Owning your deck part 4: Glitter

Glitter is the little extra thing that makes life amazing

 Don't you love glitter? I know I do!

Glitter is amazing, which is why I had a new, fancy, glittery idea for customizing my decks.

Glitter! On the Romantic Tarot

The Romantic Tarot is not only one of my absolute favorites. It is also the most customized deck I own!

Custom Romantic Tarot a la Peachess

Lo Scarabeo's Romantic Tarot (Art by Giulia Massaglia - gorgeous!) is my second Tarot deck ever (after the Deviant Moon deck which I had a hard time working with) and I LOVE it.

That is, I love a lot about it, and I absolutely hated the borders. They really kept me from appreciating the BEAUTIFUL ART. They had to go, of course. After that, I changed a number of other things, as well.

1. Borders off - no more titles or borders! Pure art!

The beautiful twin eagles and the gorgeous roses used to be framed by a hideous border, 

but I freed them!

2. Edges - they are red.

3. Custom bag

and finally ...

 Key 3: Empress

 Key 21: Judgment

Key 0: The Fool

4. You guessed it, glitter!

As you can see, I only added tiny details, such as the wings of doves, or a dress.

I used a very thin brush to add these little details, and a tiny bit of acryllic metallic gold color:

Key 1: Magician

In the magician card, this really gives the card a more magical feel to it. Also, painting on my cards feels like seeing them again for the very first time. 

For now, I only put glitter on the Majors. But maybe the Minors will also get the glitter treatment when I have time. I will probably also use this newly found technique on other decks.

Some tips:

1. Use a tiny, thin, brush. Size 0 is best.

2. Use a microscopic amount of paint.

3. If something looks bad, let the paint dry, then slowly and carefully scratch it off (with a toothpick or your nails)

4. Do not put glitter everywhere. Unless you want to. In which case, go ahead and try it!

Have you tried something similar before?

Blessings and balance ~

Peachess