Forgotten Friday Challenge

Original post can be found HERE

These are really fun to make.  Our stash of cute little

gift soap is depleted and I feel a weekend crafty

project for the girls.  Yes, it is so easy even

they love making them.

When using melt and pour

soap with kids use caution it is

 EXTREMELY HOT.

So my challenge for this Forgotten Friday post is for you to

create a gifty soap using your stamps.  If you don't have

soap making supplies show me how you are using

your stamps in a creative way.

You will have 'til Thursday April 7th at

11:00PM to place your link with Mr. Linky

below.

Happy Stamp Day. May God bless our country and the world.

Soap Stamping Challenge

My Friend Amy Challenged me to show you some pictures of using your stamps on soap. Type soap into the search bar to see many different ways I have used melt and pour soap. For today I am showing you some new bars using Papertrey Ink stamps from Wishing You and Everyday Blessings.

Below are the soaps made from PTI's Wishing You stamp set. I have to admit the Cameo bars are my favorite. I just don't like the way the extra parts of the image shows up in the tulip bars. (Do not cut your polymer stamps down any farther then what they come to you if you plan on stamping with them in the future. Make sure you get them clean when finished the oils and colors will stain and degrade your polymer stamps.)

Soap crafted with Life of the Party melt and pour soap and accessories, Papertrey Ink Cross from Everyday Blessings.


Let your soap cure for a day, wrap tightly in saran wrap. Your bars will keep for a good amount of time when you store them this way.

Happy Stamp Day, God Bless!

LIsa Johnson Butterfly Soap, CUTE!

Did you see the release post on Lisa's blog for PTI...here is the link.

Wanna know how she did it? Keep reading for my tutorial and enter soap into the search box on the left sidebar to learn more fun ideas for soap crafting.

Stamp and Soap Tutorial
For soap like Lisa did you would just lay your stamp into the soap mold facing up toward you. Fill with clear melt and pour soap about 1/4 to 1/2 way, next top off the soap mold with a colored soap or white melt and pour (this will become the bottom of your bar).
Now when you do this you will get a cavity on the top the shape of the stamp you put in (including all the extra space).
Go back very carefully with the melted soap color you want to use and just fill in the spots where you want the contrasting soap and leave the extra space empty.

If you are going to use your PTI stamps for this REMOVE CAREFULLY they do tend to rip easier then rubber.
Clean them off right away the residue can damage your polymer stamps.

This is fun, she makes it out to be easy but for a beginner using a stamp with your soap is advanced and will take some time to work out your details. Just don't become discouraged if you don't find it "pitifully easy" the first time out.

Fact is I enjoy more stamping on Tissue paper and embedding it into the top of my soap bar. Tutorial for this here.

Happy Stamp Day, God Bless!

Little J Crafts for the Fair

Little J was so happy to enter her crafts at the fair and more excited to get the ribbons home she actually slept with them Thursday night and today after the school open house she has plans for the candy aisle with her prize money.

We had planned just to enter her in the Fancy Soap division the lady that checked her in split up her soaps and put one in the "other" category and gave her two chances at winning.

The soap you see in the center of the pic are made with melt and pour soap cubes. **Supervision is a must with the melted soap it is very HOT!** Make sure they stir slowly and the adult should actually pour into the mold. By the way her soaps are lavender scented LOL!

Product list...
Melt and pour soap cubes
Soap mold
Scent
Color
Microwave

My detailed directions can be found here.

Take the embedded soap link under labels for more clean fun.

I will be back to place scans for the next ribbon winners, Happy Stamp Day!

Merry Christmas R

I have my Niece's CHRISTmas gift all finished and wrapped up. Here is what the first photo shows you...
Tall can is recycled drink mix container and holds 4 colors of playdough and cutters.
Jug is recycled Container and holds Shower Gel.
Bottle was purchased at Michales and has hand and body lotion.
Small bottle is recycled hand sanitizer bottle that holds body glitter gel.
Two bars of handmade soap.
Tow pots of lip gloss Chocolate and peppermint.
Christmas Tree Ornament.

