Hi there! I had asked for some help with my first gumpaste attempts, and I took everyone's advice and finally think I got the hang of it. Here are two pictures...one is of a rose spray with stephanotis, and the other is a gumpaste diamond ring. The hanging the flowers upside down worked wonders. I was making the leaves too heavy before, and that is why the roses were drooping. It took literally hours to do this little bouquet, but I was thrilled to see how it worked out! Thanks again, cake central members...you guys are awesome!! Ellen
I saw your cake...it's beautiful! You should enter it in the Wilton cake contest. Your gumpaste spray looks lovely! I used gumpaste for the first time last week to make some miscellaneous items but now I'm going to try to make some flowers. Wish me luck! And again...great job!
Thank-you so much!! Best of luck on the gumpaste flowers! I know that people here are willing to help if you need them. Promise to post pics!!
Your rose spray and ring are lovely.
I brought the gum paste mix and the gum paste cutter set Friday...can't wait to try it out.
Beautiful. You did a great job. I tried a few gumpaste flowers and didn't have the patience. Will have to give it another try, maybe some of the bigger flowers.
Your flowers and ring look lovely. The best tip I can give anyone using gumpaste is to roll it as thin as you can. This gives a realistic look to the flowers
So glad that it worked out for you!! You did a great job, very pretty! Made me feel a little closer to getting my stuff out and giving it a try!!
By all means!! Get out your stuff and try!! I did not give up on my first batch of roses. I had made 15 of them, and I had to pitch every last one because they were sliding off the toothpick and "melty" looking. I got help on this forum from other members, and then I followed the wilton gumpaste instructions, and I was pretty happy with the results. I tried the stephanotis first....they were really easy!! After those came out ok, I got my confidence back to try the roses, and they turned out! It's not as hard as it looks, just time consuming.
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