my personnal experience is that no edges allows for the picture to "come alive" and spread out of the card's borders , while white edges kinda limit the picture to its rectangle, I see the frame, my brain thinks "framed picture" and it limits greatly how I feel and perceive the symbolism and stories of the picture
Great tutorial. I'd like to add a few more tips, as a collage artist who works with paper trimmers all the time. After trimming your cards, I'd recommend burnishing the cut edges to give them a bit more protection from humidity and delaminating with use. I would hold the deck together in a block, sandwiched between cardboard sheets, held together with clamps or rubber bands. Then rub the cut edges with a smooth stone, bone folder, or smooth metal, like the back of a spoon until the paper feels smooth to the touch. It shouldn't take long but will need some elbow grease. Optionally, you can take a cloth, rub it on some softened beeswax - not much wax - and rub the cut edges with that just as you would with the other kinds of tools. Again, you want the paper to feel smooth, not sticky, rough, or like it has wax on it. With or without wax, burnishing helps seal the paper surface. To make sure your trim is even, you can just put masking tape marks on the paper cutter, so you don't make a mistake about where to line up the card. Best part is you can write on the masking tape exactly which measurement the tape indicates, and it comes off the cutter easily.
I could have never imagine just how much of a difference removing the border would make to the Rider Waite deck. It is stunning! So much more vibrant and focused. Also, on a slightly unrelated note, thank you for keeping in the sound of the guillotine and corner cutter in the sped up part of the video. That was so satisfying to listen to. 😆
The colors are much more vibrant without the white border. That white border seems to wash the colors out. I want to trim my Druid Craft deck. It’s huge and I can’t handle it. Want to trim it but I’m too big of a chicken!
I so enjoyed seeing your method for deck trimming, it's so fun to see how others go about the process. I trim decks mostly for the same reasons you do, I can't shuffle most of my larger decks! Thank you so much for the shout-out as well, I am so glad that you enjoy my mods! I've been enjoying your content for a long time (under my personal account but I'm following here too now!) so it was such a thrill to hear my videos were helpful for you. Love the way your RWS came out, I'm planning on doing my Centennial at some point. Thank you for a wonderful video, I really enjoyed it! ❤️
I physically can't deal with huge tarot or oracle cards, so I think this is a great ideas. Removing the white border really made the artwork pop. Your trimmed cards look much more vibrant.
OMG I love you for this. The box issue can be fixed with some foam board in the bottom and sides. Just cut to size and put a dot of glue on it and glue it in the box. I have little hands and have struggled with shuffling! Never in a million years have i ever thought of doing this. Guess what I'm doing this weekend! P.S. love your makeup today.
Okay realizing I am having a hard time focusing at the start as I just can’t help but stare at her amazing eye shadow. 👁 Can we all agree she keeps turning it up!
I’ve modified a lot of my decks by trimming white borders and edging in colors. My favorite tools are scissors, marking pens and a cheap corner rounder 😁. The guillotine-style paper cutter definitely works better and is less damaging to cards than the slider type 😉. I often obsess over imperfections but it really doesn’t bother me in my altered cards. Yours turned out beautifully!
Hi Hearth. I do a lot of scrapbooking and I'd like to add that to need to take your time with each cut with the guillotine. If you get into too much of a rhythm and not hold onto the card well enough, you can misaligned cards My sliding cutter allows you to hold either side so the paper stock stays completely flat - no bending as you mentioned
I have trimmed a few decks, mostly because they had big borders that took away from the image and made them hard to shuffle. My Llewellyn I also trimmed off the titles. It is my favourite deck and I use it every day and don't need the titles. I have also trimmed my Druidcraft, my Druidc Annimal and Plant oracles, my Wildwood and my Universal Rider Waite Smith, but I gave that one away. I used scissors and don't recommend it. I will invest in a cutter like yours if I want to trim any more. I am considering trimming my Crow Tarot but it has three different image sizes and a swirly design on the top of each Major, so need to think about it more and make some copies and trim those to see if I like it.
I have the Fiskars A4 paper trimmer with the sliding blade - it's good for paper, but be aware the blades don't last very long especially when cutting card (they are also becoming very expensive!)
