WIZARDLY DIGITAL TRADING CARD MAKER
If you landed here, you’re excited to make your very own, custom Wizardly digital trading card!
I’m not an app programmers, I used what tools I could find online so this is a semi clumsy DIY activity. Manage your expectations.
If you have questions you can contact me but just know I might not be able to get to everyone’s email related to this given this is a very busy time of year for me with my actual job. Thanks for understanding.
~ David
How to Make Your Digital Trading Card instructions / Tutorial
Supplies Needed
A fun Wizardly name
A simple backstory
A Wizardly Photo
Play around with the template or watch the tutorial below to learn how to make then save your custom digital trading card.
PRO TIP! It’s much easier to deigns your card on a desktop/laptop computer. It’s doable on a phone but it’s a little clunky.
How to Save and Collect
I suppose you can download and print them out, it’s totally up to you. But otherwise this is all done with cell phones or tablets so just create a photo gallery on your phone and save all the cards you trade/collect in one space, then look over your collection! You can then decided to keep, save, or share.
Want to share your card with us? Upload your card here after you’ve saved your card on your computer or mobile device.
Ways To Share Your Digital Trading Cards
Since there isn’t some fancy app, a booth, or anything like that, you’re going to have to be creative in how to trade your cards with other Wizard and Witches. Here are a few ways to do it.
Print them out: If you want to get real fancy, you can print and trade physical cards with friends and family.
Text Message or other messenger Apps: An easy way to trade with friends and family you trust and know.
Social Media: Another easy way to trade with people you know and trust, or with new friends if your accounts are already public.
AirDrop or QuickShare: You can offer to share using these features with anyone who has those features enabled in close proximity.
NFC Tap to Share Chips: You can “enchant” a wand or object using a easily purchased NFC sticker then programing it to lead to a link of your trading card using a free app called . We have included a video tutorial on how to write your chip here or by clicking the button below.
Find NFC stickers or wristbands on Amazon
Suggested Guidelines To Stay Safe while Trading
Since we don’t have a official app to trade your digital trading cards with friends, families, and other festival goers, each Wizard, Witch, or Muggle has to make their own judgment call in how and who to trade cards with. This is especially important for adults who are helping their young magic makers trade and enjoy the fun. Here are a few tips to help you trade while keeping everyone safe and not sharing info you don’t wish to share.
Do Not put personal information on your or any minors trading card: We recommend creating fun first or last names but do not put any other personal information or personal contact information on your cards.
Only have young Witches and Wizards trade with people you know and trust: This should be obvious, but only allow minors trade with other kids close to their age and trusted family and friends.
Trade with friends and family that you know and trust: This way you can share using social media, a messager of your choice, NFC, AirDrop, or text message. We are lightheartedly calling this, “Trick or Treating” standards. If things don’t feel right, don’t ask for free candy, ie, politely decline trading with someone you don’t personally know.
Trading with Social Media Accounts: Only trade using your social media account if you are comfortable sharing those accounts publicly or with people you don’t personally know.
Trading using text messages: Only trade via text message if you are comfortable sharing your personal cell phone number with the person you are trading with.
Trading with AirDrop or Quick Share: Make sure to look at the file/image you are wishing to trade to confirm it’s not something inappropriate if trading with someone you don’t personally know. You can enabled the feature to only allow file sharing when approved so someone can’t just send a blast out to everyone who pops up on their phone.
Trading with a programed NFC wands or enchanted objects: If you are trading using the tap feature on a NFC enchanted wand or object, have anyone you don’t personally know demonstrate using their own phone that their link code isn’t anything malicious.
Never pay anyone to trade with: This is all for free. If someone is asking for money, they are trying to play you in not a nice way.
We know there are some bad apples in the world, but generally we think most people who are going to participate in trading wizardly cards at this years festival will be doing so to also enjoy the magical fun of the weekend. Use good judgment and have a good time!
DISCLAIMER
These digital trading card templates have been made for anyone to create their own Wizardly themed design for free. There are no costs involved in designing, using, sharing, or downloading these designs or cards. Any copyright protect intellectual property has been used to create new work as a parody or fan art with no intention to sell or generate profit from any individual utilizing these tutorials and designed template. CardConjurer, the platform and website used to design digital trading cards is a open source platform available to the public is not affiliated with the designer, any event festivals or promoters, or this company in any form and is free from liability for anyone using our design on their platform. The template. designer, and this company is in no way formally, informally, unofficially affiliated with Queen City Mischief & Magic nor its organizers. Making and sharing these digital tradings with friends or family falls under Fair Use under Section 107 of the Copyright Act.
In short, no laws are being broken so enjoy the magical fun this fall making and trading custom Wizardly themed cards.