by
Alan
Tetreault
Begin by covering a 9x9x4
inch square cake with white Satin Ice Fondant. Next, cover a 13x13 square cake drum
with pale green fondant and roll with a Watermark Taffeta Roller
by Holly Products to create texture.
Place the cake on the
board.
Using white Mexican Paste, cut out 28-30 stacked
cupcakes from the Teddy
Bear Picnic set by Patchwork Cutters.
Allow to dry thoroughly on a CelPad. The sponge pad allows air to circulate
and the paste will not stick to it. When dry, paint the base of each cupcake
with Canary
Yellow petal dust that has been thinned with a little Everclear or other
spirit. The cherries on each
cupcake where brushed with Cosmos
petal dust that was thinned with Everclear. Thin some Snow Sparkle dust or
White Disco
Dust with Everclear and paint the top of each cupcake to make the
effect of a glittering icing top. Finally, paint the base plate of each set of
cupcakes with Cocoa
petal dust & Everclear. Set
of aside to dry.
Choose the colors of your
bears. I used golden yellow, green
and fuchsia. Color your Mexican paste accordingly and cut out several bears
(extras in case of breakage). When
the bears have dried, cut out a second set of bears the same color as the
original bears. Brush the back of
each dried bear with water and add a second bear so that each has two
layers. Slide a toothpick in
between the layers and seal all around it very well. Gently squeeze the edges together to
form a solid seam. Allow to dry
thoroughly. When dried, color them with petal dusts and attach a bow on
each.
The honey pots, sandwiches,
fruit bowl, blue bows, cake, mole and teapot set were all cut from Mexican paste
and dried. A second layer was added
to each item as well as a toothpick so they could be inserted in the cake. The teapot set was brushed with Super Pearl dust and
outlined with Gold
Highlighter thinned with Everclear.
All the others were colored with appropriate colors of petal dusts. I chose to have the mole coming
out from under the quilt to steal a cupcake.
Using the Patchwork Cutters
Butterflies-Ladybugs
& Bees Set, cut out several medium sized butterflies out of white
Mexican Paste and dry upside down on a fan-folded piece of paper. I always attach as small strip of paste
to the back of the butterflies so they do not break as easily. When dry, brush them with Magenta,
Yellow or
Turquoise
petal or luster dust. You
can paint the bodies with a darker color if you wish. Brush the finished butterflies with
White Disco dust or Snow sparkle.
The twisted rope border was
made using a Sugarcraft
Gun and a 50/50 mixture of gumpaste & fondant. I used pink, teal and yellow for the
rope. Using the smaller 3 lobbed disc, squeeze out each color and set aside
(covered with plastic) until you have all three colors extruded. Cut a 4-5 inch length of each color and
gently twist them together. Attach
to the cake with a little water.
Finish with a blue bow.
Roll out a long sausage of
teal colored fondant and attached it to the base of the cake with a little
water. Attach the finished cupcake
stacks with water so they stand up.
Roll out a light green
piece of fondant and emboss it with the Patchwork Cutters Quilting
Embosser. Cut out the quilt a
little larger than the embossed section.
Emboss the edges with the smallest butterfly or bee from the butterfly
set and snip the ends to resemble a hand-tied quilt. Lightly color the gathers
of the quilt with small dots of yellow, turquoise and pink petal dust. Brush over the whole quilt with Super
Pearl dust to finish.
Lay the quilt on the cake
and attach with a little water.
Gently push the bears in as well as the honey pots, tea set, cake,
sandwiches & fruit bowl.
Attached the finished butterflies with a dot of royal
icing.