For the month of August, the Soap Challenge Club did a brand new technique called Mantra Marbles. Erica Pence of Bath Alchemy Lab came up with this technique and offered to share it with us. She also created a tutorial for her latest ezine, which is available for purchase HERE. It’s a unique combination of Ebru paper marbling and the mantra swirl in a slab mold. The benefit of using the slab mold is being able to create a consistent design throughout the entire batch.

Huge thanks to Erica for sharing her technique and also being one of our sponsors this month!! Our other sponsor is a new one – BeScented. They offer a wide variety of fragrance and soaping supplies, so be sure to check them out!

There were so many amazing entries this month, but we only have one grand prize winner. Congratulations goes to Trish Morton from Washington State!! Believe it or not, Trish is a brand-new soaper! In fact, her winning entry, Soap No. 12, was aptly named as it was the 12th batch she’s ever made! Check it out:

Trish has won a $50 gift certificate from BeScented, plus one online soapmaking class of the her choice from Bath Alchemy Lab. Congratulations, Trish!

Second place goes to Michelle Bailey in South Carolina for her super cool Flame Kissed Marshmallow soap, scented with Marshmallow Fireside from BeScented:

Michelle made three other batches for the challenge that didn’t quite make the cut, so be sure to click on the photo to see her blog post about how she made this soap as well as the other batches. She has won a $50 gift certificate from Bath Alchemy Lab, plus free registration to the September Challenge Club. Congratulations, Michelle, on moving up from third place last month!

In third place we have Claudia Carpenter in California, a long-time member and supporter of the Challenge Club, who has placed several times in the top three spots. She created her beautiful soap based on the colors of a Stargazer Lily:

Claudia has shared her recipe as well as her technique and inspiration on her blog post, so definitely click on the photo for more information about this soap! She has won a $25 gift certificate from Bath Alchemy Lab, plus free registration to the September Challenge Club. Congratulations, Claudia!

The Sponsor’s Choice prize goes to Alexis Anderson in Pennsylvania! Alexis created this fabulous Crazy 88 soap:

If you click on the photo you can read more about her soap on her Pinterest Board. She wins a $25 gift certificate from BeScented! Congratulations, Alexis!

You can check out the rest of the entries this month HERE.

For September, we will be doing a technique called the Clyde Slide, named after Clyde Yoshida of Vibrant Soap. Here is the soap I made for the video tutorial:

Registration will open on Monday, August 31st for the September Challenge Club. We will be dividing the entries between U.S. and international soapmakers again in September. For the U.S. participants, the sponsor is Mad Oils! The grand prize winner will receive a $50 gift certificate plus the winner’s choice of one of their Mica Collections. Second and third place will each receive a $25 gift certificate, and their Sponsor’s Choice winner will receive a mica surprise pack worth more than $25.

For the international participants, the sponsor is Gracefruit Ltd in the UK! The grand prize winner will receive a £75 gift certificate. Second and third place will each receive a £25 gift certificate, and their Sponsor’s Choice winner will also receive a £25 gift certificate.

(Second & third place in each category will still receive free registration to the next month’s Challenge Club as well!)

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