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Lovelace Rose Sugar Rose Workshop

August 4, 2020 Leave a Comment

Today I am sharing some details about my new FREE Lovelace Rose Sugar Rose Workshop

A FREE step by step video workshop on how to use petal dusts to Raise the Level of Artistry in your Sugar Roses

In this Workshop, you’ll learn :

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How to transform your sugar roses using petal dusts
making the shift from creating standard sugar roses that look like everyone else’s,
to creating artistic sugar roses that will really stand out.

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Step by Step
how to use petal dusts to colour a Lovelace sugar rose

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Tips and techniques
to transform the way you use petal dusts to colour your sugar flowers

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The little-known secret of how to clean your brushes as you work
so you’ll never need more than 3 brushes to dust your roses

Here’s a little sneak peek…

I’d love to invite you to my new FREE Lovelace rose workshop, A step by step video workshop on how to use petal dusts to Raise the Level of Artistry in your Sugar Roses.

I’ll also be telling you more about my brand new online sugar flower course Sugar Rose Artistry

Choose the time that works best for you here and please share with any of your friends that you think would love this.

I can’t wait to see you there!

How to mix the Perfect shade of Dusky Pink for Sugar Flowers

July 28, 2020 Leave a Comment

Today I’m sharing my new guide- ‘How to mix the Perfect shade of Dusky Pink for Sugar Flowers’.

Dusky pink is the most requested colour by my brides, when I’m making their wedding cakes, so I have made a lots of different shades of dusky pink over the years.

I use food colouring gels to colour my flower paste when making sugar flowers. By mixing different gel colours together you can make so many different shades!

Here is a little look a dusky pink memory lane sugar rose I have been working on. I coloured the flower paste dusky pink before adding petal dusts to create the finished rose.

In my free guide I’m going show you how to:

? use colour theory to help guide you when mixing colours for sugar flowers

? mix neutral colours with pink to create a variety of dusky pink colours.

? mix the exact dusky pink colour I use as a base for my Lovelace sugar roses

You can download your free copy here

How to mix the Perfect shade of Dusky Pink for Sugar Flowers

There are a few different ways to mix the perfect dusky pink. We’re going to explore the colours that we can create when we mix neutral colours with pink. Download your copy now to see all the different colours that you can easily create for your flower paste.

Keep an eye out for next weeks blog post. I am going to opening enrolment for my brand new FREE Online Lovelace Sugar Rose Workshop!

Sugar Craft Dusts Explained

June 24, 2020 Leave a Comment

Sugar Craft Dusts Explained

Do you know your petal dust from your blossom tint? What exactly is the difference between pearl dust and lustre dust? Is glitter dust edible?

I’m breaking it all down here today, so you’ll know exactly which dust to use on sugar flowers, which dust will give you a metallic finish for edible jewellery and which dust you can use to paint a light- catching shimmer onto your cakes. In my ‘petal dusts explained’ guide

So let’s take a look at all those different types of sugar craft dusts and how they can be used in my ‘sugar craft dusts explained’ guide….

Petal Dust (also know as Blossom Tint)

Petal dust has a matte finish and is used to decorate sugar flowers. You can apply petal dusts with a dry brush for natural looking detail or you can mix with Rejuvenator Fluid to make an edible liquid paint. You can mix petal dust with white to create lighter shades. and mix with other petal dusts to create a wide range of shades.

Pearl dust

Pearl dust gives a sparkly, pearlescent finish with just a hint of colour. Pearl dust can be mixed with petal dust to create a shimmer. You can mix it with Rejuvenator Fluid to make a sugarcraft paint or use it dry.

Lustre Dust (also know as Luster Dust)

Lustre dust comes in a variety of subtle colours and produces a beautiful and light catching lustre effect and a shine. You can mix it with white lustre dust for paler shades and mix with Rejuvenator Fluid to produce an edible liquid paint that you can brush directly on to icing.

Highlighter Dust

Highlighter dust gives a high-sheen, metallic finish. Highlighter Dusts are available in several different metallic colours and shades, some of which also offer a sparkle finish. Highlighter Dusts can be dry brushed directly on to your decorations or mixed with rejuvenator spirit to form a paint.

Sparkle Dust (also know as Glitter Dust)

Sparkle dust produces a metallic glitter sparkle. The sparkly grains are larger than the finer powders of the pearl and lustre dusts. You can mix it with Rejuvenator Fluid to make a sugarcraft paint or use it dry. It can be used on sugar flowers that require a sparkly finish to the petals.

