The Moon & Mountains soap I originally posted for the challenge wasn’t a qualified entry because I misunderstood the difference between colors and hues posted in the rules. 
Nevertheless, I learned so much about blending shades, tones and tints and the color effects with Klein Blue that I’m happy with the learning experience that grew out of my confusion! 
My inspiration was our annual camping event with many friends in Newport, Pennsylvania for the Mountain Laurel Autoharp Gathering. 5+ days of music and song from morning until late at night! Each year I would be so excited I couldn’t sleep, so I walked in the moonlight down the mountain to the reservoir, where I would see fireflies dancing near the pines and hear the green frogs and bullfrogs serenading one another across the water. Constellations and the Milky Way sparkled overhead.
The Mountains & Moonlight soap was created as a study in shades and tones. The color is Klein Blue mica. Mountains are shaded with Navy Blue mica (my black in blending), which was also used for the mica line accents. The night sky incorporated titanium dioxide and a touch of NB mica with a generous teaspoon of Silver Ecoglitter to simulate stars. For a guide, I found artwork on the Internet, cropped it, and added pencil lines. The fragrance is a blend of lemongrass, litsea, cedarwood and patchouli.
After making this soap, I looked up at the window I made 45 years ago of my DH, an adaptation from a stained glass pattern and background mountains traced from a picture of his field area that summer near Stanley, Idaho. Suddenly the connection to making mountain soap hit me. Look at those mica lines!
Nevertheless, I learned so much about blending shades, tones and tints and the color effects with Klein Blue that I’m happy with the learning experience that grew out of my confusion! My inspiration was our annual camping event with many friends in Newport, Pennsylvania for the Mountain Laurel Autoharp Gathering. 5+ days of music and song from morning until late at night! Each year I would be so excited I couldn’t sleep, so I walked in the moonlight down the mountain to the reservoir, where I would see fireflies dancing near the pines and hear the green frogs and bullfrogs serenading one another across the water. Constellations and the Milky Way sparkled overhead.
The Mountains & Moonlight soap was created as a study in shades and tones. The color is Klein Blue mica. Mountains are shaded with Navy Blue mica (my black in blending), which was also used for the mica line accents. The night sky incorporated titanium dioxide and a touch of NB mica with a generous teaspoon of Silver Ecoglitter to simulate stars. For a guide, I found artwork on the Internet, cropped it, and added pencil lines. The fragrance is a blend of lemongrass, litsea, cedarwood and patchouli.
After making this soap, I looked up at the window I made 45 years ago of my DH, an adaptation from a stained glass pattern and background mountains traced from a picture of his field area that summer near Stanley, Idaho. Suddenly the connection to making mountain soap hit me. Look at those mica lines!
and 2. I really admire you putting in the effort to make a new soap without being discouraged or throwing in the towel, especially this late in the game. Like, that is so cool 
Next time I won’t enter until I know I have time to actually make the soap.
fire soap with the drywall 
pencil it was fun and easy ).
