Nifty 50s Recipe–Tuna Noodle Casserole

Celebrate the Boutique’s 5th Birthday with recipes popular in the 50s–

 

Summertime Layouts

It’s hot, hot, hot….here’s a few summertime layouts from our Designers and Escape Artists.

Summer in Bloom by Laura

Summer Time Girl by Kay

Mai by Anika

Florist Handout by Katerine

Heat Wave by Jeanne N

Cooper by Karen

Moments in the Sun by Kristen

 

July Desktop by Escape Artist Carol Opel

Carol has created this month’s desktop in two sizes–wide screen or full screen. The kit is The Nifty 50s collab kit and is our theme for the Nifty Boutique Birthday Bash for the whole month of July. For personal use only.

 

NIFTY BOUTIQUE BIRTHDAY BASH KICKOFF CHAT

Mark your calendars for the Nifty Boutique Birthday Bash Kickoff Chat…

E-scapeandscrap Chat room

Tuesday, June 30, 9 p.m. EST

COUPONS, FUN, PRIZES

 

Little Hanging Coaster Hybrid Album by Brittney Tinkey

E-scape Artist Brittney Tinkey designed this quick and cute hybrid album using 3.5×3.5 size coasters. She used Julie and Kay’s Carousel mini kits to create 4 layouts and one title layout. She suggests using exaggerated shadows to make the pages pop. To print, arrange several on an 8.5×11 document and print onto white card stock. Use an adhesive runner to adhere the layouts to the coasters. Trim edges with an Xacto knife and sand edges downward with a sanding block. Chalk the edges with medium brown and hole punch coasters for stringing. The last coaster only needs a hole at the top. String together with ribbon, gluing to the backside to secure. Loop ribbon from the top of the cover layout and tie a knot for hanging.

Now–find just the right person to give it to!

 

SNEEK PEEK–Nifty Boutique’s 5th Birthday Bash–Month of July

We’ll be celebrating the Nifty E-scapeandscrap’s 5th birthday with chats, coupons, sales, 5-Star Freebies, and much more. You won’t want to miss a thing! Our theme is the Nifty 50s. Here’s a preview of our Nifty Birthday Mini Album or Maxi Card using the NDS Nifty 50s kit–just one of the many fun freebies available for the month of July.

Hybrid Mini Album by CT Carol Opel

 

Father’s Day Layouts

From our E-scape Artisits–

#1 Dad by Judy

Dad I Love You by Fong 33

Dad by Carolopel

Dad by Art Teacher

Printable Card by Karen

 

Nifty Kits for Father’s Day

Looking for Father’s Day ideas? Take a look at E-scape’s Nifty kits….

I Just Love You Dad by Ruth Davis

I Just Love You Dad QPs

My Daddy's Colors by Ingeborg

Our Dad Backgrounds by Karen Aicken

Our Dad Elements

Father's Day Word Art by Karen Aicken

Father's Day Cards Set 2 by Karen Aicken

The Men in My Life by Kay Eflin

It's a Guy Thing Mini Album by J2K

Father's Day Cards by Karen Aicken

Father's Day Word Art by Karen Aicken

Grandpa Frank's Fishing Flannels by Kay Eflin

 

Kit of the Week–Agnes by Designer Pamela Yates

Pam says this about her new kit: I named this kit after my great grandmother. She got me interested in genealogy with all the stories she used to tell. This is a beautiful vintage kit with wonderfully textured papers and a wide variety of elements. The rectangular frames are authentic, scanned and extracted by me.

Agnes

Three Generations by Pam Yates

And from our E-scape Artists

1948 by Anika

Agnes by Terry

Sytling Queen by Anika

In My Heart by Lynn

 

Nifty Tutorial and FREEbies–Turn Your Layout into a Template or Quick Page

Have you made a layout that you just love and want a way to use it again? Turn your design into a PSP or PS layered template. Then use the template to make a quick page from your favorite kit. In this example, I used Beautiful by Escape Artist Terry Noonan for this example.  Terry used Kay Eflin’s Garden Magic for this layout.

Terry’s layout has clean lines embellished by word art and elements.

Open your completed layout in your program.  Layer shapes over your design, placing each on its own layer.  See example below.  Save as a layered file for future use.  This template is available for download for Personal Use only.  Click on example to begin download.

Layered Template for PS and PSP

You can now easily make your own quick page from the template using another kit and embellishments.  I use Ruth Davis Starry Starry Night for the Quick Page. Click on the sample to download for Personal Use only.