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Tuesday, October 30, 2012

Some Great Ideas On How You Can Design Your Own Playing Cards

By Hadwin Maynard


Did you know that you can design your own playing cards? Having the basics on the symbols and numbers of cards in one deck would be enough for you to go on and have your own styles. The usual symbols - hearts, spades, cloves and diamonds - can be foregone. There are so many creative symbols that you can use, all of them readily drawn from various sources and inspirations. There is a certain code that applies to playing cards, and you should stick to them as you customize your playing cards. Do not think of this as being limiting to your creativity. Then you will have a deck of cards that you will have no trouble using.

Normally, one deck of cards is comprised of fifty two cards. It is up to you if your deck of customized playing cards will also have fifty two cards, or you can have a deck of lesser cards. This will, of course, be influenced by the kind of card game that will be played using the deck of cards you are customizing. There are certain card games that can only be played using more than fifty two cards in the deck. You'd be justified in having more cards on your deck. If you are creative enough, you can invent a card game using your personal set of playing cards that have extra cards featuring new symbols.

Customizing your playing cards can be done by simply printing letters or symbols. If you have symbols ready, all you need is to find the right type of print paper and have a unique design ready for the new cards. If you want to have images of cars, nature, buildings, animals, and even people on the back of the cards, you can do so. In order to create the design, you would require the use of a computer. Once the design has been finalized, you'd have to print it using a reliable color printer. If your creativity fades you can take a peek through the internet to see what ideas it will help generate. At times, you need not look far because the internet is full of designs that you can use to make customized items.

The internet option can also be a great tool when you feel that you lack the creative mind needed to design your own playing cards. You can rely on the service of a number of websites that specialize in designing playing cards. Some of these websites offer templates while others have ready made designs that you can choose from for your own deck. This is actually a fast means of having your own customized deck of playing cards. However, you may find that this is not a lot of fun, at least when compared to the other option, which is creating your own designs. Customizing, even when it is a deck of playing cards, is supposed to be a fun and creative experience. Thus, you should enjoy it.

Granted technology is there; the computers and printers that you can use to make the cards. But more enjoyment and more fun can be derived from designing handmade playing cards. What you need to come up with a design for your playing cards are creativity, the right tools, and support from your friends.




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