Has anyone ever used scrapbooking cardstock shapes/swirls etc. as templates to cut out fondant??? If so, do it work out well?? I'm thinking just an exacto knife to cut around them, but if you have tried something else that works better, please let me know!
I mean the cardboard shapes...swirls, general shapes, I'm envisioning just using them as templates, laying them on top of the fondant and cutting around them...I haven't got the funds for a cricut...didn't for scrapbooking and still don't for cakes 
. Just wondering if anyone had done this...
I've done it. I'm more successful with larger shapes and thin fondant.
Sorry tiggy2...didn't mean that I didn't like your answer, just wanted to specifically know about the cardstock templates...the asking about something else I meant using something other than an exacto knife to cut around the templates. I appreciate hearing about the punches...I hadn't thought about that...
A pme cutting wheel makes nicer cuts then a craft knife http://www.globalsugarart.com/product.php?id=17375&name=PME%20Cutting%20Wheels
I have even printed a silhouette/shape onto cardstock paper, cut it out, then laid it on fondant to cut the shape. I did this with an elvis silhouette and it worked out great! I loved the tip about the shortening though - that was my only problem - the fondant trying to pull and stretch! Thanks!
I have even printed a silhouette/shape onto cardstock paper, cut it out, then laid it on fondant to cut the shape. I did this with an elvis silhouette and it worked out great! I loved the tip about the shortening though - that was my only problem - the fondant trying to pull and stretch! Thanks!
Did you not have trouble with the cardstock sticking to the fondant? I tried to do this once and was able to cut around the template fairly easily but found that my cardstock had stuck to my fondant and tore it when I pulled it up.
I actually use small sheets of foam paper (8 1/2 x 11) to cut out my templates, that way I can save them for future use. In my experiences, I never had a problem with the foam sticking to the fondant, nor would it bend or compromise the shape for reuse... that way I wasn't cutting out the same shape again and again for the next time I needed it!!
~Jaime
I did this one from a template. I printed the logo, then put a layer of contact paper over it. Cut out the stencil, then used it to make the logo with two layer so fondant. It took a while, but I liked the effect.
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