I have to tell you our reasons behind making gifts this year. We wanted to teach our Children the Christmas is not about getting it is in the spirit of Giving. And the main reason we celebrate Christmas is the Birth of Jesus. With the economy the way it is and my craft room piled high with products (that one is for you Dad, my Dad was shocked at all I had when he came to visit before heading south) it was decided a group effort of time and love was going to create the gifts this year. It has been a great ride working with all three of our kids making projects and teaching them the basics. My DH just scratches his head and wonders when he will have the kitchen back to normal.
Now I need to finish up gifts for the boys. I have the playdough made, do you have anymore suggestions for me. (They range in age from 3 to 8.)


Supply list...
Lotion
Shower Gel
Aloe Vera Gel (Clear)
Melt and pour soap base
Soap Scent
Soap Coloring
soap molds
Vasaline
Peppermint Chips
Mint Chocolate Chips
glitter
assorted containers
Saran wrap
SU Bella Rose Paper
SU Scallop Circle punch
Asst. circle punches
SU Pretties Kit
SU Ribbon and silver cord
SU alpha stamps
SU Gable Box Large
PTI Borders and Corners Circles
PTI Pure Poppy and Dark Chocolate Ink
Clear Dollar Stamps lip gloss stamp set
Cricut with George Cartridge

Links on Sara's Creative Adventures to make the listed projects...
Bath and Body Gift Set
Quench in Style **For the flovorings in this project I acually used Andees mint chips and peppermint chips. I put 5 chips into the vasaline for three pots and melted them together.**

Put CHRIST back into CHRISTmas in 2008
Luke 6:38
"Give and it will be given to you. A good measure, pressed down, shaken together and running over, will be poured into your lap. For with the measure you use, it will be measured to you."

Merry Christmas!

God Loves a Cheerful Giver/soap crafting

This year my husband and I decided that we were not going to spend any money on CHRISTMAS, how were we to get this done? Every gift, every card, sweet treat and decoration has been handmade by myself and our children. It has been so much fun working with the girls seeing them get excited about what they have made and talking about how much the recipient is going to enjoy their gift.
**One note we did end up purchasing some Christmas candy, I burnt up my mixer making fudge and was not able to complete what items were left on my list.**

Past soap making posts...
Stamping on Soap tutorial
Embedded Soap Tutorial
Embedded Soap

Product list...
Melt and pour soap base
Soap Mold
Green Tea Powder
Ginger
Tea Leaves
Cling Wrap
SU DP
SU Ribbon

It is funny how my Nice and Nephews ask there parents when the next time is that I will be coming over. Know what they are looking forward to? Handmade soap, they have run out and are in their own way requesting more. It is so funny! These kids have every toy, get almost everything they ask for and in the end what they want from Aunt Sara is more Soap for bath time. (I love it!) That is truly what makes giving this time of year such a joy.

Put CHRIST back into CHRISTmas in 2008
2 Corinthians 8:7
"...for God Loves a Cheerful giver."

Merry CHRISTmas!

PTI September Blog Hop "Bath And Body Gift Set"

From the PTI Web Site and Nicole Heady...

"Heartfelt & Homemade Holiday Challenge
The holidays are upon us and will be here before you know it!
Why don't we use this month's Blog Hop as a way to help each other plan for the upcoming holidays?
We want to see you best holiday inspired projects.
This includes gift ideas and holiday cards. Gift packaging, wraps & tags.
Home decor and tree decorations. Recipes & traditions. We wanna see it all!
I hope many of you will participate as we take the opportunity to learn from each other and make this one of the most heartfelt & homemade holidays yet for all of our family & friends!"

I have shown you in past blog posts some Christmas Crafts I have been working on to see how they perform you can find directions to the making of these products in the following posts here on my blog...





Lip Gloss

Body Glitter
Do not store the body glitter in the metal containers they will rust!

Embedded Soap Crafting
In my blog bar on the right you will also find a link to more soap crafting techniques that I did not use on this project. Did you know you can stamp on Soap?

Now here is how you can make the other goodies I have placed in my Bath and Body gift set...

Shower Gel
Fill container with "Life of the Party" Shower Gel Refill
Drop in 20 drops of Soap Crafting Scent
You can also drop in color, I did not use color in my project. (You would drop and mix the color 'til you get the desired result).

Body Lotion
Fill Container with "Life of the Party" Shea Butter Lotion Refill
Drop in 20 drops of Soap Crafting Scent
You can also drop in color, I did not use color in my project. (You would drop and mix the color 'til you get your desired result).

