Beautiful roses! I would love to know how many petals did you use to make your rosebud?

In regards to steaming & dusting. Do you steam first the luster dust or apply luster dust first then steam?

BEAUTIFUL! I wish that I could make roses look that real! Looking forward to seeing the whole cake!

WOW! Absolutely beautiful!

Do you dust first, then steam?? Or, is it the other way around??

Gorgeous ~ Can't wait to see the cake!!

Please share with us how you made these and how you go about steaming them. You've peaked our interest for those of us who never heard of this. Thanks. They are beautiful.

Beautiful rose buds!!!! Absolutely gorgeous!

[To answer some questions, apply the dust first, then steam. ... When I steam mine, I like to use a regular teapot. Watch the spout until steam starts to come out. Then hold the flower by the stem and twirl in the steam. But NOT too close to the source or you could wind up with way too much moisture on your flower! And it will then get "gummy" ~ which is not the effect you want of course. You'll see the color/s deepen and set. Then set aside to dry.]

You did an amazing job! I love the steam technique-got that from Edna!! I know that your daughter is goingto love them!

Yes, I too love your flowers! They are gorgeous and so lifelike! I would also like to know more about the steaming process. Would you use a steamer for vegetables? Or is it just water boiling over the stove?

So beautiful! Your daughter is one lucky girl

Hi jguilbeau ~ I work with gumpaste/sugarpaste. I apply the dust dry, and then gently steam. It's funny sometimes because I'll dust a flower and think I like it just the way it is without steaming. Then I steam them and the colors deepen and I'm like "Wow!" .... Try it! It's exciting and fun!

I, too, cannot WAIT to see this finished cake! I'm sure the guests will be talking about that cake forever! She does beautiful work!

Your roses are beautiful!! They are very life like. Thank you for sharing the steaming technique. I can't wait to try it the next time I make roses.

Beautiful! You should really consider doing a tutorial on how you make your roses. Maybe put it on you tube? I would love to be able to make roses that life like.

Those are beautiful rose buds! Your daughter will be so proud!

In regards to steaming... I have an actual clothes steamer that I use. It's so convenient. I dust first, then steam. Someone asked about painting them with vodka then steaming... if you look at my flower basket, I wanted one of my roses to look like the '4th of July' rose so I painted it first with vodka then steamed. Caution, this makes things gunk up (which I expected because I wanted to go back and streak out the color.) Otherwise, I dry dust then lightly steam. Sometimes, I even dry dust again and steam again to get a layered look.

Moss green is another great color to use on the calyx.

Stunning roses---

Thank you all for your kind replies!! Really means alot!! I have made 75 rose buds in different shades of pink. For the rose buds I used one of the pink 5 petal quick rose. I am right now in the process of making 75 semi opened roses using 2 layers of the quick rose petals, then I have to make 75 of the full opened rose using 3 layers of the quick rose petals. So you can say I am up to my elbows in roses!! LOL.....My daughter's wedding is May 2nd. So I am behind the 8 ball!!! Her wedding was supposed to be in August but it was moved up because of her fiance's military schedule!!

Brenda

May 2nd - now I have two things to look forward to....
Its my brother and my 60th birthday party and your daughter's wedding, which I am waiting, in anticipation, to see what her wedding cake is going to look like. With all those roses that you are making its going to be one heck of a cake......can't wait!!