Giant's Causeway Butterfly

The butterfly is made of colored Isomalt, not hand painted. Each shade Isomalt was filled into royal icing outlines drop by drop. The wings are only about 1mm thin, and it was hard to keep the colors where I wanted them.... some spilled over. Still happy with the result, though .

Oh my God  thit is unique piece  JEWEL!!! 

Oh my goodness, so beautiful!❤❤

Oh how stunning Sonja!! I love the cut out of the butterfly on the cookie that exactly matches the butterfly design . Such intricate work, as always. Wow! I was working with isomalt yesterday and thought of you . Your skill and tenacity with this medium is truly amazing. I tried a few things with the isomalt and found my fingers being burned (saying "ow" a lot ) more often than I would have liked. Lol. This is gorgeous work ❤️❤️❤️

Marvellous 

This is incredible! I wish I could be a little mouse in your kitchen so I could watch you work on all those beautiful details. Did you use a pipette for the butterfly? Because every time I work with isomalt I seem to be too clumsy to get it smaller amount where I want them. And as Cookies Fantastique by Carol I tend to burn my fingers a lot.

Sooo unique, sooo beautiful, soooo perfect, you are amazing, Sonja!  I love this!!!

Jedno z piękniejszych ciastek jakie widziałam . Wspaniały projekt, perfekcyjne wykonanie  ❤️

I love that hexagon shape and those lines and of course that blue! And that butterfly is amazing!!! I just love how you have it elevated from the rest of your design! 

Fabulous 

Beautiful color combination and technique. The wings are incredible.

GinkgoWerkstatt posted:

Wuih! This is really epic! Seriously amazing and as a butterfly lover I am even more in love with this! ❤️ ❤️

Thanks so much, Anne @Former Member ❤️! Just love the butterfly theme for cookies, too .

Petra Florean posted:

Oh my God  thit is unique piece  JEWEL!!! 

Thanks so much, dear @Petra Florean! So happy you like it !

Heather Bruce Sosa posted:

Oh my goodness, so beautiful!❤❤

Thanks so much, @Heather Bruce Sosa ❤️!

Cookies Fantastique by Carol posted:

Oh how stunning Sonja!! I love the cut out of the butterfly on the cookie that exactly matches the butterfly design . Such intricate work, as always. Wow! I was working with isomalt yesterday and thought of you . Your skill and tenacity with this medium is truly amazing. I tried a few things with the isomalt and found my fingers being burned (saying "ow" a lot ) more often than I would have liked. Lol. This is gorgeous work ❤️❤️❤️

Thanks so much for your darling comment, Carol @Cookies Fantastique ❤️❤️❤️!!! Yes, Isomalt is not gentle on skin in its way! A couple of 3rd degree and other little burns later, I'm slowly developing the necessary respect ! But for me it's been worth it. I derive so much pleasure from working with it. Thanks again, sweet friend!!!

Marimen posted:

Marvellous 

Thank you, dear @Marimen ❤️!

sweetlife posted:

This is incredible! I wish I could be a little mouse in your kitchen so I could watch you work on all those beautiful details. Did you use a pipette for the butterfly? Because every time I work with isomalt I seem to be too clumsy to get it smaller amount where I want them. And as Cookies Fantastique by Carol I tend to burn my fingers a lot.

Love mice... You'd be very welcome !

A pipette might be a good idea, too, for slightly larger areas and thickness, but it would give less control of the drop size. For these fine details, I use just my scribe tool, picking up tiny drops at the time, letting them fall where I need them to be. It takes a really steady hand, and a lot of practice to know what temperature the Isomalt has to be in to do this: not warm enough, and it will pull fine hair strings that can ruin your work; too hot, and the drops will roll off the scribe needle too fast before you have time to position them over your work. And yes, Isomalt commands respect, or it will make us suffer!

Thanks so much for your kind comment @sweetlife ❤️!

Ryoko ~Cookie Ave. posted:

Sooo unique, sooo beautiful, soooo perfect, you are amazing, Sonja!  I love this!!!

And as always, you are soooo sweet, dear @Ryoko ~Cookie Ave.! Thanks so much ❤️❤️❤️!!!

Teresa Pękul posted:

Jedno z piękniejszych ciastek jakie widziałam . Wspaniały projekt, perfekcyjne wykonanie  ❤️

Wielkie dzięki, droga Teresa  ❤️❤️❤️!

Sweet Prodigy - Christine posted:

I love that hexagon shape and those lines and of course that blue! And that butterfly is amazing!!! I just love how you have it elevated from the rest of your design! 

Thanks so much, dear @Sweet Prodigy ❤️❤️❤️!

Teri Pringle Wood posted:

Fabulous 

Thanks a bunch, Teri ❤️❤️❤️!

Manu posted:

Beautiful color combination and technique. The wings are incredible.

Thanks a lot, Manu ❤️❤️❤️! Isomalt definitely has its quirks... understanding and respecting them helps to befriend and derive pleasure from working with it !

To jest takie piękne, że brak mi słów, Sonja.... Ja nawet nie mam najmniejszego pojęcia jak to robisz!!!! Pokaż choć jeden malutki film jak pracujesz z isomaltem, jakiś całkiem prosty, proszę .........................

E. Kiszowara MOJE PIERNIKI posted:

To jest takie piękne, że brak mi słów, Sonja.... Ja nawet nie mam najmniejszego pojęcia jak to robisz!!!! Pokaż choć jeden malutki film jak pracujesz z isomaltem, jakiś całkiem prosty, proszę .........................

Thank you very much, Ewa ❤️❤️❤️! I will make an Isomalt tutorial/video some time in the future, but right now I really can't. Videos especially take a long time to do...

Wonderful work as always Sonja. I love the butterfly!!♥

Dolce Flo posted:

Wonderful work as always Sonja. I love the butterfly!!♥

Thanks so much, Filomena 😘❤️❣️

Insanely beautiful and precise... you are amazing!!

Stunning!!!

mintlemonade (cookie crumbs) posted:

Insanely beautiful and precise... you are amazing!!

Thank you so much for your kind words, Noriko ❣️❣️❣️

Biljana Kovacevic posted:

Stunning!!!

Thanks very much, Biljana ❣️❣️❣️

Sonja, what you do is out of this world!!! I admire your talent and your persistence, your perfection in every detail! 

carouselselsel posted:

Sonja, what you do is out of this world!!! I admire your talent and your persistence, your perfection in every detail! 

Thank you so very much, dear Zara 😘❤️❣️

You are so talented!

Veronica Lee posted:

You are so talented!

And so are you, Veronica 😀! Love your work ❣️

This is a masterpiece!

Fantastic!

Bakerloo Station posted:

This is a masterpiece!

Many thanks, Christine ❣️❣️❣️

Carol-Anne posted:

Fantastic!

Thanks a lot, Carol-Anne ❣️❣️❣️