Get A Kick Out of Making Your Own Soccer Card

Make Your Own Soccer Card by azac69
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Is there a budding soccer star in your family? Do you want to preserve his or her stats for posterity and have an attractive memento at the same time? Then this is the perfect gift for your Pele prodigy. This soccer player, collectible trading card is almost 100% virtually customizable. From the front border colour and the two-toned background colour on the back to the player's stats and bio info, this card has all the bells and whistles.

• for Goalkeeper Category Stats, click link
  

Features
Here are just a few of the features:

• Customizable Frame Colour (front) Click Customize it and then Colors and Background
  
• Customizable Two-Toned Background (back) same as above
  
• "Upload Your Photo" Template
• "Insert Your Text" Template Fields (name, stats, personal info, bio, etc.)
• Change text colour, category stats, font size or style (click on Customize it)
• Add Any Additional Text (click Customize it and Add Text)

For the card's colours, you can choose the choices available from the menu or you can create a custom colour by entering a hex code in the white box at the bottom of the Background menu. Where it says hex # you can enter a specific code if you know it. Here is a website that has dozens of custom colours with their hex numbers. Simply copy and paste the one you want into the text box and press enter. This comes in handy if you are trying to match the colours to a specific team's uniforms.

The pack of 100 makes it ideal for trading with friends who also have their own set. The more kids or adults you know who have a set of their own, the more you can trade and build a unique 100 card set with no doubles (don't forget to keep one of your own for yourself). Bring them to a trade meet and see what cards you can swap with other collectors.

Of course, you don't have to trade them. You can give them as gifts to Grandma and Grandpa or other friends and relatives. It's a great idea to keep in mind for birthdays, Christmas, Father's Day, etc.

If you asked me what my favourite sport is , I would say, "Soccer To Me!"

I would like your feedback on what you think about this trading card. Just post your thoughts in the comments section.

• Is it user-friendly?
• Are there too many stats? Not enough?
• What else would you like to see added?
  

Make Your Own Team Baseball Card

It has been quite a while since I last posted and I figured it was high time that I did. First off, let me say that this blog is getting a makeover and will be a work in progress and anyone who returns from time to time will likely notice new changes. The first big change I have done is I have switched to a different template. I grew bored and unsatisfied with the old one and I think this one will work better for my needs with the stretched format, allowing for better display of my designs, flash panels and videos. Over time, I plan to play around with the fonts and colours until I find something I really like and then I will settle on a permanent scheme. But I am in no rush so I hope you like experiments as much as I do. Now, on to other news.

A while ago I designed a DIY (do-it-yourself) baseball card that originates from a business card product. It allows someone to place a photo of an individual player on the front, plus input the player's name, stats, bio, etc. It has become fairly popular, so I decided to create another one for a baseball team photo card.

Baseball Team Card
by

azac69

Get this custom profilecard
at Zazzle

This card allows you to upload a photo of your own baseball team, be it little league, beer league, company softball, etc. In addition, you can customize the back of the card by typing in the team name and the team's record and finish for any given year. Then there is an area for you to type in the names of the entire team roster, all on an infield-dirt background, complimenting the card's front colour of outfield green. Further customization is possible by clicking on the "customize" button. If there are any further request, feel free to get in contact with me through this blog or my gallery at Zazzle. In the future I hope to branch out into other sports such as soccer, hockey, basketball etc. If you have an idea that you would like to see me use on a card, just leave me a comment.

Make Your Own Baseball Card

Zazzle has just begun offering business cards on their website. Currently, they are available in three different sizes, "standard, chubby and skinny profile". While designing some cards for my own personal use a few days ago and trying to decide what size to use, I noticed something about the "chubby" card. It has the same dimensions as a standard collectible trading card or for the older crowd reading this, what used to be called a bubblegum card. Yes, even I remember the days when trading cards were issued in wax packs of 8 with a single stick of bubble gum. The first thing I would do when I broke open the wax seal of a pack of baseball or hockey cards (back then it was O-Pee-Chee) was to take the pink, brittle stick, covered in a fine, white, floury powder and place it in in my mouth for a delicious gum-chewing experience. Upon first bite however, the previously mentioned brittle stick would shatter into a dozen sharp shards of gum-destroying gum, not to mention the roof of the mouth, the tended inner-cheeks' lining and the ever-sensitive tongue. After the initial pain and screaming, the gum would soften up and the enjoyable experience could proceed.

I loved looking through a freshly opened pack of trading cards and to see the player's card that I had been long waiting for. It was a joy a kid never forgets. After gazing at the front of the card and its unique design, it was time to turn the card over and study all the glorious stats that the card had to offer. Sometimes stats that went on forever if the player had been around for a while. It was all a kid could hope for. Well, that and being featured on his or her own trading card one day. That would be the icing on the cake. Now that day has come.

Now you can make your own baseball trading card just like the real thing. Using the chubby size business card, I have created a design for both front and back that allows any viewer or customer to fully customize their own card featuring a photo of him or herself.

Baseball Card
by

azac69

Get this custom profilecard
at Zazzle

Clicking on "Customize this design" will allow any user to edit the default text information and insert their own in its place. For example, on the front where it has "Player's Name" on the banner, you simply clear that text and type in your own name. The same goes for the player's uniform number and position in the green diamonds.

Click on the back view to edit the back of the card. Here you have many more choices offered. Once again, you enter your name. Then you have again player position situated inside the white "baseball". After that is the card's number. Following that are your physical statistics and team name and after that are all your yearly personal stats and the team(s) you played for. Finally, there is just enough room to insert a career highlight of some sort or just any kind of personal trivia.

Many of the image objects on the front of the card are editable too. For instance, it you want to move around the baseball bats, shrink them down a size or delete them completely, you simply click on the object to highlight it and make your changes.

When you are satisfied with your edits, simply click on "add to cart" and order it and soon those memories will rush back to you when you open your very own baseball card. Sorry, but you will have to supply your own gum.

In the near future, I will be adding different sports designs, notably hockey, football and basketball.