Education
 
Choices for Making Your Own Tarot Cards
 
 
PlainCards® offers 2 Different Blank Tarot Card Stocks.

Blank/Blank Coatable 4-up
- 4 micro-perforated cards per 8-1/2 x 11 in. sheet.  Cards are blank on both sides and measure 2-3/4 in. x 4-3/4 in (70 x 121 mm).  Corners are rounded.  These cards are a very high quality playing card stock that has a coating enabling them to be made glossy by coating with the clear plastic playing card coating.  Your printer might require that adjustments be made to the advanced printer settings in order to obtain best printing results.

Blank/Blank Matte Finish 4-Up - 4 micro-perforated cards per 8-1/2 x 11 in. sheet.  Cards are blank on both sides and measure 2-3/4 in. x 4-3/4 in (70 x 121 mm).  Corners are rounded.  These cards are a very high quality card stock with a smooth, hard  surface that  is easy to print on and produces an attractive matte finish card.

Card stock for making boxes is included with each order. Be sure and see our Downloads page for templates.


Making your own tarot cards is a very enjoyable and rewarding experience.  If you do not already have a photo editor, check out our Downloads page for some free ones.  If you would like some inspiration, we suggest the following links.

http://arnellart.com/frm-main.htm
- A wealth of information on Tarot, decks, essays, reviews and links.

http://www.swcp.com/pcaskey/tarot/ - The full RiderWaite tarot deck can be downloaded from this site.  Thanks to Paul Caskey for making this available and US Games for granting him permission.

http://www.lelandra.com/comptarot/tarotcoldwar.htm - A very large collection of tarot cards to view as well as information on making tarot cards.

http://www.aeclectic.net/tarot/ - See hundreds of tarot decks, links and forums including one on Tarot Deck Creation.

http://altreligion.about.com/library/weekly/aa082003a.htm - This site has a tarot deck that you can copy and color.

Also, you might find the collage feature of the Picassa program useful, especially for creating the design for the back of the cards.  You will find the link for Picassa on our
Downloads page.
 
Revised Jan. 18, 2007
Original Mika Phinney
Artwork

FREE DOWNLOAD

The talented San Francisco Bay Area artist and designer, Mika Phinney,  has created these designs for  PlainCards.  They are  available as a QuickCards file for the backs of your tarot cards.  Just Download and open with the QuickCards Program.
You can use this link to contact Mika Phinney