Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Line cookie sheet with parchment paper.

Using a standing mixer, cream together the butter, powdered sugar, vanilla, almond extract and egg and mix until combined

In a large bowl combine the flour, baking soda, and cream of tarter. Mix until combined

Gradually mix in the flour mixture into the wet ingredients until combined

Lightly flour a cutting board and begin to knead the dough until the dough is smooth

Roll the dough out to 1/4 inch thick

Using the cookie cutter, cut out the shapes and place onto the cookie sheet about 1 inch apart

Bake in the oven for 8 minutes

Pull out of the oven and cool completely

Using the standing mixer, combine the powder sugar, egg whites, cream of tarter and vanilla and mix on medium speed

If the royal icing is still a yellow soup, add in 1/2 C powder sugar

Continue to mix until you get stiff peaks

Divide the icing between the two bowls

Add several drops of the brown gel coloring into one bowl and mix until combined

Leave the second bowl white

Scoop a little bit of the brown icing into one piping bag and set aside

Scoop a little bit of the white icing into the second piping bag and set aside

Mix in 2 tsp of water into the white and brown icing and mix until combined

Pour the brown and white icing into 1 each of the squeeze bottles

Using the edible marker, draw out where your white lines on the football will go

Using the white icing bag, pipe the outline for the white lines

Using the white icing in the squeeze bottle, fill in the white outlines

Using the brown icing, pipe an outline around edge of the football and white lines

Fill in with the thinned brown icing

Allow to completely dry for 4 hours before doing the final detail

Once dried, pipe a brown line across the middle and pipe small dots into the middle lower section of the football

Using the white icing, pipe the white lines on the top of the football

Allow to dry for 30 minutes

Using the brown cake spray, spray around the edges of the cookie to give it an old and dirty look