I definitely trim decks. Sometimes it's because I don't like the borders and think the cards will look better without, sometimes it's because they're too damn big for me to deal with. And sometimes just because I feel like it! I do enjoy edging them as well, just because pretty colours. Also, your eyeshadow is rad, and your trousers are... I wish I had the confidence to wear them, and that's not a back-handed compliment, I promise!
I really liked the eyeshadow as soon as I saw it matched to your trousers - very cool! On topic, I watched another channel trimming/altering/remaking her decks and I was intrigued but I'm going to hit the secondhand stores and try to find a cheapo deck I can practice on. I'm slowly working my way through your videos from oldest on. I've learned a lot and am so happy to have all this thoughtful info on the craft - thank you so much! - love from Canada
That was brilliant, hearth! I never would have thought to do that! Will help so much with the oversized cards that my small hands can't shuffle. Thank you!
"Kadomaru" is probably Japanese. It would be pronounced "kah-doh-mah-roo", where the 'r' is halfway between a Spanish tapped 'R' and an English 'L'. If you're wondering, it's effectively the word for "corner" with a suffix added that's added to lots of names (usually names like these are applied to little boys and pets). It basically means "Mr. Corner", but with the "Mr." part not so much in the formal sense we use it in English. More like how you'd name a cat "Mr. Paws". EDIT: Someone pointed out "maru" also means "circle", so "kadomaru" could be intended as "circle-corner", which would also make sense.
I’ve done one deck, I used scissors, because that’s all I had. 😁 I did it for a couple of reasons: they were too tall to shuffle, they were given to me by my best friend and they didn’t feel like they were mine yet, they kept shouting at her when I tried to pull cards when she was there. 😂 And on top of that, they were a bootleg too, which she didn’t realise, so I felt like if I screwed them up, it wasn’t that big of a deal. I also rebacked them according to Boho Tarot’s instructions and they came out really well.
Hello @HeartWitch! First of all I want to thank you for your persuasive video tutorial! It was very beneficial! Secondly, I really like your academic way of expression! Your videos show undoubtedly that you are doing a good research before to record a tutorial! ☺️ Regarding the Tarot cards with those white borders - I have always liked the vibrant colours, however I have felt that there is something that I can do, in order to feel more connected with the deck and I just found the missing part of the puzzle. ❤️ I appreciate your good performance and well presented information! 🥰
I find that the borders remind me of frames which stop the picture. I use a guide taped to the cutting board so each card was cut the same. This way you don’t have to measure each cut. Enjoyed your video, thank you 4 sharing…
It really makes the standard RWS deck very dynamic. I think trimming makes the energy more intense. I have a Chinese deck I wanted to focus on the images. However, I discovered that the Major cards were a different size than the Minor. So I had to make some serious adjustments. I ended up buying another Chinese deck because the first ended up quite wonky.
I've never seen the downward bladed guillotines before! I need one of those for crafting, I find the sliding ones can drag on some materiel causing bitty edges
This is so nifty! TBH I've never really wanted to trim down a card deck, but I do a lot of paper crafting and I've always wanted a paper cutter but couldn't bring myself to buy the huge nice one like we have at my work. It never occurred to me a small, not-shit version existed! Also the corner rounder - *airkiss* I want one! You're tempting me to go to the craft store ... P. S. Trousers and eyeshadow = SICK!
Hey Hearth! Are you by chance experienced in using rune stones and/or feel like you can educate us on them? I‘ve had my rune stones for over two years but I‘ve hardly ever used them because I don‘t really know how. The book I have does not really explain it well and I don‘t really like the way the author expresses himself, he make the practice sound quite exclusive. I always really enjoy your videos and the way you explain things so I thought I‘d ask. Either way, thank you for your hard work ❤️
I’m a beginner witch, I’ve been researching for a while now and I want to know how I can find out what type of witch I am. I request some tips and help on this please! ❤️
Hello how are you? sorry to disturb you, but I would love to know if you have any reading recommendations. I've been practicing magic for a few years, but I find a lot of inconsistency in my work because I learned it all alone, and I have never found any material for study here in Brazil. Thank you so much for your attention, have a great day!
