Edging the Forest of Enchantment Tarot

[@QuerkieGal]

I have the same deck, but I edged mine a single color pertaining to the main color of each card. It looks so pretty in an earthy rainbow when all the cards are together. I also had to trim this deck down, it was too large for my small hands. I am so happy with this mod it turned out perfectly! Thank you for giving us the courage to mod our decks!

[@DawnMichelleTarot]

That sounds lovely. I am so glad you are enjoying modifying your decks. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️

[@QuerkieGal]

@@DawnMichelleTarot Thank YOU for creating these wonderful videos!

[@AnnieDusk]

You're taking edging to a whole new level!

[@DawnMichelleTarot]

It's just so much fun! I love challenging myself to do new and different things. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️

[@NamiNaeko]

This is my main deck and i adore it. I love how much effort thought and love you put into this. Thank you for that I feel like you just treated this deck just right and idk it feels wonderful. It feels like you honored this precious gem of a deck so much 🌻❤️

[@DawnMichelleTarot]

I am so glad you enjoyed it, this is one of my favorite new decks as well. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️

[@readingsbycara]

*_So so beautiful...!!!_* ♥️

[@shuffletarot7785]

These are spectacular. I love the blending of colours with a pop of gold! ❤️

[@DawnMichelleTarot]

Thank you so much, I wasn't sure it would come out alright, but I'm please with it. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️

[@andthemoonlovesme1166]

Such a truth teller! The white edges are starting to bother me too. I’m thinking I need to edge mine soon.

[@DawnMichelleTarot]

It's such a fun project, especially when you really love the deck. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️

[@aware2325]

Color makes me so happy. Your mod videos have given me inspiration that I didn't even know existed. I am sooo sold on this deck now because of your dedication...feels so completed now 😌

[@DawnMichelleTarot]

I am so glad you enjoyed it and have found inspiration in my videos! 🙂 Thank you for watching. ❤️

[@amberd9524]

So. This deck 😍 thank you for introducing me to it. I immediately watched your unboxing after this and it was CALLING ME! I got it yesterday and ❤️❤️❤️ I’m edging my deck now and enjoying the connection. Thank you! Keep it up!!

[@DawnMichelleTarot]

I am so glad you are enjoying the deck, I love mine!! 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️

[@spud6195]

This turned out wonderfully. I really don't have the patience for this kind of thing haha. I had pretty much crossed this deck off my list until I started to see more images of it online and hear people share their experiences with it and of course now it's back on my list again. Thank you for sharing. Much love

[@DawnMichelleTarot]

I did the same thing, it was on my list when the pre-order on Amazon came out, then I took it off because I felt like I had decks similar to it and then as soon as the first round of videos started coming out I ended up ordering it. It has a fantastic energy. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️

[@nicnaknoc]

I was thinking of doing this a similar way - a both difrent colours but so glad you shared your deck so I got a feel of how it would look before jumping in ☺️

[@DawnMichelleTarot]

I am so glad you enjoyed it, I think it came out pretty well with this pattern. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️

[@HealingDaysOracle]

Great idea and beautiful result, I hope to try this at some point. Thanks! 😊💚

[@DawnMichelleTarot]

It's a fun project for sure. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️

[@tarotandtulips9855]

What a gorgeous deck! I love what you did!

[@DawnMichelleTarot]

Thank you so much, I'm pleased with how it turned out. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️

[@SunshineDawn7]

That was awesome! Love it! You put so much hard work and love into it and really made it your own! Now i need to do the same. It was such a great idea! I wanted to do something like it but had no idea where to start without ruining the whole deck.Thank you so much for passing on your great idea :-) They came out beautiful!

[@DawnMichelleTarot]

Thank you so much, I am so glad you enjoyed it. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️

[@zhenya9302]

Beautiful. Don’t even own this deck yet, but already looking for a way to edge it. I’ve done the multi-color single card edge, but this type of gradient will be a new challenge. Thank you for sharing your tips and tricks as always.

[@DawnMichelleTarot]

It was my first attempt at it too! I enjoyed the challenge and I think it came out pretty good. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️

[@wren1019]

i edged mine in a dark brown, but woah. you have done an amaaaaaazing job! i love it

[@DawnMichelleTarot]

Thank you so much, I really love how it turned out. And it's holding up beautifully as I've been using the heck out of this deck this week. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️

[@JensBalancedTarot]

To-date, I haven’t done anything crazier than edge in a single color. I think it’s time for me to branch out soon! Thanks for sharing your process. I really enjoy hearing how you think it through and develop backup plans ”just in case”. 😊

[@DawnMichelleTarot]

Always gotta have my back-up plans, I might have messed up a deck or two in my day. 🙂 Thank you for watching. ❤️

[@christiebellaluna6]

I wish i had your patience 🤗 they are gorgeous 😍

[@DawnMichelleTarot]

Thank you so much, it is a bit of a labor of love! 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️

[@ruppaalinag2911]

Magical😍this looks great after mod

[@DawnMichelleTarot]

Thank you so much, I really like the way it turned out. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️

[@GadgetGirlsReviews]

This is gorgeous I have just got this deck and love your colour choices, I’m definitely thinking of edging them too after this. I love the depth of colour you achieved in this technique.

[@DawnMichelleTarot]

Thank you so much, I really like the way it turned out. This is fast becoming one of my favorite decks. 🙂 Thank you for watching. ❤️

[@liuyun1856]

Hi Michele, sorry to bother you again Orz I'm alost done with the edging project. The only thing is that with some cards I......applied the Distress galaxy gold too much and some edges becomes totally golden colored and overly shiny. (I did try my best to apply just a bit a time, but as long as my finger touched the card the powder immediately stock on the paper and refused to spread out as I rubbed fingers along with the edge.) Any suggestion on how to remove or cover up the Distreee ink Galaxy Gold? I've tried Crayola, Sharpie, and a pink highlighter, but the gold powders still shine through. I've also tried Distress gathered twigs and rusty hinge, the latter seems to help a bit but far from enough. This is my second deck mod project. The first one is for triming deck--your tutorial video was the one I religiously followed and it turned out great!!! I had had no idea I could acomplish things like this (hadn't done any craftwork after high school), and with your kind help I made it. Can't say thank-you enough for helpig me with getting not only a beautiful borderless deck, an inspiring way to build connection with own deck, but most importantly, the awareness of my inner Green Mother and Magician :) Modding deck is indeed a deep awakening and self-exploring experience. Thank you so mcuh!

[@janetdanes7945]

The edges look great and especially when you fan out the cards and show the back. I like the addition of a final gold coat to finish it off. I would not have thought of doing this. Thanks for showing the process and how it evolved as you worked with it. I think I may edge mine in brown with a gold overlay for the touch of shimmer. I’m not brave enough to try the multi-colours.

[@DawnMichelleTarot]

I think brown with gold would be stunning as well. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️

[@janetdanes7945]

Hmmm... I edged my deck yesterday. After some false starts, I finally settled with a light green base colour, followed by an olive green metallic marker. The final colour looks like a light gold with a hint of green. It’s ok, but not fabulous. 😉

[@DawnMichelleTarot]

@@janetdanes7945 it sounds lovely! 🙂

[@inspirationspsychology]

Oh I’ve been thinking about doing something similar with mine so it’s been fabulous seeing this. Thanks greatly 💖

[@DawnMichelleTarot]

I am so glad you enjoyed it, good luck with your edging! 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️

[@inspirationspsychology]

Hi again Dawn Michelle. So I’m finding my colour is coming off in my hands a lot. I used the same crayola markers so was wondering if this has happened with yours? I thought the inks over the top would stop this from happening but perhaps I didn’t do enough of the inks 🤔

[@DawnMichelleTarot]

@@inspirationspsychology oh my goodness, so sorry to hear that. I haven't been getting any transfer on my hands and I've been using the heck out of this deck this week. What markers and stamps did you use? Did you wipe the excess away before you layered it with stamp?

[@inspirationspsychology]

I used exact colours and ink you did. I’m thinking I may need more ink as I only used a minimal amount of the distressed ink

[@DawnMichelleTarot]

@@inspirationspsychology hmm, interesting. I think I'm going to do some experimenting with different Crayolas and see if I can find any sort of reason why this happens to some people and not others. Maybe I'll post a video on it so we can all see how my little experiment turns out. 🙂 How long ago did you do the edging?

[@VLoveCrystals]

You did great with t his. gorgeous deck too!

[@DawnMichelleTarot]

Thank you so much, it's fast becoming one of my favorites! 🙂 Thank you for watching. ❤️

[@missyrae2010]

Absolutely gorgeous! I love your idea for edging this deck. I haven't edged this one yet because I am still deciding on what to use but you've given me some ideas and inspiration. What is the name of the distress ink you used that you mentioned is your favorite?

[@DawnMichelleTarot]

I am so glad you enjoyed it. My favorite one is the Gathered Twig, I use it for everything. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️

[@vmtoglia]

Oooooooh! Lovely! A labor of love for sure! It looks like a peacock feather pattern, which is great for it being a "Forest" deck! Thanks for sharing! :-) Oh PS...do you think that your Green Witch Tarot will take a back seat to this deck? I have the GW and am wondering about getting this one...Thanks!

[@DawnMichelleTarot]

I don't think it will, but I am planning on working with the Green Witch this month so we'll see. I think they will have very different reading styles. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️

[@ChiChiBell]

So awesome!!!

[@DawnMichelleTarot]

Thank you so much! 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️

[@tarot_by_nature]

Looks awesome!

