Trimmed Borders/Altered Decks Index

AJ

A fresh thread with lots of room for expansion!
Including trimmed Tarot, Oracles, and newly added; Primped/Pimped/Altered decks
If you notice any links no longer working please let me know, thanks.

When you post your scan it would be lovely if you:
include a Before and After and a back,
and note Publisher and artist in the post. This isn't a rule, just a wish



Oracles are in post 4
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FLizarraga's new thread on deck debordering tools and tips thread for trimming tools:
http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=234568
and another for edging/gilding/blinging:
http://www.tarotforum.net/showthread.php?t=234582
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Blinged out images from Kissa's original Pimp My Rider thread
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AJ

Tarot Decks A-I

2012 Tarot of Ascension
Le Fanu Fanned, individuals and back, borders and titles off
Le Fanu Close ups, front and back, borders and titles off

Alchemical First edition
sapienza Borderless, full fanned deck plus 3 cards
sapienza 2 cards + back
sapienza Majors and courts retain titles, + Back

Alchemical Renewed
aurarcana No borders, major titles intact
RexMalaki no borders, titles intact
RexMalaki no borders, titles intact

Ananda
Silverlyn no borders, titles intact

Ancient Italian
RexMalaki no borders, titles intact
RexMalaki no borders, titles intact
Laura Borealis Edge coppered
Laura Borealis face on, coppered

Ancient Tarot of Bologna Lo Scarabeo
Le Fanu Borders gone, Majors/Courts titles intact
Le fanu Borders gone, Majors and Minor plus back
Le Fanu Fronts and backs

Animals Divine


Aquarian
Cassandra022 Top title border remains, sides and bottom trimmed to inner border
GryffinSong Top title border remains, sides and bottom trimmed to inner border

Archeon
bleuivy no borders, no titles
bleuivy no borders, no titles
pippi Before and after ~ no borders, no titles
pippi Before and After/side by side ~ no borders, no titles

Art Nouveau Matt Meyers/US Games/1989
GeorgiePorgie no borders, titles intact only on Major Arcana

Arthurian
MysticalMoose Inner borders, titles intact
MysticalMoose Curved inner borders, titles intact

Ancestral Path
Pandora MoonRaven Grey and White borders gone, titles intact + back

Atavist Tarot Sally Annett and Rowena Shepherd, published by Foulsham.
randomlil Before and after border trim
randomlili edges before and after
randomlili finished project

Baroque Bohemian Cats
First Edition
AJ Bottom borders and titles intact Note:"Majors are printed different than minors, look at both before trimming either."

Bohemian Gothic

Bosch Lo Scarabeo

Buckland Romani
MysticalMoose no borders, no titles 2nd edition

Celestial
Penthasilia Before and After, Borders and titles eliminated

Celtic Tarot Helena Paterson & Courtney Davis, Thorsons 1990
Cassandra022 Sides trimmed,tops remain, Cassandra recommends trimming from the back side lines
Cassandra022 closeup Queen of Wands
Cassandra022 Spread out
Cassandra022 Minors and magician

Celtic Wisdom
RedMaple no borders, no titles

Chihuahua Tarot
rylla total borderectomy, small gold numbers added to corners

Circle of Life
Hedera no borders, no titles
Hedera no borders, no titles
Hedera no borders, no titles
Hedera no borders, no titles

Classical Lo Scarabeo
Le Fanu No borders, titles on majors and courts intact
Le Fanu Backs, plus sample of major/court/minor

Connolly
herself inner borders & titles intact
herself inner borders & titles intact

Corto Maltese
Fire Cat no borders, no titles

Cosmic Tarot Norbert Lösche, US Games
Nemia before and after (titles remain)
Nemia before and after backs
Nemia after
KristinCali Before
KristinCali Before and after
KristinCali Complete, titles remain
Madrigal titles remain
Madrigal backs
Madrigal Majors
Madrigal close up 2 majors
Madrigal 2 more majors
Madrigal close up minors
Madrigal more minors, amazing trimming job
Madrigal minors
Madrigal minors