I done a classic school boy error years ago .. using scissors on my fav Druid craft deck 😫😆 all edges are not the same oops… You video was informative xx
Hullo, I didn't know you are a vampire. I'm a pegasus. Skypony is my native American name. I love your videos. England is a very lovely country especially in the countryside. I love being tanned. My dad was very tanned in summertime. Choctaw in my tribe. It's hushed though. Anyway, trimmed tarot cards look great trimed. I didn't know you could trim them. I never thought about it. I thought them were that size for a reason. Thank you. I know now that I can buy a tarot card deck with ease now.
I’m so scared to trim mine, even though I would probably use a certain deck more if I did. Maybe this video will give me the courage. Okay after her disclaimer I will wait and think on it for a long while.
I would love to trim my RWS deck. But I’m too much of a perfectionist and I know I’d be seriously unhappy with them. Why do they have to make cards too big for our hands?
Have a look for the RWS deck in a tin - there are two that I know of, the Radiant and (my personal favourite) the Pamela Colman-Smith centenary edition. They are a lovely size and the tins are adorable xxx
Oooooohhhh.... that turned out really well. Not something I could bring myself to do as I've only got four decks and they'd get soooo mad at me for doing that. 🤣 Definitely gotta check Bohotarot. Thanks Hearth!
Hi i need help my energy is being stolen and replaced by theirs ugly energy when i sleep how can i stop it please im desperate im going uglier by the day
I can never shuffle my oracles nicely because they are just so huge, I don't think I would be able to trim them small enough, I wish they made some smaller versions.
i also had no idea... but I definitely love the trimmed rider waite... could never get into the rider waite because it felt... blah. trimmed up looks lovely :)
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Timestamps:
00:00 : Introduction
00:38 : Why Trim a Deck?
03:12 : Questions Before Trimming
05:37 : Tools
07:15 : Tutorial
18:54 : Hazards
Love LOVE the time stamps!!!
Do I want to trim any cards? No..
Do I even have tarot cards? Nope..
Did I watch this video in its entirety? Of course! 😂💕
Lol, same
Aha I have cards but u have no intention of cutting them... But I found this video so satisfying.
my personnal experience is that no edges allows for the picture to "come alive" and spread out of the card's borders , while white edges kinda limit the picture to its rectangle, I see the frame, my brain thinks "framed picture" and it limits greatly how I feel and perceive the symbolism and stories of the picture
Great tutorial. I'd like to add a few more tips, as a collage artist who works with paper trimmers all the time.
After trimming your cards, I'd recommend burnishing the cut edges to give them a bit more protection from humidity and delaminating with use. I would hold the deck together in a block, sandwiched between cardboard sheets, held together with clamps or rubber bands. Then rub the cut edges with a smooth stone, bone folder, or smooth metal, like the back of a spoon until the paper feels smooth to the touch. It shouldn't take long but will need some elbow grease. Optionally, you can take a cloth, rub it on some softened beeswax - not much wax - and rub the cut edges with that just as you would with the other kinds of tools. Again, you want the paper to feel smooth, not sticky, rough, or like it has wax on it. With or without wax, burnishing helps seal the paper surface.
To make sure your trim is even, you can just put masking tape marks on the paper cutter, so you don't make a mistake about where to line up the card. Best part is you can write on the masking tape exactly which measurement the tape indicates, and it comes off the cutter easily.
Love these tips - thanks!
I could have never imagine just how much of a difference removing the border would make to the Rider Waite deck. It is stunning! So much more vibrant and focused. Also, on a slightly unrelated note, thank you for keeping in the sound of the guillotine and corner cutter in the sped up part of the video. That was so satisfying to listen to. 😆
I did my Thoth deck and have Zero regrets!
*To all witches out there: may your practice be fruitful and you are well protected from the programmed* ☯
The colors are much more vibrant without the white border. That white border seems to wash the colors out. I want to trim my Druid Craft deck. It’s huge and I can’t handle it. Want to trim it but I’m too big of a chicken!
