Saturday, March 30, 2013

Tiger Stripe Soap Challenge

Amy Ward of Great Cakes Soapworks has generously started another round of challenges to soapmakers and I have joined this year for trying different different swirling techniques in soap.  Here is where you can see Amy's video on how to do this technique.  Before I go any further I would really like to thank Amy for doing these Challenges as it allows all of us to try new things.

So our first challenge is the Tiger Stripe.  As most of you know I love Pink so I decided to do Pink & Black for my colours, nice high contrast.  Everything was going according to plan, got the pink to where I wanted it, the black was a lovely deep black and then I added the fragrance.  It left the pink gorgeous but it morphed into a lovely grey, I loved it!

Now comes the pour.  I decided to leave this at a fairly thin trace in order to make sure it didn't get too thick.  I used a well behaved fragrance so I knew it wouldn't make it move too fast (Energy).  Unfortunately, it was too thin so the first part of the pour was not quite what I was going for.  By the middle of the loaf it had gone to where I wanted it to be.  At the end, well it was too thick, of course.  But I soldiered on, I wasn't going to let mere soap best me and I did my normal top with lots of glitter.



Now the wait was on.  What was this going to look like when I unmoulded it and cut?  How bad was it?  Here I am, am experienced soapmaker, fussing like a newby about what was inside the soap.  It's amazing what a challenge will do to you! 

It's now tomorrow, I can open up the present that is my soap.  Oh heaven this is as exciting as Christmas except there was some trepidation involved.  I lift it out of its mould, good so far, unwrap the soap, hmmmm maybe a little soft yet.  Should I wait?  Nah..  I pull out the cutter, prepare the soap to go in and slice!

Here is what I found!







I am pleased and this was fun so I will be doing this again.

Amy, thank you for the learning opportunity.  I look forward to the next challenge.....

To see all of the participants take a look at Amy's Blog HERE


22 comments:

  1. I think your soap looks even better with grey instead of black. The pink and grey look harmonious and the stripes are pretty too.

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  2. The pictures are gorgeous, love their natural look!
    And the stripes are so lovely, rose goes so well together with black! Love it!!!

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  3. I love it!! Seems like a common theme with this technique - like, how in the world is this going to turn out when the soap is so thin/too thick?? Your soap is just beautiful, Lindalu!

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  4. Thank you so very much ladies! This was a lot of fun and it's nice to get taken back to feeling brand new again....

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  5. Wow, just gorgeous stripes...I love the pink and grey!!!

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    1. Cee Gee - Thank you so much! This was fun...

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  6. Very pretty. I love anything pink :)

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    1. Kim, you and me both, I so love that colour. Thank you for your kind words.

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  7. Great combination of colours! I always love pink in soap!

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    1. Diva Soap thank you very much, I must admit it was supposed to be Black & Pink - who knew that Energy fragrance would morph black mica?

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    2. Very pretty soap. I love the colour combinations you've chosen too :) Linda

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    3. Linda thank you. I really enjoyed this challenge and look forward to our next one....

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  8. Beautiful! I love the combination of pink and grey! Very nice!!!

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    1. Thank you so very much. I'm thinking from your name you might actually like pink? *grin*

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  9. My first visit to your blog and the background paper is so lovely. Your coloring is perfect and so are the stripes! Classy grey and pink!

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    1. Hello Pam, Thank you for visiting my blog, I really need to be more active with it. I appreciate your kind words about my soap, I really am happy with the grey and this was fun.

      Cheers

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  10. It's gorgeous! The pink and gray are great together. What a lucky color morph!

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    1. Dana thank you so much. Before the cut I was so disappointed I had lost the black but once I cut it I was pleased.

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  11. Pink and grey are great together and yours is wonderful! Very classy!

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    1. Thank you very much Carol! I am thinking I might use this colour combo in other soaps now as well. It will be interesting to see if I can accomplish that colour again. Gotta love happy accidents.... LOL

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  12. I love the colors you chose for this! The sparkle on top makes it extra special too :)

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    1. Anne-Marie thank you so much for your kind words. This was a lot of fun....

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