I just bought a wood graining tool at Lowes-- its is in the section with the paints and stains.
I am using it to make faux bois- basically wood grain on a chocolate panel.
I cut fondant into strips the size of slats of wood and laid them out. Then I painted fondant with brown gel color diluted with the tiniest bit of lemon juice.
I just did some marbelized wood grain that my fall pumpkin sat on. Not sure how put a link on here. Its in my photos. I marbelized chocolate fondant & a little bit of a caramel color together. Then I made some indentions in it. I have a wooden baseball bat I did the same way.
I made a hardwood floor look for one of my cake boards. I covered the board in ivory fondant. (You don't have to have the color mixed perfectly.)
Then I used the edge of a metal ruler to mark the "boards" and used a veing tool to make a woodgrain pattern on the boards. I used brown and ivory gel colors mixed with a little everclear and painted the boards. Once that was dry I painted the floor with confectioners glaze to give it a shine.
Posting photos is really easy, so don't be intimidated.
First, you need to be able to locate your photos on your computer. If you are not familiar with how to do that, get the kids to help you with that. Instructions would differ for different operating systems so I won't go into all that here.
Second, go to the Galleries tab here on CC, and once there you'll click on an option to UPLOAD PICTURE. It's near the top, in the middle.
Third, choose the appropriate album for a particular photo, then Browse your computer to locate and select the cake photo on your computer. Type in the photo title, description and keywords where indicated, click on all the acknowledgement SELECT buttons, and finally the SUBMIT button.
That's all there is to it.
I JUST read how Elissa Strauss does this in her book CONFETTI CAKES last night. She takes some tan-clored fondant and white fondant and braids it into a rope. Then she folds it over and rolls out. Mix alcohol or lemon juice with brown food coloring or paste and paint on. Paint darker for a darker shade.
HTH
Paul
I actually just use a woodgrain impression mat.
It's included in the set below. CK normally gets things shipped out pretty quickly.
http://www.countrykitchensa.com/catalog/product.aspx?T=1&productId=626652
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