Showing posts with label scuba. Show all posts
Showing posts with label scuba. Show all posts
Cookie and Mixbook Giveaway!
Have you enjoyed the scuba decorated cookies series this week? I hope I've inspired you and have been able to teach you a new trick or two. I'm so excited to give these to my dad for Father's Day! Every year I gift him a special set of cookies and a photo book. I take so many photos and love to share them on social media, but I rarely print them out. My Dad knows each year I will gift him a book that has all our family photos from the past year.
A few months ago my scuba loving dad traveled to Fiji for an amazing diving adventure - sunken ships and beautiful sea life. I know he had an amazing time and was so excited to share that with my children with his photos. I knew that creating a photobook of his adventure would be the perfect gift for this Father's Day!
I met Mixbooks at the SNAP convention back in April and have really wanted to collaborate with them. I saw their high level of quality that had been missing in books I've ordered from other companies. The printed color is true and gorgeous clarity!
And now you can win too! Mixbook and I are sponsoring a giveaway below for $50 credit for any of their amazing products and dozen of my cookies in the theme of your choice. You can create a photo book for dad, a calendar of your kids or get started on holiday cards! I know you will love working with them and be thrilled with the quality.
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Scuba Decorated Cookies - Part Two
Today I'm diving into the softer palette of the ocean in my scuba themed decorated cookies. When I think of the ocean and beach, I think of soft sand and searching for shells. The color palette is muted tans and palest blues. This color palette and imagery is so calming, isn't it? You can almost hear the waves crashing. And there is something so beautiful about a starfish.
This sweet guy could be perfect in bright hues for Little Mermaid or Finding Dory themed cookies too. Want to learn how to make these pale beauties?
Materials
- starfish cookie (I've had mine forever and not sure where it's from, but they are common)
- flood icing in: white and sandy (Americolor ivory and a touch of warm brown)
- Petal crafts color dust in Palette B - I think this is the cyprus color. The chart is crazy!
- food only paintbrush
Directions
- Flood the cookies in sandy icing and allow to dry 8-10 hours or sit in the dehydrator for 10 minutes at 90 degrees. Need a good royal icing recipe, click over here!
- When the cookies have completely set, you will darken the perimeter of the cookie with petal dust in the cypress shade. This is a dry brush technique - though if you want it to be darker, you can dip your brush into vodka or clear vanilla.
- Using the white flood, add a few medium sized dots in the center of the starfish. You can be sporadic like me or choose a fancy design.
- Fill in the rest of the starfish with smaller sized dots in the sandy flood icing.
And that's it - gorgeous soft beach themed cookies. Have any questions, let me know! Want to see those shells created? Jump on over to my Instagram page.
Come back tomorrow more the whole Scuba Dad cookie set!
XO,
Jenny
Scuba Decorated Cookies - Part One
Father's Day is around the corner and it's a big deal here for my husband and dad. I love to make them decorated cookies and customized gifts. My kids love to create things for them as well. It's so important to let the people that love and protect you, know just how much you appreciate and love them.
Many of my cookie friends are starting to reveal their Father's Day sets. I love all of the barbecues, ties and golf. But my dad is a master scuba diver now and that's pretty cool! I love that all my life he's shown me that education is its own reward. He recently traveled to Fiji with several scuba friends for an amazing week of dives. I thought it would be perfect this year to create cookies of a scuba nature.
Now unfortunately I don't always plan in advance and I didn't have time to purchase scuba stencils. I could have done a royal icing transfer, but I thought this would be a great time to show you how easy it is to create your own stencil!
Materials
- images in the size you want to cut
- dura-lar in .005 thickness
- stencil cutter - I found mine at Hobby Lobby
Since I like to use a Stencil Genie when I airbrush, the first step for me is to frame my genie around the image and material. This way I will know the image will be centered and easier to place on my cookie.
For my stencil cutting setup, you have to create a sandwich in this order: image to copy, transparent cutting mat and then the stencil material. You will be able to see the image clearly and the mat is not slippery, so it doesn't move around.
And then cut! It's really easy, isn't it? There is the slightest smell, so I open a window right by where I am cutting. You could also easily take this project outside to cut. The tip on my cutter is only active when I activate two buttons and cools quickly!
And you are done! Just pop out the positive image and your are good to go. You can use the stencil for airbrushing or icing spreads. These stencils will be more effective with images that are not too detailed.
Want to see the airbrushing stencil in action and done only with one hand? Come join me on SnapChat! I walk you through the steps and if I can do it holding my phone, you can do it too! Search for "sweetjennybelle" and add me, I'll add you too!
Did you like those starfish? I'll post the step by step tutorial tomorrow or join me on Facebook and you can watch my tutorial video!
Are you looking for a royal icing recipe for your cookies? Click on over here!
Thanks for joining me and come back tomorrow for more scuba fun!
XO,
Jenny
(There are affiliate links on my blog. What does that mean? It means I am paid a small percent when you make a purchase. The purchase does not cost you extra. It helps support my business and the ability to more cookie cutters. And we all benefit from that.)
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