Crystal Elizabeth Trevisan/Lo Scarabeo
Hemera no borders, no titles
Le Fanu No borders, no titles, w/charming tin
Le Fanu Majors/Minors/Courts
Le Fanu more, with tin!
Le Fanu Full deck, Back, tin
Cassandra022 Side borders removed, titles remain

Crystal Visions
feynrir Trimmed, cornered, titles remain
feynrir Backs
feynrir Backs before and after purple gilding

Dame Fortune's Wheel
Cassandra022 Trimmed to narrow inner border, titles remain

Da Vinci
Little Baron no borders, no titles
Little Baron no borders, no titles

Dance of Life
faunabay bottom border & titles intact
faunabay bottom border & titles intact
faunabay side view of different sized cards once trimmed

Demeroticon

Deviant Moon First edition
AJ Inner borders & titles intact - before & after
AJ Inner borders & titles intact - backs, before & after
Hedera Inner borders & titles intact
Cat* The Hermit, blinged

Diamond

Deidre of the Sorrows
Silver Crow
inner borders & titles intact

Deck of the Bastard sevenstars
SarahJoy

Dragon (Pracownik - US Games)
Nickigirl no borders, titles intact - Before & After
Nickigirl no borders, titles intact - sides inked with Sharpie
Nickigirl no borders, titles intact - Back shown, sides inked with Sharpie


Dragons Toraldo/Baraldi - Lo Scarabeo
CelticDruidess no borders, no titles - before & after
CelticDruidess backs before & after

Dream Enchantress
Hemera Outer blue borders trimmed, top/bottom titles intact


DruidCraft
AJ Progressive from inner borders/titles intact to: no inner borders - titles intact
pippi no borders, no titles
stargazer no borders, no titles
jackdaw* inner borders intact - no titles
Cat* inner borders intact - no titles
Cat* inner borders intact - no titles
MysticalMoose inner borders & titles intact
Sulis inner borders & titles intact
Silverlyn no borders, titles intact
Chiska All borders and titles removed
Cassandra022 Side borders gone, titles and top/bottom borders intact + back
Cassandra022 Deck side view
aurarcana Borders and titles eliminated, shows backs
merissa_88 altered backs
Madrigal borders on 3 sides removed, titles remain
Madrigal more
Madrigal more!


Elemental Tarot
AJ trimmed and untrimmed, backs and fronts, unrounded

Elves Lo Scarabeo
stargazer no borders, no titles

Enchanted also known as Zerner Farber Several editions
AprilFool Before and After, inner borders & titles intact
AprilFool Before and after, inner borders & titles intact
AprilFool Before and after, front and back
AprilFool Before and After size comparison to 2nd edition (Zerner Farber)
Madrigal total deborder
Madrigal total deborder
Madrigal major close up
Madrigal another close up


Faerie Natalie Hertz/US Games
emmsma inner borders intact, no titles
emmsma inner borders intact, no titles
emmsma Front and Back, inner borders intact, no titles
aurarcana inner borders & titles intact

Fairy Lights tarot Lucia Mattioli, LoScarabeo 2013
Hemera before
Hemera and after pairs
Cuilfaen 2 pairs, total deborder
cuilfaen Lovers and 3 of Swords
Cuilfaen Emperor and 9 of pentacles
Cuilfaen backs debordered

Fairytale Magic Realist Press

Fairy Wicca
cpriestess thin black border and titles remain

Fenestra Tarot Chatriya Hemharnvibul Published by U.S. Games
SarahJoy
SarahJoy edges

Fey
pippi no borders, no titles
pippi no borders, no titles
Flaxen no borders, no titles

Fifth
Hemera borders and titles gone, Before and after + backs

Gaian Joanna Powell Colbert Lewellyn
AJ After, with one before for comparison of size
AJ Eight more Gaian debordered images

Gilded Ciro Marchetti Llewellyn
Silverlyn Before and After, no borders, titles intact
Silverlyn Before and After, no borders, titles intact

