• knife
• scalpel
• small rolling pin
• smoother x 2
• cocktail sticks x 3
• wooden skewer (bbq stick)
• florist wire (#18 and #24-26)
• pliers (to cut the sticks and wires)
• dresden tool
• ball tool/bone tool
• square cutters (14 mm and 20 mm; or use similar sizes)
• small heart cutter (14 mm; or use similar size - it needs to fit in the smaller square)
• round cutters (sizes I used: 9 mm, 14 mm and a 17 mm)
• mini palette knife (or use the back of the knife)
• wooden lollipop sticks x 4
• brushes (for glue and dusting)

• Flower paste* (You'll find the amounts in the 'AMOUNTS' tab)
• 50/50 FP/SP mix** (You'll find the amounts in the 'AMOUNTS' tab.)
• CMC powder (carboxymethyl cellulose) -
• Edible glue
• Dust colours:
  • silver
  • black
  • red
• Clear alcohol (1-2 drops)

* FP = flower paste = gum paste
**SP = sugarpaste = fondant; FP = flower paste = gum paste; to get a 50/50 FP/SP mix you need to mix equal amounts of FP and SP f.ex. 50 g of FP and 50 g of SP. You don't need to weigh them - just mix similar size pieces.

Instead of the FP/SP mix you can use plain flower paste (gum paste) or modelling paste or sugarpaste (fondant) with CMC.

If you decide to use sugarpaste, add quite a lot of CMC to it - the paste needs to be thick/firm. Add the CMC to the paste shortly before forming the parts. Don't let the paste sit for a long time, otherwise it will get thick dry and crumbly.

10.5 cm x 7.5 cm

• 50/50 FP/SP mix:
  • grey - 120 g
• Flower paste
  • red - 2 g
  • black - 1 g