Cricut Cake Suger cookies and The Cutting Cafe project

Here is my very first project using the Cricut Cake....here's a few things that I have learned about the machine:

...okay........wow i spent all day yesterday and part of today working with this machine...all and all I have to say I am pleased...........BUT...it will take much practice for me at least...here's a few things that I have learned:
1: need to get a better recipe for sugar cookies because the one I used was to buttery and when I went to cut using the machine the edges were to raggedy..(that is why the strawberry looks a little raggedy)....so what I found to work was I added lots of flour to the dough to make it a bit rougher then rolled on the mat and stuck it in the freezer for about 20 minutes and then the cuts CUT LIKE BUTTER...(funny I used that BUTTER word after saying I needed a recipe that was buttery..he he)...

2. the sheet that came in the package from hsn...didn't work for me one bit...yuck...maybe I did something wrong...but the brown was horrible just like the red...but it was probably me...

3. I love the fondant from Michaels..I bought the box of white and then a box of ****orted food colorings to get the green and red colors of the projects below...the brown on the tree was a piece from the ones from hsn...anyHOO, the fondant was perfect to re-color...I think I will go this way most of the time ..... besides the colors that I might buy premade....I haven't tried the gum paste yet...

4. I really need to have more mats...it would have made things way easier...especially with lots of colors you might want to do...I could have had my cookie doe rolled on one and then some fondant colors on another...etc...

5. Oh yeah those sheets that came with the bundle from hsn is NASTY...the fondue from Michaels taste pretty good to me...

on the projects below I used the following cricut cartridges:
APPLES: DOODLECHARMS
TREE: I THINK IT WAS SWEETHEARTS
STRAWBERRY: HELLO KITTY

All the tags came from sets from The Cutting Cafe:
BEAUTIFUL TREES....tree tag
http://thecuttingcafe.typepad.com/the_cutting_cafe/2010/02/beautiful-treespri...

STRAWBERRY SHAPED CARD SET...strawberry circle word
http://thecuttingcafe.typepad.com/the_cutting_cafe/2010/04/strawberry-shaped-...

ALL OCCASION TAG SET....apple tag
http://thecuttingcafe.typepad.com/the_cutting_cafe/2010/02/all-occasion-tag-s...

REMEMBER, YOU CAN PRE-ORDER THIS MACHINE FROM HALLMARK...THEY ARE BY FAR THE BEST ONLINE STORE....
http://www.hallmarkscrapbook.com/

I thought the tree would be good for Earth Day tomorrow
The Apple cookies will go to my sons teacher
strawberry cookie to a friend..

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[jasmine0820]

I love this video! I ordered my bundle from HSN and now I'm just waiting for it in the mail... I can't wait for it to come in, and my first project will be sugar cookies! Did you use just a liquid fondant for the icing? Thank you so much for sharing! :]

[thecuttingcafe]

@jasmine0820 hI Jasmine, I actually used the fondant from Michaels, the white one...I just added food coloring to the white....the sheets that came with the machine didn't work for me...errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr­rrrrr

[kdbbn8]

thanks for great video

[azdana]

Adorable, simply adorable!! Thanks for sharing your video. :-)

[naenaetaylor]

AWESOME got one of these LOVE ITTTTTTT! Im so making those sugar cookies! so cute!

[TheSpectorDeflector]

No one knows that cookies were actually cakes,they would use small cakes [cookies] to find the temperature for the cakes.

[simplydolicious]

Thank you for sharing information about the Cricut. I was wondering if it is worth buying. This gives me a better idea. :)

[4nikkimay]

will you share the cookie dough recipe?

[helmismommy]

I'm having so much trouble just rying to cut out the sugar cookies ugh!!! I just got the cricut cake and I'm so frustrated! Can you please help? Can you post ur cookie recipe and or a video of you making your cookies and the cricut cutting them out pleaseee?!

[ktaylor8705]

I've had my cricut cake since April & have never figured out how you can do they cookies. So I got curious & start researching! I'm so HAPPY I found this video my daughter turns 2 in a couple months & I was wanting to make princess cookie favors!! So I was wondering how thin you had to roll your dough?

[mreinstein48]

I really love the packaging!!! Just want to buy them!

[LindsayKilgore]

have you tried using this machine with homemade gun paste or fondant? I was curious if it cut the same as store bought. What awesome cookies!!! :-) You have a new subscriber!