Independence Day is almost here! 4th of July wine glass charms, or barbecue sauce markers, whatever.

Two party project day!  I have mini chalkboard buffet signs to share over at the Altered Pages Artsociates blog,

Patriotic on one side, practical on the other!

plus, here are some super easy tags to use for either condiments or stemware.  At the 4th of July shindig, we always have at least six kinds of barbecue sauce in squirt bottles, so I was originally thinking these would be perfect for those, but these tags really look like wine glass charms!

You could fussy cut these, and/or use a paper cutter, but I have a couple of those fancy fine tag punches, which equals way easy for me.  Some Pop Tones cardstock from CutCardStock, gluestick, gold wire stars, and blue ink, and we're ready to go . . .

Punch cardstock bases larger, and the patriotic tags from Altered Pages smaller.  Ink the edges of the images.

Glue the images to the cardstock tags, punch a hole in the top, and add a curled length of the gold wire stars.

CAS with gel plate prints and rub-ons

Today at the CutCardStock blog, so easy, but I LOVE this way of using pieces of monoprints!  Especially handy for that aunt of mine who only wants handmade cards.  Seriously, she basically told me not to bother sending her store-bought cards, as she knows I can make them myself!

a pop-up card with monoprint background

Using a monoprint in the makings of a pop-up card today over at the CutCardStock blog--you'll find this fine feathered fellow HERE, if you'd care for more info.

Happy Thursday to you!
:)

4th of July bunting with wooden banners

Have you ever used wood as a base for making banners or buntings? I hadn't, until trying out some Foundations Décor double point banner bases.

Gotta admit, I'm kinda into these now. I originally made a four flag banner with these and lots of Altered Pages supplies, but then changed my mind and the design!  You'll find this experiment of "the same, not the same" today in my post at the Altered Pages Artsociates blog.