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If you’ve been following The Colorful Cookie for a while, you know that 3D printing plays a HUGE role in my cookie business. Over the years, I’ve tested multiple 3D printers, and today, I’m excited to share that I now exclusively use Bambu P1P 3D printers—and I absolutely LOVE them! I have 10 of the...
Which Cutting Machine Should I Buy?
Blog Post Updated March 2025
WHICH CUTTING MACHINE IS BEST FOR MAKING COOKIE STENCILS? WHICH MACHINE WILL I LIKE BETTER? THE CRICUT OR THE SILHOUETTE CAMEO?
This is the number one question that I get asked. The other most asked questions are, “How do I add brid...
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Lauren Jacobs, the owner of The Cheerful Baker was a LIVE guest on The Colorful Cookie Facebook page. Lauren drew some clipart for us and I used her images to create a 3D cookie cutter. I gave some pro tips on how to create this cookie cutter using CookieCad on my 3D printer. Lauren then showed h...
Do you own a dough sheeter? I absolutely love my dough sheeter! I have had it for a while now and let me tell you! It is so fast and makes rolling out dough so easy! Lots of cookiers have purchased one and I have only heard raving reviews!
I wanted visible measurements to add to the side of mine wh...
Have you ever needed a stencil and needed it now?? Stencil Expressions provides stencil downloads to make it quick and easy for you!
Sharon Resch, the owner of Stencil Expressions was a LIVE guest on The Colorful Cookie Facebook page. She gave us a tour of the Stencil Expressions website and showed...
The Colorful Cookie and Amy Hicks from Seriously Sweet on Davis Street teamed up to give you a special cookie design LIVE from her summer series called "Tiki Hot".Â
She taught us how to create a multi-media cookie from start to finish using many mediums including fondant, wafer paper and royal icin...
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Have you thought about using a 3D printer to create your own cookie cutters? This is a great way to level up your cookie business and give your customers something NEW to talk about--how your cookies were customized just for them! Creating your own cookie cutters is an easy way to customize your ...
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Did you catch the LIVE on Thursday, June 17th with The Colorful Cookie and Sam's Cookie Company? If not, here it is! Sam and I both enjoy teaching people how to design, so we combined efforts to bring you this fun 4th of July tutorial!
In The Colorful Cookie Club, the focus of our learning is st...
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When creating a design in Silhouette Studio, there are many tools that can be helpful. Understanding how to manipulate your design to turn it into a stencil can be tricky, but understanding the tools you need at the right time can make it a breeze. Compound path is one of those must-have tools.
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In our last post, we talked about the Silhouette Studio offset tool. If you are a Cricut Design Space user, there is no need to worry, you now have access to the same tool! It has just been added recently with a few other new updates. In this post, we will be discussing the offset tool, where you ca...
There are many tools that can be used when creating stencils in Silhouette Studio. Whether you are just starting out with the software or you have been using it for quite some time... anyone can easily say there is ALWAYS something new to learn! I am writing a few blog posts about some of the import...
We would like to thank all of our wonderful sponsors for supporting such a fun event for cookiers around the world! Their generosity and support of Cookie-A-Thon is much appreciated by all!Â
Listed below are all sponsors and links to help you find them. Click on their business name to visit their ...
It's that time of year again.... SPRING COOKIE-A-THON 2021!  It is going to be AMAZING!! I don't know about you, but this is always one of my favorite times of the year. It is such a great time watching all of the outstanding cookie artists who are members of The Colorful Cookie Club come together ...
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Wow! I have never used a dough sheeter until I bought this one. Besides being able to design custom cookie stencils and cookie cutters for decorated sugar cookies, this is another BIG game changer!
This dough sheeter is AHH-mazing! If you decorate sugar cookies, it is perfect! The sheeter rolls ...
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Chef Tiffany from The Kids Cooking School joined The Colorful Cookie for a Facebook LIVE with a French macaron lesson.
Chef Tiffany is the founder of The Kids Cooking School, a non profit cooking school for kids. Her mission is to teach kids to love cooking...
