Don’t miss the Custom Card Gallery for 2012 through 2015 (click on the tab above)
2016 TSR Hot Stove
2016 TSR Hot Stove Cereal Boxes
2016 TSR
2016 TSRchives
2015-16 TSR Hot Stove
2015 TSR
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- 2015 TSR rub-on tattoo insert – Yadier Molina
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- 2015 TSR rub-on tattoo insert – Matt Harvey
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- 2015 TSR Series Two wrapper
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- 2015 TSR – “Autocorrect” variation of Mets Prospects: Kevin Plawecki and Steven Matz
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- 2015 TSR Series One wrapper
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- 2015 Series Three Wrapper
2015 TSR Fauxback
The Shlabotnik Report 
How do you go about creating templates for your cards? I’m working on a project and that would help tremendously.
I’m not entirely sure how you mean, but I’m going to guess that you mean how it’s set up in my software (Paint Shop Pro 9, in my case). If that’s your question, the answer is lots and lots of layers. I’ve got one white layer that is the card border, multiple layers for the team name and striping (only one is visible at a time), one layer for the text that is the player name & position. The photo, of course, goes “behind” all of those.
I’ve been toying with a post about how I do this, I’ll see if I can’t get that done this week.
Your designs are super good. Well done!
Thank you! I truly appreciate the kind words.
GREAT stuff. Love the Pointless Pairings and the cereal boxes. Looking forward to some 2017 stuff.
Thank you, I truly appreciate it!
Hi
I don’t know if you are still active. But I love your custom cards. I am working on a project for a few teams of the past. Was wondering if you make me a template I could use for 1976 Reds cards. Trying to make a display piece for my son who was born that year but there are a few players without Topps cards that year and wanted to include them but have no idea how to a template that I can pop pictures into.
Thanks
Hi, Dick! Glad you like my customs! I unfortunately use old graphics software that is held together with the PC equivalent of duct tape and bailing wire, so my templates are in a format you wouldn’t be able to use without the same software.
Not to discourage you, but 1976 Topps is a bit more involved since there are 11 different icons for all the various positions.
That being said, that sounds like a great project… Good luck with it!