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Let's Go Set Sail

4/13/2019

Today I'm sharing my newest painting entitled "Let's Go Set Sail." It layers collage, ink, and acrylics on a
10" x 10" stretched canvas with my Water's Edge, Making Waves, Let's Go 1 and Let's Go 2 stencils from StencilGirl® Products!

©2019 Mary C. Nasser, Let's Go Set Sail, mixed-media on stretched canvas, 10 x 10 inches

©2019 Mary C. Nasser, Let's Go Set Sail (detail), mixed-media on stretched canvas, 10 x 10 inches

Making Wave's stencil

Water's Edge stencil

This new original artwork is available in my Etsy shop.

I'm linking up this week with Emerald Creek's April challenge!
Thanks so much for visiting my blog,

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Getaway

4/10/2019

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Today I'm sharing my newest painting entitled "Getaway." It layers collage, ink, acrylics, embossing powder and ephemera on a 9" x 12" stretched canvas. I used my Water's Edge, Navigate, Making Waves, and Let's Go 1 stencils from StencilGirl® Products! I added dimension to the waves at the top and bottom my Water's Edge stencil with Turquoise Sparkle and Ocean Spray Embossing Powders and from Emerald Creek.

©2019 Mary C. Nasser, Getaway, mixed-media on stretched canvas, 9 x 12 inches

Making Waves stencil

Water's Edge stencil

Navigate stencil

This new original artwork is available in my Etsy shop.

I'm linking up this week with Emerald Creek's April challenge!
Thanks so much for visiting my blog,

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Earth and Sea

4/6/2019

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Today I'm sharing my newest painting entitled "Earth and Sea."
It layers collage, ink, acrylics, embossing powder and ephemera on an 5" x 6" stretched canvas.
And I used my Water's Edge and Map stencils, from StencilGirl® Products, too!

©2019 Mary C. Nasser, Earth and Sea, mixed-media on stretched canvas, 5 x 6 inches

I created the waves using the bottom edge of my new Water's Edge stencil with Seth Apter's Deep Sea Baked Texture.

©2019 Mary C. Nasser, Earth and Sea (detail), mixed-media on stretched canvas, 5 x 6 inches

Water's Edge stencil

This new original artwork is available in my Etsy shop.

I'm linking up this week with Emerald Creek's April challenge!
Thanks so much for visiting my blog,

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New Painting: Ocean

4/4/2019

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Today I'm sharing my newest painting entitled "Ocean." It layers collage, ink and acrylics on a 12" x 16" stretched canvas. It includes a scrap of 1920s ledger paper from a Sea Captain documenting his ship's travels.
And I used my Making Waves and Mini Waves stencils from StencilGirl® Products, too!

©2019 Mary C. Nasser, Ocean, mixed-media on stretched canvas, 12 x 16 inches

©2019 Mary C. Nasser, Ocean (detail), mixed-media on stretched canvas, 12 x 16 inches

Mini Waves stencil

Making Waves stencil

This new original artwork is available in my Etsy shop.

I'm linking up this week with Emerald Creek's April challenge!
Thanks so much for visiting my blog and celebrating my new stencils with me!

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New Painting: Sailing

4/2/2019

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Today I'm sharing my newest painting entitled "Sailing." It layers collage, ink, and acrylics, on an 10" x 10" stretched canvas. It includes 1920s ledger paper from a Sea Captain documenting his ship's travels. And I used my Sailboat and Making Waves stencils from StencilGirl® Products, too!

Sailboat stencil

Making Waves stencil

This new original artwork is available in my Etsy shop.

I'm linking up this week with Emerald Creek's April challenge and Simon Says: Anything Goes challenge!
Thanks so much for visiting my blog and celebrating my new stencil releases with me!

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Adventure Awaits

3/28/2019

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Today I'm sharing my newest painting entitled "Adventure Awaits."
It layers collage, ink, ephemera and acrylics on a 6" x 6" stretched canvas. I gave the ship's wheel dimension by using my new Navigate stencil from StencilGirl® Products with two layers of Candy Turquoise Embossing Powder from Emerald Creek.

©2019 Mary C. Nasser, Adventure Awaits, mixed-media on stretched canvas, 5 x 5 inches

©2019 Mary C. Nasser, Adventure Awaits (detail), mixed-media on stretched canvas, 5 x 5 inches

Navigate stencil

This new original artwork is available in my Etsy shop.

I'm linking up this week with Emerald Creek's Ordinary Day by Great Big Sea challenge, Simon Says: Anything Goes Challenge, and Simon Says: Play With Paint Challenge!

