Western Belt Buckle

Belt Buckle Tutorial

Gray Colored Firm Gumpaste

Fondant Roller

Oval Cutter

Textured Roller, Impression Mat, or Stamp

Mini Texas Cutter

Gum Glue ( 1/4 tsp Tylose with 1 Tbsp hot Water)

Small bead mold

Gold and Silver Highlighter mixed with Everclear

Art Brushes

Script alphabet Tappits cutters ( opt)

Sugar Lacquer

Roll out gumpaste to about 1/8" thickness on a dusted board.

Cut out an oval using cutter  ( If you need a different size, make

an oval pattern and cut it out using a PME wheel cutter)

Texture your buckle with a textured roller, Impression mat, Stamp design

or with another impression you find around your house that will make

an appropriate design.

I used the impression from an Ivory Carving set

we use at Thanksgiving to carve the turkey!

Roll out a very thin piece of gumpaste. I used a mini Texas cutter, but

a star, longhorn, or a smaller oval cutter will work well too.

Moisten the back of the piece and attach to the center of the buckle.

Roll out a very thin cord of gumpaste and press into a small bead mold.

This one was a bead mold from First Impressions.

Attach to the edge of the buckle using gum glue.

Place on the side of a cake pan or dummy to dry completely.

Paint the buckle with silver highlighter and the contrasting

pattern piece with gold highlighter. If desired, you can contrast the

bead border with gold highlighter.

Spray with sugar lacquer.

If you want to monogram the buckle, use the Script Tappits to cut the

desired monogram. Moisten the back of the monogram with gumglue

and attach to the center of the buckle.

Paint with silver highlighter luster dust, then spray buckle again with lacquer.

Attach to your cake using piping gel or buttercream.

Be creative using different shapes, sizes, textures, cutters and borders to make a wide array of
western belt buckles!

Tutorial and Photography by Jacque Benson, copyright 2010

This material may not be republished or reproduced in any manner without the expressed permission of the author.

Sugarpaste Silver Spurs Tutorial

Gray colored firm gumpaste. This really needs to be a very firm paste.

Fondant roller

PME wheel cutter

1 inch daisy cutter

Textured Roller or Impression Mat

Gum Glue ( 1/4 tsp Tylose mixed with 1 tsbp hot water )

Silver and Gold Highlighter Luster Dust

(for decorative use only)

Edible Sugar Lacquer

3" Circle cookie cutter

Roll out gumpaste about 1/8"(*or a bit more) thickness on a well dusted board.( *A bit thicker is better

on the spurs to maintain stability during the drying process.)

Using wheel cutter, cut one using pattern. Flip pattern and cut one more.

Cut one spur using the daisy cutter.

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Texture your spurs using a textured roller or impression mat. Or find something around your house that

would make an appropriate texture. In this case, I used an ivory cased carving set. It worked great to

make a western style impression.

In this photo, I used a textured rolling pin.

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Cover the spurs with plastic wrap to protect from drying,

and paint the daisy using gold highlighter.

Uncover and turn the spurs over. Using the white colored portion

of your pattern as a guide, moisten the spurs with gumglue.

Place the daisy at the end and gently press the moistened spurs into the daisy.

Now press the spurs together as shown.

Position the circle cookie cutter on the top of a tall water glass.

Place the spur on the cutter ( as shown) to dry.

If your spurs want to slip, secure lightly with tape.

The firmer the gumpaste, the less likely to move or stretch.

When dry paint the spurs with silver highlighter luster dust and retouch the

daisy if necessary, then

spray with sugar lacquer to set the luster dust.

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Spur Pattern Below

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Tutorial and Photography by Jacque Benson
Copyright 2010
This material may not be republished or reproduced in any manner without the expressed permission of the author.