I Need Minions > DIY Personalized "Go Fish" Cards

Every year I like to make a few simple and quick gifts for Christmas, and this year we will be sharing our ideas for DIY gifts with you! First up is these cute "Go Fish" playing cards that I made and put in my oldest grandson's stocking when he was about 4 years old.  You all know the "Go Fish" game, but I added some extra "aawwhh" factor and personalized the game by using pics of family members instead.  The first time that my grandson and I played the game and I told him to "Go Fish," he said "No, Grandma - "Go Human!" Kids say the darnedest things - in our house we call this game "Go Human."  

Want to make your own "Go Human" cards? Well of course you do! You will need:

• 1 picture of each family member that you want to use - I made 52 cards total so I needed 13 pictures of family members (4 cards of each person).  That's my Mama in that picture. You could even add in pics of your family pets.
• Fun and festive Scrapbook paper to adhere to back of picture.

And ... that's it!!  How simple is that?


The details:

• Crop all photos to 3 1/2" x 2 1/2". I cropped photos in Photoshop Elements (PE) which made it quite easy to crop all photos to same size.  Open photo and set crop size to 3 1/2" x 2 1/2".  This will open a crop box on the picture that you can move around and resize, but will still keep it the set size ratio.  Crop and save.
• Print photos.  In PE you can print eight on a page choosing "Print Package" in "Select Type of Print" Box. Then in the "Select a Layout" Box choose "Letter (8) 2.5 x 3.5", this will print eight of your cropped photos on one letter size page of photo paper.  
• Rough cut photos out.  This means cut them down the middle so you have two strips of 4 pics each.  I would show you a picture of this but I didn't know I would be doing a blog back in the day!
• Cut your scrapbook backing paper into strips the same size as your photo strips - 4 1/4" x 11".
• Adhere the two together.  You can use whatever you want to glue these together.  I have lots of craft paraphernalia that I have to use to justify the owning it so I used my mini Xyron machine with permanent adhesive.
• Cut cards apart.  Be sure to use the photo side of the card as a guide.  I have this nifty Fiskars cutter that I use.
• Use a corner rounder punch to round each corner.  I like this EK Success corner rounder and use it all the time (I used it to round the accordion pleated medallions behind the elephant in the Circus Baby Boy Banner.)

Done! Easy Peasy! 


I was not paid to promote Xyron, Fiskars or EK Success products - although I'm not adverse to being paid - anyone listening?
- Laurie