After looking at a bunch of all the wonderful cc cakes, I noticed a lot of cool cake boards. I only have used the plain silver board cover, with the cardboard board. I have also had problems with the board not being sturdy enough..what do I do?? I need some creative ideas!!! Thanks!!!!
What I do I use hot glue gun and glue 4 cake boards to make it a cake drum then I wrap it in foil.
Hope this is helpful for you.
A lot of people here use foam board instead of coake boards because they are lightweight yet very strong. I personally use 1/2" foam board because my cakes are pretty heavy. My cover of choice is usually just freezer paper with the shiny side up--much cheaper than fanci foil. But if I really want to go gung-ho with the board, I cover it with fondant and decorate away!
Some people have also recommended using wrapping paper over their thicker boards with clear contact paper over that though I would imagine it's just as costly as the fanci foil, but might fit in better if it's a theme cake.
Some people have also recommended using wrapping paper over their thicker boards with clear contact paper over that though I would imagine it's just as costly as the fanci foil, but might fit in better if it's a theme cake.
I've started doing this. Aside from the added creativity you can put into your cake boards, any stray icing will just wipe right off of the contact paper!
I use 1/4 to 1/2 foam board and wrap it using either scrapbooking paper or gift wrapper or anything I can get my hands in 
I can also opt to use ribbon on the side if I'm using 1/2". I then wrap this in shrink wrap, which I but from the dollar store. Blow dry to smooth out creases and voila!! My personalized cake matching cake board!!
HTH
I use 1/4 to 1/2 foam board and wrap it using either scrapbooking paper or gift wrapper or anything I can get my hands in
I can also opt to use ribbon on the side if I'm using 1/2". I then wrap this in shrink wrap, which I but from the dollar store. Blow dry to smooth out creases and voila!! My personalized cake matching cake board!! HTH
What's the brand name of the shrink wrap? Is it sold as a shrink wrap or a plastic wrap?
Ok so where can I buy those foam boards?
You can get foam core borads at Michaels.
I like using Renoylds Freezer Paper (shiny side up) on my cake boards. It it white so it goes with all cakes and cheaper than the foils. The big roll of it lasts me a long time. 
I've used wrapping paper covered in clear contact paper...but also this foil wrap is pretty economical, and it goes ALOT longer way than the "fanci foil". This place is local for me and I can walk in and pick up my order but they also do online orders: http://www.oasisupply.com/Products/Products.asp?CategoryID=133 The link takes you to the foil. I have a really nice gold roll and silver roll that lasts me forever and today I just ordered a pink foil roll and a black foil roll as well. Its thick and good quality and looks really sharp, and they offer quite a few colors.
I was in WalMart (Oneonta, NY) two days ago and saw that they carried foam board. I didn't notice the price though, but they do have it. I'm sure I saw at least two different sizes.
I use 1/4 to 1/2 foam board and wrap it using either scrapbooking paper or gift wrapper or anything I can get my hands in
I can also opt to use ribbon on the side if I'm using 1/2". I then wrap this in shrink wrap, which I but from the dollar store. Blow dry to smooth out creases and voila!! My personalized cake matching cake board!! HTH
What's the brand name of the shrink wrap? Is it sold as a shrink wrap or a plastic wrap?
I'm not sure what brand it is but I get it in the dollar store under the gift wrapping section. There was a lot before Easter. They sold it to wrap baskets. It was large enough to cover 2 or 3 10-inch boards.
Another thing that I found useful is using window shrink insulation film. You can get this at Home Depot or Lowes. I ran out of shrink wrap and had some leftover insulation film and it worked great as well! HTH.
I use double thickness boards for my sheet cakes and double them up. I tape them together with clear packing tape, cover with wrapping paper or white freezer paper, shiny side down, and cover again with clear contact paper.
I always put strips of waxed paper around the base of my cakes until I'm ready to do the borders, to keep my board clean. I just used a pretty yellow rose paper for an order and since the clear coating didn't get cut into I can reuse it if need be.
I use the foam boards, then cover with a rem of fabric from Wal-Mart (usually pay less than $2.00 for designer looking fabric), and cover all with clear contact paper. If I want a "puffy" look, I will glue cotton balls around edges before adding fabric. HTH
Is there some kind of nicer (sturdier) contact paper out there? I have a roll of the clear and I don't remember it being so thin? Its like a fight just to get it unrolled and unstuck and peeled. That is one reason I am going back to colored foil for most cakes, because the contact paper is like a wrestling match. haha.
Kitagrl,
All I can say is you have to work with the contact paper to get a knack for rolling it out without the wrestling part. Mine goes on swift and smoothe. I wish I could describe how I do it. It's easy and cheap AND looks good too.
Yeah....I think the fabric and contact paper sounds cool. I might try it sometime... that foil I get here is really cheap though (no shipping) and there are so many colors that its what I mainly plan to use unless I need something really unique.
I just love the fabric. If you look at my train cake I did for a 3rd yr old boy's b-day, I found some fabric that went really well. The mother loved the fabric and told me afterwards that she cleaned the board off and hung it up in his room, like a picture.
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