Wow..that's a whole lotta work you did really well! Go Leah!
This is awesome! I use my exacto-knife to cut out images as well. So much can be done with our own hands 
I bet the exacto knife was a lot cheaper!!!
You know leah_s I so enjoy your post, you say it like it is. Awesome job I very much admire your work.
By the time you'd have dragged out the Cricut, done all the computer editing and sizing, got the gumpaste rolled out, yada yada, you coulda made two of these with the knife, prolly....
I think Cricut is probably great for cupcakes or stuff you need lots of, but exacto knife works great too, and no computer software or expensive equipment needed. haha.
I completely agree with you Leah. They can add me to the flaming.
To me, using a Cricut to decorate a cake is like buying a paint-by-numbers and calling it art. It's a pretty cake, but it's not a custom cake that is done with artfulness or creativity. A sweater produced by a knitting machine just isn't the same as a hand knit one.
I do all my cutouts using paper patterns and my exacto knife. It's cheaper, it's faster, and it takes more skill. I don't even have that many cutters or molds. They're expensive and they take too long to get to me, so I just improvise.
Just my humble opinion.
Here's my latest handiwork with paper patterns, a sharp Exacto knife, and a paint brush.
http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1675336
I completely agree with you Leah. They can add me to the flaming.
To me, using a to decorate a cake is like buying a paint-by-numbers and calling it art. It's a pretty cake, but it's not a custom cake that is done with artfulness or creativity. A sweater produced by a knitting machine just isn't the same as a hand knit one.
I do all my cutouts using paper patterns and my exacto knife. It's cheaper, it's faster, and it takes more skill. I don't even have that many cutters or molds. They're expensive and they take too long to get to me, so I just improvise.
Just my humble opinion.
Bless your heart. Do you milk your own cows and churn your own butter too?
Here's my latest handiwork with paper patterns, a sharp Exacto knife, and a paint brush.
http://cakecentral.com/modules.php?name=gallery&file=displayimage&pid=1675336
Do you use the paintbrush to smooth out the sides after you cut the gumpaste?
am i the only person who can't see Leah's photo???
Great work by the way!
Ruth0209, how can you say that using the cricut is like paint by numbers and your way, copying an image, tracing it and cutting it is creative art? Are you kidding? It is the same thing, one just uses a machine and one uses a knife, no original creativity is involved in both ways.
That said, whether you use a knife or a machine, not just anyone can slap an image on a cake and call it done. It does take creativity to incorporate all the elements on a cake, whether it is ORIGINAL art you created or something you traced off the computer, free hand or by machine.
I completely agree with you Leah. They can add me to the flaming.
To me, using a to decorate a cake is like buying a paint-by-numbers and calling it art. It's a pretty cake, but it's not a custom cake that is done with artfulness or creativity. A sweater produced by a knitting machine just isn't the same as a hand knit one.
I do all my cutouts using paper patterns and my exacto knife. It's cheaper, it's faster, and it takes more skill. I don't even have that many cutters or molds. They're expensive and they take too long to get to me, so I just improvise.
Just my humble opinion.
Bless your heart. Do you milk your own cows and churn your own butter too?
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