The cutters in the pix are most likely from www.sugarcraft.org, but it doesn't matter....I use several types and sizes...some metal, some plastic...they all work equally well...just use whatever you have. That's the only step by step I have, other than making and using the faux fondant smoother, which can be found at http://members.nuvox.net/~zt.proicer/message/saved/FauxFondantSmoother.htm Thanks again for the compliments!

said jsarnett 2008.02.28 at 18:29:06 PST

The former was one I learned to make from Rosemary Watson. You need VERY HEAVY foil, like an oven liner or disposable roasting pan. Take your largest rose petal, trace it onto the foil, adding 1/4 inch all around. Cut it out with scissors. To get the bent edges, I bend mine back over the corner of a hard backed book. You will need 5 to 6 per rose [I have enough to work on 6 roses at once] depending on how many petals you add to the last row. Hot glue the foil pieces onto a hard board. Next, cut the handle from a plastic spoon and hot glue it upside down onto the foil piece, about 1/4 inch from the point tip of the foil where you bent it. Dust the former lightly with cornstarch. You then cut petals, hold them by their edges and slip them in to the former, bending the edges back under the curled edges of the foil. Allow them to dry 10 - 15 minutes, so that they hold their shape, the add to your rose and dry upside down. You can make roses very fast and efficiently this way, and they come out consistently each time.

said jsarnett 2008.02.26 at 14:51:05 PST