Gill tarot Elizabeth Gill US Games
cpriestess debordered
cpriestess majors and pips

Glastonbury Tarot
strings of life total deborder, fronts and back

Goddess Kris Waldherr US Games
RedMaple inner borders intact - no titles

Golden Kat Black
kalliope Before
kalliope Borders trimmed, titles remain, with before sample of gold borders
kalliope eight afters, titles remain
kalliope Backs, before and after
FLizarraga completely debordered
Flizarraga edge view, gilded
Flizarraga another view of edge gilding

Golden Botticelli Lo Scarabeo
Silver Crow/knitknit Borders and titles outta here
Silver Crow/knitknit Borders and titles gone

Gothic (Vargo)
Hemera no borders, no titles
HeavensVault inner borders & titles intact
Silverlyn Before and After, no borders, no titles

Gothic Tarot of Vampires
Yurikome no borders, no titles

Grand Etteila
Debra no borders, no titles
Debra Front and Back, no borders, no titles

Greenwood
Penthasilia Balance, border removed, title remains
Penthasilia Greenman, border removed, title remains
Penthasilia Shaman, border removed, title remains
Penthasilia Minor, borders removed, title and keyword remain
Penthasilia Court, title and keyword remain, borders removed


Haindl US games
Nemia trimmed to small inner border
Nemia Poster
Nemia Poster with three cards


Hanson-Roberts
GeorgiePorgie no borders - titles intact
RedMaple no borders - titles intact
Silverlyn Before and after, no borders - titles intact
GryffinSong All borders gone

Harmonious Lo Scarabeo
Brigid Outer borders trimmed, gold blinged edges. Backs/Fronts/edges
Brigid Fronts and backs, trimmed
Cassandra022 Tsukeniko pearlescent chocolate gilted edges
Cassandra022 Fanned showing nice framing effect of the edge gilting
Cassandra022 Fronts and backs fully trimmed and edge gilted.

Herbal
Hemera inner borders & titles intact

Housewives Tarot Headcase Design (Paul Kepple and Jude Buffum) Published by Quirk Books
SarahJoy See post 251 for treatment details

Hudes
Cassandra022 Trimmed to inner borders, titles remain

Illuminated Rider-Waite painted by Carol Herzer
Anonymous Artist no borders, no titles
aurarcana no borders, no titles
aurarcana no borders, no titles

Inner Child Tarot designed by Isha Lerner & Mark Lerner illustrated by Christopher Guilfoil Bear & Company
Nemia small white border removed
Nemia cards with matching embroidered bag
Nemia full deck
Nemia matching bag
 

AJ

Tarot Decks J-R

Japaridze Tarot
rylla Trimmed, titles remain

Jonathan Dee Shirley Barker/Parragon Publishing2001
Kissa Borders and titles gone, gilt stickers added
Kissa Queen of wands close up showing how beautiful this technique turned out

KissaTarot Terttu Seule/ Unio Mystica 2009
Hemera two options, no border or narrow gold border, + backs

Legacy of the Divine
vee borders and titles gone
Madrigal numbers remain, 3 borders gone

Legend: The Arthurian
Lifeisabutterfly Sides trimmed, titles retained
cpriestess jeweled inner borders and titles
cpriestess close up jeweled
cpriestess single close

Light and Shadow
Debra Sides trimmed only, titles intact

Llewellyn Llewellyn
bodhiseed no borders, no titles
MysticalMoose All borders and titles removed

Lo Scarabeo Created by Mark McElroy, illustrated by Anna Lazzarini Lo Scarabeo 2007
Cassandra022 Title border at top of card remains
Cassandra022 Closer view, with backs
Nemia before and after
Nemia 3 sides gone, titles remain
Nemia 5 cards trimmed
Nemia Tucked in a tin
Nemia Tin treatment

Magical Forest Leo Tang/Taiwan/2005 Lo Scarabeo/2008
Mojo Twin 2 no borders, no titles
stargazer no borders, no titles
aurarcana All borders and titles gone
aurarcana Side view with bronzed gilt edges
Cat* the top portion I cut off was a bit wider than the bit at the bottom I snipped, the backs remained nearly reversible. You have to look pretty closely to see which side is up
Cat* all borders and titles gone, fanned

Margarete Petersen Margarete Petersen/Königs Furt/2002
minrice heavy German edition purple borders gone
minrice Stacked and fanned
BodhiSeed 3 sides gone, titles remain
BodhiSeed 3 sides trimmed, titles remain.

