET LILY Card 9

Sample card 9 made using the new Royal Sunset Lily Digital Kit.

You will need a graphics programme such as Serif CraftArtist or My Craft Studio.

Uses frame 2, paper p13 and topper 1.

1. Create a dark brown square in your graphics programme about 8 ins. x 8 ins.

2. Import frame 2, re-size and place just inside the brown square, leaving a small border.

3. Import paper 13, re-size and position it inside the frame. group and send to the task bar.

4. Import topper 1 and go to Photolab (in Crat Artist). Play with the Distort / Kaleidoscope tool until

    you have a nice pattern, click ok.

5. Bring the design back to the work area and re-size and place the new topper in the centre of the card.

CD SUNDAY CHALLENGE

This week's CD Sunday Challenge is...On the beach

This is my entry

This uses images and a paper from Debbi Moore's CD Shabby Chic Seaside.

Made in CAP2... a bit of cutting out and some subtle colouring of the girls top and the bucket and spade.

ROYAL SUNSET LILY Card 8

Sample card 8 made using the new Royal Sunset Lily Digital Kit.

You will need a graphics programme such as Serif CraftArtist or My Craft Studio.

Uses paper P9, butterfly B1, topper t1 and lily L1

1. Create a dark brown square as a background for paper P9. 

2. Import paper P9, re-size and position over the brown square leaving a small border. Send to the bar on the left ( Craft Artist).

3. Import the topper t1. Open Photolab (CAP2) and select Distort and then Kaleidoscope.

4. Slide the top bar until there are about 7 petals and slide the bottom bar until you get a nice pattern.

5. Go to Blur...Zoom and slide the bar all the way to the right. Click OK to take it to the work space.

6. Punch a square from the design.

7. Position this in the centre of the background.

8. Import topper t1 again, re-size and place it in the centre of the design.

9. Import the butterfly, re-size and rotate and position it in one of the bottom corners of the central square.

10.  Copy, paste and flip this horizontally and place in the opposite corner. Group, copy , paste and flip vertically and place at the top of the design as illustrated.

ROYAL SUNSET LILY Card 7

Sample card 7 made using the new Royal Sunset Lily Digital Kit.

You will need a graphics programme such as Serif CraftArtist or My Craft Studio.

Uses paper P10, topper t4 and lily L4

1. Create a dark brown square in your graphics programme.

2. Import paper P10, re-size and position inside the brown background.

3. Import topper t4, re-size and position in the centre of the design.

4. Go to transform (if using CAP2) and enter settings: rotation 10.00, copies 5, and X and Y offsets 0.00.

5. Import lily L4 re-size, rotate and position as illustrated partly overlapping one corner of the topper.

6. Copy and paste the lily, flip horizontally and vertically and position over the opposite corner.

ROYAL SUNSET LILY Card 6

Sample card 6 made using the new Royal Sunset Lily Digital Kit.

You will need a graphics programme such as Serif CraftArtist or My Craft Studio.

Uses Papers P1, P7, and P13, frame fr1 and lily L1

1. Import papers P1 and P7. Re-size each to about a quarter of  their original size. Make sure they are both the same size.

2. Position one next to the other. Copy, paste and position as illustrated and group.

3. Create a dark brown square, place it behind the patterned papers with a small border. Send to the task bar.

4. Import paper P13 and frame fr1. Create a white square the same size as the paper and position it behind it. Alter the transparency of the paper so it is paler than the original

and group them together.

5. Re-size and place the paper behind the frame and group..

6. Bring the paper squares from the task bar. Re-size the frame and position in the centre of the card.

7. Import the lily, re-size and place it in the centre of the frame.

8. Apply the decoupage tool in the graphics programme...3 or 4 layers.

ROYAL SUNSET LILY Card 5

Sample card 5 made using the new Royal Sunset Lily Digital Kit

You will need a graphics programme such as Serif CraftArtist or My Craft Studio.

Uses papers P10 and P15 , topper t5 and lily L4

1. Import paper P15.

2. Create a dark brown square, re-size and position it behind the paper. Group.

3. Import paper P10 and rotate it to 45 degrees. Re-size and position it in the centre of the design so that

it overlaps into the border slightly.

4. Import topper t5, re-size and place it in the centre of the arrangement.

5. Import lily L4, re-size, rotate and position it in the top left corner of the card so it slightly overlaps  the topper.

6. Copy the lily, paste and flip horizontally and vertically and place in the bottom right corner, slightly overlapping the topper.

ROYAL SUNSET LILY Card 4

Sample card 4 made using the new Royal Sunset Lily Digital Kit

You will need a graphics programme such as Serif CraftArtist or My Craft Studio.

Quick and simple again.

Uses paper P6, Lily L1 and topper t3

1. Import the paper into your graphics programme.

2. Create a dark brown square, position behind the paper and re-size so there is a small border.

3. Import the topper, re-size and position in the centre of the paper.

4. Import the lily, re-size and place it over the top left corner of the topper. Copy and flip horizontally

    and position it over the bottom right hand corner.

