I am making 2 fall cakes for our Fall Festival and was wondering how I could make some leaves without using fondant-mainly because I didn't want to buy it and I don't have any leaf cutters. I got to thinking about using the Color Flow method Wilton has, but I only had a small amount of Color Flow mix that I got from my Couse 2 class-not enough to make their recipe, so I thought, why couldn't I use Royal Icing? So I tried it-I traced some different types and sizes of leaves onto a piece of paper, put waxed paper over it, and thinned down my Royal Icing a good bit. I outlined the leaf, let it dry, then filled it in. Turned out great!! Don't thin it down too much-though I did do that on 2 of my colors and the leaves turned out fine, but outlining was a little hard to do corners because it was at a "flowing" point and wouldn't make the points of the leaf too well-it still made them, but not as good as I wanted. Anyway, I think they turned out pretty good for the first time with Royal Icing. I will try this again with different pictures to practice. Just thought I would share with all of you since you share so much with me!!! 
I read on here a while back that the only difference between color flow and royal is that CF dries shiny while RI dries matte. Someone suggested putting it in a very low oven, like 200*, and RI will dry shinier. I haven't tried it though.
i think color flow has cream of tartar added. only difference.
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