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| DIY Soccer Ball Penstand |
Hi friends happy to share a simple but super cute and functional project ..a Soccer Ball Penstand made with the new Crealies Soccer ball dies
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| DIY Soccer Ball Penstand Tutorial |
You can see the Soccer ball diecuts in the picture above . The size of the diecuts is large enough to make a ball party decoration ,Party prop,a box, a shaped card or a functional and unique handmade Penstand like the one you see here.
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| DIY Soccer Ball Penstand Tutorial |
It is pretty simple to make the Penstand. You need just a minimum of 2 Soccer ball diecuts and a strip of thick cardstock to make the wall. For aethestic and functional strength you can add 2 extra black circles to form the basic framework as shown in the picture below.
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| DIY Soccer Ball Penstand Tutorial |
The curved wall is made using a strip of card stock with wedges cut on the sides to enable you to easily stick the strip in a curved fashion to the circular sides of your Ball Penstand. Vary the length of the strip according to how big you want the opening of the penstand to be.
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| DIY Soccer Ball Penstand Tutorial |
Once you stick the cardstock strip to the black base circles, add the Soccer ball design diecuts.
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| DIY Soccer Ball Penstand Tutorial |
If you want to create a partitioned Penstand , add chipboard pieces as shown below inside the Ball.
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| DIY Soccer Ball Penstand Tutorial |
Vary the length of the chipboard pieces according to your wish as it will change depending on the angulation and placement inside the penstand.
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| DIY Soccer Ball Penstand Tutorial |
You can add a base to the Ball Penstand to help make it more sturdy.
The base is made using the same dies using cardstock and 2 layers of black craft foam.
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| DIY Soccer Ball Penstand |
It does look cute with the lovely watercolor pencils arranged neatly inside doesnt it?
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| DIY Soccer Ball Penstand |
I have kept the decoration simple adding just a simple" Smile" on my favourite Crealies scroll banner diecut.
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| DIY Soccer Ball Penstand |
I hope you liked this idea. My daughter loved it and has claimed it for her study table!
