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Hang in There

You’ll do more than “hang in there”; you’ll be a standout among cookie decorators if you make and share cookies like these! Crafted with Julia’s June 2021 Aloe Beautiful Dynamic Duos™ stencil release, this cookie gets extra lift from fondant

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Lookin’ Sharp

Sharp is how all of your cookies will look if made with Julia’s June 2021 Aloe Beautiful Dynamic Duos™ stencil release. This cookie, made with both sets in this two-set release, also has a message that declares how sharp the

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Fabulous Fit

Here’s another cookie made with Julia’s June 2021 Aloe Beautiful Dynamic Duos™ stencil release, which demonstrates that her sets work well on cookies of just about any shape and size. Plus, the color palette can be played with to your

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Boho-Chic

A bit bohemian and a bit chic, Julia’s June 2021 Aloe Beautiful Dynamic Duos™ stencil release combines the best of both design themes to make cookies that will delight and impress. Here, Julia used just the background set in this

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Rawr-some Design!

Indeed! Julia’s Chomp-Stomp-Roar Dynamic Duos™ stencil design can be layered to the hilt, using as many of the elements in the two complementary sets as you’d like. Alternatively, you can make simpler work of the stenciling by omitting a dinosaur

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Top-Notch Triceratops

Julia’s Chomp-Stomp-Roar Dynamic Duos™ stencil design looks top-notch even without the complementary message and frame set in action. To make this cookie, Julia used just the background set, including the landscape background stencil and the triceratops foreground element. (On other

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Once Upon a Time

These cookies are straight out of a fairytale – they’re just that magical! Made with Julia’s Fairest of Them All Dynamic Duos™ stencil sets and embellished with oversized fondant coil-roses, they’re sure to be on any little girl’s birthday wish

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Magical Message Cookie

Here’s another cookie made with Julia’s April 2021 Fairest of Them All Dynamic Duos™ stencil release, this time sporting the release’s namesake message and a princess silhouette. Julia used multiple colors on this cookie to make it all the more

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Bet on One Horse

Yes, this horse (and carriage) cookie is the safest of bets. There’s not a little girl out there who wouldn’t love having this cookie to round out a fairy tale-themed birthday set. This particular design uses just the background set

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Pretty as a Flower Redux

Just zooming in here to show you a close view of this heart made with Julia’s Pretty as a Flower Dynamic Duos™ stencil release. These stencils are so versatile! You can, of course, airbrush and stencil directly on cookies with

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Mother’s Day Gift

With its springy colors and garden theme, Julia’s March 2021 Pretty as a Flower Dynamic Duos™ stencil release makes the perfect Mother’s Day gift. It’s even got messages specifically intended for moms. Here, the message was airbrushed and stenciled directly

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Wondrous Wafer Paper

While these cookies have no sentiments from the message and frame portion of Julia’s Pretty as a Flower Dynamic Duos™ stencil release, they have plenty of charm, especially in the way of wafer paper. This delicate medium has been used

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Chocolate Hearts?

Ha! Fooled you! These dainty 3-D heart boxes are made of cookies dipped in chocolate-brown royal icing. The only chocolate on them is what went into making the shiny bronze bows on top. First crafted by Julia for a Cake

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Think Inside the Box

We’re always encouraged to think outside the box, but, in some cases (like this one!), thinking inside the box is just as important, if not more so. To ensure that this cookie heart box looked as sweet on the inside

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Sleek from the Side

A good 3-D cookie is designed so that it views well from all angles. But 360-degree viewability is one of the bigger challenges of 3-D cookie decorating. Before applying any cookie details, Julia often spends hours mocking up designs to

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Top-Notch Boxtop

While this 3-D heart box cookie is simply dipped, it’s topped off with an eye-catching molded cookie, a hot pink royal icing transfer, and a modeling chocolate bow with an enviable shimmer. All of these boxtop touches lead to a

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