I don't know if this would be of any use to you Annie. I think you maybe able to download your program from here.

https://community.serif.com/tutorials/d … it-content

I too had to have a complete new computer and lost my Craft Artist. Have the original professional disc but was advise not to use it.
Have done a trail with Affinity, could not make heads or tails of it. Designed more for a more professional graphic designer and not craft users
Totally unsure what to do next, what programmes do card makers use for the loads of digi kits??
Thanks

Hi,
The shop were I purchased the computer advised that it would corrupt the computer. Tried Affinity, not for me.
I have the original Craft Artist Professional disc, tried to use it in my new computer.
Is it a case of the computer shop not adding on something. I had told him that I use the computer for digi crafting & showed him examples of what I use.

Thanks to Alfred's help, I'm back up and running on a donated laptop, after a house fire in August of 2023.  The computers all had to go to the nearest landfill, but the software survived....just in storage, until the house is rebuilt. A neighbor was kind enough to give me an older, but still serviceable laptop, running Win-11. I downloaded and reinstalled CA2 this morning (along with PPX8 and WPX8) a few days ago, from the salvaged hard drive, that came from one of the computers that went to the landfill. I already have the Affinity Publisher in a Mac, and have to reinstall Affinity Publisher and Designer on the laptop, if I want to use them.  But, I'm quite happy to have CA and PPX8 as my go-to tools, until I can get back into the former home, sometime late this year.

Good to see some familiar names here, and thanks so much for the help Alfred. You da man!!!

The Plus series are like old shoes....so comfortable. I had not worked with CA in over a year....perhaps two. And, hadn't used PP in over a year.  No particular reason. Just no projects. However, with the house fire, and with the need for some extensive record keeping of the rebuild progress, I needed some forms that were simply not available to me. And, I also got very much hooked on Bullet Journaling.  Then, with some need to document and memorialize personal events, I found a sudden need for CA.  I found PP on the hard drive of the discarded Dell tower, but CA was nowhere to be found.  Now, in the space of just a couple of days, I'm back with old familiar software.  It's just the best, and I slammed together a CA sample layout today, just to prove that it could still be done.

It was just a first stab at reacquainting myself with CA. It seems ages. Well, I guess it's been ages.  When the ax fell on the Plus lineup, I guess I just moved on to different things. But, age has a way of making memorializing of events important.  Yvonne played at her first piano recital just a couple of weeks back.  She told me a story yesterday, of how her mother, when she was young and living in Southern California, would go to as many dance clubs as possible. At some point, she had occasion to dance with a young, up-and-coming singer by the name of Francis "Frank" Sinatra. No one knew of that story until just recently....long after Yvonne's mom had passed.

Well, I'm not sure that Yvonne's Grands and Great-Grands all know of her desire and ability to play the piano...especially in public. So, with CA, I told her that I want to make sure to capture some of those moments and activities.

This one's just a stock digikit, but it gets the job done. She's more brave than I am. 

That's a lovely page, Lon, and a lovely story. I've done a couple of public speaking events, work-related, and they were really scary so doing a piano recital is a great achievement.

I know what you mean about making memorials of events. I started on family tree research in summer last year. After a break for festive crafting and all that, I'm about to scramble back up into the branches again.

I've used CraftArtist to make up a photobook of old family photos found online in the Ancestry trees for my mother and her cousin.

I also use it for producing versions of my family tree to pass on to other family members. I'd rather not post an example as the pages have details of living family members so don't wish to invade their privacy.

However, I did get really excited when it looked as if an ancestor might have been a friend of King Richard III, and I made the following page for my own enjoyment. Alas, deeper investigation revealed at least a couple of disconnects, certainly at the supposed 'gateway ancestor' Mary Metcalf. My cousin in Australia has obviously just taken it for granted that other people have got it right, but now I'm in the process of checking every person I come across on 'hints' and many just do not gel.

Still, it's keeping me out of mischief.

Yup!

Hey, Alfred....

Thanks so much for establishing this forum.  I had such fun yesterday, not only walking with Yvonne at the Bella Vista Blue Bird Trail Sculpture Walk https://www.bellavistaar.gov/news_detail_T2_R107.php, but then playing with Cutout Studio after the fact, to get the logo from the walk-side coffee shop, ready for the layout. That led me to remembering how to add in backgrounds and lettering. There's more experimentation to come there.

I really had forgotten what a marvelous piece of software CraftArtist is, and I'm thankful that we have this BB to continue to play with CA and display the things we are up to with it.

Very thankful this morning, Alfred. You're the best.

Hi again, Lon. Not got back to royalty personally as yet, but as I've always had a love of history since I was about 10 years old, and the late 15th century (War of the Roses) and the 16th century have always been  my preferred eras. It would be great if I could find ancestors who were involved in some of the events I have read about (and hopefully on the Yorkist side re the WOR ) but I suspect this is a new interest that can carry on indefinitely.

Another beautiful page, and I agree, CraftArtist really is a very great piece of software, allowing someone like me and you to come up with our own unique pieces of work. I do a lot more hands-on crafting nowadays, but do return to CA every so often to produce something that I can send online.

And also like you, I too am really pleased that Alfred has taken the time and effort to bring us this forum. Really appreciated, Alfred.

We went over to the Cooper Chapel this afternoon....a 67 degree (F) day. Even though the trees are bare, the chapel is always welcoming. https://www.cooperchapel.com/. I used the Sketch Me app from the Play Store, to make the background from a phone camera shot of the interior.

Thanks for joining us here, Chantel!

I’m a little confused by your saying it’s crashing “again”. I thought it was CA2 (which is the program circled in the picture you posted) that was crashing before, prompting you to ask if I could help you reinstall the previous version. Is your newly installed copy of version 1 also crashing now?