I hope you all can understand this, and I appreciate any help anyone can offer.

I seen a border that looks like a shell border with a larger tip, I believe, and then there's a strip diagonally over it in another color. Does anyone know exactly how to do this....I kinda remember from the pic, but I wish I had that pic now....wish I could remember where I saw it.


Anyone?? THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am interested to see if any shows a pic of it to see what you are talking about... always looking for different borders to try out.

Do you mean a rope border with alternating colors?

http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&meta=search&search=rope%20border&cat=0&pos=34&search=rope%20border

ooooo i like that!

Thanks, chrisj, but unfortunately that's not it...this is just a bc border.

..maybe it was a squiggly line that was diagonally over the shell?!?! hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm.....

Shells, squiggely lines attached photo...

http://www.cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&meta=lastup&cat=0&pos=-35196

Do you remember what the cake's theme was? Or how long ago you saw it?

Similar to this one....but I've seen it done with a tip 2 or 3 maybe.....I was just wondering if there were any certain way it had to be done or if you could do a lot of "playing" with it.

Oh well, here's kinda like what I was talking about....this came out of a wilton yearbook.

Thanks for all of your help, chrisj!!

Are you talking about a "flute"? you use the 104 rose tip. Put the wide part in between the shells, & pipe a fllute. I use this all the time.

I've seen "confetti" cakes done in bakeries where they pipe squiggely lines over shells to resemble confetti strings. I also found several here at CC

http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&meta=search&search=confetti&cat=0&pos=40&search=confetti

Doesn't look very difficult. Sorry couldn't help much.

The one out of the year book just looks like a tip #32 and then maybe a #16 or smaller rick rack design over each shell in alternating colors!

I'd love to see a pic of what you are talking about if you ever find it!


Amy

yeah the one in the yearbook photo........that's exactlly what it is......just a star tip a smaller one and you pipe the squiggly line over top of the shells....kinda like how they teach you to make clouds in the class