Stretching

53 entries in Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching

Creators	Title	Comments & References		Year	Source	Page	Categories
	The Changing and Enlarging Card		Related to Die Riesenkarte (Der moderne Kartenkünstler, 1896)	1897	New Era Card Tricks	230	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Eccentric Gaffs Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Front
Jean Hugard	Enlarging and Diminishing Cards	using a stripper deck	Also published here in "Magic Mirror" November, 1911 Variations Enlarging and Diminishing (Dudley Fossum, Hugard's Magic Monthly, 1950)	Jan. 1950	Hugard's Magic Monthly (Vol. 7 No. 8)	617	Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Deck / Stripper Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Diminishing Cards
Karl Fulves*	It Stretches	card is shown to be extra long, spectator can push it through deck, using wax gimmick	Related to It Stretches (Karl Fulves, The Book of Numbers — Supplementary Notes, 1971) Packed (Karl Fulves, Verbatim, 1993) Variations It Stretches (Karl Fulves, The Book of Numbers — Supplementary Notes, 1971) Drink This (Karl Fulves, Shape Changers, 1979) … and 1 more Packed (Karl Fulves, Verbatim*, 1993)	1971	The Book of Numbers	30	Cards / Principles / Sticky Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Eccentric Gaffs Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching
Karl Fulves*	It Stretches	tip	Inspired by It Stretches (Karl Fulves, The Book of Numbers, 1971) Related to It Stretches (Karl Fulves, The Book of Numbers, 1971)	1971	The Book of Numbers — Supplementary Notes	15	Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching
Roy Walton*	Stretching a Point		Also published here Stretching a Point (Roy Walton, The Complete Walton — Volume 1*, 1981) Inspired by Peter Kane's "Elongated Lady"	1975	Some Late Extra Card Tricks	10	Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching
Jon Racherbaumer, Gene Castillon, Marvin Johnson	The Lady Stretches	including: Handling Notes Alternate Handling to Show the Backs at Step 2 The Marvin Johnson Variation The Portable Fake Version (Racherbaumer)		1976	Kabbala — Volume 3 (Vol. 3 No. 1)	5	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Eccentric Gaffs Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching
Nick Trost	Expanding Cards	Fan of mini cards grow into large cards	Also published here Nick's Expanding Cards (Nick Trost, The Card Magic of Nick Trost, 1997) Variations Micro-Macro (With Gimmicked Cards) (Brother John Hamman, The Secrets of Brother John Hamman, 1989)	1976	Subtle Card Magic — Part Two	29	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Eccentric Gaffs Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Micro Macro Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching
Bob Farmer, Bill Simon	Twisting, Turning, Extending and Otherwise Molesting the Aces	card is stretched, then one by one reverses		May 1978	Pabular (Vol. 4 No. 9)	572	Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Standard Effect
Karl Fulves*	Drink This		Inspired by It Stretches (Karl Fulves, The Book of Numbers*, 1971)	1979	Shape Changers	19	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Half Card Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching
Karl Fulves*	Stretch Ref			1979	Shape Changers	44	Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching
Fred Lowe	Die Teleskopkarte	spectator selects Eight of Hearts, Ace prediction is pulled long until there are eight pips, gag card		Aug. 1980	Intermagic (Vol. 7 No. 2)	58	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Gags Cards / Effect Themes / Prediction / Off-beat Predictions Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Force and unusual Discovery Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Gag Cards
Paul Harris	The Incredible Shrinking Hand	hand shrinks when trying to palm card (actually card is stretched), palmed card switched for two previous selections from deck		1981	Close-up Fantasies Finalé	61	Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Multiple Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching Cards / Effect Themes / Transposition / Asymmetric Transposition
Roy Walton*	Stretching a Point		Also published here Stretching a Point (Roy Walton, Some Late Extra Card Tricks*, 1975)	1981	The Complete Walton — Volume 1	153	Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching
Don England	Two Impromptu "Stretches"		Variations Apocalypse Variations or Additions (Jerry K. Hartman, Apocalypse, 1985)	Dec. 1982	Apocalypse (Vol. 5 No. 12)	713	Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching
Peter Kane	The Elongated Lady		Variations The Final Stretch (Paul Richards, MAGIC, 2002) also in: The Final Stretch (Talk About Tricks, 2022)	1982	Kane	40	Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Ken Krenzel, Richard Kaufman, Derek Dingle	Plastic Man	gaffed	Variations Impromptu Rubberman (Thomas Hierling, New Wave Close-Up, 1987) The Rubber Illusion (Aldo Colombini, The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini, 1994) … and 1 more	Winter 1982/1983	The Collected Almanac (Vol. 1 No. Winter Extra)	36	Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching
Paul Harris	Bizarre Stretch			1983	A Close-Up Kinda Guy	109	Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching
Stephen Tucker	Card Olympics	reverse of cards and card is stretched, packet trick		Oct. 1983	Spell-Binder (Vol. 3 No. 30)	577	Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Other Twisting Things Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Peter Kane	Sally	"The Amazing Elasticated Lady" (for long) stretching Queen to almost five inch long card The Visible Stretch		1984 ca.	Sally For Short!	1	Cards / Principles / Black Art Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching
