In large mixing bowl, cream together the butter and sugar

Mix in the egg, vanilla and almond extract

In a separate bowl, mix the flour, soda and cream of tartar

Slowly mix flour mixture into butter mixture

Cover and chill at least 2 hours, up to 8 hours.

Preheat oven to 350*

Let the dough sit out 30 minutes then flour the counter top and roll out about 1/2" thick. Using cookie cutters cut out your shapes and set them on a baking sheet. Bake for 5-8 minutes or until you can see just a little golden color on the bottoms.

Frost when they're cooled off.