I started trimming my Druidcraft deck and it definitely has more life :)
I so enjoyed seeing your method for deck trimming, it's so fun to see how others go about the process. I trim decks mostly for the same reasons you do, I can't shuffle most of my larger decks! Thank you so much for the shout-out as well, I am so glad that you enjoy my mods! I've been enjoying your content for a long time (under my personal account but I'm following here too now!) so it was such a thrill to hear my videos were helpful for you. Love the way your RWS came out, I'm planning on doing my Centennial at some point. Thank you for a wonderful video, I really enjoyed it! ❤️
I physically can't deal with huge tarot or oracle cards, so I think this is a great ideas. Removing the white border really made the artwork pop. Your trimmed cards look much more vibrant.
OMG I love you for this. The box issue can be fixed with some foam board in the bottom and sides. Just cut to size and put a dot of glue on it and glue it in the box. I have little hands and have struggled with shuffling! Never in a million years have i ever thought of doing this. Guess what I'm doing this weekend!
P.S. love your makeup today.
Would you do a crystal collection as I can't find the video anymore?🔮
Okay realizing I am having a hard time focusing at the start as I just can’t help but stare at her amazing eye shadow. 👁 Can we all agree she keeps turning it up!
I’ve modified a lot of my decks by trimming white borders and edging in colors. My favorite tools are scissors, marking pens and a cheap corner rounder 😁. The guillotine-style paper cutter definitely works better and is less damaging to cards than the slider type 😉. I often obsess over imperfections but it really doesn’t bother me in my altered cards. Yours turned out beautifully!
LOVE the make up today, Hearth!
Hi Hearth. I do a lot of scrapbooking and I'd like to add that to need to take your time with each cut with the guillotine. If you get into too much of a rhythm and not hold onto the card well enough, you can misaligned cards
My sliding cutter allows you to hold either side so the paper stock stays completely flat - no bending as you mentioned
im a card maker and love my slide cutter for deck mods too :)
I have trimmed a few decks, mostly because they had big borders that took away from the image and made them hard to shuffle. My Llewellyn I also trimmed off the titles. It is my favourite deck and I use it every day and don't need the titles. I have also trimmed my Druidcraft, my Druidc Annimal and Plant oracles, my Wildwood and my Universal Rider Waite Smith, but I gave that one away. I used scissors and don't recommend it. I will invest in a cutter like yours if I want to trim any more. I am considering trimming my Crow Tarot but it has three different image sizes and a swirly design on the top of each Major, so need to think about it more and make some copies and trim those to see if I like it.
I really do love how the trimmed tarot cards look, it makes the colours stand out more, and now I want to trim a tarot deck that I do not own. 😅
I have the Fiskars A4 paper trimmer with the sliding blade - it's good for paper, but be aware the blades don't last very long especially when cutting card (they are also becoming very expensive!)
I definitely trim decks. Sometimes it's because I don't like the borders and think the cards will look better without, sometimes it's because they're too damn big for me to deal with. And sometimes just because I feel like it! I do enjoy edging them as well, just because pretty colours. Also, your eyeshadow is rad, and your trousers are... I wish I had the confidence to wear them, and that's not a back-handed compliment, I promise!
Love your eye shadow colour 🌈
Thank you dearest! 😍
I really liked the eyeshadow as soon as I saw it matched to your trousers - very cool! On topic, I watched another channel trimming/altering/remaking her decks and I was intrigued but I'm going to hit the secondhand stores and try to find a cheapo deck I can practice on. I'm slowly working my way through your videos from oldest on. I've learned a lot and am so happy to have all this thoughtful info on the craft - thank you so much! - love from Canada
I do agree. They look so much better trimmed. 🥰
That was brilliant, hearth! I never would have thought to do that! Will help so much with the oversized cards that my small hands can't shuffle. Thank you!
"Kadomaru" is probably Japanese. It would be pronounced "kah-doh-mah-roo", where the 'r' is halfway between a Spanish tapped 'R' and an English 'L'. If you're wondering, it's effectively the word for "corner" with a suffix added that's added to lots of names (usually names like these are applied to little boys and pets). It basically means "Mr. Corner", but with the "Mr." part not so much in the formal sense we use it in English. More like how you'd name a cat "Mr. Paws".