Mary-El Schiffer 2012
Bat Chicken All borders and titles gone
JadoreHauteCoutureall borders gone
cSpaceDiva 3 views, trimmed to a small black order, edges feather gilded with gold
Rose Lalonde thin black border and titles remain, Tim Holtz Frayed Burlap distress ink pad for edges
LaForce edges darkened
AJ Top/Right/Bottom borders trimmed. Hand written gold titles on left border
AJ Top/Right/Bottom borders trimmed. Hand written gold titles on left border

Medieval Lo Scarabeo
Kissa Trimmed and embellished with rub-on gilt stickers, renumbered
Kissa Before and afters
Kissa Majors, afters

Medieval Nigel Jackson
Kissa Borders and titles gone
Kissa Court, Minor, Major, borders and titles gone
Kissa Majors and back

Medieval Cats
Cassandra022 Inner borders and titles intact, + back
Cassandra022 Majors, minors and backs

Merry Day Louise Poole/Mill House McCabe/1997
Kissa Keywords and numericals and bottom black border removed + back
Kissa Courts and majors, as above
Kissa Silver penwork on minors


Miss Cleo
AJ Before and after, inner borders & titles intact, card backs

Moon Garden
thorhammer inner borders & titles intact
thorhammer inner borders & titles intact
{k} no borders, no titles
{k} no borders, no titles

Morgan Greer
Mariqueen total deborder
Mariqueen edges blued

Mystic Dreamer
Silverlyn no borders - titles intact
canid Embellished with thin line striping nail polish

Mystic Faerie

Mythic
First Edition
pippi no borders, no titles
GeorgiePorgie no borders, no titles
AJ Outer borders, kept titles, before and after


Navigators of the Mystic SEA
Cassandra022 Side borders removed, title borders remain
Oink gilded edges
rylla total trim, blacked edges, fronts and one back

New Century

Nigel Jackson
MysticalMoose no borders, no titles
RedMaple no borders, no titles
Silver Crow inner borders intact, no titles

Noblet J. C. Flornoy
Laura Borealis corners rounded before and after

Old English
GeorgiePorgie no borders - titles intact
GeorgiePorgie no borders - titles intact

Pagan Cats Lo Scarabeo
Cassandra022 back and fully trimmed cards

Paulina
pippi no borders, no titles
Hemera Before and after

Pierre Madenie Tarot de Marseille Yves Reynaud
BSwett corner rounding 3mm
BSwett the process
BSwett comparison

Pearls of Wisdom First Edition
Hemera inner borders and titles intact
Silver Crow inner borders & titles intact

PetraK
Cassandra022 top and sides trimmed

Phantasmagorical Theater
GeorgiePorgie no borders - titles intact
GeorgiePorgie no borders - titles intact
GeorgiePorgie no borders - titles intact

Pirate Lo Scarabeo
Chronta Debordered with wavy cuts, edges painted with brown latex paint + back

Radiant Rider
bodhiseed no borders, no titles

Renaissance Brian Williams US Games
MysticalMoose inner borders & titles intact
Nemia trimmed and edges gilded
Nemia

Renaissance / Secret Jones & Lyle Fireside
Debra no borders, no titles - squared corners
Debra no borders, no titles
Debra no borders, no titles
Debra no borders, no titles