Thanks so much for visiting my blog and celebrating my new stencil releases with me!

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Sailboat

3/23/2019

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I can't stop using my Set Sail stencil series from StencilGirl® Products!
Today I'm sharing my newest painting entitled "Sailboat." It layers collage, ink, acrylics, embossing powder and ephemera on an 8" x 10" stretched canvas. It includes vintage flashcards I got from Ephemera Paducah and 1920s ledger paper from a Sea Captain documenting his ship's travels. And I used my Water's Edge, Navigate, and Mini Waves stencils, too!

©2019 Mary C. Nasser, Sailboat, mixed-media on stretched canvas, 8 x 10 inches

I had a lot of fun creating the waves at the top using mask of my new Water's Edge stencil with Turquoise Sparkle Embossing Powder from Emerald Creek.

©2019 Mary C. Nasser, Sailboat (detail), mixed-media on stretched canvas, 8 x 10 inches

Water's Edge stencil

Navigate stencil

Mini Waves stencil

This new original artwork is available in my Etsy shop.

I'm linking up this week with Emerald Creek's Ordinary Day by Great Big Sea challenge and Simon Says: Cute Challenge!

Thanks so much for visiting my blog and celebrating my new stencil releases with me!

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See the World...Wander

3/19/2019

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Hi, everyone! I'm excited to be sharing another new painting that I created with my NEW Set Sail stencil series from StencilGirl® Products! This painting is entitled "See the World." It layers collage, ink, and acrylics, ephemera, and my new Mini Waves stencil on a 5" x 5" stretched canvas that is 1.5" deep.

©2019 Mary C. Nasser, See the World, mixed-media on stretched canvas, 5 x 5 inches

©2019 Mary C. Nasser, See the World (detail), mixed-media on stretched canvas, 5 x 5 inches

Mini Waves stencil

This new original artwork is available in my Etsy shop.

I'm linking up this week with Emerald Creek's Ordinary Day by Great Big Sea challenge and Simon Says: Miniature/Tiny Things Challenge!

Thanks so much for visiting my blog and celebrating my new stencil releases with me!

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Set Sail

3/13/2019

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Hi, everyone! I'm excited to be sharing another new painting that I created with my NEW Set Sail stencil series from StencilGirl® Products!

This painting is entitled "Set Sail." It layers collage, ink, and acrylics on a 6" x 6" stretched canvas. I gave the sailboat dimension by using my new Sailboat stencil with two layers of Candy Turquoise Embossing Powder from Emerald Creek. I added the phrase set sail with my Let's Go 1 stencil from StencilGirl® Products, too.

©2019 Mary C. Nasser, Set Sail, mixed-media on stretched canvas, 6 x 6 inches

Sailboat stencil

This new original artwork is available in my Etsy shop.

I'm linking up this week with Emerald Creek's Ordinary Day by Great Big Sea challenge and Simon Says: Whatever The Weather Challenge!

Thanks so much for visiting my blog and celebrating my new stencil releases with me!

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New Works on Watercolor Paper

3/9/2019

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Hi, everyone! I'm excited to be sharing three new mixed-media pieces on watercolor paper that I created with my NEW Set Sail stencil series from StencilGirl® Products!!

My first painting entitled "Sea" layers collage, ink, and fabric on gessoed watercolor paper. I created the waves using the top edge/mask of my new Water's Edge stencil with Turquoise Sparkle Embossing Powder from Emerald Creek. I added the word sea with my Let's Go 1 stencil from StencilGirl® Products, too.

©2019 Mary C. Nasser, Sea, mixed-media on watercolor paper, 6 x 6 inches

Water's Edge stencil

My second painting entitled "Embrace the Journey" combines layers of collage, ink, and my Navigate stencil with Seth Apter's Deep Sea Baked Texture on gessoed watercolor paper.

©2019 Mary C. Nasser, Embrace the Journey, mixed-media on watercolor paper, 6 x 6 inches

Navigate stencil

My third painting entitled "Enjoy the Journey" layers collage, ink, and my new Mini Waves stencil on gessoed watercolor paper.

Mini Waves stencil

It was such fun incorporating techniques I learned in Roxanne Evans Stout's workshop Wildland Creatures, Exploring Stenciling with my new stencil designs!

These three new pieces are available in my Etsy shop, too.

I'm linking up with Emerald Creek's Ordinary Day by Great Big Sea challenge and Simon Says: Create a Scene challenge!