Greeting Card Campaign: 8-23 Singin' in the Rain Day

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August 23 is Singin' in the Rain Day.  Where the idea came from is anybody's guess. Perhaps someone wanted to celebrate rain because August 23 is usually the middle of the summer's longest hot and dry spell. It's also Gene Kelly's birthday. The American dance was born on this day in 1912. His most famous movie scene is that memorable dance scene with the umbrella in the pouring rain in the appropriately named musical "Singin' in the Rain".  A lot of people don't realize it, but Kelly was very sick when he did that number with a case of walking (and apparently in Gene Kelly's case dancing) pneumonia.  But like a trooper, Kelly chose to let the show go on.

If the weather doesn't oblige you and send along a little rain today, get out the garden hose and an umbrella and make yourself some rain. If you do, though, you might want to laminate today's "Singing in the Rain Day" greeting card for your sweetie so it doesn't get damp.


Just click on the caption below wet, singing person and it will take you to a pdf file in Google Docs. Remember, instead of printing from Google Docs, click on "File" in the upper left corner, then select "Download" and copy the file to your own computer.  Open it with Adobe PDF Reader or whatever PDF reader you use and print the card from there. For some reason Google Docs doesn't handle fonts well, even though they are supposed to be embedded in the PDF document itself.

This is a side fold card, so when it prints, be sure to tell your printer it's in "landscape" format so you get the whole file. Flip it on the short side to print double-sided. This will save you a lot of time. Have fun and remember:  Always carry an umbrella and be certain you know where the nearest lamppost is located.


© by Tom King

Greeting Card Campaign: 7-28 National Milk Chocolate Day

If you are doing the 365 days of greeting cards campaign in order to atone for forgetting some important date, today's card should help a lot.  It's National Milk Chocolate Day.  I'm not sure who came up with it.  It may have been a woman with a craving. It may have been a man in trouble.  At any rate, this card and a pound or two of chocolate fudge or a box of chocolates ought to help make the love of your life smile. 

It's a side fold card.  Easy to do.  Download the images by right-clicking and choosing "save image as". Place both pictures on their side in a landscape document covering the whole page front and back.  The pictures should both be turned the same way.  Print the card so that it flips on the short side.  Use a nice feminine cardstock with this one. 

And don't forget the chocolate!


© 2013 by Tom King

Greeting Card Campaign: 7-20 Nap Day

Grab a chaise lounge out in the yard, spread a blanket at the beach, string a hammock between two trees or curl up on your bed under a ceiling fan with the air conditioner turned up.  It's Nap Day - a celebration of snoozing, a time to get comfy and a time to cuddle. 

This card is a top fold, so after you right click on the pictures below and download them place them in your double-sided document so the front of the page or outside of the card is upside down and the back or inside is right way up.  Print on a nice cardstock and leave it on her pillow in the morning before she wakes up.

Follow up with an invitation to an impromptu nap in the afternoon.  Wear a nice cologne in case it takes a little while to doze off. 

© 2013 by Tom King