I love cutters. Any shape cutter. I also like to be able to use a cutter in more ways than one. Sometimes I look at a cutter and say "how else can I use that?" So when I saw this class, I just had to attend.

Mark took us through a couple of cutters from the JEM cutter line - the Double Square Cutter and the Heart Scroll Cutter.

• First up was the Double Square Cutter from the Hollow Side Cutters Set.

The Double Square on its own looks good going around the side of a cake or wrapped over the edges. In this demonstration, Mark showed us that when you cut the image out you are left with the inside squares. He used them in the side design to help add interest to the border. You could also dry these inside squares and use them in a later project for accents or small plaques.

• From the same Hollow Side Cutters set Mark also used the Heart Scroll Cutter.

When you cut multiple hearts and join them in a row, you end up with a lovely double heart border. Again, there is the secondary shape created - the inside of the heart creates a small heart that can be used to help accent cake board corners or the cake itself. Or, as before, it can be left to harden to use at a later time. For example, a single cut of the Heart Scroll can be left to harden and used as a cupcake topper.

Next, Mark showed us how to use the Bubble Frieze Cutter and the Side Scroll cutter. He demonstrated these on a Celebration Cake.

• The Bubble Frieze Cutter

Using the Bubble Frieze cutter, Mark used the bubbles in their length wrapping over the edge of the cake. Again, this cutter gives you the extras of all the circles from inside the bubbles. You could use them to add accent or dry as before. This would also be a good cutter to use just for the many circles it can produce of different sizes.

• The Side Scroll Cutter

As you can see, the scrolls can be easily cut to form two scrolls for easy cake board accents.