Of course, the same stamped fondant pieces can be arranged in so many different ways, leading to almost limitless designs. To create this look, Julia dispensed with the bird you saw elsewhere in the gallery and added a bevy of
Okay, one last rubber-stamped still life in this series, just to demonstrate this style’s versatility! This cookie uses the same vase shown on another cookie in this gallery, but it has an added succulent and more tiny butterflies. Just by
As always, Julia likes to change up photo angles whenever she shoots, even if just to put more visual emphasis on a particular cookie in a set. Here, the focus is on the all-stamped cookie in the foreground. Its floral
Here’s a closer view of Julia’s all-stamped baby shower cookie shown elsewhere in this gallery, just so you can take in all of the details. Well, it’s almost all-stamped . . . The dainty roses and leaves in the foreground
Ooh! It looks like some stenciling sneaked into this cookie in Julia’s rubber-stamped baby shower set. While all of the elevated fondant foreground elements were rubber-stamped, the background clouds and grass were airbrushed and stenciled. For an in-depth video tutorial
Here’s another design using Julia’s rubber-stamped appliqué approach. While made for a baby shower, it would also make a darling Easter cookie. Again, all of the elevated foreground elements were rubber-stamped on fondant, cut out, and then dried before being
Don’t the butterflies on this cookie look like they’re taking flight? That’s because their wings were airbrushed on wafer paper, cut out, and then attached to the cookie with piping gel. (A little propping with paper towel was needed to
Here’s another cookie that relies on only the background set in Julia’s March 2022 Vintage Bulbs stencil release. Even so, it looks incredibly polished and complete with only three of the six possible background elements on the cookie (one crocus
What a welcoming spring-themed cookie – and tabletop! The cookie was made with both sets in Julia’s March 2022 Vintage Bulbs stencil release and her Genie Plaque cutter. And in lieu of a traditional cloth, Julia lined the table with
We all should stop and do more of that! Decorating cookies is as therapeutic as smelling flowers especially when working with Julia’s Dynamic Duos™ sets. They allow for so many design possibilities that you can’t possibly go wrong. Here, Julia
Wondering how Julia made the very organic edge on this cookie? She deckled it, meaning she tore the cookie dough using a ruler as a guide. This technique is so easy and marries so well with floral and other nature-themed
For this cookie made for The Bake Fest 2021, Julia used solely shades of brown (with a hint of bronze) to demonstrate how interesting a cookie can be with just one color. The molded cookie button, embossed royal icing shard,
Richly textured with a single molded cookie, an embossed royal icing shard, and a modeling chocolate bow, this pink plaque, made by Julia for The Bake Fest 2021, is sheer perfection.
Yep, the textured cookies that Julia made in 2021 for The Bake Fest premiere look great in yellow too – or just about any color, for that matter. Here, she dispensed with airbrushing and stenciling on the background and stamped
This stylish cookie, made by Julia for The Bake Fest 2021, is a great lesson in royal icing transfers, as it uses three kinds: roses (with a modern flair), embossed (for the shards), and contoured-and-embossed (for the very fun leaves).
Here’s a closer look at the three types of royal icing transfers on the floral heart made by Julia for The Bake Fest 2021. A stylized rose, a broken shard embossed with a silicone lace mat, and leaves, both embossed
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