Something with Dolphins

Techniques:

- royal icing transfers (dolphins)

- fondant/gumpaste (flowers, shells)

- sprinkles (beach)

- edible marker (dolphin faces)

- luster dust/gel colors (flowers, filigree, sun, sea, shells)

And here's the complete set with side cookies

Oh waw! I will have to show my Emmie, she loves dolphins

Liesbet posted:

Oh waw! I will have to show my Emmie, she loves dolphins

Who doesn't

It's beautiful. What a wonderful example of mixed media!

Lovely job! Congrats on being the first entry in the challenge!

LeeLowe posted:

It's beautiful. What a wonderful example of mixed media!

Thanks, LeeLowe!

Julia M. Usher posted:

Lovely job! Congrats on being the first entry in the challenge!

Thanks, Julia

WONDERFUL!!! Congratulations on being the first entry!  This is such a glorious and joyful, harmonic oceanic scene!

Bakerloo Station posted:

WONDERFUL!!! Congratulations on being the first entry!  This is such a glorious and joyful, harmonic oceanic scene!

Thanks, Christine! To be honest, the outcome reminds me of these "lovely" polyresin pictures you find in certain restaurants *lol*

But I had loads of fun making it - thanx for the challenge!

As you already know, Laegwen, I absolutely love flowers!! This cookie is incredible. The flowers are gorgeous and I just love the color as well as the attention to detail.  It's always such a treat for me to see your work

Cookies Fantistique by Carol posted:

As you already know, Laegwen, I absolutely love flowers!! This cookie is incredible. The flowers are gorgeous and I just love the color as well as the attention to detail.  It's always such a treat for me to see your work

Glad you like the flowers! Normally my cookies are too small to leave enough space for gumpaste flowers, though I enjoy doing them. But this cookie was large enough

whoaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa   bravooooooooooo    shazammmmm    wellllll done     quite enticing   very scenic   love love love    great colors   great techniques       walking to my treasure trove of  wmd/s   retrieving my darts      hissssssssss     hahahhaaaaaaaaa    terrific entry!

Laegwen Bravo !!!!! Your cookies you do not do true works of art !!!!

i cant see your tags very well       did you stamp the swirly design thats at the top on the left and right sides?       this is a fantastic    very picuresque design       grabbing one of the fins and hopping on the dolphin    splishing and splashing    awayyyyyyyyyyyy

donaharrisburg posted:

i cant see your tags very well       did you stamp the swirly design thats at the top on the left and right sides?       this is a fantastic    very picuresque design       grabbing one of the fins and hopping on the dolphin    splishing and splashing    awayyyyyyyyyyyy

I think she handpainted them. I've noticed two or more mentions of you not being able to see the tags clearly, and so I thought I'd point out that most browsers can enlarge your screen view for easier reading.  For instance, I browse in Chrome, and if I hit the Ctrl and + keys at the same time, my screen gets zoomed in. (The text must be 25%-50% larger on the zoomed screen, but just guessing.) There are similar commands for other browsers/devices, thought they vary from browser to browser, and device to device. You may want to Google "Zoom in on [insert browser/device]" to find a command that will help with readability.

fun!

Beautiful!

Delightful! Well done Laegwen

You are simply amazing!

Julia M. Usher posted:

donaharrisburg posted:

i cant see your tags very well       did you stamp the swirly design thats at the top on the left and right sides?       this is a fantastic    very picuresque design       grabbing one of the fins and hopping on the dolphin    splishing and splashing    awayyyyyyyyyyyy

I think she handpainted them. I've noticed two or more mentions of you not being able to see the tags clearly, and so I thought I'd point out that most browsers can enlarge your screen view for easier reading.  For instance, I browse in Chrome, and if I hit the Ctrl and + keys at the same time, my screen gets zoomed in. (The text must be 25%-50% larger on the zoomed screen, but just guessing.) There are similar commands for other browsers/devices, thought they vary from browser to browser, and device to device. You may want to Google "Zoom in on [insert browser/device]" to find a command that will help with readability.

