Home made cards

[Freyaschild]

I'm planning on making a home made deck of divination cards, not exactly Tarot, but similar. My question is, where do you find suitable material for the cards? I plan to paint on them then put a protective coating on them. Is there a manufacturer of blank cards?

[Hope]

yes there is hmmm

what have I done with that link.... someone sent it to me once

i will look for you, and maybe someone will find it before me

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[HedwigHarfang]

I made my own deck using a computer programme to make mock-ups of a trading card game (Magic - The Gathering) and sleeves to hold the cut-out cards, but this is only for personal use. I can't really help if you want to publish it, but my suggestion would be to get hold of cheap playing cards (a pack costs roughly £1/$2, for a regular tarot deck you'd need two packs of 52, but at those prices anything is possible!) and design labels to go on the front of the cards.

For a more professional deck you may need to enlist the services of a printer, and do the designs larger so they can be shrunk down to fit and still be detailed.

[Hope]

http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/40-BLANK-PLAYING-OR-TAROT-CARDS-MAKE-YOUR-OWN-1p-99p_W0QQitemZ190157624793QQihZ009QQcategoryZ19271QQcmdZViewItem

http://cgi.ebay.com/TAROT-DECK-Blank-MAKE-YOUR-OWN-TAROT-CARDS_W0QQitemZ120162786164QQcmdZViewItem

you can also start with blank index cards and then laminate them


please make sure to share your journey n this project with us :)

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[SilverClaw]

Also US games use to sell the blank cards as well.

As for my deck that I am making the one I refer to as my meditation deck will be printed on heavy watercolour paper.

[Freyaschild]

Thanks for the great help. Will let you know how they turn out. :D

[HedwigHarfang]

Thanks for the great help. Will let you know how they turn out. :D

Stop by with some pictures too :). Good luck.