Sky is the limit (in love)

Last month I bought 3 Alan Dunn's books, but after looking at all those gorgeous flowers I realized they weren't quite suitable for a beginner flower maker like me. So I started with some simple flowers and particularly wanted to try making grass. I've tucked stems in a dummy to let them dry and they looked quite good. It's fondant, gumpaste grass, birds are painted. There is also a heart cloud on the second top tier (barely visible in the photo). Sorry for the photo quality, it looks so great 'live' and so bad in this photo.

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Comments (22)

callmetiff 10/7/12 at 7:46pm

i am in love with this cake! gorgeous.

cccris 10/7/12 at 8:17pm

i'm in love :) is a wonderful cake!

bakedincakedout 10/7/12 at 9:33pm

Trust me it looks gorgeous even in the picture! well done

Panel7124 10/7/12 at 9:52pm

Thanks ladies, you are really kind! (This is probably my favourite one.)

rurra 10/7/12 at 11:34pm

Beautiful!!!!!!!!!

lovecake987 10/8/12 at 12:35am

fabulous!!!!

kisamarie 10/8/12 at 12:56am

This is so pretty!!! Could you explain your technique for the grass?

BurfordWife 10/8/12 at 3:05am

Oh so beautiful!

Godot 10/8/12 at 5:17am

Stunning.

Carien 10/8/12 at 6:44am

so...soo...sooooo beautiful! Flawless, love the colors (did you dust or paint or....?). Can't stop looking, love it :-)

amelialf 10/8/12 at 7:29am

Wonderful! Congratulations, Panel7124

Panel7124 10/8/12 at 9:06am

Thanks guys! All sky part is colored fondant (started with all blue on the top tier, mixed part of it with some white, kept half and mixed the other half with some white again, then rolled out all three together to get the cloud effect). It was a quick job. Beige on the bottom tier, birds and sun on the top tier are painted with diluted Wilton gel colors and Americolor Bright White.

Panel7124 10/8/12 at 9:06am

Grass are 3 different shades of green gumpaste, leaves made one by one as tiny sausages pressed in a silicone veiner. Spikes are small gumpaste balls blended on a flower wire and cut upside down with small pointed scissors. Dusted with Crystal Colors.