Showing posts with label 1986-87 Fleer basketball. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1986-87 Fleer basketball. Show all posts

Saturday, April 6, 2024

Deadly Friend


Hi there.  Long time, no see.  I used to have a job that was let's say roughly about 90% downtime and it was just me there.  Now I work in a corporate office and the only time I get to exhale is on my lunch break.  It's not that my zest for making my cards has diminished, it's just that I have next to no time for it.  Well, lately I've put off other things to make time for it.  I've had the itch like a crackhead twitching for his fix.

So, for the first in what seems like decades, is a brand new PCb. card.  It's a one-off from the 1986 horror Deadly Friend starring a  17 year old Kristy Swanson.  I went in for a re-watch and it reminded me of a card I had an idea for long ago.  Deadly Friend is infamous for one scene in particular; the one in which Kristy's character explodes Mama Fratelli's head with a basketball.  If I knew how to make lenticular cards this would be the first one I'd make, but that's not my lane so I gave it the ol' split screen treatment.  


The template of course is the legendary 1986-87 Fleer basketball, famous for having the first mainstream Michael Jordan rookie (along with many other HOFers and legends).  This is a template that I wanted to use for quite some time, but it had to be a basketball related card because the design is so synonymous with basketball.

I had funny repurposing the "Fleer Premier" crown to something more Phantom Cardboard-centric.  I didn't go too crazy with the card back, just some basic cast info.


Sunday, July 9, 2017

Jem Wolfie


I stumbled upon Jem Wolfie on Instagram.  Jem is fitness model from Australia whose brand spans everything from nutrition to work outs.

I first saw a basketball picture of her that I'd thought would go great in the 1986-87 Fleer  basketball template.  Then I came across others that would be perfect for my TKO (1985 Topps Rocky IV) template and my 1988 Donruss baseball inspired template.

I contacted Jem about getting them autographed for my collection and she was more than happy to oblige, and so they were shipped Down Under.



Jem enjoyed the cards so much she asked me about making more for any autograph requests she gets. She selected the image and the 1986-87 Fleer basketball design.  Jem was the first person to request cards from me for personal use and I have to admit that was a bit of a high.  I even got one of the new cards signed for me, and the picture with the card sweetened the pot.