Garden Accent

I wanted to try a 3-D project with the ribbing imprint.

This is a seven-project cookie (5 cookies on the bottom container and two half spheres for the top).
For the container, I made the ribbing as before by pressing a cooling rack over parchment paper.  This time I flooded the entire cookie.  After pressing down the cooling rack, I had significant excess on all sides that needed to be sanded down.

I beveled the edges and created a square container with a plain cookie at the base. The container was sprayed with silver luster.

I connected the two spheres before icing and sanded the iced seams and top to smooth everything out.

My original idea was to mimic a topiary (something the lovely Julia Usher has replicated to perfection).  I was hoping to imprint the sphere with a mossy or interesting looking effect.  I used a square Sugar Veil mat, put the iced sphere inside and tried to cinch it like a sack.  I put the wrapped little package inside two slightly larger spheres.  This did not work.  At all.

Connecting ahead of time may have been a mistake or the entire idea may have been flawed.  In fairness, it is probably possible to tweak the process and get the desired effect but I didn’t have enough time in the time window I have allotted for the challenge.  So I decided to cover the wonky sphere again.  Since it is an imprint challenge, I wanted to make sure that whatever I covered it with also had an imprint of some sort.  I piped out discs on parchment, covered the sheet with another piece of parchment and again placed a cooling rack on top. I used a different cooling rack this time because I wanted a different effect.  This time the imprint was much more subtle.

I glued the imprinted discs on the sphere.  The final result is more of a garden accent than the intended topiary but I am not displeased.   

Ooh, really love this one - so clever!

Nice work Lisa @LisaF. Thanks for your detailed explanation.

@Julia M. Usher posted:

Ooh, really love this one - so clever!

Thank you so much Julia.

@Zeena posted:

Nice work Lisa @LisaF. Thanks for your detailed explanation.

Thanks again Zeena!

amazing idea

Wow Lisa, it's perfect!! Such a great idea for the challenge!! Love your technique, idea and your photos!! Really beautiful my dear cookie friend!! @LisaF 😘

Wow! So gorgeous and creative, dear Lisa!! Once again, your perseverance paid out and your entry is amazing! Congratulations!!♥️

Amazing and such a cool idea dear Lisa,wonderful work,love it in 3D

@Goloven Olga posted:

amazing idea

Aww. Thank you so much Olga.😊

@Icingsugarkeks posted:

Wow Lisa, it's perfect!! Such a great idea for the challenge!! Love your technique, idea and your photos!! Really beautiful my dear cookie friend!! @LisaF 😘

Thank you so much Gabi❤️😘🍪

@Heather Bruce Sosa posted:

Wow! So gorgeous and creative, dear Lisa!! Once again, your perseverance paid out and your entry is amazing! Congratulations!!♥️

Thank you so much Heather. I did have a number of set backs but I was determined to have at least something to show!

@Petra Florean posted:

Amazing and such a cool idea dear Lisa,wonderful work,love it in 3D

Thank you so much for your kind words Petra 😁😘

such a amazing cookie Lisa!

@CHIKAKO.F posted:

such a amazing cookie Lisa!

Thank you so much my friend!

Another very creative entry! The texture and coloring of the leaves creates a lot of visual interest. How did the different tones of green come about?

@Sweet Prodigy posted:

Another very creative entry! The texture and coloring of the leaves creates a lot of visual interest. How did the different tones of green come about?

Thank you Christine. The different shades of green are because I believe some of the color was absorbed into the parchment paper! Because the leaves were small, and piped on a piece of parchment instead of a cookie, I was afraid there would not be enough height to get a decent imprint. So, I weighted the cooling rack with some books. I think this added pressure caused the parchment to wick some of the coloring.

@LisaF posted:

Thank you Christine. The different shades of green are because I believe some of the color was absorbed into the parchment paper! Because the leaves were small, and piped on a piece of parchment instead of a cookie, I was afraid there would not be enough height to get a decent imprint. So, I weighted the cooling rack with some books. I think this added pressure caused the parchment to wick some of the coloring.

Very interesting - a technique within a technique. Thank you for the explanation.

@Sweet Prodigy posted:

Another very creative entry! The texture and coloring of the leaves creates a lot of visual interest. How did the different tones of green come about?

The back side of tinted transfers always appears lighter than the top side, usually with a rim of the darker (closer to original color) along the edge. Same is true if you do transfers on acetate or silicone, though the color differences MAY be more exaggerated on parchment paper. Not sure about that point though, because the color differences can be quite noticeable on acetate-backed transfers too - would have to test.

@Julia M. Usher posted:

The back side of tinted transfers always appears lighter than the top side, usually with a rim of the darker (closer to original color) along the edge. Same is true if you do transfers on acetate or silicone, though the color differences MAY be more exaggerated on parchment paper. Not sure about that point though, because the color differences can be quite noticeable on acetate-backed transfers too - would have to test.

Thanks Julia! There’s always so much to learn. I’ve been using a lot of royal icing transfers this past year and each time I run into an issue, I find myself thinking- Julia probably has a hypothesis about this! It gives me great comfort on my cookie journey!

@LisaF posted:

Thanks Julia! There’s always so much to learn. I’ve been using a lot of royal icing transfers this past year and each time I run into an issue, I find myself thinking- Julia probably has a hypothesis about this! It gives me great comfort on my cookie journey!

LOL, I don't have a hypothesis on this one, other than that maybe as the icing dries, it dries faster along the top and edges so the coloring concentrates there. I don't think it's the wicking theory (into paper) though, only because you see this same thing on transfers done on other substrates less permeable than parchment paper, like acetate and silicone.

Fabulous! Wow!!!

@Evelindecora posted:

Fabulous! Wow!!!

Thank you so much Evelin!❤️

Simple and elegant

This is such a perfect entry for the challenge Lisa @LisaF!! The ribbed look for the base and the RI transfers used for the topiary look wonderful. You're always so creative in the ways you create cookie art. I always eagerly await your next projects my dear cookie friend ❤️❤️❤️ Hugs...

@Joanna Manuel posted:

Simple and elegant

Thank you so much dear Joanna!❤️

@Cookies Fantastique posted:

This is such a perfect entry for the challenge Lisa @LisaF!! The ribbed look for the base and the RI transfers used for the topiary look wonderful. You're always so creative in the ways you create cookie art. I always eagerly await your next projects my dear cookie friend ❤️❤️❤️ Hugs...

Thank you dear Carol for all of your encouraging words and support.  I really had fun with this challenge.  It took a bit for me to get my act together but I learned a lot!❤️😘

Amazing work! 💚

@Kanch J posted:

Amazing work! 💚

Thank you for your kindness my friend.❤️