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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://freeware.esoterica.free.fr/html/freecards.html#ta - Several free tarot decks that can be downloaded. 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 7July 2, 2008 |


. 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. |
Send us an email if you would like to contact Mika. |