Has anyone ever used 2 different borders on the same cake? (ie, rope & shell).

Totally!!
Michelle

Does it look okay? I am making a cake right now, but dont know if I should mix borders or not.

Yes. what are you thinking of doing??? what shape cake are you making??
Michelle

i love the reverse shells on the top border and use the regular shells on the bottom. Reverse shells are a little difficult on the bottom border!! I do this often on my cakes. i think i have some pics of it in my pics if you want to look! good luck choosing a design!

Its a 1 layer 1/2 sheet cake with a 1 layer 8 in round centered on top. On the 8 in round is a US Army edible image and I rope bordered the 8 in round top and bottom. Now I am deciding whether I should rope boarder the sheet cake portion too or use a shell boarder. Any suggestions.

rope would be masculine. and fit the military theme. I would do a couple of shells. If it doesn't look good. wipe it away. and do the rope.
check out this cake could be nice for your top border???http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=coppermine&file=displayimage&meta=search&type=full&cat=0&pos=14
Michelle

I can't remember where I saw this...probably here...but they had a cake similar to yours as far as the sheet cake with a smaller round cake on top. They did a reverse shell border on all of the edges of both cakes....then at the center of the swirl part of the reverse shells they added a little dot of frosting in a contrasting color that matched their color theme on the cake. Did that make sense??!! lol It's late! Anyway - it looked so great...really finished off those reverse shells nicely & dressed it up a bit. You could do the reverse shells on the bottom cake in the yellow-gold color & then a tiny dot of black on the swirl part of it. You could even then go back and add some black accents to the rope border on the top cake so the two borders coordinate well with each other even though they're different styles.

I should have mentioed that cake wan't mine I searched it. I thought it may help. I can't take credit for that beauty
Michelle

When I cut & pasted the link it said "searchstring is empty"...what cake is it? I'm curious now!!! hehehe

I searhed military. 5th row 3rd cake
Michelle

I just posted the cake I just finished (1:31 am). I also decided on what borders to use. Please tell me if it looks okay.

JOB well done!!! Looks faulous. Now you can go to bed
Michelle

One last question before I head off to sleep. Is the spelling correct on Congrats.? I believe that it is, but my mind right now is playing tricks on me since I am sleepy.

you get an A+ in spelling
Michelle

Wow, the cake is perfect and so is the spelling. It looks really dramatic with the two borders and the contrasting colours. I love it!
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Thanks a bunch for everyones help. I am heading off to sleep. Goodnight all!

Splendid job...your combination of borders blends together really well.

It turned out sooo beautifuly!! Great work! I really like how the combination of border styles compliments each other very well...and the splash of blue is perfect! Sorry I mentioned all that stuff about the gold & black in my earlier comment! I just always think of gold & black for the Army, I guess...lol. It's really pretty!

I often do two different style borders on my cakes! Yours turned out terrific!!