Custom card holder

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I’ve been making stuff for a local video/board gaming convention coming up in April. Wanted to make some card holders and dice towers.
Found a design I liked on Cartonus and designed it to my liking. It fits at least 60 cards in standard protective sleeves and has extra room for dice and/ or counters.
The YuGI YO one is actually for my son…test run if you will…lol
For locals, they can come by the shop and add custom engraving.

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Etched through the masking and sprayed it with black acrylic. I use standard vinyl decal transfer tape which comes off easily with my white duct tape that I have in my office :grin:
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Gave the front side multiple coats of shellac and the back/inside black.
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Masking the front gives a nice clean hinge


Extra room in the side for dice and counters etc.

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That is SWEET!!

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Awesome!
Those ought to sell well! :smiley:

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That’s a great design! I suggest that you also make a couple that are big enough to hold 100 cards, and then some that are big enough to hold 100 double-sleeved cards. Commander players would love something like this!

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I was looking into side by side boxes for the larger decks so it would be a bigger book size…this one, proportionately, would be too high I think…

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That Rocks Laser Lady!
Thanks for the inspiration :sunglasses:

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Oh goodie–a new project from Mom! I love it, and especially the clever latch!

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You make all the coolest stuff and I am so anxious to make a project that uses a living hinge. :grinning:

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Might be interesting to explore making the long wrap-around piece out of leather. You could hold the latch on with a rivet.

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That is a nice construction. Great use of shapes, engrave, fasteners, living hinge, paint, finish. Catchy graphics. It’s got it all!

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Maybe…but the price point will be much higher…this show is not big on sales…
We are doing airbrushed tattoos and facepainting as the main $ maker…the rest is more advertisement for the custom stuff…

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You always do such brilliant work! I want to be like you. :blush:

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Love the latch especially. The living hinge is awesome too.

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Yeah I cheated and got the rotating latch idea off the cartonus box but I’ve got other ideas of doing it a bit different that wont wear on the top of the box as much…

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That “taping the front while spray painting the back hinge” tip for clean edges… that’s solid gold tippery, right there. :star2::star2::star2::star2::star2:

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Now I am getting really learned, mom. Everyone has my greatest respect.

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