Candle is store purchased

Supply list...
Shower Gel Refill "Life of the Party"
Shea Butter Lotion Refill "Life of the Party"
Melt and Pour Soap Base Clear and White
Aloe Vera Gel (Clear) This was hard to find Wal-Mart has it by the body lotion
Vasaline
Kool-Aid
Soap Scent
Soap Colorant
2 oz plastic Bottles (found at Michael's by the adhesives and empty bottles, they also have some to pick from in the soap crafting section)
Lip Gloss Pot Jar Clear Dollar Stamps
Small Pillar Candle
Ultra fine Glitter
Packing Tape
Red Liner Tape
Xyron Permanent Adhesive
Dimensionals
PTI Vintage Holiday DP
PTI Merry and Bright Stamp Set
PTI Pure Poppy ink, card stock and ribbon
PTI Spring Moss Card Stock
PTI Palette Noir Ink
PTI Dark Chocolate Ink
Scallop Oval Punch
1 1/4" circle Punch
1/8" Hole Punch
SU Silver Cord

Scallop Rectangle Nestabilities
PTI White Adhesive Sheets
Grafix Clear Craft Plastic
Computer and Printer

Happy Stamp Day, enjoy the blog hop. If you have any questions on any of the projects used in my Bath and Body gift set please email me at paschal.sara@gmail.com or comment in this post.

In the bag...

Going to make the Christmas season easy on ourselves this year, most of the gifts to my Nephews and Niece are going to fit in this bag. They will get a candy container, notebook, soap and a gift card. We just buy for the kids at Christmas now and I think they get really overwhelmed quickly and by the next day the items are less important or forgotten, I know it happens here with my girls. I would like my kids to learn that it is not about gifts, Christmas is about love and sharing, caring for others and spreading joy. Not frantic shopping, spending over budget, long lines and retailers who are telling you what you need to have under your tree to have a happy holiday.
I want to thank my Sister, she left me a huge stack of DP the last time she was over to stamp and this is what I have done with it. Thank you!

For the genie bag I put a small 3 by 3 card on the front, this way it won't be lost in the shuffle of gifts. You can find instructions on SCS for the Genie Bags
Tins are from Speciality Bottle Co.

Secret Sister Reveal...

This was the project I worked on to send to my Secret Sister for Reveal. It was a Comp notebook covered with Apple Cider paper from SU and also some Wasabi Ribbon, the next item was the magnetic coaster notebook, two bars of Apple Cider Embedded soap and finally a couple cards. So this ends 2007 DSS over on Split Coast and I have made four new sister friends, greetings to you all!

Have a Happy Stamp Day!

Stamping on soap tutorial...

This is another fun way to use your rubber stamps and soap.
These first few steps you will find directions for in my Embedded Soap Tutorial

First you will need to make you soap bars, melt the white melt and pour soap per directions on your package.
Pour the melted soap into your molds.
Let your soap harden
Unmold your soap

Now we are ready for some new steps...
So here is my Stamping on soap tutorial



1. Stamp your image on tissue paper with a perm ink such as staz-on, you can also color your image with perm markers like Sharpie or Fabrico.



2. Cut around your stamped image leaving a little tissue paper border around the edges.



This is what your image will look like after it is stamped and cut out of the tissue





3. Take some ink on a scrap piece of tissue paper and distress the top and sides of your soap.




4. Wet your soap on top with a damp wash cloth then place your stamped image face up on the soap bar.






5. Tap your damp wash cloth over the top of your image til it is smooth and stuck to the soap bar.

6. Melt some clear soap, per directions on your box, in a bowl to allow for dipping.


7. Take your soap and dip it into the melted clear soap, tip and circle the soap around to remove the excess.
8. Let harden and repeat step 7.


This is how your soap will look after it has been dipped two times.







9. Let the clear soap harden then take a butter knife and clean up the edges of your soap where the drips are.


10. Buff your soap bar with a piece of tissue paper on the top and sides, this will make your bar smooth again

You are done now you have a custom gift, hand stamped by you.
Is this not fun!

Remember to tightly wrap your soap in Plastic Wrap if you are going to give it as a gift or sell otherwise you are ready to use your new soap.



Happy Stamp Day!

Soapmaking video for Melt and Pour soap...

Here is a link to a Melt and Pour soapmaking video that I found while surfing this A.M.. I tend to purchase my supplies at Mike's or at Hobby Lobby so I can use a coupon, very inexpensive craft and you can use your stamping and paper supplies to jazz up your soaps.

