StencilGirl & Emerald Creek Blog Hop!

12/14/2017

Welcome to Day TWO of the StencilGirl Products & Emerald Creek Blog Hop!

StencilGirl stencils and Emerald Creek embossing powders are a match made in heaven!
And I’m delighted to be sharing my modular art made with both!

For this piece, I started with an 8” x 8” canvas layered with collage, acrylics, and inks.
StencilGirl stencils in the background are: Mary Beth Shaw’s Curvy Lattice, Rae Missigman’s Repetition,
my Just Plane Fun paper airplanes, and Patricia Baldwin Seggebruch’s String stencil.

I saved the Emerald Creek embossing powders for the focal points: the 3 modular pieces I attached to the canvas!

Mary C. Nasser, StencilGirl Products & Emerald Creek

For the most dominant area, I placed Carolyn Dube’s Now Is The Time Small stencil onto a 1.25” x 2.5” piece of painted and collaged masonite. Then I pressed my craft sponge onto the surface of a VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad, then pounced through the stencil onto the masonite.

I removed the stencil, poured on Fine Candy Turquoise embossing powder (Yum!),
tapped off the excess powder, and heated it with my embossing heat tool.

I love the dimension and contrast the heated embossing powder creates!
I outlined the letters in black ink to add a dark value around the bright turquoise.

Then I repeated the process: this time with Seth Apter’s Urban Insiders Star stencil and
Charred Gold embossing powder onto a metal surface cut with Seth’s Outlaw Die and colored with ink.
Afterwards, I added more mark-making with metallic gel pens.

I love the texture!

I continued this process for a third time with Seth Apter's Urban Insiders Circle stencil
and Gun Metal embossing powder onto his circular Wood Chips I'd painted first with acrylic.
The heated powder is breathtaking!

Needless to say, I see a lot more of this dynamic duo in my future!
It was an absolute blast combining Emerald Creek embossing powders with StencilGirl stencils
on masonite, metal, and wood!

And what would a Blog Hop be without a GIVEAWAY??!!!
One lucky winner will receive a $25 Gift Certificate to StencilGirl Products
AND a $25 Gift Certificate for Emerald Creek!!

Seth Apter is giving away his artwork created for this hop, too!!!

Seth Apter, StencilGirl Products & Emerald Creek

What do you have to do to enter?
Just leave a comment below by Tuesday, December 19th at 11:59PM Central Time.
The more blogs you comment on, the more chances you have to WIN!
One winner will be chosen at random from all blog comments!
(One comment per blog please.)

You have until Tuesday, December 19th at 11:59PM Central Time to leave your comments.
Winner will be announced on
StencilGirl's Facebook page on Wednesday, December 20th.

Today's Blog Hop Order:
Gwen Lafleur
Mary C. Nasser – you are here!
Julia Chupik – go here next!
Claudia Neubacher

Day ONE Blog Hop Order:
Seth Apter
Mary Beth Shaw
Kim Evans
Vicki Evans

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Good luck winning!

61 Comments

Annie

12/14/2017 12:30:52 am

Love the bright colors. Thanks for the inspiration!

Claudia Neubacher link

12/14/2017 12:42:39 am

Love the bright clear colours on your beautiful piece, Mary! Very inspirational! TFS!
Claudia x

Jackie P Neal

12/14/2017 03:19:05 am

Mary, your piece is just dynamic!! As always I just LOVE your palette and the depth you created in your layers is fabulous!
I know what you mean about EC embossing powders- they are just the yummiest!!
Totally cool- thanks so much for sharing! ")
Jackie xx

Carol B.

12/14/2017 04:33:49 am

Hi Teamie! The texture in this piece rocks!

Rachel Bell

12/14/2017 04:40:07 am

Mary, LOVE this piece. Your details are always the coolest and the addition of these new colors is glorious to your palette! With the closeups, we can really see the character of the EP. Thank you for sharing your techniques and talent! ~ Rachel Bell bellbrzs (at) cox (dot) net

Amanda Pink link

12/14/2017 04:46:42 am

A fabulous piece of Art, Mary. Love the colour 's and how you have showcased the fabulous EPs and the stencils so effectively . Thanks for sharing x

Mary Ellen Weber

12/14/2017 05:24:57 am

Lovely embossing powders

Christine

12/14/2017 05:26:20 am

Great! Love this project

Shelby Pizzarro link

12/14/2017 05:43:07 am

Wonderful use of embossing powders in a beautiful composition! Excellent!

Christina

12/14/2017 06:30:03 am

This is such a fun piece! I love the rich, bright blue green palette!

Patricia Lintner link

12/14/2017 06:51:10 am

I love the bright colors that are so cheerful Mary! Splendid techniques you used too!

Glenda

12/14/2017 06:57:03 am

Beautiful, love the colors

Lori

12/14/2017 07:30:49 am

What a fun project. Beautiful color s. Thank you.

Terry O'Neill

12/14/2017 08:04:58 am

What a light-hearted, colorful piece - thanks for sharing!

Joy Meadows

12/14/2017 09:10:21 am

Such a wonderful and colorful piece of artwork! Love the turquoise E.P. and also Seth's pieces you used.

