# Create Card Art Associations
source: https://developer.mastercard.com/mdes-digital-card-art-service/documentation/use-cases/associate/index.md

Card art is linked with an FPAN that may or may not have associated tokens. For any existing tokens, the wallet app will be notified when the new card art is available.

* [Associate Card Art to existing token](https://developer.mastercard.com/mdes-digital-card-art-service/documentation/use-cases/associate/index.md#associate-card-art-to-existing-token)
* [Associate Card Art to new token](https://developer.mastercard.com/mdes-digital-card-art-service/documentation/use-cases/associate/index.md#associate-card-art-to-new-token)

### Associate Card Art to existing token {#associate-card-art-to-existing-token}

When you link a specific card art to an FPAN that already has associated device tokens; the card art will be applied to all existing tokens.
Diagram associate-card-art-existing

### Steps {#steps}

1. The cardholder logs into the issuer app and fetches available card art options.
2. The issuer server retrieves card art from MDES and returns them to the issuer app.
3. The issuer app displays the available card art and the cardholder selects a preferred design.
4. The issuer app sends the selected card art to the issuer server.
5. The issuer server looks up the corresponding asset ID in MDES.
6. MDES updates the card art association, links the asset ID to the FPAN, and retrieves all associated device tokens.
7. MDES notifies the wallet app, which then retrieves the updated card art from MDES.
8. The wallet app displays the updated personalized card art to the cardholder.

### Endpoint {#endpoint}


API Reference: `GET /static/card-arts/{card_art_id}`


API Reference: `POST /card-arts/{card_art_id}/associations`

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### Associate Card Art to new token {#associate-card-art-to-new-token}

When you link a specific card art to an FPAN with no device tokens associated; the card art will appear once the FPAN is added to a digital wallet.
Diagram associate-card-art-new

### Steps {#steps-1}

1. The consumer logs into the issuer app to fetch available card art options.
2. The issuer server retrieves card art from MDES and returns to the issuer app.
3. The issuer app displays the available card art and the consumer selects their preferred design.
4. The issuer app sends the selected card art to the issuer server.
5. The issuer server looks up the corresponding asset ID in MDES.
6. MDES updates the card art association, linking the asset ID to the consumer's FPAN.
7. The consumer adds their card to the wallet and initiates tokenization; MDES uses the mapped asset ID to generate the tokenization response.
8. The wallet app requests updated card art assets from MDES and receives the personalized card art.
9. The wallet app displays the personalized card art to the cardholder.

### Endpoint {#endpoint-1}


API Reference: `GET /static/card-arts/{card_art_id}`


API Reference: `POST /card-arts/{card_art_id}/associations`

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#### Additional Information {#additional-information}

Refer to the [MDES Manager Application User Guide](https://trc-techresource.mastercard.com/r/bundle/m_mdesmug_en-us/page/d/en-US/rbc1587550759699.html) for information on uploading the card art asset.