Ho Ho Ho Christmas Ball

HO HO HO Mustache Santa Ball 

Here comes Santa!

I can hear him chuckling, but where can he be?

There he is! He is hiding but I can see his mustache. He used his magic to hide inside that Christmas ball but when he ho ho hos, his mustache gives him away!

Materials needed:
15-0200 Armour Etch Cream
#21-1617 Over N Over Wedding Font Alphabet ( 3 sheets if you want to etch HO HO HO all at once)
#21-1604  Over N Over Face Elements stencil
#29-2534  100 mm clear glass balls
#61-3329 Rub N Buff Metallic wax  (we used white)
#61-3343 Glitter It Glue
#15-0315 Glass cleaner
#08-9606 Brushes
#08-9999 Gloves
#08-9415 Masking tape
Paper towels
Bright red metallic glitter
10 or 12oz paper cup 
Piece of slick paper, like wax paper
Lime green bow

General Directions:

1. Gently remove the metal cap from the ball and set aside.
2. Clean the ball with glass cleaner by spraying the cleaner onto a paper towel and rolling the ball around in the towel.
3. Apply the mustache stencil to the middle of the ball.  Over the top of the mustache, apply two sets of HO HO angling them left and right (see picture) and a third HO under the mustache.
4. Surround stencils with masking tape and cover the hole at the top.
5. PAT the Armour Etch glass etching cream evenly on the stencils, do not brush the cream on. View the directions and How To video HERE. Wait 5 minutes.
6. Turn the ball upside down (so no water or cream goes inside the ball) and rinse off all the Etch cream under running warm water. Remove tape and stencils and rinse again. Pat dry
7. Tear off a piece of paper towel and wrap it around your finger. Squeeze a very small dab of white Rub N Buff on the tip of your wrapped finger. Smear the RNB all over the etchings. Keep wiping and the excess RNB will pick back up off the shiny glass and only stick to the etching. Work quickly while RNB is still soft. Turn towel around and buff. 
8. Pour some Glitter It glue into the ball. Swish and swirl the glue around until the entire inside has been coated. Pour the excess glue back into the bottle.
   
9. Place ball upside down into the paper cup to drain. Leave in cup about 15 minutes
10. Lay down a piece of wax paper on your work surface to catch glitter. Hold the ball over the wax paper and pour about a teaspoon of the red glitter inside. Shake ball to distribute the glitter evenly on the entire inside. Roll around a few times to make sure the ball has been coated well.
11.  Dump out the excess glitter onto the wax paper. Remove any lumps. Fold the wax paper in half and pour the glitter back into the tube.
12. Very gently place the metal cap back on the ornament, easing it back on. Do not let the prongs spring open, It could cause the ball to crack or disturb the glitter.
13. Glue lime green bow near the cap over the etchings and add a hanging cord