My First Attempt At A Gumpaste Rose Eeeek
Decorating By TrinaH Updated 6 Apr 2007 , 5:42am by TrinaH
very similar to my first attempt just yesterday! the first 3 i made were pretty bad, but the fourth was actually good enough to keep. one thing, in your photos it looks like you didn't wrap your first petal all the way around the cone, then followed by the three petals of the first layer. just like with a bc rose. if you did, oops, i just couldn't tell. but if not, thought you might like the tip! 
I didn't actually ... my gumpaste was drying out by the time I got to this point lol .....so it wouldn't wrap around without cracking. I've now re-moistened it thanks to tips here on CC and it's working much better. I'm making blue ones for a cake now....and so far its working better
Thank you for your feedback
You might try adding a tiny dab of Crisco to your gumpaste, knead well till it softens and just roll a small amount at a time. Keep the rest inside a zip lock bag, or work on three petals at a time or even just one until you get the hang of it. The dry gumpaste causes those serrated edges of the petals, also plastic cutters will do that. You need a good metal ball tool and a foam cel pad for thinning the edges. Here is a pretty good tutorial on making the roses with the All in one or Easy rose cutter. It is the only plastic cutter I do use, it makes a fast job of roses.
http://www.culpitt.com/how-to.php?page=162
The petals themselves are a bit too rounded, you can correct that by rolling the petal back on both the right and left sides and pulling the center of the petal in a bit with your index finger. My only other advise to you is to only make roses in a color that grows in nature. NO BLUE roses! 
They just don't look like a real flower. If the color scheme for the wedding is blue and white, make everything in white, including the roses, and just use a bit of blue for accent. Like a blue ribbon on the edge of the cake board and may tie a few blue ribbon loops to stick in amongst the white roses. You will be much happier with the look, I promise.
They specifically asked for blue roses...grrrr
They want the cakes iced in white with white basketweave on the sides. They want the borders to be in blue and the 4 satellite cakes to have blue roses on top. I don't think it's going to look cute, but .... it's not my cake soooo.... live and learn 
I really appreciate all your help shirley, your flowers are AWESOME
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