This cake is my inspiration for my mother's 50th birthday cake in June. (The top two layers anyway...). I have never done gum paste flowers before. I am familiar with a lot of the techniques but I was wondering what cutters and tools I will need to buy for the flowers on this cake.

Will the regular rose cutter be ok or is this an extra large size?

Do I need anything (like a veiner) for texture on the flower petals?

To get the edges crinkly, will I need a ball tool and some foam? Not really sure how they got the rose edges so nice and curled.

Also, the small white flowers look like hydrangeas to me and I love how simple they look. However, since I don't have any cutters currently, it would be really expensive for my to buy the entire hydrangea set of cutters as well as the rose cutters. Any suggestions for a different flower I could use that is just one cutter I could buy instead of the whole hydrangea set?

There are many ways to make roses.  I've tried a few.  This one is my favorite way and you don't need any special equipment. http://cakesdecor.com/LMCakeDesign/blog/560.  It is very easy and you can get a very thing petal.  This is how I made these 

As far as the hydrangeas, I have the Wilton cutters but don't like them at all.  

I would rather use cutters for the roses if I can, they seem to be much more efficient and I don't mind the cost since I know I will use them again.

I would like some tips on what other tools I will need. Is a ball tool helpful?

tabathaba you can buy a set of hydranger cutters that have a built in veiner on Ebay for about $3-$4.  They will come from China but are exactly the same as the more expensive ones that we can buy in Australia.  They make a nice hydranger..  That's what I used on this one.  You will need a ball tool for most flowers, to thin the edges and also for cupping. You will also need a petal pad to work on.  I recently bought a celpad and love it.  It is much better than the one I have been using for years.  What sort of rose cutters you buy will depend on how you want to assemble your roses, i.e. 5 petal cutter or single petal cutter.  Watch a few you tube videos and that will help you decide what is best for you.

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AThe cutter I use for roses are the tear drop shape...I have a set of 9, all different sizes. I use a viener and a ball tool for the edges. And use a foam cel bud as the center. Global sugar arts should have all that you need.

Thank you so much for all of the help! I've ordered some tools and I can't wait to get started practicing!

AOk, so my mom's birthday was this weekend. I had to do a little rescue because the cake slid on the way to the party but I was pleased with my first sugar flowers!

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Are those your first sugar flowers!?!? :O They look great! And the cake looks really nice as well! 

Yes, they look lovely!

Liz

I've never done sugar flowers! Your sugar flowers are awesome looking! You have given me inspiration to try to make some! So excited!

Beautiful!!!

I bet your mum was overjoyed.

Very pretty cake,! Beautiful roses! Congrats!!!

Great job, those are beautiful! The whole cake is just lovely! 

You should try sweet_cakes! I had a lot of fun and they were a little time consuming but not really that hard. Thanks again for all the help!

I will definitely give it a whirl...I'm thinking about trying out some fondant recipies instead of buying it...it's so expensive!

AYou need to add tylose powder or use gumpaste for these roses

AWonderful job! Your cake looks beautiful....ESPECIALLY your roses!