Hi there, I would like to make gymnast cake for my daughter, and attach gymnast silhouettes on the side of her cake. Should I use fondant or candy melt? What tool would be best to use for detail cutting? If used blade, I would be concerned to destroy my mat. Thank you for your advice.
Why not just use a regular cutting board?
It’s finished. The cutting was not an easy job, using blade and combination of fondant+gumpaste. Mat is OK. I can’t do a good job of covering cakes with fondant, always have the “skirt” there. Just can’t do it for the sake of me –(. Thanks for your help, my daughter loves it. Pics is posted
Sugar sheets bubbled and dripped on my buttercream thanks to humidity. I had to scrape them all off and redo in black fondant. Using templates printed from Pinterest, I cut the figures out on chopping board dusted with powdered sugar using a paring knife and curved little nail scissors ( only used for cakes!! 
) The slight relief was a nicer finish I thought. 
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