ALright,

So its not the best, but considering I didn't really have to do this, here goes!

I found some cheap ($1.5) acrylic frames at AC MOORE, but you can get em at WM too... cheaper..

I spread my BC out so it could crust.

I printed off the images I liked, and slid them into the frame. If you use a letter, print the reverse! I didn't do that and half way through I went oh dang! But since its just a practice, whatever

Then I just made some realllllly stuff RI and traced the design.

Then I sprinkled with PS and pressed the image in like an impression mat.

It worked...except I didn't wait long enough and some of my RI came off in the stamping process.

I would also use a thinner tip and let it dry a lot longer. I waited about 15 min... I'm impatient!

I would also let me BC crust longer. Though it was kinda unstiff to begin with.

Sorry so rushed, I am on my way out the door! I'll update with more as I figure it out


HTH
_Rocket

sorry the pictures are coming up in the reverse order!

Wow Thanks.

Thanks so much for that. I always wanted to know how to do that.

Very cool!!!! Thanks so much! I can't wait to give it a try!

That's really cool. Thanks for the pictures!

Wow! Thanks for the great description and pics! I can't wait to give it a try!

Oh, just tried it after letting my BC and RI dry more, and it works sooooooo much better.

I used a tip 4 and really think a 2 would be better because the icing spreads and the lines were pretty deep.

Good Luck, I will post pictures of the final scroll work I am soooo stoked to see what I can do with this

Thanks to everyone who advised me

Wow fantastic idea.

Great idea! Thanks for posting!

I am on the cookie end of things, but if I ever get up the guts to try cakes, I will give this a whirl! Thanks so much for posting it!

This is SO awesome!! Thanks for sharing this tip! I can't wait to try it !

I was wondering if you could use this idea to make a design on a cookie by dipping it into some food coloring and placing on iced and dried cookie??

You are a genius. Using the frame makes it so easy to keep the image in the acryllic. I love this forum.

I will try this when I need to do writing or more detailed piping work.

Thanks

just _ for_fun,

I think the food color might melt the RI...eventually? I really have no idea. sorry!

sillywabbitz--Genius...rotfl. I am far from it...

i'm still experimenting.. trying to figure out how to make the RI not flake off.....

gel food coloring w/ alcohol? Will try the next time I make RI. That's the only way we can find out!

Hi Rocketgirl899,
Great idea! Thanks for sharing it. BTW, is it reusable? Would I be able to impress the cake multiple times?
Thanks!

I wonder if this technique would work on a fondant covered cake as well anyone tried it yet?

Alright you guys,

so tonight I remade my stamp because the first one broke.

This time i thinned my RI alil. Thinking it would spread onto the plastic and adhere better. It was I guess "soft peak" stage.

I used a tip 1.

It dried faster than before ( I did it last night to give it planty of time to dry.)

Also let my cakes crust for a really long time.. i think about 2 hours.

Impressions came out well. I still need to AB then pipe over the scrolls.. I am nervous!

I used the stamp 5 times in a row, held up fine. You need to be most concered with not twisting the acrylic.

As for saving for a later use, you could try, but I don't know if I would trust it enough to not have a backup.

It might would on fondant that is freshly covered...? I have no idea.

I will post pics of the cake by sunday

ALright, on some of the piping ( I know i need alil more practice ) I used a tip 4, and then others a 2

As I said before your cake is beautiful, and I think the RI stamp worked very good, you can see the stamp very clear, once again thanks for sharing, we can se it works!!!!

Thank you this is a very good idea, Rocketgirl899 your cake is amazing I LOVE IT .

It's very beautiful!!

Great idea and beautiful cake! Thanks.

Great idea and beautiful cake! Thanks.

Great idea and beautiful cake! Thanks.

lOVE THIS IDEA. THINK I'LL HAVE TO TRY IT WITH MY HARVEST CAKE I'M MAKING TONIGHT.

Wow,beautiful cake & thanks for sharing!

Thank you

I spent MANY hours on it so it is so nice to hear such nice things from the CCers!

<3

ur cake is very pretty! such a great idea I toowould like to know if this works on fondant??