Thursday, May 26, 2022

My Own Custom Cleveland Baseball Cards (1981 Topps Style)

 A couple years ago, I started a project in which I was going to create a custom set of Indians cards. The set would include EVERY player to have played for the Tribe. I used the 1981 Topps layout because that's one of my all-time favorite sets. Below are the cards I was able to complete. There are subsets within the main set. They include the "81-on-81" (1981 Topps cards on my 81 Topps design), "The Jerseys" (Featuring jerseys from various eras), "Mascots and Logos" featuring mascots and various iterations of Wahoo and other logos, "Alternate Images" and there were probably others that have escaped my brain at the moment. I used the name "PAPPS" in the baseball because my granddaughter calls me "PAP" and there is no better reason in the world that I can think of. :-)

These pics represent players whose first names start with A, B, some C, and then some random folks that I made along the way. Click on images to see the full version. My personal versions do not have the watermark, of course. :-)

I may pick up the project in the future, but with the team name change and all, it's probably a dead project at this point. I thought it would be fun to share anyway (not necessarily in any order other than how Blogger uploaded them):






























































































Friday, July 23, 2021

Guardians, yes. Font and logo design, no.

 Welcome to Guardians Baseball Cards. Well, I assume that's what we'll call this joint now. I'm actually fine with the name. Would I have preferred others over it? Sure. But, meh. It is what it is.

As for the logo and font design, though!? The organization has the prime opportunity to REBRAND itself. Quite literally. Drop the old 50's-70's font style. Heck, why even keep the same color scheme? Well, okay, keep the red, white, and blue. You know, 'Murica and all.

But, these designs... 


Just... no. I can only hope these are potential options, though I am sure we are too far into things now for them to just be concept art. Look, folks, even Coke messed up when they did New Coke. Okay? we get it. You tried. This fails on every level. Now, hire a real brand marketing and design company and find some self respect.

I do wonder now, though, if they will ink a deal with GoGuardian...

Saturday, January 2, 2021

I Dropped the Ball


 Welcome to 2021. In line with the ball dropping to signal the new year, I, too, have dropped the ball. Unfortunately, my drop is of the negative kind. 

I have no real reason nor excuse for not getting the 12 Days of Cardmas packages put together and mailed out. The simple fact is: I dropped the ball. 

The packages will come, eventually. I am sorry for letting this slip by me.

Hope your 2021 goes MUCH better than your 2020!

Friday, September 18, 2020

12 Days of Cardsmas Giveaway 2020! FREE CARDS!

 

Heya! I am bringing back a classic giveaway - the 12 Days of Christmas card packs! 

That's right! You get cards in the same fashion as the 12 Days song:

  • 12 cards of a favorite player or team
  • 11 cards of a different favorite player or team
  • 10 cards..
  • 9 cards...
  • You get the idea

You will end up with 78 Cards/items total - absolutely FREE! Merry Christmas!

Just fill out the Google Form (I do not sell or giveaway your info or anything like that) linked below!

  • Enter your favorite team #1
  • Enter your favorite team #2
  • Enter your favorite team #3
  • Enter your favorite player #1
  • Enter your favorite player #2
  • Enter your favorite player #3
  • Optionally enter additional players, non-baseball players or teams, non-sport (movies, tv shows, etc)
  • Provide mailing information
That's it! I plan to mail out all packages by December 1, 2020, so that you should have them by Christmas! Thank you so much and have fun! Oh, and, of course: Merry Christmas!

https://forms.gle/9Q2B3zwRQna2vVbe7

*Yes, I reused the image above from a previous 12 Days giveaway...

Friday, November 29, 2019

Cards are in the Mail!

If you signed up for my Pack A Daily do-over mailouts, the first round has been mailed!! Note that I had (and still have) mailers that were already put together as well, so those have gone out or will be going out before Christmas.

I had hoped to bring PAD Circus back in 2020, but my daughter is a senior this year so not sure how much time I can put into it. We’ll see!!

So, if you picked a team, I hope you enjoy your cards!!

Thanks, as always!