This little blue bird found the best of nests in this contoured cookie filled with wafer paper grass. The bird is a 2-D cookie but is given dimension through the application of royal icing transfers for wings and feathers on
Here, Julia worked the graveyard scene in her Boo to You Dynamic Duos™ sets in various ways and with different mediums to make it literally jump off the cookie. First, let’s talk about that moon! It’s a royal icing transfer
As always, the design possibilities with Julia’s Dynamic Duos™ sets are nearly limitless. Here’s yet another style variation of her Boo to You design that puts the emphasis on the bats in the set. They were first stenciled with royal
This cookie using Julia’s Boo to You Dynamic Duos™ sets is a great example of the over-stenciling technique. A term Julia coined, over-stenciling refers to one element being stenciled on another stenciled (or un-stenciled) element to lend more depth. Julia
This side view gives a good picture of just how much dimension Julia was able to create simply by layering her Boo to You Dynamic Duos™ sets in creative ways. She made a puffy moon as a royal icing transfer
This summertime cookie made with Julia’s Beach Cabana Dynamic Duos™ sets may seem complex, but her innovative masking concept makes it easy to layer design elements to create rich, dimensional looks. Here, Julia airbrushed and stenciled the message, hat, oars,
It’s indisputable – these cookies made with Julia’s Beach Cabana Dynamic Duos™ sets are so full of interest! First, what about that weathered cabana siding? All it took was airbrushing a few different colors over the background stencil in this
Made with just the background set in Julia’s Beach Cabana Dynamic Duos™ design, this cookie still shouts summertime fun without any messages – and with mostly surfboards! That’s the beauty of each and every one of Julia’s two-set Duos™ designs:
This cookie made with Julia’s Live Sweetly Dynamic Duos™ stencil sets has more sweetness than you’ll find in any spoonful of sugar! Perhaps a pallet-load would equate? Maybe not even that. Just look at that darling cupcake platter . .
Yes, Julia completely subscribes to this mantra! And her Live Sweetly Dynamic Duos™ stencil release has plenty of other message options! Just scroll through this gallery to see. But before you leave, please take a moment to appreciate the teeny
Okay, just one more cookie that uses a message from Julia’s Live Sweetly message and frame set. However, we’re pausing here less for the message and more for that rolling pin, which completely rocks! Made by extruding marbled fondant and
Crafted with Julia’s Live Sweetly Dynamic Duos™ stencil sets, this cookie is a prime example of how these stencils can be used on more than the cookie itself to add dimension. Here, Julia stenciled on a royal icing transfer to
Let’s pause for a sec just to admire the tiny details on this cookie made with Julia’s Live Sweetly Dynamic Duos™ stencil sets. The “egg yolk” is a royal icing transfer; the “flour” is powdered sugar attached with piping gel;
Wow, these royal icing pine cones look so darn real, don’t they?! Julia studied actual ones before setting out to make these, and that extra effort certainly made these sugar lookalikes true to life. Want to make your own? For
So what does one do with royal icing pine cones? When Julia first made these hyper realistic ones in 2019, she used them to adorn a lavish 3-D cookie candelabra, but they also make festive decorations, along with sugar holly
Here’s another wreath in Julia’s Gleam Team series, still in green but now with slightly more elegant styling. A perfect complement to her dining room! Julia most often hangs these wreaths off chair backs, as a way to beckon guests
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