Football Cards

The football season is in full swing and I have designed three different football cards for you to make for someone you know who loves football. All three of these cards can be used for a birthday, get well card, thinking of you card and a Father’s Day card.

The first is the Football Box Card, this easy to make box card can also be used for a football party or banquet where you would like to have it at place settings with names and/or jersey numbers on the football cut out of vinyl.

The second card is the Football Side Edge Card, which has footballs on the right side of the card.

The third card is the Football Card, this card is created in layers. You can cut the banner pieces out using card stock of your favorite teams colors.

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You will need to download my free Football Side Edge Card and and Football Box Card from my Freebie Vault.

Print

Football Box Card

Author: Carla Arlene Creations

Equipment

• Cricut Maker
• Brayer
• Scoring Wheel/Stylus
• Standard Cutting Mat
• Light Grip Cutting Mat for Vinyl
• Spatula

Materials

• 1 Sheet of Light Brown Cardstock
• 2 Sheets of Medium Brown Cardstock
• 1 Sheet of Green Cardstock
• White Vinyl
• Cricut Pen
• Glue
• Foam Dots
• Transfer Tape

Instructions

Cutting Out the Football Box Card

• Upload the Football Box Card into design space.
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• Select all and ungroup
• Select the dotted lines on the front of the card and change to a score line from basic cut
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• Select the score lines and the front of the card
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• and attach them
• Select the dotted lines on the back of the card and change to score line from basic cut
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• Select the score lines and the back of the card
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• and attach them
• Next select the one set of of side lines
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• and attach them
• Next select the other set of side lines
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• and attach them
• Next if you would like to add wording to the light brown football for the back of the card
• Select the light brown football
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• then click on on arrange and bring to the front
• Next click on the text icon on the left side of the screen
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• Type the wording you want on the football
• Then click on the Font Button
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• Click on the Filters
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• Select writing as one filter
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• Select single layer as a second filter and then select the font you would like to use
• With the text selected change the font size til it fits on the football
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• Next with the text box selected angle the text on the football
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• Next with the text selected change it to Pen
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• Then select the wording and the football
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• Now you are ready to click on the Make It button
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• The prepare screen will appear
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• Now if everything looks correct on it, click on the continue button
  The next screen will be where you will select the type of card stock you are using. If you do not see the material in your material favorites, click on "browse all materials" to find the weight of cardstock that you are using. For example the brown Cardstock I used is medium weight, you will need to select "Medium Weight"..
  Once you have Design Space set, you are now ready to prepare your mat. I used a brayer when placing the Cardstock on the mat, this helps in making sure that the paper is adhered to the mat and will help in keeping the paper from ripping or moving when it is being cut. 
• **** The white sidelines and football stitches are cut out of white vinyl

Assembling the Football Box Card

• Starting with the card pieces
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• fold on score lines
• then take the second card piece
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• fold on score lines
• ****note the footballs will be going the same direction when you assemble the box card.
• Glue the small tab on one side of the card piece 1 the the large tab on the card piece 2
• Then glue the small tab on the side of card piece 2 the the large tab on card piece 1
• Now your box card is formed
• Next after weeding the vinyl using transfer tape add the sidelines lines and number 50
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• to the green overlay pieces
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• Now glue the large green overlays to the front and back of the card at the bottom edge
• Next take the side green overlays and glue them to the sides of the card
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• Next take the vinyl stitches after they have been weeded
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• I cut the three pieces separately to put them on the football
• Using transfer tape add the three pieces to one of the medium brown footballs
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• Next put foam dots on the back of the front football and add it to the front of the card
• Then take the light brown football with writing on it
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• put foam dots on the back of it and add it to the remaining medium brown football, then put foam dots on the back of the medium brown football and add it to the back of the card
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