Making your own desktop publishing cards for the 4th of July holidays are a great way to make several cards at a time while being economical. When using a free template, you have the creative freedom to change font style or color but you can also use the card template as is and choose only to change the text. The following links are sources for 4th of July card templates that are royalty free and can be changed, printed, or modified with any desktop publishing tool.
Hoover Web Design - Created by Gina Hoover, the free 4th of July card templates offer six different printable cards. Each card is

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available for free download in Adobe PDF format. For more information and to check out the templates visit their page at:
Hoover Web Design 4th of July Templates Microsoft's online templates has a small selection of free templates for making 4th of July cards. All are free to download for those who run the Microsoft Office software on their PC. To see their full gallery of printable projects see their site specific page at: Fourth of July Templates
1-2-3 Print Cards offers a selection of twenty-four cards across three pages that you can customize. Each photo quality image free card is printable straight from their online site. You can optimize each card by font, sender and receiver information and you can even personalize the card template you choose by uploading a photo for it. To see the entire gallery of 4th of July holiday card templates, visit their holiday specific web page at: 123 Print Cards 4th of July

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If you are looking for a more vintage slant to your holiday cards and are planning to create them through your own desktop publishing program, there is a great and free online resource for 4th of July clip art to add to your cards. Vintage Holiday Crafts is an online source for free vintage looking Americana type images. To the left is their girl with flag image. To view all of their images visit their holiday specific web page at:
Vintage Holiday Crafts 4th of July