It is precision laser cut from our durable, 10 mil, food grade plastic so it holds up to repeated use, textural products and airbrushing. Use for all your cake and cookie projects because it is food grade plastic but also durable for all types of craft projects using paint, brushes, textures, etc. for fantastic professional results. Covering The Sides of Your Cakes, create a unique and elegant look using Royal Icing. There are two key points to remember to achieve a brilliant finish with Royal Icing: 2.Consistency of your Royal Icing. Technique: 1.Royal icing Place the stencil directly on the cake or onto rolled out modelling paste. Place dollops of royal icing to help the stencil in place, then spread the royal icing, using a scraper or pallet knife, evenly over the stencil.Gently pull off the stencil and admire. 2.Lustre dusts Place on a cake that has been freshly covered with sugarpaste,roll over the stencil with a rolling pin,smear white vegetable fat over the exposed pattern, then using a soft brush, dust with lustre dust. 3.Chocolate Spread melted chocolate over the stencil onto a hard chocolate surface but make sure the chocolate you are spreading is not too hot otherwise it will melt your chocolate base. 4.Icing(powered)sugar/Cocoa Gently sprinkle through the stencil onto a cake top-but easy does it The effect is awesome just with a light dusting and if you dust too much it will spread when someone as much as passea by Note: