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And this is my entry, my attempt at making a similar Ebru design with more flowers scattered around:
The wet soap - picture taken just after I finished decorating the top:
and this after 24 hours, uncut:
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close-up view |
I used a slow moving recipe and scented it with May Chang essential oil. Colours: used TD, activated charcoal and yellow pop mica for the flowers. I'd expected to have more time to do them, but halfway through the process, the batter had started to get pretty thick. Still, I somehow managed to finish without making a mess of things. All in all, I'm quite happy with how this one's turned out - which is why I entered this particular soap.
Which isn't to say I stopped there ... no!! I was hooked! I chanced upon some poppy flowers blooming in a field close to where I live and I took some photos of them, hoping to use the scenery as my inspiration.
Then I found an Ebru picture of tulips and yellow flowers in a field
and thought it would be slightly easier to 'draw' tulips than poppy flowers, so I chose it and made an attempt at creating something that was meant to be 'somewhat similar'. Hhmm ... can't say I was too happy with this one ;).
This one is scented with Frangipani FO (from Gracefruit UK) which behaved unexpectedly well! It has a colourful swirl inside - I wonder how that will turn out?! I'm very happy with how this one looks - black seems to really bring out other colours well! Was tempted to enter this but didn't, simply because it was done yesterday, without any 'inspirational' picture, and I didn't have time to browse the internet for any picture to attach next to it before the link-up deadline.
Thanks to all visitors for stopping by :).
Oh your soaps are fantastic, Caroline!! I had to go back and look at your entry soap (I really love the black and yellow color palette, as evidenced by my own batch!). And the roses! They look exactly like the Ebru ones! Truly beautiful work on all of them!
OdpowiedzUsuńThank you, Amy :). For your encouraging words and for organising this soap challenge.
OdpowiedzUsuńLove your work - all the soaps are so pretty. It must have been difficult to select which one you wanted to enter. Just beautiful.
OdpowiedzUsuńThank you, Bonnie for your kind words. Yes, making a choice wasn't easy and it was done in a bit of a hurry ... but I am quite content with my final decision :).
UsuńI must have been difficult to choose just one entry soap... They are beautiful, all of them. Congrats 😊
OdpowiedzUsuńThank you, Yvonne.
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