How to color own Tarot cards

There hundreds of full-color decks available in the market, why color own tarot cards and hone with trouble. But there is something that can make quite familiar with the difficult symbolism of the Tarot deck and this method will also allow you to find all the necessary details and hidden insight of these cards. Secondly it will be unique with your own personal stamp on it and you will enjoy your tarot cards and tarot readings.

In this feature you will find all those instructions that are necessary for printing and coloring own set of tarot cards. Two sets of white and black card graphics have also been included and you can select from 1910 Coleman-Waite or the beautiful Vacchetta deck of 1893 as theses have been updated and rectified for easy coloring.

How to start

For coloring own tarot cards you need the following equipments.

A nice card stock in quite matching for your printer or you can also use printed pages to copy onto card stock; you can also use colored pencils or watercolors, Craft sealer
While corner cutter, Metallic gel pens in Silver, Gold, and Bronze/copper and patterned paper for cards’ back are optional.

The following steps are involved in this process.

Step One

First copy the card pictures to the hard disk of your PC and then use some graphic editing program; you can also use word for that purpose. You need to print to print them according to standard tarot card size and you also need to adjust the pictures if you are going to take print from windows. You must take a test print before starting. Test your paper as well is it rightly put in the printer or is it somewhat crooked as you need to keep the paper straight for right imaging. You may get unattractive results if you print directly from your browser.

Now it’s time to trim the cards carefully after finishing the printing and you can use sharp scissors or a paper cutter for this purpose. If you want a rounded edge for your cards, you must use a corner cutter for this purpose.
Step Two

Now comes the fun part and you can use colored pencils and other medium of your choice to color your cards. You can also use glitter, foil, decorative paper or metallic leaf to create the cards of your choice. It’s on you whether you want your cards laminated with self-stick acetate or just want to skip the sealer. They both are available in mass market retail stores or in office supplies.

Step Three

Share your cards! After scanning or photographing your favorite cards and now they are ready to give you and others a nice reading with greater insight and potential advantages.
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