Revelations Zack Wong

Rider Waite Smith
Multiple editions
MysticalMoose Embellished with shiny sparkly polish
MysticalMooseThe Moon embellished and aglow
MysticalMoose Ace of Swords shining mightly
Cat* no borders - titles intact
Cat* no borders - titles intact
GryffinSong Lily and Rose, outer white border gone, titles intact, + back
Rodney Blinged out Ace of Coins
Nickigirl Before and After, Universal
Rodney Background sparkle embellishment
BelovedKBeautifully illuminated with glitter glue and Sharpie pens
SarahJoy Smith-Waite Tarot Centennial Edition Deck (Pamela Coleman Smith Commemorative Set) Umbraed and sides stained

Robin Wood
pippi no borders - titles intact
Silverlyn no borders - titles intact
aurarcana no borders - titles intact


Rohrig
thorhammer no borders, no titles
Little Baron no borders, no titles

Roots of Asia

Rosetta
FLizarraga edge treatment
Flizarraga edge treatment
 

AJ

Tarot Decks: S-Z

Sacred Rose
lark The eyeless with eyes
lark
lark
kalliope Same 3 cards, before and after trimming
kalliope Comparisons, 3 more cards before and after
kalliope Backs, before and after trimmed to black inner border.

Santa Fe
Debra only sides trimmed - top/bottom borders & titles intact
Debra sides trimmed - top/bottom borders & titles intact, plus backs

Secret Lo Scarabeo
Eilan Blinged out and totally trimmed
Cassandra022 Titles gone, trimmed to narrow inner blue border

Shadowscapes
yirabeth All borders gone, square corners
periwinkling all borders gone, rounded corners
periwinkling edges

Sharman-Caselli Juliet Sharman-Burke & Giovanni Caselli, Connections 2002
bodhiseed no borders, no titles
SarahJoy tea stained, 3 borders off
SarahJoy edge treatment/tea stained

Simply Deep

Sola Busca Revisited self-published by sevenstars
SarahJoy trimmed and distressed

Soprafino il Meneghello
Le Fanu corners rounded

Spiral
bodhiseed no borders, no titles
AJ Before and after, inner borders & titles intact
AJ Before and after, card back - inner borders & titles intact
kalliope Before trimming titles off and after
kalliope Debordered, fanned, fronts and back

Spirit

Steampunk several editions
aurarcana Antiqued, borders removed, titles remain (Glossy version)
aurarcana borders removed, titles intact, with Back
aurarcana Before and after antiquing
Cassandra022 Borders removed, titles remain

Steele Wizard
Lifeisabutterfly Borders and titles removed

Sun and Moon
Mystic_Blue_Jay no borders, no titles, with backs
Mystic_Blue_Jay no borders, no titles, with back
Cassandra022 Side and top borders gone, titles intact
Cassandra022 trimmed and fanned with backs

Swedish Witch
Cassandra022 Sides gone, tops and Swedish titles intact
Cassandra022 Sample of fronts and backs (dragonfly edition)

Sweet Twilight
Hemera Before and after, with inner borders & titles intact

Tarot Art Nouveau Lo Scarabeo
aurarcana embellished with glitter
aurarcana embellished with glitter

Tarot House Patricia B House

Tarot of the Dead Llewellyn
aurarcana Majors, white borders and second title trimmed
aurarcana Minors, white borders and second title trimmed

Tarot of Dreams Ciro Marchetti/self published 2005 - Mass Market/Llewellyn 2007
aurarcana Majors, no borders no titles
aurarcana Minors, no borders no titles
aurarcana More minors
aurarcana with bronzed gilt edges

Tarot of the Four Elements Isha Lerner & Amy Ericksen/Inner Traditions
aurarcana side trimmed, titles remain
Debra Sides trimmed only, titles intact

Tarot of the Master Lo Scarabeo
Cassandra022 Lo Scarabeo borders trimmed, ancient style border remains
Cassandra022 four trimmed images
Cassandra022 Back, fanned, laid out, beautiful job!

