Making Soap with Impression Mats

December 15, 2015 by | 7 Comments

For the December Challenge Club, we have been making soap with impression mats. It has definitely been a challenge! I’ve made three soaps using this technique. For the first one, I tested out Lori Curry’s dry mica technique using a pre-made impression mat, and came up with this soap:

I call it Sweet & Spicy Potpourri soap because it has a warm apple spicy scent.
I call it Sweet & Spicy Potpourri soap because it has a warm apple spicy scent.

For the second soap, I filled in the vine and leaf design on a pre-made mat with some green soap, then did a pink gradient:

This one is scented with Sweet Pea & Rhubarb. It smells divine!
This one is scented with Sweet Pea & Rhubarb. It smells divine!

Finally, I was able to successfully make my own impression mat with a vinyl lace place mat, and filled the lace impression with white soap, then made a layer of blue followed by a marbled dark coral. It turned out better than I could have imagined:

Lace soap, scented with a hibiscus fragrance.
Lace soap, scented with a hibiscus fragrance.

Here’s making video of this soap:

The tutorial is now available on my website!

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  1. The impressions on these bars looks so cool. I really enjoy the way lace looks as an imprint; so elegant! =)

  2. Thank you! I thought all the beautiful lace tops I’ve been seeing were done with a mat of some sort, but didn’t completely understand how to do it. I’m excited to try it!

  4. @michelle – I just updated the post with a link to the tutorial. There are lots of resources in the tutorial – or you can just look on Amazon!

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