Tangle Time With Mickey M-O-U-S-E

 Tangle time with Mickey. Hahaha!

Every time I say that - or think it -

I catch myself singing "M-O-U-S-E!"

Cause you can't say Mickey, 

without adding the rest of the line from the song.

At Downtown Disney (now Disney Springs) in Orlando,

you can purchase a 9" tall Mickey vinylmation. 

 He is solid white, his arms and head move

(which makes tangling a whole other experience.)

He is just waiting for you to add some

type of artwork.

 Of course that was an opportunity for me

to pull out the Dylusions Paints

and get started. 

This paint is great! If you haven't tried it yet - 

you should!

Here is a link to a product review I did a while back.

Ironically, I was at Disney World when I made

the product review!

The primary thing you need to remember is -

this paint dries really fast!

Like lightning fast!

So don't drag your feet or you will get left behind.

Work with a purpose.

 Then I moved on to the Dylusions Ink Sprays - 

my choice of color product.

Normally I would work with water when using these sprays.

This time I just sprayed color starting at the top,

and letting it run down wherever it wanted to go. 

Important note about these sprays -

they are water reactive.

Which means the color will start moving when wet -

even though they were dry and immovable before.

For instance, when I held this guy around the belly to tangle on his head,

then stopped and sat him down,

I noticed my holding hand was pink and blue.

Mickey still had plenty of color and I did not need to touch up anything,

but I did need to go wash my hands.

 Once I had as much color as I wanted on my Mickey,

I started tangling.

I figured a good plan would be to start at the top

and work my way down.

So I started with his ears and a Sharpie Fine Point.

 I outlined a few places that I wanted to keep separate

and just started with some fun patterns!

 I found tangling on this guy hard to do.

His parts kept moving and I had to figure out

how to immobilize him while I worked.

But I was really happy with the results I was getting. 

 I found great joy in giving Mickey a couple tattoos!

Hahaha! Wonder what Minnie would think about those!

Because this was so difficult to hold steady to work on,

I focused primarily on the head

while gripping an ear in my hand.

Hahahaha!

And at this point, I stopped working on Mickey for a while.

I showed him to my son who informed me you could

actually take this guy apart to make

tangling on him easier.

Apparently you can remove the head and arms.

Seriously????????

 Eventually I came back and did some more work on Mickey.

I have been told that the printemps are my signature tangle.

I guess they are probably right.

It is the first tangle I usually latch on to,

and for Mickey's black pants I thought

printemps would work pretty well!

 I even added more work to the head.

This little guy was so much fun! Even though he was a bit of a challenge. Silly Mickey! I am going to be in Orlando for a couple days this week and I am thinking about picking up another one of these. I wonder what I can do to Mickey this time.
Ready? M-I-C See you around! K-E-Y Why? Because we love you! M-O-U-S-E!!! (You're welcome!)

Once Upon a Phicops Mickey

Another tangle from Walt Disney World.

Once upon a time, a little girl made her first visit

to the Magic Kingdom at Walt Disney World.

The little girl jumped and skipped her way through the park,

stopping here and there to ooh and ahhhh.

Characters were cool and required photos and autographs.

Attractions were awesome but required long waits in line,

in the sweltering heat,

and let's face it - not all of them appealed to the little girl.

Then she rounded a corner and came upon the Mad Hatter's Tea Party.

A swirling, whirling dervish of happiness in the 

form of crazy tea cups.

Overseen by a little mouse that popped out of the tea pot

as the little girl whirled and spun and spun like crazy.

Spinning as fast as her little arms could turn the wheel. 

And a tradition was born.

(Borrowed from a Google search.) As I sat in my hotel room to draw, I thought about that little girl. Missing her immensely as she nows lives out west, making awesome pastries, cakes, and pies for a living. I thought about her favorite ride and knew I wanted to draw it next. Phicops immediately came to mind. Phicops made an awesome representation of tea cups. Add a little Mickey and it's all good.
Now if that little girl would just come for a visit, I would totally take her to Orlando to visit the Mad Hatter's Tea Party once again.

Diva Challenge #95

This week's Diva Challenge is guest-hosted by Courtney Frantz. Looking forward to the anniversary of Disney cartoon "Steamboat Willie," Courtney asked us to pay tribute to either Mickey, Minnie, or the man himself - Walter Elias Disney.

Several years ago I had an online scrapbook shop called Scrap Attack. I sold a lot of hand-made Disney paperbag scrapbook albums and a ton of paper pieced Disney characters and paraphernalia.

At our house, we are all about the Mouse! So this challenge wasn't really a challenge at all for me. It was a celebration of Mickey! I chose a variation of Enyshou and it just sort of took off from there! Thanks for the fun challenge, Courtney! You can check out all the wonderful pieces of Disney art on the Diva's page, and perhaps add one of your own!