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  • styrofoam 
  • sandpaper
  • smoother
  • knife (straight blade)
  • scalpel
  • wheel tool
  • small rolling pin
  • metal ruler
  • strip cutters (I used JEM strip cutters no. 1 and no. 2)
  • 3 mm spacers (I used wooden lollipop sticks)
  • square cutter (3 x 3 cm)
  • heart cutter (1.2 cm)
  • textured bottom of a plastic plate (or a texturing mat)
  • brushes for glue
  • dusting brushes
  • Sugarpaste (fondant) + CMC - to make the book block
  • Flower paste (gum paste) - to make the details
  • FP/SP mix* + CMC - to make the book cover
  • Edible glue
  • Dust colours

* FP = flower paste = gum paste; SP = sugarpaste = fondant; to make a FP/SP mix, mix both types of paste together. I usually mix them in 1:1 ratio (f.ex. 50 g FP and 50 g SP).
 
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