Gumpaste Sweet Pea Tutorial

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Start out with a small column attached to a gauge 26 white floral wire. It should measure around ½ inch if using FMM sweet pea cutters, like I did here.

Let it dry.

Cut out the two petal shapes, the back petal with a ridge.

Use the dogbone to soften the back petal, cupping it backwards.

Attach gauge 26 white floral wire and flip over to mark veins with the dresden tool.

Pinch it slightly at leave to dry over the edge of your foam pad, so it curves backwards.

Soften the edges of the front petal and cup it – cup your heart out.

The more your cup the better it will look when you glue the middle to the column, and wrap the sides around to created a hollow middle. Don’t glue the sides together in front.

And dry.

And dry. Yawn!

Brush some color on the column and at the bottom of the back petal. We are not looking for anything more than a subtle effect to make the flower look realistic.

Place the back petal behind the column and tape together with half width green floral tape.

And voila!