A girl should never have this much fun!
I had this idea in my head since I received my stamps. I was dieing to create a soap gift set and I just couldn't wait to make it. And it came out exactly how I pictured it! Don't you just love when that happens!
I took pictures again as I created it (I'm finding that keeping my camera near by me when I'm making something is a good thing!)
I had this soap starter kit I had bought at Michaels last year. All you need do is melt the soap squares in a bowl in the microwave and then pour it into a mold. Really easy.
You can add fragrance or herbs or anything you want really, while it's in liquid form.
Now the first step may be a bit scary for some of you. So only follow along if you have a the nerve!
I removed the EzMount foam from the back of my Salvia stamp! Yep, I sure did....I figured if the foam came apart in pieces I could always add more back on. Why pull it off, well I wanted the impression of the Salvia (Faux Lavender...lol) on my bar of soap. And it needed to be thin. I lay the rubber piece onto the bottom of the plastic mold, stamp side up. I sprinkled some lavender around it and then poured the liquid soap on top of the stamp. When it harden I removed the soap and just peeled the stamp away. Rinsed it off, dried it and put the foam mount back on. Didn't hurt one bit!
I pulled out my Twinkling H2O's by LuminArte' (Forest Green and Black Cherry). Added a few drops of water into the little pots and with a small paint brush I applied green and then the cherry directly onto the indentations that the rubber stamp left. (I'm not worried about the H2O getting on peoples hands when they wash....seriously who would ever think of using something so cute! And if they ever did I'm pretty confident it would wash off.)
I measured around the outside diameter of the bar of soap and cut a piece of pretty purple scrap booking paper I had and some fun natural handmade paper to wrap around the bar.
I wet my brush and started adding color directly onto the, now mounted, salvia stamp. Once all the color was on the rubber I huffed, a lot! To get it really moist again.
I then stamped it directly on to the handmade paper. I huffed again and stamped it a couple of times on an extra scrap I had, just in case, for later use. I love the way the extra ones stamped!
Oh my, the H2O's are so pretty and sparkle so nicely. I wish you could actually see how beautiful they look on the bar of soap and the card.
You can always buy a pretty bar of handmade soap and just create the band for it. You can stamp Friend, Dream, or Believe from my set. Maybe even make one of each! How cute would that be.
I created the front of my card in a similar fashion as I did the band for the soap. I just put the purple paper on top of the handmade paper and added some hemp cord.
I hope you like me sharing these ideas with you. I'm pretty excited to be able to create these things for you to use my stamps on.
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Have a wonderful day!
Asela,
That is absolutely beautiful and what a great idea. I never would have had the guts to pour liquid soap on my stamps! I love the bright purple paper with the kraft colored paper too. It really pops! Thanks so much for the inspiration!
Posted by: Jenny Mick | June 22, 2008 at 08:00 AM
What a great idea, and a beautiful project. You are always so full of wonderful ideas!
Posted by: Lynette | June 22, 2008 at 08:16 AM
This is amazing! Thanks for posting!!
Posted by: Kate | June 22, 2008 at 08:57 AM
Goodness Asela, this is beautiful!
Posted by: Erin K | June 22, 2008 at 09:25 AM
oh my gosh, AMAZING! I love Asela...what a creative woman you are...I would have NEVER thought of that!
Hugs,
Amy
Posted by: amy | June 22, 2008 at 11:43 AM
what a fantastic idea! I've always thought about trying to make my own soap. this is PERFECT with your new set!
Posted by: Donna | June 22, 2008 at 01:11 PM
This is beyond too cool!!!
totally awesome Asela!
Posted by: Keri Lee Sereika | June 22, 2008 at 03:36 PM
Your just always full of CLEVAH INSPIRATION, my "friend!" Beautiful!
Thank-you for making my 40th extra special!
{HUGS} :)
Posted by: A. Sanborn | June 23, 2008 at 06:49 AM
Love this idea for a gift set, so very pretty!
Posted by: Conniecrafter | June 23, 2008 at 10:13 AM
Wow, this is really beautiful and such a great gift!! Love it!
Posted by: Deb Wood | June 23, 2008 at 10:38 AM
This is amazing!!
Posted by: Janine | June 23, 2008 at 04:35 PM
OMgoodness!!!! This totally Rocks!!!! I LOVE it!!!!!!!
Posted by: Rose Ann | June 26, 2008 at 01:45 PM
Hi Asela,
Great idea! I understand how you got the debossed design (image 4920), but how did you get the embossed design (image 4923) on the soap? What am I missing?
Hugs,
-mary
Posted by: -mary | June 29, 2008 at 07:59 PM
What a great idea... I put a link on my blog of things I want to do!
THANKS
Posted by: lyneen | February 28, 2009 at 04:29 AM