EDIT: Someone pointed out "maru" also means "circle", so "kadomaru" could be intended as "circle-corner", which would also make sense.
I'm pretty sure the "maru" here means "circle". So "kado" as in "corner", and "maru" as in circle", together implying a rounded corner.
@@malachyte_art Oh neat! I wasn't aware of that word. That's quite possible.
Ok, so this is something I'll never _ever_ do to any of my decks tbh. Still watched the video because Hearth's voice is so soothing!
I love your bloopers so much, what a treat 🤗
They look much better once trimmed, I'm trying to get my first deck and will definitely trim them ,they just look cuter
My cards really are too big, im glad i found this video!
I always trim my tarot’s, it’s an excellent idea, I trimmed Huson’s Dame Fortunes Wheel Tarot… and it looks AMAZING now
They look so much better 🖼
I never even thought to do this! great idea! And your eye make up is mad cool! 😍
Wow I love the trimmed cards. Amazing what a difference that made
I’ve done one deck, I used scissors, because that’s all I had. 😁
I did it for a couple of reasons: they were too tall to shuffle, they were given to me by my best friend and they didn’t feel like they were mine yet, they kept shouting at her when I tried to pull cards when she was there. 😂 And on top of that, they were a bootleg too, which she didn’t realise, so I felt like if I screwed them up, it wasn’t that big of a deal. I also rebacked them according to Boho Tarot’s instructions and they came out really well.
Hearth, I think that after they have been trimmed will make very beautiful mini posters
Thank you so much 💗
I have several tarot decks that are so large. To big to shuffle.
I've never thought of that, they look amazing trimmed! I always wanted a smaller tarot deck, I might just DIY it now.
Hello @HeartWitch! First of all I want to thank you for your persuasive video tutorial! It was very beneficial!
Secondly, I really like your academic way of expression!
Your videos show undoubtedly that you are doing a good research before to record a tutorial! ☺️
Regarding the Tarot cards with those white borders - I have always liked the vibrant colours, however I have felt that there is something that I can do, in order to feel more connected with the deck and I just found the missing part of the puzzle. ❤️
I appreciate your good performance and well presented information! 🥰
thank you for this!!! i also have to split my deck before shuffling/reading them because my hands are quite small. this helped a lot!
I find that the borders remind me of frames which stop the picture. I use a guide taped to the cutting board so each card was cut the same. This way you don’t have to measure each cut. Enjoyed your video, thank you 4 sharing…
It really makes the standard RWS deck very dynamic. I think trimming makes the energy more intense. I have a Chinese deck I wanted to focus on the images. However, I discovered that the Major cards were a different size than the Minor. So I had to make some serious adjustments. I ended up buying another Chinese deck because the first ended up quite wonky.
Good tips. I had a deck that was fraying before. I never considered redoing the edges.
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I've never seen the downward bladed guillotines before! I need one of those for crafting, I find the sliding ones can drag on some materiel causing bitty edges
Tempted to do this with my Rider Waite Smith deck now!
The bloopers at the end is just 😂😂😂 LOVE YOU HEARTH! ❤️❤️❤️
Thanks! This really helped me, I'm going to do my first mod EVER with this huge druidcraft tarot 😅
I’m loving the outro on you videos!
Thank you!! This tutorial is so helpful!!
This is so nifty! TBH I've never really wanted to trim down a card deck, but I do a lot of paper crafting and I've always wanted a paper cutter but couldn't bring myself to buy the huge nice one like we have at my work. It never occurred to me a small, not-shit version existed! Also the corner rounder - *airkiss* I want one! You're tempting me to go to the craft store ...
P. S. Trousers and eyeshadow = SICK!
I’m going trimming crazy!
I might have to try this - most of my decks are too big for my hands. I wish the publishers would just make them standard playing cards size.
Hey, Hearth, could you possibly make a video on cartomancy?
My wife and I love your videos. My wife is curious what shade of green is on the wall?
