Cake

40Steps 15a-d.Airbrush the cake in two separate halves (the bottomtwo tiers and top two tiers separately). The bottom twoin greens and pinks and the top two in blues and greens.This airbrushing technique couldn’t be easier! Simplykeep your distance from the cake and keep your spraylight and wide. Spray in patches over the cake until thecake is covered.To add a suggestion of plants, I’ve used parts of stencilsthat I already had. Stay very close with the airbrush andselect just the parts you want to use. I found the fernfrom a JEM stencil and small blossoms from the rosesand berries Designer Stencils very useful for this. Plus,my own Dinkydoodle grass stencil of course! I addedmore variation by changing the colour of the stencils Iwas spraying (for instance, blossoms in pink, blue andviolet and different greens for the leaves etc).Steps 16a-c.Create a cobble effect to cover the remainder of the 14”board and a patch on top of the 10” cake between thepillars. I used a Petal Craft impression mat, but you couldcreate your own effect by rolling small balls of paste andbuilding the cobble by hand.To add a stone effect to the cobbles, use a mixture ofDinkydoodle White Matt, Black Matt and the waterbased Brown to create airbrush speckles. To make yourairbrush spit, simply remove the end of the airbrushbrush (where the colour comes out) and stay closeto the project. Your airbrush won’t spray, but whenyou pull the trigger backwards and forwards in shortmovements, it will spit speckles all over your work,looking like stone when done in various shades ofbrowns, greys and white. You can also use this techniquefor stone effect decorations, such as the cherub mouldsI’ve used.Steps 17a & b.You can now assemble your cake (there’s nothingstopping you from transporting it separately afterwards).Simply push the pillar rods onto the structure and placethe top two tiers onto the pillars, making sure that allthe holes are lined up correctly.15b15c 15d16c17a16a 16b17b15a