Tuesday, October 23, 2012

Coming Up With Your Own Designs For Your Playing Cards

By Hadwin Maynard


Maybe you didn't know that you can actually design your own playing cards. If you have the basic ideas of the symbols and numbers in a deck of cards, then you can come up with new styles for the cards. There is no rule that says you should only make use of the usual hearts, spades, diamonds and cloves symbols. Be creative. This should not be too hard because there are a lot of sources or inspirations that you can choose from. Bear in mind that customization of the deck of cards will not limit your creativity, but you need to make cards that will apply to the code of the playing cards. That makes it easy for other to use the deck.

A normal deck of card will have fifty two pieces. There is nothing stopping you from having a deck of cards with less than fifty two pieces if you do not want to go with the usual. This option depends on the kind of game you wish to use the cards for. 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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