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February 9, 2010

Recent Through The Mail Successes

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I have recently gotten three through the mail autographs back, and I thought I would share them:

Anthony Ranaudo

I sent this c/o the LSU Tigers athletic department.  Anthony is going to be a top 5 pick in this year’s upcoming draft and has a solid chance of winning the Golden Spikes Award this year.  This past season he put up a solid 12-3 record with a 3.04 ERA and 159 strikeouts in 124 innings.  In 2007 after his senior year of high school he was drafted in the 11th round by the Texas Rangers.  The real reason I went after his autograph though was that he is originally from my old stomping grounds of New Jersey.  I always root for a Jersey boy.

James Loney

This one is over a year in the making.  I sent this one out last January and thankfully Mr. Loney has sent it back.  OK so he’s not going to be  power hitter that they originally envisioned him being, but he is a solid hitter 0.280/15/90 guy and that is welcome in any lineup.  I have followed his career since he was drafted in 2002, so getting this back really means a lot to me.  I sent this one care of Spring Training.

Jameson Taillon

This one I went after because he might just be the best high school pitcher available in the draft and may even be taken 2nd overall behind Bryce Harper.  He already throws in the mid – 90s and is only getting stronger.  In all the outings I have seen him in (AFLAC and Tournament of Stars) he has been absolutely dominating.  I sent this one care of his house.

 

January 9, 2010

Xyron Sticker Maker Is A Custom Card Makers Best Friend!

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Fellow custom card makers, please do yourself a favor and go out and buy Xyron sticker maker now and say goodbye to glue stick and or rubber cement.  My wife purchased this for scrapbooking and now I use it to coat the custom card with a sticky material.  So now I can stick it right to the dummy card I am using, and voila, I now have a durable custom card.  The unit is about $25 and sticker refill is $12 for 20 feet.  The until is 2.5″ wide so it fits cards perfectly.  My wife just said that if you go to the Michael’s website you can get a 50% off coupon and pick it up for $12.50.  A picture of it is posted below:

Don’t forget this is the Xyron 250 (2.5″ wide)

 

December 4, 2009

My First Crack At A Custom Patch Card – Mike Commodore

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I just wanted to let people out there know that I got my first patch in today, it was a Blue Jackets emblem. I decided to try to make a custom patch card. The design of the card is something I have been working on for a while now. It took lots of patience and a lot of common cards from the 80s, but I did it and I think it looks fairly decent. If you have a Blue Jacket player you want a custom patch of let me know and we can make a deal.

The front:

The back:

I went with Mike Commodore because he is an awesome through the mail signer and one of My wife and I’s favorite players.  Right now I have it drying in a penny sleeve but it should be good to hold soon.  Hope you like it.  For those of you who are sending me jerseys to work on, I will get cracking on the designs this weekend.  I am first going to work on patch cards, then work on the letter cards.

By the way the dust on the cards is from my scanner that desperately needs to be cleaned.

 

November 28, 2009

Test Subject Needed . . .

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As most of you know I am into creating my own cards for sending out through the mail.  Well I have recently started to do relic cards and I need a test subject.  Does anyone out there have a jersey they can donate to the cause.  It has to be embroidered so that I can make patch cards.  In return I will create for you as many patch cards from the jersey as you want.  I just want to have something to practice with.  I am very close to perfecting it.  Also if there are no jerseys to be donated I can use patches as well, if you have a team patch you can part with let me know.

Thanks in advance for your collective help with me on this endeavor!

 

 

October 23, 2009

The Art of the Custom Made Card

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I mentioned on the Custom Card Blog that I was working on making a custom NASCAR card.  Well, it took a bit of time, but I think I have something that I can now share with you:

mark martin frontmark martin back

I plan on making 9 more of them and giving them away on the blog, or if you don’t want to try and win it let’s work out a trade.  I plan on making a bunch of these with different drivers.  I have 35 more pieces of sheet metal from various drivers.  It really isn’t as hard as I thought it would be, as soon as the printout dried it was a piece of cake.

Let me know what you think.

 

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