Top 50ish Custom Cards I Created this Year!

[mouschi]

I'm not quite sure where 2024 went, but here we are, at the cusp of a brand new year. For me and my family, this year has had many ups, downs, super scary times, and everything in between. 2024 was definitely not boring, that's for sure!

Many people have continued to send me scraps of paper they have had signed at some point (many certified) because they are like me: eye appeal is everything when it comes to pieces of our collection. I'm grateful to have turned these scraps into what many have called true centerpieces of their collections. I'd like to share with you 50 of my favorites I've created from 2024!

I'd love to hear of what some of your favorites are!

This Babe Ruth was actually created at the end of last year, but only recently had I seen that it was slabbed by PSA.



Someone gathered autographs of the Four Horsemen, along with the sportswriter that coined the title for them, and sent to me to create two jumbo pieces. Here they are - they display much better now!



This was a super fun jumbo to put together! Not only does this feature a ticket for the 1974 World Series, but also autographs of Rollie Fingers and Catfish Hunter. I loved designing this one.



Ever since Infinity War, I've been a Marvel nut (not so much in the past couple years) but my interest got me into putting together a little collection of comic books! Someone sent me a Stan Lee autograph, so I decided to use the artwork of AF15 (Amazing Fantasy #15) - the first appearance of Spider-Man. I designed it to look like the criminal Spidey is apprehending is a guy who is trying to steal Stan's autograph



I am a big fan of MMA, and this is of a fighter many of you young ones may not know about. Dan Hendo Henderson. I was commissioned to create a fun card of him with teeth as relics!



This was probably the largest card I created this year. It is a jumbo five panel booklet consisting of 29 autographs (manager on the front) featuring the world champion 2023 Texas Rangers. Each panel is the equivalent size of a vertical booklet, so to give you an idea of how large this thing is, think of five booklets in the opened configuration, laid out side by side!



Teddy Ballgame! A Ted Williams cut signature from a check was sent to me (it was later slabbed by PSA). I really enjoyed designing this one!



I *LOVE* pre war cards, so when Justin at T206 Cards commissioned me to create this, I wanted to create something extra special. It is a play on the 1911 T3 Turkey Red cabinet cards, and has both his T206 and autograph embedded. The back shows the back of the T206 as well!



A PSA (or JSA? I don't recall off hand) baseball with several signatures had seen better days, so I was sent several pieces of the ball to embed in cards I created. Here is a Joe DiMaggio. The ball piece itself wasn't much to look at, but now that it is a card, I think it looks great. Especially with the holofoil inlays.



This is one of the more wild ones - Maz Adams sent me a pair of jeans worn by CC Sabathia to create a booklet. The binding is the zipper, and embedded are the tags, button and zipper head. CC later signed it and loved it!



It's not everyday you get to see a piece of paper signed by all of the Beatles. I knew I had to make it look special!



Speaking of music royalty, check out this Elvis Presley I created!



Here is a 2Pac!



Another Ted Williams ...



I'm super proud of this one. At the top is Branch Rickey, and at the bottom is Jackie Robinson. Note how it goes from black & white to color in honor of Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier.



Here's a cut auto of the M&M boys! Mickey Mantle and Roger Maris signed the same piece of paper.



I'm a 90s insert/parallel fiend, (at least when it comes to Canseco cards, LOL) but I wanted to do a special one of Kobe Bryant that was similar to 1997 Essential Credentials. I love how it turned out!



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