Hello all,
Can someone please tell me what is the best or easiest way you have found
to make gumpaste roses. I bought an FMM rose cutter but see
a lot on videos of people using the JEM cutters. I didn't have much luck
creating a rose with the FMM one. It WAS my first time so maybe just
need more practice. But I have tried making them freehand, just shaping
the petals individually and forming a rose. I think if I practiced more
this is the way I would like them. Anyway, just wanted to hear some of
the ways some of you make them and is it just an individual preference?
Thank you for any ideas.
Hi JerryCakes, the first rose I made was from watching a youtube video, which I found absolutely so helpful, have a look and see if this helps. Good Luck
My 2 kids (7 mo and almost 2) make it difficult for me to work on cake stuff sometimes, so I really like this no cutter method. you just roll some balls and then squish and shape them in a plastic bag. You make each petal seperately.
Here's the link:
Thank you all very much. Your ideas are great and very helpful. I just wasn't sure if
it was an individual preference or if I wasn't using the right cutter or something.
Have a very nice day!
I use PME cutters. They cut more cleanly and have a very wide range of sizes. Roses can be finicky if you don't make the base big enough though...
Thank you. I have been finding out about the finicky part and the bases.
I seem to build up so much at the base and while working tend to pinch
some off. Once I kept doing that and at the end of the rose there was
no base to hold the petals on and the last few petals just fell off 
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