well she didn't bother answering                 shrugs           i have tried zoom before and the comp got screwy      ive stopped    trying     i think its the color   and my sight    lol            still trudging thru though     i get what i get         thanks 

donaharrisburg posted:

Julia M. Usher posted:

donaharrisburg posted:

i cant see your tags very well       did you stamp the swirly design thats at the top on the left and right sides?       this is a fantastic    very picuresque design       grabbing one of the fins and hopping on the dolphin    splishing and splashing    awayyyyyyyyyyyy

I think she handpainted them. I've noticed two or more mentions of you not being able to see the tags clearly, and so I thought I'd point out that most browsers can enlarge your screen view for easier reading.  For instance, I browse in Chrome, and if I hit the Ctrl and + keys at the same time, my screen gets zoomed in. (The text must be 25%-50% larger on the zoomed screen, but just guessing.) There are similar commands for other browsers/devices, thought they vary from browser to browser, and device to device. You may want to Google "Zoom in on [insert browser/device]" to find a command that will help with readability.

well she didn't bother answering                 shrugs           i have tried zoom before and the comp got screwy      ive stopped    trying     i think its the color   and my sight    lol            still trudging thru though     i get what i get         thanks 

when i downloaded your banner   the comp got messed up          okay still trying to forge ahead                    comp screwy comment     and thats why i am so leery of downloading any other prgms       those referred to by mintlemonade    and i guess you and christine                         big giggle        i may try to download tho        if you dont see me anymore      its a done deal!  hahahah            

donaharrisburg posted:

donaharrisburg posted:

Julia M. Usher posted:

donaharrisburg posted:

i cant see your tags very well       did you stamp the swirly design thats at the top on the left and right sides?       this is a fantastic    very picuresque design       grabbing one of the fins and hopping on the dolphin    splishing and splashing    awayyyyyyyyyyyy

I think she handpainted them. I've noticed two or more mentions of you not being able to see the tags clearly, and so I thought I'd point out that most browsers can enlarge your screen view for easier reading.  For instance, I browse in Chrome, and if I hit the Ctrl and + keys at the same time, my screen gets zoomed in. (The text must be 25%-50% larger on the zoomed screen, but just guessing.) There are similar commands for other browsers/devices, thought they vary from browser to browser, and device to device. You may want to Google "Zoom in on [insert browser/device]" to find a command that will help with readability.

well she didn't bother answering                 shrugs           i have tried zoom before and the comp got screwy      ive stopped    trying     i think its the color   and my sight    lol            still trudging thru though     i get what i get         thanks 

when i downloaded your banner   the comp got messed up          okay still trying to forge ahead                    comp screwy comment     and thats why i am so leery of downloading any other prgms       those referred to by mintlemonade    and i guess you and christine                         big giggle        i may try to download tho        if you dont see me anymore      its a done deal!  hahahah            

Hmm . . . not sure why your computer would have any issues with a zoom-in; you're not downloading any content to your computer when the browser zooms in, so there's no threat of malware or viruses getting on your computer. . . anyway, just wanted you to know there are ways to enlarge the screen. Best of luck!

donaharrisburg posted:

i cant see your tags very well       did you stamp the swirly design thats at the top on the left and right sides?       this is a fantastic    very picuresque design       grabbing one of the fins and hopping on the dolphin    splishing and splashing    awayyyyyyyyyyyy

Thanks for your sweet comment and sorry for not replying sooner (holiday stress ). As Julia already kindly cleared, the design is hand-painted. I used a very fine brush and diluted gel colors - and some patience and words I won't repeat in public...

Thanks to all of you for leaving behind so much praise and awesome comments! You have made me grow at least an inch - which makes me 5.1 now. A bit more of this and I will be able to reach the middle shelf in the supermarket

i think this is so happy    fun      endearing      as i posted to kim  i had an idea for penguins    no  it didnt get down to design     etc          but  i may try    not sure    this is such a fun illustration!