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If you decide to use the mix or plain sugarpaste: Keep on adding CMC until the paste is thick. You do't want it to sink underneath the weiht of the other parts.
Roll out the paste to about 3 mm thick. Cut out elements as shown in the photo. Sizes of cutters - see first photo. The size of the rectangular I used (compared with the image): 3 cm x 2.2. cm.
I chose the cutter sizes by simply putting them against the printed out image :)