Melt and Pour Soapmaking Video by Nuscents Candle

Embedded Soap Tutorial

This is such a clean fun project and I have not seen it used very much so lets clean up using my Embedded Soap Tutorial and make some special holiday gifts. They make great treat handouts for school, hostess gifts or make a bunch for a holiday present. Get your kids involved they love to make and use soap projects, have a happy stamp day!


Decide on the image you want to use in your soap project, here I used the Apple Cider Paper from Stampin' Up! with my 1 1/2" circle punch. (You can also stamp and image and color it as you would normally to use in your project.)
This photo shows your DP placed on one side of clear packing tape.
This photo shows a layer of packing tape being placed on the back of the DP.
Take your sandwich and press down firmly with pan scrapper (this is a crucial step in your project this will seal your art from the soap and water and keep your sandwich from bleeding into your soap.)
Cut around your DP and tape sandwich leaving 1/8" of a tape edge
Now you are ready to make soap, here is a photo of some of the supplies I use. Keep in mind you can keep this simple by just using the plain soaps or you can put drops of color or scent into your soap project. Your creativity can take your project anywhere you want it to go.
Melt your soap per directions on label (use a glass vessel for melting and a metal bread knife to stir.) During this step after you have melted your soap you can put in a few drops of scent, stir slowly with a metal knife so you do not create air bubbles.
Pour your melted clear soap 1/2 way into the mold
Let your clear soap harden, this will be the top layer you will be able to see your object through in the end, a window of soap if you wish. Place your DP paper and tape sandwich face down on your hardened layer of clear soap.

Spritz some rubbing alcohol onto your hardened clear soap and paper with tape sandwich.
Pour on your melted white soap
Fill up to the top of your mold with white soap




When your soap has hardened and cooled remove from the mold by turning the mold upside down and pressing on the top of your mold to release the soap. (To speed up the process and have your soap release easily you can move your mold after your mold has set to the fridge for no more than 30 minutes.)



The last step is to enjoy, now if you are going to sell or give your soaps as gifts wrap immediately after unmolding tightly in plastic wrap.

Unmounted stamping fun...

For this soap I used the tree from L.A.D.'s Merry and Bright set

This is another fun way I can show you to use your unmounted stamps for a different purpose you guessed it soap crafting (No Stamps are harmed during this process).

Melt your clear glycerin soap per instructions, pour 1/2 of your mold and let harden.
Place your unmounted stamp on top of the hardened layer and pour around your stamp half way up your stamp, (you do not want to cover your stamp you will need to release it from the mold when it is hard). When the soap has hardened take a tooth pick and pry up one end of the stamp then pull it up to release it from the soap.
Now you have a cavity the design of your stamp, melt some opaque soap and pour into the cavity let cool.
Melt a different color of opaque soap and finish filling up the mold, let the soap harden and release the bar from the mold.
You will see your filled design in the middle of the bar.

Embedded Soap...

You can also use all of those great DP's you have same way...
Make sure they are sealed in packing tape and embed your paper sandwich in the layers of your "melt and pour" glycerin soap. What a great gift for the season and simple also, this project will take you less than five minutes to complete a bar. One year the girls and I made enough of these soaps they could hand out one snowman or snowflake per student in the class and they really enjoyed them.

The soap has also been a great selling item at some of my previous craft fairs.

Have a Happy Stamp Day!

Merry, Bright and Clean?

Merry and bright embeded soap


This time of year I really like to craft with the girls, we have fun times getting items ready for the holidays. Today I am going to show you an easy no fail, fast, clean project to do with your kids.
Can't go wrong with soap crafting if the kids spill it you just clean it up, LOL!

Stamp, color and layer your image as you normally do, no special inks or papers are needed. Now take your project and wrap it in packing tape making sure to press firmly. Cut out your image leaving 1/8" tape seal all the way around your layered piece.

Here comes the new part and you will need some clear and white glycerin, "melt and pour" soap, and a soap mold. Cut off a few squares of clear and melt in your microwave per direction, usually less than 30 seconds. Pour the melted soap 1/2 way up your mold and let this harden, lay your image in face down and pour in your white soap to fill the mold. Let this layer harden and then remove your soap from the mold, your project is complete.

Fast, fun, easy, cute and clean.