14 | September 2018 http://www.cakedecorationmagazine.co.uk``````10 Take your grey sugarpaste and mix itwith a small amount of bottle green tocreate a eucalyptus type colour.``````11 Cut out a chunky five-petalblossom shape with a cutter.``````12 With a ball tool indent the centreof each petal, leaving the outeredges thick.``````14 Once all the petals are done, add itto a flower former, apple tray or foambump pad to cup it.``````15 Repeat the process with twosmaller blossom shapes and a ball ofpaste scored like a hot cross bun.``````16 Add each layer with watermaking sure the leaves overlap thegaps of the one below it. You'll needtwo of these succulents.``````17 To make the slightly largersucculent cut out some leaf shapesby hand with a scalpel. If you havea similar shaped cutter you can usethat instead.``````9 Add one āVā to the bottom left, andone to the top right.``````13 Pinch the tip of each petal betweenyour fingers to spike them.``````8 Finally finish off the painting witha layer of yellow, again pulling thecolours together and overlapping asyou go.``````18 Cut out five, and thin the centresleaving the edges thick.``````19 Lay them in a star shape insidea flower former, and stick themtogether with water.``````20 Add another layer of five petals,slightly smaller.``````21 The layer above that is an allone-piece star shape, again cupped inthe centres.TO MAKE SUCCULENTSp12-16_Tracey Rothwell.indd 14 09/08/2018 17:
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