Treat your sweetheart with an adorable gnome from cookie decorator Dani Fiori of Sweet Dani B.
Mix together some royal icing with peach gel paste until desired peach shade is reached. Transfer to a small squirt bottle with a wide tip. Leaving a 1/4-inch border, outline the face, hand, and feet of the gnomi. Draw several zigzags across entire surface of the outlined area. If necessary, use a toothpick to spread evenly. Add a sweetheart to the hand and two blue, green, or violet candy beads to face to form eyes.
Mix together some royal icing with pink gel paste until desired pink shade is reached. Transfer to a small squirt bottle with a wide tip. Leaving a 1/4-inch border, outline dress and suspenders. Draw several zigzags across entire surface of the outlined area. If necessary, use a toothpick to spread evenly. Add two large confetti-candy circles to suspenders to create buttons. Let dry 4 to 8 hours.
Mix together some royal icing with white gel paste until desired shade of white is reached. Transfer to a small squirt bottle with a wide tip. Leaving 1/4-inch border, outline hat. Draw several zigzags across entire surface of the outlined area. If necessary, use a toothpick to spread evenly. Sprinkle immediately with sanding sugar or white nonpareils.
Mix together some royal icing with red gel paste until desired red shade is reached. Transfer to a small squirt bottle with a wide tip. Leaving a 1/4-inch border, outline the shirt. Draw several zigzags across entire surface of the outlined area. If necessary, use a toothpick to spread evenly. Using tweezers, immediately add pearl candy beads to create a necklace. Add a sweetheart candy in the center to create a charm.
Mix together some royal icing with brown gel paste until desired brown shade is reached. Transfer to a small squirt bottle with a wide tip. Leaving a 1/4-inch border, outline shoes. Draw several zigzags across entire surface of the outlined area. If necessary, use a toothpick to spread evenly.
Using a small paintbrush, lightly brush cheeks with pink pigment dust, being careful not to touch hat or shirt. Let dry at least 8 hours and up to overnight.