You can stick the painted cut-outs randomly on the sides of the cake or you can create geometric patterns. You can find a lot of beautiful geometric pattern inspirations in the Internet - I usually use Pinterest or Google Images to look for ideas. If the cut-outs dry out too much (and you want them to curve around the cake) - steam them slightly (from the back; if you steam the painted side it will become sticky). If you are using this technique to paint a whole cake, I suggest leaving the cake to dry for some time after icing it (and before applying the paint), so that the sugarpaste gets more firm - you don't want to indent the cake when applying the paint ;) xx