For moss, I would take a grass tip, and don't pull all the way out just put a small dab. I did that to texture the snowmans hat on my snowman cake.
I googled "mossy Oak" and lots of items come up with the pattern,,, maybe Cabella's might be another site.....all the camo stuff..... mossy oak has branches and leaves, might be a bit of a challange but could be done.....good luck....post picture....that is my grandson's favorite camo pattern.
I'm a total newbie but I'm familiar with the fabric. To replicate on cake, it screams airbrush to me. Not sure how else it would work. But I would airbrush different leaves and sticks , and maybe even hand paint some parts on there. HTH
I am doing a cake in camo and lace right now- literly as I type this, I have been working on my practice cake. LOL
I couldnt get it, BUT I did get a simmular pattern with just taking black, brown and dark green (only had kelly green,so I mixed in some black) and mixing it with Vodka and painting it on fondant. I painted a sorta leaf, a sorta tree branch etc. It looks more like you are looking at a mossy oak shirt through a haze..
Havent decided yet if I am going to use that, or just pipe on the 'colors' of mossy oak, but in the army camo (or OLD camo if your old enough to remember it before there was 'mossy oak' and 'realtree') pattern then flatten it with the roller. I will have to get a few more opinions on it before I present it to a client.
The lace is whats KILLING me. LOL but both are hard.
Please post some pics, I'd love to see a differnt approach! or the same approach with a good outcome
That's sounds like the way to go......it is such a complicated pattern, but beautiful..... hand paint on the black details.....should be good.
oh, I also made a 'grey'. because alot of the pattern is in grey. I threw in the dark green to just liven it up a little. and the 'bark' look, I got by putting on the black, then kinda pulling the brush into it and pulling up to 'scrape' off some paint. so all in all, I have 4 differnt colors. Like I said, I dont know if I like it. I'll have to let some others look at it first.
oh... I guess I was confused, I thought the op just wanted moss on a tree branch or something. I feel dumb now! LOL!
DOnt feel that way- YOu'd just have to live somwhere where hunting camo is a fashion statement. 2 of my kids came home from the hospital in it. LOL and the only reason the girl didnt is because she was a preemie and had to wear cabbage patch kid clothes! LOL
Funny thing is, some folks STILL think "ARMY CAMO" when they hear hunting camo- WAAY differnt..
Maybe you could use edible image sheets? Otherwise i think aorbrushing would be the easiest. I have one to do in May so I am interested to see what you have to come up with!
Did you buy the edible images?? I dont have a printer that works good enough- And sure couldnt afford the ink to put in it. LOL
I get my done at a local cake decorating supply company......about $15.00 for an 8/10......come out pretty good....have a cake in my photos, round blue with a young ladys picture on it.......
Well, I was thinking airbrush as well would be the best way. Problem is, I do not own one of those! HOWEVER, since I didn't know exactly what mossy oak was, I sent her a few pictures with hunting camo on them. Turns out she really liked one of them and that's what she decided to order. WHEW!!! Thanks for all of your help CCr's. Hopefully one day I'll own an airbrush and not have to worry. Chellebyerly, can't wait to see what yours looks like!!!
Funny thing is, some folks STILL think "ARMY CAMO" when they hear hunting camo- WAAY differnt..
I made that mistake today But I guess i'm always learning something new!
chellebyerly, the cake looks amazing! The painting looks perfect (now that I actually know what hunting camo looks like! )
ChoueiriCakeCo,
Hey, dont feel bad, I wouldnt know a jimmy choo (chu...cho...?) from a vera wang--- there is always something out of our comfort zone. LOL Now, hunting, fishing, farming, or raisin farm animals- that I know OH and I can tell you the differnce between Ariats and gypsys, or wranglers and cruel girls. LOL
And Thank you- It makes me feel so good to hear people that actually KNOW what making a cake is, to say that. But the cracks DID break my heart- they were NOT there when I put the fondant on- it went on sooo pretty and perfect.. I could have cried!
I actually didn't even notice any cracks, and I doubt anyone else will either.
It's a lovely cake, and like they say, we are our own worse critics
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