Border Inspirations 1 is a resource for students, enthusiasts and professional cake decorators alike. When I was fresh to the world of cake decoration and design this is the book I wish I had when designers block hit me. This book is intended to spark inspiration in the enthusiast, to support cake decorators at consultations with clients and to be a set of borders for students to practice and develop further. Between these covers are twenty five borders I have either been taught or designed throughout the course of my professional career as a cake artist.

This food safe bottle and brush combo is perfect for edible glue.

Very useful for attaching ribbon around cake boards also perfect for many other crafting uses.

I find this the most useful of tools when reaching for a spatula, its perfect for use with royal icing, cake mixes and buttercream fillings,  no more licking the bowl this FlexiKnife will clean the bowl for you. Its also great for hot frying, stirring woks, basting. It will not scratch or damage any cookware surface and doesn’t melt. Made from 100% Ultra-hygienic extra high temperature resistant (325°c+) silicone, dishwasher proof. Total length: 26cm: Blade 14cm x 5cm (wide).

Extra strong disposable piping bags ideal for use with couplers or cut for larger tubes and nozzles.

This large petal tube is the tube I use to pipe most of my statement flowers such as my Victorian roses, Hibiscus, Petunias, Morning glories and orchids.

This exciting product gives the sugarcraft artist yet another opportunity for creativity. Ideal for piping jewels, pearly beads on celebration, novelty cakes and cookies.

This exciting product gives the sugarcraft artist yet another opportunity for creativity. Ideal for piping jewels, pearly beads on celebration, novelty cakes and cookies.

This exciting product gives the sugarcraft artist yet another opportunity for creativity. Ideal for piping jewels, pearly beads on celebration, novelty cakes and cookies.

This exciting product gives the sugarcraft artist yet another opportunity for creativity. Ideal for piping jewels, pearly beads on celebration or novelty cakes and cookies.

Perfect edible sparkle dust to add that shimmer to your creation.

Perfect edible sparkle dust to add that shimmer to your creation.

Perfect edible sparkle dust to add that shimmer to your creation.

Perfect edible sparkle dust to add that shimmer to your creation

Another generative of Artist Soft, air dries within 24 hours and has many uses. An excellent quality non-edible porcelain paste for flower making and modelling. Can be coloured with food colours, gouache, acrylic or oil paints. Modena can be mixed with Artista Soft/Hearty colours to obtain intense colours. This cold porcelain should not be in direct contact with edible products if used for making flowers for cakes.

Sugar Dough is ideal for all modelled figures where you require the piece to hold its shape and dry quickly, but still remain soft enough to eat once the cake is cut. This is also an easy to use, fun, edible material for children to model with and takes food colours well.

Squires Kitchen’s Sugar Florist Paste (SFP) has been developed especially for crafting delicate sugar flowers and leaves. Made in the UK with carefully balanced ingredients, SFP is pliable, can be rolled paper-thin without breaking and gives a perfectly smooth finish.

Turbillion (paper covered wire) is used by both florists and Sugarcrafters alike. It flexibility allows you to add curls and swirls to bring floral arrangements to life. This is a favourite of Alan Dunn and examples of its use can be found in many of his publications.

Turbillion (paper covered wire) is used by both florists and Sugarcrafters alike. It flexibility allows you to add curls and swirls to bring floral arrangements to life. This is a favourite of Alan Dunn and examples of its use can be found in many of his publications. Please visit my useful inks page for links to Alan Dunn’s website.

Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) is a modified plant cellulose. CMC is mainly used as a gum in flower paste recipes, and can be used in pastillage work, giving a whiter finish to paste than gum tragacanth.

Gum Tragacanth is a natural product that adds strength and stretch to sugar products. Can be added into modelling paste, flower paste and pastillage.

Great cutter for embossing or doing sugar decoupage. This cutter can also be used to create Ceri. Dz Road Kill Roses for side designs (see Ceri. Dz tutorials for details).

A quick easy tool to create embossed dots in sugarpaste, to cut coloured dots for the tops of mini cakes and cup cakes also great for embossing fabric effect bows.

A wonderful set of embossers to add fine details to your cakes, great for embossing then over-piping in royal icing to give the effect of lace on a cake.

Ideal for standing on the top of tiered cakes or lying flat on a birthday or anniversary cake. These numbers can be decorated in numerous fashions from character faces peeking around them to be surrounded by flowers or for male cakes the addition of work tools, sports or fishing gear.

Ideal for standing on the top of tiered cakes or lying flat on a birthday or anniversary cake. These numbers can be decorated in numerous fashions from character faces peeking around them to be surrounded by flowers or for male cakes the addition of work tools, sports or fishing gear.

Ideal for standing on the top of tiered cakes or lying flat on a birthday or anniversary cake. These numbers can be decorated in numerous fashions from character faces peeking around them to be surrounded by flowers or for male cakes the addition of work tools, sports or fishing gear.

Ideal for standing on the top of tiered cakes or lying flat on a birthday or anniversary cake. These numbers can be decorated in numerous fashions from character faces peeking around them to be surrounded by flowers or for male cakes the addition of work tools, sports or fishing gear.

Ideal for standing on the top of tiered cakes or lying flat on a birthday or anniversary cake. These numbers can be decorated in numerous fashions from character faces peeking around them to be surrounded by flowers or for male cakes the addition of work tools, sports or fishing gear.

Ideal for standing on the top of tiered cakes or lying flat on a birthday or anniversary cake. These numbers can be decorated in numerous fashions from character faces peeking around them to be surrounded by flowers or for male cakes the addition of work tools, sports or fishing gear.

Ideal for standing on the top of tiered cakes or lying flat on a birthday or anniversary cake. These numbers can be decorated in numerous fashions from character faces peeking around them to be surrounded by flowers or for male cakes the addition of work tools, sports or fishing gear.

Ideal for standing on the top of tiered cakes or lying flat on a birthday or anniversary cake. These numbers can be decorated in numerous fashions from character faces peeking around them to be surrounded by flowers or for male cakes the addition of work tools, sports or fishing gear.

Ideal for standing on the top of tiered cakes or lying flat on a birthday or anniversary cake. These numbers can be decorated in numerous fashions from character faces peeking around them to be surrounded by flowers or for male cakes the addition of work tools, sports or fishing gear.

Ideal for standing on the top of tiered cakes or lying flat on a birthday or anniversary cake. These numbers can be decorated in numerous fashions from character faces peeking around them to be surrounded by flowers or for male cakes the addition of work tools, sports or fishing gear.