HOW ORDERING WORKS.
Sports Mom Gift Ideas3 min read
By John Birch, designer and founder
Ordering a custom edition now starts with a free proof. You send photos and tell us what you would like made; we build a watermarked proof of your athlete's edition; you pay only if you love it. There is no account to create and no card details to type. If you would like to see what happens to the photos in between, how it's made walks through every check.
THE FOUR STEPS.
- Send photos. 4–10 photos from your phone, and what you'd like made.
- Your free watermarked proof. We build a watermarked proof of the real card, poster, banner or blanket — free, within 1–2 business days.
- Choose digital or printed — pay your way. Love it? Pick digital or printed and pay by secure payment link or on our Etsy shop. Not happy? Nothing to pay.
- We finish it — watermark off. Digital files within 1–2 business days of payment; printed items ship within 5–7.
WHAT YOU SEND.
Send 4–10 photos with a clear view of the athlete's face and body. Different angles are better than many similar photos. Game photos, portraits and uniform photos all help.
You also choose what you would like made — trading cards, a poster, a banner or a blanket, one or all — and a style: six finishes and the Senior Night edition. Not sure? Let us recommend one; you will see it on the proof. About the athlete we ask only what goes on the card. Long names are fine — the type scales down, it never shortens.
Ordering for a senior night date? Add the date — we schedule proofs against real deadlines.
THE PROOF.
We check the photos first, within one business day, and email you if one more angle would help. Then the watermarked proof arrives by email within 1–2 business days: the real card, poster, banner or blanket, with the watermark across it.
Approving your proof means you checked the name, number, spelling and colors. Want a change? One revision is included. And if the proof isn't right and we can't fix it, there is nothing to pay at all.
DIGITAL OR PRINTED.
Once you love the proof, you choose how you want it. Every printed option includes the digital files, and cards and a poster together are priced as a set.
- Trading cards. Digital: front, back, certificate, flip video and the card's registry page — ready to print anywhere. Printed, 12 or 24 cards: square-cut, UV-coated 2.5 × 3.5 in cards plus every digital file. Shipped free in the US.
- Poster. Digital: 18 × 24 and 24 × 36 at 300 DPI, plus phone and desktop wallpapers. Printed, 18 × 24 or 24 × 36 in: matte poster, 189 g/m², with a printed certificate. Shipped free in the US.
- Banner. Digital: print-ready banner art at full size, plus phone and desktop wallpapers. Printed, 1 × 2, 2 × 4 or 3 × 6 ft: printed vinyl banner plus the digital file. Ships separately, 1–2 weeks.
- Blanket. A plush blanket printed with their artwork — bedroom, dorm or the bleachers. New, and coming in three sizes — price confirmed with your free proof.
AFTER YOU APPROVE.
You pay the way you prefer, the watermark comes off, and the files and prints follow on the clocks in step four. Digital files arrive first; printed items may arrive in separate packages, because the cards, the poster and a banner come from different print partners. Printed and shipped free in the US. Physical and digital orders: US only for now.
To add photos or details after you send the request, reply to the confirmation email — it carries your reference.
If you don't go ahead
FREE PROOF FIRST. PAY IF YOU LOVE IT.
No payment now, no card details. You see the proof first.
- Never posted without your OK
- Deleted after delivery, on a schedule you can see
- Parent/guardian consent required