Peter Kane	Almost Triumphant	incomplete face-up/face-down shuffle, halves stripped apart, selection is sticking out and seen to be five inches long when pulled out	Also published here Almost Triumphant (Peter Kane, One Card Wonders, 1992)	1984 ca.	Sally For Short!	3	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Flashy Location Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Push-Through Failure Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Gag Cards
Peter Kane	Rising Higher	selection rises from deck, then is pulled out and seen to be extra-long card		1984 ca.	Sally For Short!	5	Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Rising Card(s) / Miscellaneous Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Gag Cards
Jerry K. Hartman	Apocalypse Variations or Additions		Inspired by Two Impromptu "Stretches" (Don England, Apocalypse, 1982)	Mar. 1985	Apocalypse (Vol. 8 No. 3)	1043	Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching
Philip T. Goldstein*	Rackjobber		Related to Le Coin de Jean de Merry: Une Dame "s'allonge" (Philip T. Goldstein, Hokus Pokus*, 1986)	1985	FISM Madrid 1985	4	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Rough and Smooth (not full deck) Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching
Don England	Long and Lean	Card is streched		1985/93	Don England's Gaffed to the Hilt!	29	Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching
Jon Racherbaumer, Richard Kaufman	Plastic Lady I	card is streched sideways	Related to Two-Way Stretch (Wesley James, The Magical Record and Thoughts of Wesley James, 1997)	1985/93	Don England's Gaffed to the Hilt!	43	Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching
Don England	Plastic Lady II	card is streched both ways	Variations Plastic Lady (Don England, Plastic Lady, 1991) Plastic Surgery (Doug Conn, MO — Modus Operandi, 1995)	1985/93	Don England's Gaffed to the Hilt!	49	Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching
Philip T. Goldstein*	Le Coin de Jean de Merry: Une Dame "s'allonge"	card is stretched	Related to Rackjobber (Philip T. Goldstein, FISM Madrid 1985*, 1985)	1986	Hokus Pokus (Vol. 47 No. 2)	62	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Rough and Smooth (not full deck) Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching
Thomas Hierling	Impromptu Rubberman	ungaffed	Inspired by Plastic Man (Ken Krenzel, Richard Kaufman, Derek Dingle, The Collected Almanac, 1982/1983)	1987	New Wave Close-Up	107	Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching
Karl Fulves*	Jumbo	card rises up, when pushed down it turns out that it is longer than the deck, posed as problem		1988	Interlocutor (Issue 50)	230	Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Rising Card(s) / Miscellaneous
Shigeru Sugawara	Accordion Card	jumbo card is placed inside plastic case, shrinks and then enlarges again to normal size		1990	A Joint Collection of Works by Tenkai Prize Winners	27	Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching Cards / Jumbo Cards (exclusive) / Routines / Transformation
Karl Fulves*	Stretch Note	card stretches between two halves of the deck		1991	Pull Apart Notes	6	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Fake Indices Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching
Don England	Plastic Lady	card stretches between two other cards lengthwise and sideways, then shrinks	Inspired by Plastic Lady II (Don England, Don England's Gaffed to the Hilt!, 1985/93) Variations The Rubber Illusion (Aldo Colombini, The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini, 1994) The Rubber Illusion (Aldo Colombini, The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini, 1994)	1991	Plastic Lady	1	Cards / Principles / Sticky Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Kuniyasu Fujiwara	The Card Machine			1992	Five Times Five — Japan	67	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Eccentric Gaffs Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching Cards / Effect Themes / Transformation / Single Card / Back
Peter Kane	Almost Triumphant	incomplete face-up/face-down shuffle, halves stripped apart, selection is sticking out and seen to be five inches long when pulled out	Also published here Almost Triumphant (Peter Kane, Sally For Short!, 1984 ca.)	1992	One Card Wonders	15	Cards / Effect Themes / Location / Flashy Location Cards / Effect Themes / Skill Demonstration / Push-Through Failure Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Gag Cards
Karl Fulves*	Packed	taking long cards from a normal case, posed as problem	Inspired by It Stretches (Karl Fulves, The Book of Numbers, 1971) Related to It Stretches (Karl Fulves, The Book of Numbers, 1971)	1993	Verbatim (Issue 5)	40	Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching
Aldo Colombini	The Rubber Illusion	card stretches between two other cards, then shrinks	Inspired by Plastic Man (Ken Krenzel, Richard Kaufman, Derek Dingle, The Collected Almanac, 1982/1983) Plastic Lady (Don England, Plastic Lady, 1991)	1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	143	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Eccentric Gaffs Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching
Aldo Colombini	The Rubber Illusion	card stretches between two other cards, then shrinks	Inspired by Plastic Man (Ken Krenzel, Richard Kaufman, Derek Dingle, The Collected Almanac, 1982/1983) Plastic Lady (Don England, Plastic Lady, 1991)	1994	The Close-Up Magic of Aldo Colombini	143	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Eccentric Gaffs Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching
Doug Conn	Plastic Surgery	monte type routine with Bizarre Twist, stretching and shrinking	Inspired by The Bizarre Twist! (Paul Harris, Paul Harris Reveals Some Of His Most Intimate Secrets, 1976) also in: El Giro Fantastico (Circular de la Escuela Mágica de Madrid, 1977) The Bizarre Twist (The Art of Astonishment — Book 1, 1996) Queenie: The Amazing Dancing Girl (Martin Lewis, Martin's Miracles, 1985) … and 1 more Related to Quadruple Bypass (Doug Conn, Tricks of my Trade, 1999)	1995	MO — Modus Operandi (Issue 7)	1	Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching Cards / Effect Themes / Turnover & Reverse / Twisting the Aces / Other Twisting Things Cards / Effect Themes / Gambling / Three Card Monte / Packet Trick with Monte theme Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Paul Harris	The Bizarre Stretch			1996	The Art of Astonishment — Book 3 (Issue Misc. Pieces of Paul)	285	Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching
Karl Fulves*	Tall Tale	chosen card rises out of deck and becomes long card		1996	New Card Rises	34	Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching Cards / Effect Themes / Animation / Rising Card(s) / Miscellaneous
Lou Gallo	Chemical Cards	two cards are stretched		1996	Lou Gallo: The Underground Man	62	Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Wesley James	Two-Way Stretch	card also stretched sideways	Related to Plastic Lady I (Jon Racherbaumer, Richard Kaufman, Don England's Gaffed to the Hilt!, 1985/93)	1997	The Magical Record and Thoughts of Wesley James	49	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Eccentric Gaffs Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching
Doug Conn	Quadruple Bypass	sandwich effect, center card penetrates à la Close-up Illusion, it stretches and finally shrinks	Related to Plastic Surgery (Doug Conn, MO — Modus Operandi, 1995)	1999	Tricks of my Trade	182	Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Simple Sandwich Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching Cards / Effect Themes / Penetration / Using Cards Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Slit Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Double Facer / Different Faces
Paul Richards	The Final Stretch	card stretches wrapped in bill	Also published here The Final Stretch (Paul Richards, Talk About Tricks, 2022) Inspired by The Elongated Lady (Peter Kane, Kane, 1982) Related to Through and Through (Jay Sankey, Sankey Unleashed, 2004) also in: Through & Through (The Definitive Sankey — Volume 1, 2012)	Dec. 2002	MAGIC (Vol. 12 No. 4)	94	Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching
Dave Campbell	The Grow More, Grow Less Card	credit information	Inspired by Peter Kane's "Elongated Lady"	2004	The Dave Campbell Legacy	279	Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Eccentric Gaffs Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching
Arthur Trace	Relative Transformation	Spectator selects a random mini card, it grows into a poker sized card		2006	It's All Relative	19	Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching
David Boothe	Another Man's Treasure, Revisited		Also published here Another Man's Treasure, Revisited (David Boothe, Talk About Tricks, 2022) Inspired by "Another Man's Treasure" (Don England, Kevin Kelly's Intermezzo)	Dec. 2007	MAGIC (Vol. 17 No. 4)	107	Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching
Kevin Ho	Long Division	Card is "stretched" into long card, split into two, each being a selection		2008	Smooth Operations	14	Cards / Effect Themes / Topological Effects / Splitting Cards Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching
Peter Duffie	Stretch & Catch	Joker is stretched to twice its length while out-jogged from deck, then it splits and finds a selection	Inspired by The 4D Card (Alex Elmsley, Genii, 2005)	2012	The Card Activist	9	Cards / Effect Themes / Sandwich & Co / Miscellaneous Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching
Jay Sankey	Spanish Inquisition		Also published here XL DVD, ca. 2004	2012	The Definitive Sankey — Volume 3	1465	Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching
Steve Beam	Longing for the Selected Card	selected card apparently found in deck, it becomes longer as it is pulled out, handling for the long card created by Tom Sellers & Harold Beaumont	Inspired by "Long Card Comedy" (Tom Sellers, The Magic Want Yearbook, 1948-49) "Stretching a Card" (Harold Beaumont, Marketed effect, 1952)	2015	Semi-Automatic Card Tricks — Volume 10	48	Cards / Effect Themes / Gags & Curiousities / Gags Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching Cards / Gaffed Cards & Decks / Cards / Gag Cards
Paul Richards	The Final Stretch	card stretches wrapped in bill	Also published here The Final Stretch (Paul Richards, MAGIC, 2002) Inspired by The Elongated Lady (Peter Kane, Kane, 1982) Related to Through and Through (Jay Sankey, Sankey Unleashed, 2004) also in: Through & Through (The Definitive Sankey — Volume 1, 2012)	2022	Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)	146	Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching
David Boothe	Another Man's Treasure, Revisited		Also published here Another Man's Treasure, Revisited (David Boothe, MAGIC, 2007)	2022	Talk About Tricks (Issue 1)	683	Cards / Effect Themes / Growing & Shrinking / Stretching