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Soccer CD

By Beki Ward
Hot Rod Roadsters
Advanced Scramper’s Team Designer

If you have any sports enthusiasts within your household, this will be a popular project to engage in.  It offers unlimited options whether used as a layout or wall hanging.  A CD is the perfect object to transform into any type of ball.  From basketball, tetherball, baseball, or golf, the choice of which ball to use is in your court!  Profile one of your favorite star players.

Supplies
Unmounted Borders & Background Stamps (ClubScrap “Varsity” kit)
Brushstroke Alphabet Numbers (Stampin’ Up!)
Junk Mail CD
Black Cardstock (Stampin’ Up!)
White Cardstock (Stampin’ Up!)
Black Pigment Ink (ColorBox)
Black Embossing Powder (Ranger)
White Pigment Ink (ColorBox)
White Embossing Powder (Ranger)
Gold tone eyelets (Stampin’ Up!)
Large gauge gold tone wire
Wire cutters
Big Bite Crop-A-Dile II (We R Memory Keepers)
Circle Template Cutting System (Creative Memories)
Quickutz Silhouette
Scotch ATG adhesive (3M)
Scotch Quick Dry liquid adhesive (3M)
Foam Tape or dimensional mounting foam (3M)
Heat Embossing Tool (Milwaukee)

Instructions

1.      Using black cardstock and the Quickutz Silhouette, cut a soccer ball to fit an advertising CD that comes in junk mail. 

2.      Using Scotch Quick Dry liquid adhesive, glue the CD to white cardstock and cut out.  When dry, adhere the cut-out black soccer ball overlay onto the white cardstock-covered CD.  

3.      Using white pigment ink and Brushstroke Alphabet Numbers, stamp the year in the middle and black pentagon shape.  Apply white embossing powder, shake off excess and return to jar, and melt powder with a heat tool. 

4.      Using black pigment ink, stamp the soccer ball from ClubScrap’s Varsity kit Borders & Background Unmounted stamps three times.  Apply black embossing powder (as in step 4) and melt with a heat tool.  Cut out image leaving a very narrow white edge.  Adhere to black cardstock with ATG adhesive and cut out leaving a very narrow black edge.  Stamp the “Be the BEST…” sentiment from the same B&B stamp plate using black ink and heat emboss using black embossing powder.   Trim and mount onto black cardstock leaving a narrow black border.  Also, stamp “CHAMP” (omitting “ION”) from the same B&B stamp plate with black ink and heat emboss using black embossing powder. Trim and mount onto black cardstock leaving a narrow border. 

5.      Using the Creative Memories cutting system, choose a round template to fit your photograph and cut into a circular shape.  Mount onto black cardstock using ATG adhesive and trim leaving a narrow black border. 

6.      Using the small hole punch on the Big Bite Crop-A-Dile II, punch two holes at the bottom of the mounted picture and two holes at the top of the stamped “CHAMP” element; set a gold tone eyelet in each hole. 

7.      Using heavy gauge gold tone wire, wrap the handle of an artist’s paint brush or pen several times to make Curly Q shapes.  Using a pair of wire cutters, snip one “round” to form a jump ring; repeat.  Use these to hang the “CHAMP” element under the photo.  (You may use large jump rings instead).

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