ROYAL SUNSET LILY Card 3

Sample card 3using the new Royal Sunset Digital Kit

You will need a graphics programme such as CraftArtist ot my Craft Studio.

Uses papers P1 and p17, and topper t1

1. Import p17 into your graphics programme.

2. Use the scissor cut feature to cut the paper at the top and the bottom (pattern is your choice).

3. Import P1, re-size and position behind the cut P1. Group.

4. Create a dark brown square and position behind the 2 papers.

5. Import the topper t1, re-size and position to the bottom right side of the card...add a drop shadow if you

    wish.

ROYAL SUNSET LILY Card 2

Second sample card using our new Royal Sunset LilyDigital Kit

You will need a graphics programme such as CraftArtist or My Craft Studio.

Another simple card:

Uses frame fr4, Paper P17 and Lily L1

1. Create a dark brown square in your graphics programme.

2. Import the frame, re-size and position inside the brown square.

3. Import the paper, re-size and position inside the frame.

4. Import the lily, re-size and position over the lily on the paper. Make it larger so it overlaps the frame.

5. Use the drop shadow feature in your graphics programme to give the lily a 3D effect.

ROYAL SUNSET LILY Card 1

This is the first of a number of sample cards using the new Royal Sunset Lily Digital Kit

You will need a graphics programme such as CraftArtist 2 or My Craft Studio.

This card uses L1 (one of the lilies), P7 (a paper) and t2 (one of the toppers).

It is very simple to put together:

1. Create a dark brown square in your graphics programme, import the paper, P7, and place over the square.

2. Re-size to have a small dark brown border around the paper.

3. Import, re-size and place the topper to the left side of the background.

4. Import, re-size the lily and position at the bottom of the design.

5. Choose a font, type your message and position and re-size if necessary to the top right.

NEW DIGITAL KIT! ROYAL SUNSET LILY

We have a new digital kit...ROYAL SUNSET LILY

This digikit includes 1 butterfly, 4 frames, 4 lilies, 20 background papers and 5 toppers

 (not all shown on the illustration).

Images are high quality jpg and pngs at 300 dpi.

Zipped Folder 51MB
Price £2.50
 ( that's under 10p per image!)
Personal Use Only

There will be projects using this digikit in blogposts labelled Royal Sunset Lily Digikit

CD SUNDAY CHALLENGE

This week's CD Sunday Challenge is...Transportation

This is my entry

This card uses papers and images from Debbi Moore's Shabby Chic Travel CD.

Created in CAP2 using the decoupage and drop shadow features, and also one of the brushes for the rope border.

CD SUNDAY CHALLENGE

This week's CD Sunday Challenge is...Garden Pleasures

This is my entry

I've had to use the watering can a lot recently!

The card was constructed in CAP2 using an image and paper from Debbi Moore's Shabby Chic Garden CD and a paper and butterfly from my Rainbow Butterflies Digikit.

CD SUNDAY CHALLENGE

This week's CD Sunday Challenge is...Hats

This is my entry

The silhouette and papers are from Debbi Moore's Silhouette Magic and Flutterby CDs.

The hat is a photo of one of my Mountboard Cut-outs (Hats pack), inked with Distress inks, patches of Stampendous Aged White embossing powder, triple embossed with clear embossing powder with Tortoiseshell Accents Beads sprinkled on.

The card was put together in CAP2, using the embroidery brushes feature.

Finally one of my flowers added to the tree.

Contact me for details of Hats Pack ( dg.rawcliffe@blueyonder.co.uk)

CRAFT ARTIST CREATIVE CAPPERS HOMEWORK 2

This month's CACC Homework is about masks.

I used the instructions to create this using my Silhouettes  2and 3 Digikits

Created in CAP2.
Create black square as a background. Import paper from Silhouettes 2, crop to fit square and add as layer 1. Use Flowers 5 brush (at 240 pt) to create patterned flowers. Move around as required.
Add fairy and other silhouettes from Digkits 2 and 3.

NB: All Silhouette Digikits are on SALE at the moment.

Thank you to Catherine Carney, Rhona Fanshaw and Sue Beasely for their brilliant instructions.

CRAFT ARTIST CREATIVE CAPPERS HOMEWORK

This month's CACC Homework is about masks.

I used the instructions to create this using my Silhouettes 3 Digikit

The mask bit is the central circle with butterflies round it plus the cat inside. The other bits and the paper are also from the kit.

Making the mask

Import paper and cat. This is the first layer. 

Create a mask...I used a circle shape and positioned butterflies from the kit around it.

Back to the paper and cat layer...add a mask layer.

Move the butterfly circle mask on to it and move until the cat is in the middle.

Simple layering to create the rest of the picture.

NB: All Silhouette Digikits are on SALE at the moment.

Thank you to Catherine Carney, Rhona Fanshaw and Sue Beasely for their brilliant instructions.