[@DawnMichelleTarot]

I was pretty happy with the way it turned out. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️

[@laynagilbert4450]

Can you link the video for how to antique a deck ? :) really enjoyed this video :)

[@DawnMichelleTarot]

It's in my deck mod tutorial playlist. It's a fun process, I highly recommend it. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️

[@liuyun1856]

Hi Michele, I'm following your process for edging my deck and getting stuck in the Distress ink phase. It'd be great if you would come to rescue ~^^~ Question#1: After applying the gathered twigs at the corner, the blue color becomes almost like black, instead of the beautiful blue-green on your desk. I think I probably applied too much ink at the corners. Now the corners is composed of black and dark blue colors. Any way to fix it? I really like the blue-green color you created. I'm using Crayola Super Tip (Blue). Question#2: I notice your "green" area now has some blue hue, the "blue" area has some green hue, and the overlaping areas between green and brown, which used to be darker than both of them, now becomes even more pale than any of the green, brown, and distress colors. How did you make that magic happen? In my case the only effect distress has is to darken the colors or just turn them to black in some cases. Also, there are still distince overlaping lines\areas that don't get blured beautifully and naturally as yours. Any suggestions on how to create those magical effects you demonsrated (like how to apply inks or what additional tools could be useful)? Thank you so much for your kind help.

[@DawnMichelleTarot]

I use the distress ink very lightly and sparingly when I use it to darken and blend. A little bit goes a long way in that case. I generally use paper towels or makeup sponges to very lightly apply it for this effect. I also add little bits at a time. Unfortunately, once you darken it's really hard to lighten it back up again. I'm not sure there is much you can do in that case. You could try applying more of your greens and blues to add more tone, but the more marker you add the darker the colors are going to get. I think on this one, I also used a very light coat of the brilliance gold to help blend those colors. It's a wetter ink so it tends to blend better than the distressed ink. I hope that helps some, good luck with your mod! ❤️

[@liuyun1856]

@@DawnMichelleTarot Thank you sooo much Michele! I'll try out your suggestions today. You're absolutely right on that practing on playing cards beforing putting hands on our beloved decks is REALLY important. ~>

[@tarotmap]

Looks cool! 🙏🙏

[@DawnMichelleTarot]

Thank you so much, it was a fun project. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️

[@GeorgiaWarren-rw4if]

Hello! I love what you did with your copy, it's gorgeous! I just got mine in yesterday and I am totally in love, thinking I'm going to do brown with the Galaxy Gold rubbed in for that little bit of enchantment

[@DawnMichelleTarot]

That sounds like a lovely color choice for this deck. In my opinion, I don't think this deck needs reinforcement, I have been using the heck out of mine all this week and I'm actually really loving the way it shuffles and feels and it's holding up great. However, if that is a concern for you could certainly use the clear contact paper, but it will change the feel and the way the deck shuffles. I would recommend working with it for a bit to see how it's going to hold up for you. If you feel it's not standing up to the use, then you could add clear to the back. That's just my two cents, so I hope that helps. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️

[@GeorgiaWarren-rw4if]

Thank you so much! Yeah I will give it a bit of time before making the decision to add the clear. Looooving this deck!

[@amialice6005]

Does edging with crayola or prisma marker fade more compared to sharpie?

[@DawnMichelleTarot]

As I really only have one or two decks edged in sharpie, I'm not really sure how quickly they fade. The Crayolas and the art markers seems to be holding up pretty well in terms of maintaining their brilliance. Sorry, I'm probably not a lot of help with this one as I avoid Sharpie due to the smell and the fact that they bleed. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️

[@SunshineDawn7]

What kind of crayola markers did you use exactly? Thanks

[@DawnMichelleTarot]

Just the basic box of 24 markers. Nothing fancy. 🙂 Thank you for watching! ❤️

[@jenjones3428]

Do you ever have an issue with the crayola color transferring to your hands while holding or working with the deck after it has dried?

[@DawnMichelleTarot]

Yes, on occasion, it has a tendency to happen more with the primary red, green and blue. But generally if I don't layer it on too thick and wipe away the excess the transfer is slim to none. Also layering it with stamp over the top seems to help "seal" it in. The trick is not to do too thick of a coat and to wipe it down in-between to remove the excess. I've found it's better to to do two lighter coats than one thick one if needed. And some good drying time also helps. 🙂 Thank you for watching. ❤️

[@Starsofneon]

Have you tried metallic markers?

[@DawnMichelleTarot]

I have done the metallic sharpies but that's it. They didn't work well for me. The marker barely had enough ink to do the whole deck and it's faded horribly. After that experience, I stick to the metallic stamps. 🙂

[@Starsofneon]

@@DawnMichelleTarot Good to know! Thanks for sharing your experience. Is there a brand of stamps you prefer?

[@DawnMichelleTarot]

For Metallics I like the Brilliance line of stamps. 🙂

[@Starsofneon]

@@DawnMichelleTarot Perfect! Thank-you, I appreciate it so much! ♡ I just found your channel not long ago so I am looking forward to binge watching your content 😊