Disco Dust (also know as Decorating Glitter)

Disco dust has the largest grains of all the dusts. The grains are about the size of pieces of glitter. Disco dust is not a subtle sparkle, it has a highly glittery finish. Be careful to look at labels on disco dusts and glitters to determine whether they are edible or classed as non-edble, non-toxic food contact glitters, in which case they should not be used directly on decorations intended to for consumption.

Keep a look out for my guide to organising your petal dusts which will be coming to the blog very soon. I’m going to show you how to organise your dusts into categories so that you always have all the colours you need at hand, when creating your sugar flowers. You can sign up to our newsletter here be the first to hear when new posts go live. Also you can check out my wax flower tutorial here, to see some petal dusts in action.

Christmas Cake Idea- A Birdcage Cake Tutorial

December 18, 2019 Leave a Comment

In this tutorial I will be showing you how to make this birdcage Christmas cake, with a cute little robin, poinsettia flowers and Christmas roses. It is a really lovely Christmas cake idea, which is simple yet really effective. It would look beautiful as part of a Christmas celebration or even a Christmas wedding.

Christmas Cake Idea- A Birdcage Cake Tutorial

You will need

-A 6” round fruit cake
-6” semi sphere fruit cake
-8” iced cake drum
-Red, white, green and brown gum paste -Petunia cutter and veiner set (Petal craft) -Paintbrush
-Edible glue
-Small piping bag and nozzle
-Royal icing
-Circle cutter
-Holly plunge cutter and veiner
-Small blossom plunge cutter
-Foam flower former
-Beadmaker
-Sharp kinife
-Rose silicone mould
-gold edible paint
-gold dragees
-yellow nonpareils
-Rose leaf plunge cutter and veiner -Robin silicone mould
-Red orange and black edible food colouring dusts -gold sparkle edible shimmer dust

Preparation

Cover each of the cakes with marzipan and white sugarpaste. Stack the cakes on an 8” iced cake drum.

Birdcage Cake Tutorial — Roll out a thin sausage shape of gum paste and insert into the bead maker mould. Close the bead maker, pressing firmly.

I hope you enjoyed this Christmas Cake Idea- A Birdcage Cake Tutorial. Check out some more of our tutorials below.

P.S I love seeing the cakes that you’re making, so if you use one of my tutorials please tag @sugarruffles in your Instagram photos and stories so I can take a look!

Wisteria Sugar Flower Tutorial

November 12, 2019 Leave a Comment

Today I am sharing one of my most popular tutorials. My wisteria sugar flower tutorial. Click on the link above to download your free copy now!

Are you looking for a new flower to add to your sugar flower skill set?

With my wisteria sugar flower tutorial you will learn something new and different that you can add to your sugar flower and wedding cake portfolio.

In this step by step tutorial you will learn how to create beautiful wisteria sugar flowers and how to use petal dusts to give a life-like look to your wisteria.

You will also learn how to create a lustre effect on your cake and use a mould to create pretty floral swags.

Hanging flowers are a huge trend for weddings and wisteria adds a really elegant touch to a wedding cake.

Save this tutorial for later and pin it to Pinterest.

More Wedding cake and sugar flower tutorials

Watercolour wedding cake tutorial

Wisteria wedding cake tutorial

Autumn wedding cake tutorial

Please let me know in the comments below any tutorials you would love to see on the Sugar Ruffles blog. I’d love to hear from you.

P.S I love seeing the cakes that you’re making, so if you use one of my tutorials please tag @sugarruffles in your Instagram photos and stories so I can take a look!

How to make your own jewel cake decorating mould

November 5, 2019 Leave a Comment

Did you notice the pretty edible jewels on the wedding cake that I shared last week in my Sugar Sequin Tutorial? Well this week I am sharing exactly how I made them, and the best part is that they are made with white modelling chocolate so they are really delicious as well as looking pretty. I am going to take you through step by step, including how to make your own jewel cake decorating mould.

How to make your own jewel cake decorating mould

You will need:

–Silicone Plastique Putty Mould Making Kit

–Small jewels

–White modelling chocolate

–Snowflake lustre dust

How to make your own jewel cake decorating mould — Begin by measuring out equal parts of the blue and white silicone plastique clay.

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P.S I love seeing the cakes that you’re making, so if you use one of my tutorials please tag @sugarruffles in your Instagram photos and stories so I can take a look!

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