Tarot de Marseille (Bounty Books)
misschismis Borders blackened
misschismis coloring in the backs

Tarot of the Mermaids Lo Scarabeo
Reyan Completely debordered
Reyan two closeups
Reyan Debordered Ace of Cups
Reyan Backs, before and after

Tarot de Nostradamus Heron
chorphee Debordered and accented with nail polish

Tarot Sutra
Rodney Before and after, backs
Rodney Fool, Borders and all numbers and keywords/script gone

Tarot of Transformation J L Cori & Willow Arlenea/Weiser Books/2002
aurarcana Majors, borders gone, titles intact
aurarcana Minors, Borders gone, titles intact
aurarcana Two trimmed majors that needed forethought prior to cutting
aurarcana Four after shots showing variation in image layouts/style

Tarot of Trees
Marirowana Before and after, edge treatment w/Edding 3000 permanent marker
Marirowana Before and after, fanned

Thoth
Multiple editions and sizes
Cassandra022 Kept titles, minimized borders. medium sized 3 magus version + backs and copper gilded edges
Cassandra022 Showing edged treated with copper edge finish
GeorgiePorgie No borders no titles
Similia Trimmed with square corners + backs
Similia Before and Afters
Kissa Before and afters
Kissa Before and after backs
Le Fanu No titles, no borders
periwinkling mini, trimmed
Nemia trimmed Greenie
Nemia Ooo, Shiny!
Tanga Before and After, sides gone, tiny outer grey border gone from top and bottom

Thunder Bay Conver

Triple Goddess Tarot
GryffinSong Before and After, two side borders gone

Truth Seekers Tarot
MysticalMoose Before: untrimmed
MysticalMoose After: no borders, no titles
MysticalMoose no borders, no titles
rhombchick Debordered,titles intact

Unicorn
pippi no borders - titles intact

Universal Lo Scarabeo
hunter no borders, no titles, with back

Universal Waite US Games
periwinkling full borderectomy
Madrigal only majors and court titles and minors numbers remain
Madrigal majors
Madrigal2 minors and a court

Universal Fantasy Lo Scarabeo
Yurikome Squared corners, no borders, no titles
HemeraTitles on, slender black strip left on bottom, sides trimmed

Vampire Robert Place/St. Martin's Press/2009
Le Fanu Outer and inner borders removed, titles retained + back
Le Fanu No borders, titles remain, rounded corners.
AJ White border removed, narrow black and inner colored borders remain. Corners squared + back
AJ Close up of remaining borders and square corner

Via
Rodney Judgement, grey borders gone
Rodney King of Swords, grey borders gone
Rodney Back
earthair Outer white and inner blue border trimmed off, Before and After
earthair Before and After

Vision Quest

Victorian Romantic Magic Realist Press

Voyager
Dancing Bear no borders, no titles
Dancing Bear no borders, no titles
GryffinSong borderless, + back

Waking the Wild Spirit
bodhiseed no borders, no titles
Cat* no borders, titles intact, plus back

Whimsical
Debra inner borders & titles intact, with back

Wild Unknown
FLizarraga edges trimmed, titles remain
Flizarraga another view

Wildwood Will Worthington/
Hemera Borders gone, titles retained + Back
Hemera Borders gone, titles retained + Backs. With spirited beverage!
MysticalMoose Borders gone, titles intact
Madrigal 3 borders gone, titles remain
Madrigal close ups
Madrigal 6 more cards

Witchy
emmsma Borders and titles gone, square corners
emmsma as above, plus a back
emmsma Moon and the Hermit

Witches Tarot Ellen Dugan
cpriestess seven views, titles remain
Madrigal Titles remain, 3 borders gone
Madrigal minors and court card
Madrigal titles remain, 3 borders gone

Wizards
Pandora MoonRaven Busy blue borders gone, titles and inner border intact
Pandora MoonRaven Trimmed backs

World Spirit
bodhiseed no borders, no titles
Cat* inner borders intact - no titles
Cat* inner borders intact - no titles
Cat* close up, inner borders intact, no titles
Pandora MoonRaven debordered, titles retained
Pandora MoonRaven trimmed backs

