Christmas in July (Guest Designer)

Hi Everyone!

I am one of the guest designers this week for the Christmas in July week going on at http://crossmyheartpapercrafts.blogspot.com/. There are wonderful designers throughout each day all week.

I was to make a treat using the Cricut Cake for my Christmas in July project. Using the Cricut Cake was no problem...trying to think of an idea for Christmas...harder. :) I have been trying to figure out what I wanted to do for weeks.. A few days ago I saw a Disney ad in a magazine and thought of Mickey Mouse. When I was little and lived in Florida I remember going to Disney World  when it was all decorated for Christmas, it was ALWAYS so BEAUTIFUL... Disney never does anything small. One of the things I remember other than all the decorations and rides, was getting a Mickey Mouse Ice Cream Bar. I just recently bought some of the Cricut Cake Dark Brown frosting sheets and thought that would work perfect for my project. I have heard people have had a difficult time using the frosting sheets, but they cut out PERFECTLY! I love them! So much easier and faster than color and rolling out the fondant. I wanted to make them into Mickey Mouse Cookies on a ice cream stick of course :) Then I added a Santa hat to go with the theme! These could be used for any holiday and just change out the hat.
I made the cookie dough using Betty Crocker cookie mix in a pouch. I added a little bit more flour as it works better in the Cricut when I do so. After I rolled out the dough onto the mat, I put it in the freezer for 20 minutes. I then let it sit for a few minutes and then started cutting the Mickey Mouse head and Santa hat. I cut out two of the Mickey heads so I could make the cookie thicker. I laid out one Mickey head on the cookie sheet, put the ice cream bar stick on top and then laid the other Mickey head on top of that and pressed the top down a little. I put them in the oven until they were light brown on the edges. Once cool I frosted the Mickey Mouse head with Butter cream frosting and then I cut the Mickey Mouse head out with the Dark Brown Frosting sheet (I put shortening on the mat to make the frosting sheet stick to it), and laid it on top. I then used some red icing to ice part of the Santa hat and used the white butter cream to frost the rest so it looks like fur. I then put some icing on the back of the Santa hat and put it on top of the Mickey Head.
Here is the finished cookie.....

Supplies:
Cricut Cake
Gypsy
Betty Crocker Cookie Dough
Ice Cream Bar Stick
Dark Brown Frosting Sheet (Cricut)
Shortening
White and Red frosting

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