Coordinating Borders with the Cake Design
Gum Paste & Rolled Fondant Borders
by Diane Shavkin NY
Layout & Editing by Diane Shavkin
Pictures by Steve Shavkin NY

 

 

The plaque on the left can be used right on the cake.  The side design on the cake to the right can also be used on a cake with any baby theme such as a cake that would have the pictured plaque.  The border is designed to coordinate with the blanket pictured on the plaque and on the cake.
Make a coil (3/4 the circumference of the cake) of gum paste that has rolled fondant worked into it.  Place a textured, rubber mat on the coil and your roller on the mat and roll out the gum paste to make it longer and wider.  The end result, should be the circumference of the cake.  Cut the flattened coil to an even width.  Make the ruffle using a foot tool.  Use a needle-like, pointed tool to make the stitches around the inner edge of the ruffle (not the outer edge).  Place the blanket border with ruffle on your cake board that has been covered with white foil; and at the edge where the blanket border touches the bottom of the rolled fondant covered cake, place the tip of the foot tool and press downward so that the edge comes close to the bottom of the cake and fits secure all around the cake.  Cut the ends of the blanket and fit them together.  (This should be the front of your cake.)  8.  Use the Klay Gun and make the strip that will be place upright at the bottom of the cake (see picture, above).  Use a flat edged tool and make the ridges as shown in the picture, above.  Glue in place on the cake.  Add the bow where the ends of the blanket ruffle meet to cover nicely the "cut" between the ends.

Note:  The tools to make the "Popup Flowers" on the plaque are K20, K21& A3R.


 

 

Several border designs are shown in the snowmen scene picture so that there are several borders to choice from when decorating. Normally, only one border design would be chosen.  The snowmen are made using Diane's puffed embroidery technique. The stars and snowflakes are created using impression tools.
Picture 1:  Use the square plunger cutter and cut out gp squares.  Turn to make a diamond shape.  Make an light indentation in the center from left to right.  Cut out stars using the star plunger cutter.  Glue into place as shown in picture 1.
Picture 2:  Use a leaf plunger cutter and cut out leaves.  Make an indentation down the center of the leaf from point to back of the leaf.  Use a manicure scissors to make the "needles" of the evergreen leaves.  Glue into place working from right to left.  Make berries and glue into place.
Picture 3:  Use a holly cutter or mini holly cookie cutter and cut out holly leaves.  Make indentations in the leaves.  Glue in place working from left to right.  Make berries and glue in place.
Picture 4:  Cut out square gp pieces.  Turn to make a diamond.  Make a ruffle at the point of one of the diamond points and work from left to right of the point to complete the ruffle.
Picture 5:  Use the triangle plunger cutter and cut out triangles.  Make the ruffle at the straight edge of the triangle.  Glue into place working from right to left.


 

 
The base of the upright "centerpiece" is made from one of the reversible crinkle cutters in a set of about 8 (One side of the cutter is crinkle and the other side is smooth). 

The ruffle is made from the "foot" (A3N or A3R) tool.  The A3N has a long needle-like point and the A3R has a blunt point.  Either point can be used for making "stitches".


 

The ghosts are made with cookie cutters.  The ghosts on the plaque is Diane's Puffed Embroidery Technique.  For the oak leaf  border, cut out leaves using the mini oak leaf cookie cutter.  Make indentations in the leaves for the veins.  Tint with petal dusts of orange, brown, yellow and green.  Smooth the edges of the leaves, shape the leaves and glue into place as shown in the pictures, above, or at the bottom of a rolled fondant covered cake.


 

 

A coil is made using the klay Gun.   After the gum paste has been pushed out of the klay gun through one of the disks, it is twisted and glued into place.

The hearts are made using Diane's puffed embroidery technique. The designs in-between the hearts are created using impression tools.

Note:  The hearts are made from one cutter that has several heart cutouts to create the design.


 
 
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