Wormweird

Zerner Farber see Enchanted
 

AJ

Trimmed Oracle and Lenormand Decks

Anubis Oracle Kris Waldherr/Bear & Company/2008
AJ Swirly shiny embellishment
AJ Nail polish embellishment
AJ Close ups of two embellished cards

Bach Flowers Lo Scarabeo
Carla Beautifully written key words and affirmations
Carla close up of written detail

Beasts of Albion Thorsons
cpriestess trimmed, edged in gold
cpriestess backs, trimmed golded

Celtic Messages
bodhiseed no inner borders
pippi inner borders intact

Conscious Spirit Oracle US Games


Druid Animal Oracle
MysticalMoose inner borders & titles intact, corners squared
Cat* inner borders & titles intact
Cat* inner borders & titles intact
Cat* back

Druid Plant Oracle
Cat* inner borders & titles intact
Cat* inner borders & titles intact
Cat* inner borders & titles intact
Cat* back

Earth Power Oracle
BodhiSeed total deborder
BodhiSeed Backs, trimmed

Healing With the Fairies
pippi no borders, titles intact, plus back

Heart of Fairy
Laura Borealis edges gilded with Tsukineko Brilliance in Galaxy Gold, one coat.

Faeries' Oracle
Laura borealis edges gilded with Tim Holtz Distress Ink marker Wild Honey.

Lover's Oracle
GriffinSong All borders and titles removed
GriffinSong front and back, after

Medicine Cards

Mystical Lenormand AGM Regula Elizabeth Fiechter, Urban Trosch
periwinkling Full deborder

Rune Oracle
thorhammer Before and after, inner borders & titles intact plus back

Tao Oracle
LorettaYeo Before
LorettaYeo Cropped digitally, reprinted on Avery 5390 Name Badge Inserts

Zigeuner Lenormand
 

Lifeisabutterfly

I wanted to thank Marianne for her lovely pics of the Arthurian Keeper of Words trimmed tarot. I was inspired to try my own version: I kept the upper and lower borders, as this deck is probably the only one where I enjoy key words--I am re-reading Mary Stewart's Merlin books and actually knew what the firedrake card meant hurrah! and I trimmed off all borders completely even the inner ones and rounded off corners. The cards are now shaped like biscotti. They bring to mind silver slivers of a magical realm....or mirror shards from an enchanted vision....this wax poetic me thinks! If anyone is interested I shall be delighted to post some pics. The irony is that I do it through a site call tiny something and the pictures after scanning come out gigantic. Well, size don't matter do it?
Really even if the cards are now an odd size they are truly improved IMHO all of a sudden the magic just leapt right out at me, something which seems to happen every time I trim a deck! Well, back to work-not finished yet
 

AJ

Absolutely!! We always want to see pictures, include a back if you will?

And welcome to AT!
 

Lifeisabutterfly

Absolutely!! We always want to see pictures, include a back if you will?

And welcome to AT!

Thank you for the warm welcome! I am glad to be here :)
I scanned 3 pictures and a back--luckily the backs just barely preserved the swirl, I hadn't taken it into account as I busily trimmed away at the fronts!
I am looking forward to hearing comments on this borderectomy--the first card was a bit scary, but I figured I had nothing to loose, since I kept the cards around for ages out of nostalgia and a great love of all things Avalon but could never do a reading with them. In fact I felt as if I could hardly make out the details on the pictures. As one lady on Amazon commented she felt she needed a magnifying glass. Now I have done several lovely readings with these cards, and so many details are popping out at me that I had never noticed before. So for me this is like a second wedding with an old spouse lol!
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Cassandra022

out of curiosity, are you planning to put the ones in the first posts of the old thread and then update as we go along, or will you be adding all the ones from subsequent pages of the old thread as well?

either way, thanks for doing this new thread AJ. Useful :]
 

vee

Ooh, neat! I just trimmed my Legacy of the Divine Tarot. It's amazing how much more readable it is for me now. I'll upload pictures later!