[Oshi Activities] Ideas for making DIY trading cards. Handmade merch for your fave
Photo cards, which are popular as bonuses with K-POP idol merchandise and albums.
They’re items you can enjoy in various ways, like displaying your bias’s photos as interior decor or slipping them into your phone case.
Some of you may want to try making your own photos or character goods of your favorite member.
In this article, we’ve compiled a bunch of ideas for handmade photo cards.
We’ll introduce everything from easy projects themed around social media or student IDs to more elaborate creations.
Be sure to try making your own original goods using photos of your favorite idol.
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[Oshi Activities] Ideas for making DIY trading cards. Handmade oshi merch (1–10)
Original frame trading card
It’s a cute trading card with a bit of 3D depth, as if your favorite character is quietly peeking out from a gap in the frame.
Use a frame with a window-like cutout, which you can find at 100-yen shops, and layer it over the image of your fave.
It’s important to think about how you want to show their expression, so adjust the size of the character and the frame to match your ideal look.
Once you’ve layered the character and the frame, cut it out, carefully tidy the edges and surface, and when it’s shaped like a trading card, you’re done.
hologram trading card
These are trading cards with a holographic finish that sparkle as they reflect light when viewed from different angles.
Basically, they’re simple cards made by laminating the front and back designs together and rounding the corners, then overlaying a holographic film on the front surface.
A key point is to align the layers precisely so the overall look feels cohesive.
Instead of applying holograms to both sides, intentionally using a hologram on only one side makes it easier to highlight the side you want to stand out and to indicate which side is the front.
Easy trading cards made with photos and sleeves!
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This is a trading card you can easily make using just photos and sleeves, and your fave is clearly visible not only on the front but also on the back.
The most important part is the photo printing: half of a standard photo is just the right size for a trading card, so split the photo area into top and bottom, place different images in each half, and print it as a single photo.
Cut the printed photo in half, apply glue to the backs, and align the cut pieces perfectly to stick them together.
After that, simply put it in a sleeve and you’re done.
Your personal touch will really show in how you choose the images for the front and back.
Trading card using official merchandise
When it comes to making your own trading cards, it can feel like each of your skills is being put to the test, so people who aren’t confident in crafting might find it hard to get started.
That’s exactly when you can make good use of official merchandise—boldly use official goods and take advantage of their material quality.
The idea is to use official stickers as the base, add decorations like washi tape frames and small stickers, and then finish it off with lamination.
If you want to show something on the back as well, you can make another sticker in the same way, stick them together, and then laminate the combined piece to finish.
Film-style trading card
This is a card designed to look like a strip of camera film with consecutive photos lined up.
The key idea is to decide what scene you want to express within the limited number of frames captured on a single strip.
If you line up photos of the same scene from different angles, you can create a burst-shot look that conveys motion; if you intentionally line up photos from different scenes, you can evoke the feel of a photo album.
The process is simple: choose your photos, cut them to the same size, and arrange them like film.
It could also be interesting to add design elements to the frame for extra flair.