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The light here is dreadful and I so dislike putting bad photos of things on my blog but I got a release waiting to happen and I need to post this and get it 'out of the way!' LOL. So with huge apologies for the awful pics here's a fun wee way to wrap some sweets or maybe some small odd shaped item. Or even just make some as tree decorations!

I made a snowball. LOL - I love making these, they're so easy!! There's a few directions at the bottom if you scroll down! I make absolutely no apologies for the fact that it is completely overdone, a 'right-confection' as my DH might say! lol! It is Christmas!

I used Seasons of Love - Tags and the Vintage Christmas sets on this, but you could easily use just one set - I just wanted an excuse to use both of the snowflakes together!

I made my tag with the star stamp, and stamped the snowflakes on the snowball in matching inks (Ocean Tides and Raw sienna - both Palette inks) Then I tied a bow with some Ocean tides ribbon layered on top of an old Joannes' bridal ribbon I purchased through a ribbon overstock site.

I stamped the back of my Star tag in Antique Linen and used the journal lines from the Seasons of love Tag set to fill in the circle so's I can write a wee message! I love how the wee journalling lines fit the space exactly with no need to mask!


Below you can see the snowball opened, I put sweetie snowballs in mine but on reflection it might be best to use individually wrapped sweets - I'm not sure these are food safe, which doesn't matter at all as we've none left now!!



I started with one of these - a plastic ball that comes in two halves - make sure you get the ones with the wee thingumy attached for stringing a hanger onto! That's where you'll tie on your bow and add a hanging loop - no reason these can't go on the tree! I imagine these are available all over the place! Got mine at a craft shop.


Paint it all over with PVA glue - modgepodge in the USA? I didn't water mine down. See? even 2 year old baby folk can do it!


Once you have a nice thick coat of glue on, cover the lot with bits of ripped, white, tissue paper. it doesn't need to be too tidy, just make sure it's not covering the parts of the hemispheres that clip together. Paste a little more glue on top. I like the fact that the tissue paper is thin in places, you can nearly see inside but not quite!!


Stamp some snowflakes on extra tissue paper and tear out roughly.


Dot them over the hemisperes and paint on more glue - I don't think you can have too much! lol!


Leave them to dry and then add tags, ribbons and fill with your choice of sweeties/gift! couldn't be simpler!!

Hope it tickles!