FMM Easiest Peony & Leaf Cutter - 3 Set

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Curling the scallops of each petal inwards is the key to getting a nice cupped shaped petal when you go to assemble the peony.) Using the largest peony cutter, cut 8-10 more petals. Vein each petal, curl the scallops inwards and thin the edges as before. Glue each petal from half-way down to the end of the petal. Thinking of making your own sugar peonies from scratch? Follow our simple step-by-step instructions below to find out how…

bone tool (for softening edge of petals and frilling petals, also included as standard in most modelling tool sets) Brush a line of glue along the length of the paste just above the centre. Fold in half lengthwise and brush another line of glue along the bottom edge. Roll up around the ball, starting the roll as tightly as possible. Take the second small piece and repeat the process. Repeat with the two larger pieces. This will give you a reasonably large peony, but you may add more pieces until you have the size required. Leave to dry.

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Moving down the sides of the petal, roll the bone tool up and down along the edge of the petal to soften/thin the edges. (The bone tool will be half on, half off the petal as you thin the edges.)

Cut out seven petals of the next size and repeat the process, again using the ball tool to curve each petal inwards. Cut out approximately nine petals with the largest size cutter and repeat. For the third row of petals, move onto the next sized cutter and cut out 8-10 more petals. (You might not use all 10 but better to have them cut and prepped in case you do). If you find that there is quite a bit of excess petal around the base (this is what I had), don’t worry, just cut the excess petal away and neaten as best as possible. It may look a bit messy at this stage, but this will be covered with the calyx.Starting slightly higher than the last row of petals, arrange the third row of petals around the styro ball, overlapping each petals over the previous one.

Use the wide end of a dresden tool or veining tool, to pass it down the centre of each sepal. The sepals will automatically curl as you do this. This is correct. Take a piece of white florist’s tape (giving it a little stretch to activate the in-built adhesive), then starting approximately 1.5 inches from the top of the three wires, tape the three pieces together. Next, rub a little vegetable fat onto your work board and roll out your gumpaste thinly (but not so thin that you can see through it).Bend a hook in the peony wire and hang on a flower drying stand or from a mug tree to dry completely. Paint edible glue on to each of the petals from about half-way down to the petal right down to the pointed end.

So if you’ve been meaning to get started learning how to make sugar flowers, then you’ve run out of excuses because we’ve come up with a fail-safe gumpaste peony tutorial for you to try. Flip the petals over and curl each scallop with the bone tool as before, as well as thinning/softening the edges of the petals.

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Take your styro ball and add a dab of edible glue at the top. Cover the top of the ball with one of the veined petals Sepals - Roll out the green gumpaste thinly. Use the sepal cutter or template and cut out 3 sepals for each bud. Cut out five petals of the next size and repeat the wiring, frilling, bending and colouring as before. Use a ball tool for additional help to curve the petal inwards. Allow to dry a little before adding onto the flower with petals overlapping.