I made these cupcake decorations for a friend and had them shipped across the country. She was baking some cupcakes for her daughter's birthday and using these to top them with. With so many bows to make, I tried making a mold for the first time.
The sitting Hello Kitty is 2" tall and was made out of modeling chocolate and used to top the birthday girls cupcake with - loved how she turned out! I dusted her dress and pink bow and ribbon with some luster dust to add some shimmer.
For the bows, I tried something different and for the 1st time, made my own mold.
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I hand sculpted a large bow (1-inch wide) and a small bow (5/8-inches wide) using Sculpey III Polymer Oven-Bake Clay
(see photo above, clay pieces are on the left). Baked them in the oven for a couple minutes to get rock hard then molded some Amazing Mold Putty over them to make a silicone mold. Once the mold was cured, I popped out the clay bows and had a perfect mold to use (see photo above, yellow rectangles). I just pressed some MMF into the mold, popped them right out and dusted them with some shimmer dust. So much time saved over hand cutting each one out - I love this stuff and they turned out perfectly!
I used various petal cutters to cut out the flowers in an assortment of colors and sizes and made 8 cupcake toppers using a 2-inch round cutter. To make the Hello Kitty faces, I used a 1 1/2 inch round cutter, shaped it into an oval and added some of the bows I had made using the mold and the other features with MMF.
Everything was packaged very carefully and shipped across the country arriving all in tact! Phew! Here's a picture she sent me with the decorations on the cupcakes - so cute!
(see photo above, clay pieces are on the left). Baked them in the oven for a couple minutes to get rock hard then molded some Amazing Mold Putty over them to make a silicone mold. Once the mold was cured, I popped out the clay bows and had a perfect mold to use (see photo above, yellow rectangles). I just pressed some MMF into the mold, popped them right out and dusted them with some shimmer dust. So much time saved over hand cutting each one out - I love this stuff and they turned out perfectly!
I used various petal cutters to cut out the flowers in an assortment of colors and sizes and made 8 cupcake toppers using a 2-inch round cutter. To make the Hello Kitty faces, I used a 1 1/2 inch round cutter, shaped it into an oval and added some of the bows I had made using the mold and the other features with MMF.
Everything was packaged very carefully and shipped across the country arriving all in tact! Phew! Here's a picture she sent me with the decorations on the cupcakes - so cute!
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| Customers personal cupcakes decorated with my toppers. Photo courtesy of Holly K. |