Question Regarding Cutting Edible Image Frosting Sheets?

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kissmycookie Posted 25 Feb 2007 , 1:32am
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Has anyone here cut individual quarter and half cake size kopykake frosting sheets for custom cookie sizes? If so, was it successful and does using an x-acto knife work best or will quality scissors work?

thanks in advance for any advice !

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tiggy2 Posted 25 Feb 2007 , 1:36am
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If they aren't too dry you can cut them with a good pair of scissors. If they are dry and brittle they will curmble. HTH

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kissmycookie Posted 25 Feb 2007 , 1:39am
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thanks tiggy, they are brand new so hopefully the scissors will work !!

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getfrosted Posted 25 Feb 2007 , 1:42am
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I use and x-acto knife for very detailed stuff, much easier than scissors. Your icing sheets have to be fresh, if they start to dry out they will crumble when you cut them.

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Teekakes Posted 25 Feb 2007 , 1:42am
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Just yesterday I cut up a frosting sheet with my "very" sharp kitchen shears and had no trouble at all. I was very surprised at how well it cut. It was a freshly printed sheet.

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missnnaction Posted 25 Feb 2007 , 1:42am
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scissors work best for me... it's quicker.

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Doug Posted 25 Feb 2007 , 1:48am
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has anyone tried a small pizza cutter wheel?

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Tscookies Posted 25 Feb 2007 , 4:39am
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Haven't tried a pizza wheel yet ... but the scrapbooking scissors (the ones that cut all different designs) work great, too.

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kissmycookie Posted 25 Feb 2007 , 6:21pm
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thanks for all the great suggestions everyone, back to report I used several things as a test, and found that a pair of very sharp short scissors I have for embroidery sewing cut the cleanest edge - the pizza cutter caught on the edges so those weren't as clean? tscookie I tried the scrapbooking scissors but I think mine must not be sharp enough?

anyway, we're doing photos tomorrow when everything is completely dry, I used some vintage illustrations so when we get enough sunshine to do good photos I'll post them here !

thanks again for all of your suggestions !

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leily Posted 25 Feb 2007 , 11:39pm
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My favorite is a small pair of Friskars orange handle scissors. I pick mine up in the craft department near the quilting items. They are small enough to get into the detail corners and very sharp and clean to cut easy. I use these same scissors to take my roses off of my flower nail. Love em!

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cryssi Posted 26 Feb 2007 , 6:22pm
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I didn't have a clean xacto, so I used a ruler and a small paring knife. Worked pretty well. I've also used those decorative edge scrapbooking scissors...gives you a pretty edge so you don't have to do a border!

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