Hey @HearthWitch Another great video :) What music did you use @15:50? It's so pleasant.
Thank you, so much advice and easy to understand x
Great detail! Cool idea thanks for sharing
they look so nice like that! it would be cool if they would make a version like that :)
Ah! So this is why decks can be bordered or borderless? For ease of shuffling depending on hand size. I did wonder.
Hey Hearth! Are you by chance experienced in using rune stones and/or feel like you can educate us on them? I‘ve had my rune stones for over two years but I‘ve hardly ever used them because I don‘t really know how. The book I have does not really explain it well and I don‘t really like the way the author expresses himself, he make the practice sound quite exclusive. I always really enjoy your videos and the way you explain things so I thought I‘d ask. Either way, thank you for your hard work ❤️
I’m a beginner witch, I’ve been researching for a while now and I want to know how I can find out what type of witch I am. I request some tips and help on this please! ❤️
Hello how are you? sorry to disturb you, but I would love to know if you have any reading recommendations. I've been practicing magic for a few years, but I find a lot of inconsistency in my work because I learned it all alone, and I have never found any material for study here in Brazil. Thank you so much for your attention, have a great day!
i was so confused when i saw the notification :))))
Thank you for this very useful
Love it , solved many nots
I done a classic school boy error years ago .. using scissors on my fav Druid craft deck 😫😆 all edges are not the same oops… You video was informative xx
How do you read or lay out on tarot cards
Trimming a Tarot Deck also is a great way to turn the deck into mini posters
Fancy pants, fancy eye shadow, fancy cards. My little hands will be thanking you for this video.
Hullo, I didn't know you are a vampire. I'm a pegasus. Skypony is my native American name. I love your videos. England is a very lovely country especially in the countryside. I love being tanned. My dad was very tanned in summertime. Choctaw in my tribe. It's hushed though. Anyway, trimmed tarot cards look great trimed. I didn't know you could trim them. I never thought about it. I thought them were that size for a reason. Thank you. I know now that I can buy a tarot card deck with ease now.
I'm so manifesting hope it works please work
Thank you so much🙏🏻💗
I’m so scared to trim mine, even though I would probably use a certain deck more if I did. Maybe this video will give me the courage. Okay after her disclaimer I will wait and think on it for a long while.
Thnk u..I had no idea
I would love to trim my RWS deck. But I’m too much of a perfectionist and I know I’d be seriously unhappy with them. Why do they have to make cards too big for our hands?
Have a look for the RWS deck in a tin - there are two that I know of, the Radiant and (my personal favourite) the Pamela Colman-Smith centenary edition. They are a lovely size and the tins are adorable xxx
I actually have a smaller size deck that I found on AliExpress. They are also the cheapest deck you can even find on there I'm pretty sure lol
this is a great video!!
Oooooohhhh.... that turned out really well. Not something I could bring myself to do as I've only got four decks and they'd get soooo mad at me for doing that. 🤣
Definitely gotta check Bohotarot. Thanks Hearth!
Thank you for this video. I am considering trimming the woodland wardens deck and I feel safer doing it now:)
Wow! So true, the cards are really too big.
Hi i need help my energy is being stolen and replaced by theirs ugly energy when i sleep how can i stop it please im desperate im going uglier by the day
So beautiful
Ahh Kevin Macleod
Liked and Subbed.
Keep up the good work.
I can never shuffle my oracles nicely because they are just so huge, I don't think I would be able to trim them small enough, I wish they made some smaller versions.
The card look so much better without the white boarder.
Trimming a tarot deck is a thing? :0
oh you sweet summer child
i also had no idea... but I definitely love the trimmed rider waite... could never get into the rider waite because it felt... blah. trimmed up looks lovely :)
simply put a few cotton balls in the bottom of the box to cushion the deck. :)
I can’t be fully sure but the color might be Chartreuse
If I were to do this I would 100% need at least 2 decks because I would definitely make mistakes. (Thanks ADHD)
Are u a witch for hire ?
My heart hurts watching cards being cut up. Lol
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Cutting makes it look bigger.
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