After seeing the stenciling on the cake challenge, I tried it on a practice bit of frosting spread on a board. Here is a little more on a fondant covered dummy. This is what I learned...

Don't load it on! A little goes a long way and if you have too much on the stencil, it will glob up.

Scrape it till it is almost all off. I might try putting it on with a sponge next time.

You can use scotch tape on fondant to hold the stencil.

If you goof it up, you can always cover it with a vine and roses

Cake dummies are a bit of a challenge.

Other than that...it's lots of fun!

That looks so beautiful. I gotta try this. Thanks for the tips

wow!

stencil hunt'n time!

That is beautiful! I have to go looking for stencils. Do you use buttercream or royal?

That is SO pretty PennySue! I love the colors you practiced with too! You know, you can also sponge onto stencils with food paste colors too. You don't get the raised 3-D effect like this but it's pretty. Heck! You could do a combo of both!

Tiggy, I use buttercream normally but royal would work too.
have fun stenciling all!!
elly
=o)

WoW that is neat thanks for sharing. I like your border too!

Thanks! I used royal icing for all of the decorating. The roses were tough, I made them on a toothpick. I'll try the stencil with just the color next time. I wonder if it was a little thinner, the royal would work better. Lots of things to try!

That's beautiful!! I'm gonna' have to try it!

This plaque was stenciled using royal on gum paste. The stencil was an embossing stencil, the really thin kind for scrapbooking. I used a thin coat of royal and after it dried, I painted it with a very small brush and luster dust with lemon extract. To do the embossing, I put the royal on with an offset spatula and quickly pulled the stencil up evenly by two corners.

I love the results of this technique, too. It's obviously easier on a flat surface that's applied later.

Rae

Rae, That is so pretty. It would be easier to do it on a flat surface and then apply later! Beautiful!

I also love the bottom border you did!

What part is the stenciling you all are talking about?
Is it the part under the rose vines?

Is this the technique where you lay like a plastic stencil around the cake and spread the icing on?

Has anyone found some good stencils?

Thanks for any info.

Yes, the stencil part is the lighter green design under the vines and flowers. It was a plastic sheet of laser cut stencils. I had to do it a little at a time. There are some good ones at Michaels and some good one's that can be found online.

PennySue-
I am in awe! You are truly a cake goddess!
I better get to practicing.

I can't wait to try it!!! Yours is awesome

Pennysue, I can not believe how GEORGOUS your cake is. I was thinking about going out & stencil hunting right after the show. I think I am going to goto AC Moore with my 40% off coupon tonight!

Thank you again for sharing your experience with us.

Happy Cake Decorating.

Pennysue was your base buttercream?

Beautiful! Thanks for posting your results. At least stencils don't take up too much space - I'm running out of storage room

You guys are sooo awesome! Thank you for the kind words! The base was fondant. The rest was royal icing, something that I'm not too used to using. Here is just another little shot of another stencil I just did. I painted some pretty stiff royal icing instead of using a spatula. Worked pretty well I think. I like the texture with out the bulk.

PennySue.

Do you think that buttercream could be used, on fondant, instead of royal Icing? If not why?

Thank in advance,

Monica

Pennysue that really is beautiful so you attatched the stencil to the cake and painted it in/ I tried running along with a spatula but it ran somewhat see my elvis photo the musical notes so I am very apprehensive about stencils now...

Stenciling is so pretty with so little effort..And it makes it look like
you were up all night decorating a cake. It's very elegant, beautriful and uncommon.. Costco and Walmart would never do that !!

Thanks for sharing PennySue..it's very beautiful

I think that BCF would work on fondant. Just be sure that there are no air bubbles in the frosting or the fondant.

Be sure that the base frosting (if it is BCF) is really hard before using a stencil, use a really light touch and refridgerate it in between moving the stencil. My first stencil was on BCF. It wasn't hard to do.

PennySue,
I turned out so great! Looks like my stenciling days are just beginning!

Great!! Do you have a pic?

LeeAnn-
That elvis cake is awesome! I cant see where the musical notes ran..?
It hardly even looks real it is so smooth. So you used a stencil for that? I remember that cake when it was posted and I assumed it was an edible image or something. Great work

that is an beautiful cake !! i have one question was it buttercream or royal frosting?

those are sooo pretty! great job I can't wait to give it a try

I went to AC moore today & bought 2 stencils. I am going to try them. I will post pics when I do. It will be 1 or 2 weeks .