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[Oshi Activities] Ideas for making DIY trading cards. Handmade merch for your fave

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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.

[Oshi Activities] Ideas for making DIY photocards. Handmade oshi merch (11–20)

Aikatsu-style trading card

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These are trading cards inspired by Aikatsu cards, featuring not only characters but also item cards such as outfits.

Using images of Aikatsu cards as a base, you fill them in so that only the frame remains, then layer a character and edited images of items on top.

Since Aikatsu cards include information for the game, it’s also recommended to use that format to add details like your favorite character’s birthday.

Your image-processing skills will be tested, but if you apply gradients well, you can create a beautiful trading card.

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Original illustration trading card

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Original illustration trading card

These trading cards let you fully decorate your original illustrations and show off both your drawing skills and your flair for embellishment.

Start with the most important step: drawing the illustration.

Keep the three-dimensional feel of the later decorations in mind, and draw with a soft touch.

Once the illustration, including the colors, is complete, slip it into a sleeve, apply resin, attach the decorations, and then cure it.

It’s important to arrange everything while considering the balance between the illustration’s colors and the colors of the decorations you add.

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Ticket-style trading card

How to make ticket-style trading cards

Ticket-style trading card

It has more of a ticket feel than a card—an elongated, horizontally oriented design that combines a long photo with text.

The text area is key to enhancing the ticket vibe, so your choice of wording really shows your taste.

Because printing a single ticket size can be tricky, I recommend creating several variations with similar ticket designs, arranging them together for printing, then cutting them apart to finish.

Decide whether to highlight the paper’s texture to match the ticket image or laminate it like a trading card; consider what you want to prioritize and choose the finishing method accordingly.

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ID-photo-style trading card

How to make ID photos DIY goods

ID-photo-style trading card

This is a trading card designed to look like a strip of photos taken for ID photos used in passports or driver’s licenses, before they’re selected and used.

Arrange the photos with a sense of balance, and use the remaining frame space to design details such as your favorite idol’s name and other information.

Then just print it and finish with lamination, and you’ll have a trading card that looks like ID photos your fave took.

Lining up the same photo emphasizes the ID-photo vibe, but arranging different photos to showcase various favorites could also be a nice option.

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Square trading card

How to make square trading cards (square photocards)

Square trading card

When you think of trading cards, the image is usually rectangular, but making them square on purpose could offer a fresh experience.

The design process is simple: crop the photo into a square and place it within a square frame.

Then print it out, laminate it to make it sturdy, and round the corners to finish.

You can also add text or stickers for decoration before laminating for extra durability.

Choosing frames and embellishments that match the mood of the photo is also an important point.

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