13a 13b
12a 12b
11a 11b
14a 14b
13c 13d
For the lavender:
Steps 11a & b.
Colour your gum paste with Violet and set aside. Cut
your desired amount of stems with 24 gauge green
wire. Hook the tips with your needle nose pliers as
shown with the hydrangea centres. Dip your wire
into the gum paste glue and insert it into the ball.
Gently form the ball to the wire, twist and pull down
to remove the excess. Leave to dry until completely
adhered to the wire. Cut out the small five tipped
flowers with the cutter. Coat the back of the lavender
bud, push your wire through the flower and gently cup
around the bud. Hang to dry until firm.
Steps 12a & b.
Cut 10-15 flowers at a time and work on various stems
while others hang and dry. When stacking your flowers
on the stem, there is no particular pattern. It is best to
use groups of 2-4 flowers, with stem spacing between.
Make sure to add the gum glue between each flower
and gently pinch the bottom of the flower to adhere
to the stem. Each stem can have anywhere from 12-16
flowers. Hang to dry overnight.
Steps 13a-d.
Once completely hardened, take the Violet petal dust
and randomly apply colour between petals. Also add
some Pale Blue petal dust to add highlighted elements.
Lastly, take the Irish Moss petal dust and shade the
bottoms of each flower bunch to give the illusion of
the calyx.
For the cosmos:
Steps 14a-c.
Take one bunch of stamens and divide it in half. Using
a 24 gauge green wire, hook around the middle of the
bunch and twist the wire with needle nose pliers. Bend
the bunch up and tape around the base using floral
tape. Using black food colouring or petal dust, colour
the stamens and set aside to dry. Take yellow sprinkles
and crush until they resemble pollen. Brush piping gel
on top of the stamens and dip in the dust.
Steps 15a & b.
Roll out the white gum paste over the groove board and
cut out nine cosmos petals. Dip white 24 gauge wires
into gum glue then insert into the channels on the back
of each petal. Rub over the channel with the ball tool to
smooth out the surface and secure the wire.
14c 15a