Julia Chupik link

12/14/2017 09:21:09 am

Absolutely stunning! I love the bright colours

Gwen L link

12/14/2017 11:06:35 am

Love this Mary! So cool the way you added the modular pieces, and I love the different textures you got!

Beverley link

12/14/2017 12:31:06 pm

Love the mix of the bright with the grunge. Not seen such vibrant powders.
Bevtextart(at)btinternet(dot com)

PUFC

12/14/2017 12:45:51 pm

I love the depth you got out of us I g the stencils. Very very kool and inviting for me to play to get this effect.
PUFF

Gayle B

12/14/2017 01:16:03 pm

I am just loving all the use of these embossing powders through stencils!

Ginnie

12/14/2017 02:20:28 pm

I can’t wait to try the luscious embossing powder.

Kim Evans

12/14/2017 02:32:31 pm

Mary, How did you create this? i wish I can be a fly on the wall in your studio. My mind is still lost on how you used all of the stencils. And I love how you played with the Hammered metal so you could feature the pooling and the speckled. I have loved working with you and thank you for keeping us organized. :)

Patty

12/14/2017 02:50:08 pm

That Gunmetal EP is very cool. It's looks like wet ink colors mixing together.

tex

12/14/2017 03:22:55 pm

the powder give great dimension to your piece.

Tina Walker

12/14/2017 03:28:42 pm

Gorgeous Mary! So very cool and dimensional! ♥

jean marmo

12/14/2017 04:02:05 pm

The embossing adds another dimension! Love this!!

Jill Jacoby

12/14/2017 04:22:19 pm

I love the colors and dimension with the embossed focal points.

kathleen codyrachel

12/14/2017 04:45:20 pm

I love Stencil Girl! And the talented Stencil Girl - Mary Beth Shaw! Oh I miss being in the club! Someday . . .
in the meantime maybe I'll win ! Good Luck everyone

Christina Sedor link

12/14/2017 05:10:59 pm

Love the textures and colours of your piece!!

Fran

12/14/2017 05:11:19 pm

I love your use of color and texture. A beautiful mixed media piece! Thank you for sharing it.

Jo Anne Waterhouse

12/14/2017 05:19:48 pm

I love your work! You inspire me. Thank you, Mary.

Peg Robinson

12/14/2017 05:30:48 pm

Just Fabulous!

Laurie

12/14/2017 05:39:12 pm

Wow! I really want to try embossing!

Nadine Wong

12/14/2017 06:49:39 pm

Great use of the stencils and embossing powders. Thanks for sharing.

Kathy Bricker

12/14/2017 06:50:43 pm

Becoming more and more entranced with these products. Thanks!

Beth

12/14/2017 07:48:17 pm

Now is the time for me to try embossing powders. Very inspiring message. Thanks for the opportunity.
cbfigiel at gmail dot com

Jill McDowell

12/14/2017 09:01:16 pm

Wow Mary! I was ecstatic with a Mary Beth ‘s pink embossing and then you go ahead and show us the yumminess of Turquois, This is sooo you. This adds a marvelous texture to your work. Love it

Janis Graham

12/15/2017 12:30:09 am

You’ve outdone yourself, Mary! Love how the EPs really added even more texture & dimension! janisgraham (at) yahoo (dot com).

Kathy Stacy

12/15/2017 03:52:48 am

Thanks Mary - always a pleasure to visit you on hops.

Mary L Hockett Thoma link

12/15/2017 06:01:03 am

Awesome work. I see your "style" in everything you do regardless of what mediums you are working with. Your artistic signature works very well with the embossing powders.

Elaine

12/15/2017 06:06:31 am

You showed me two things...the great colors of embossing powder and that outlaw die from Seth. Both are now my newest must haves!

Karen Bearse link

12/15/2017 07:20:19 am

Wonderful piece love all the bright color!!

Mary Holshouser

12/15/2017 07:40:34 am

What a fun piece.
Makes you happy to feel free
to fly.
thanks for sharing.
txmlhl(at)yahoo(dot)com

Amanda Walden

12/15/2017 07:49:49 am

Such a fun project with bright cheery colors! Yay! Amanda (at) meadowdance (dot) org

Marjorie DUMONTIER

12/15/2017 09:28:16 am

Wow ! That’s a gorgeous piece of art ! I love your choice of colors. margessw@icloud.com

helen

12/15/2017 10:24:33 am

love it!!

Seth link

12/15/2017 01:34:59 pm

Sensational. I love the movement and dimension you achieved in this.

Susie Bentz

12/15/2017 03:38:03 pm

what a fun piece - lovely layering and the Charred Gold embossing powder is fantastic! You can do amazing things with stencils! Thanks for the inspiration!

Beverly Hackenberg

12/15/2017 06:07:57 pm

Fun project. Love the colors.

Ann Barnes

12/16/2017 03:36:53 am

The colors in this piece are so beautiful and vibrant! I love the turquoise embossing powder FLY the smooth finish is a great complement to the background! It’s always interesting seeing embossing powders used different ways. I really want to try using it on metal. Your piece is fantastic!

Dee Spillane

12/16/2017 05:19:03 am

Mary, I love this. The gunmetal embossing powder looks marbled, love the turquoise as much as the fluorescent Mary Beth used. Wow such cool texture and color

Catherine Lenoci

12/16/2017 02:15:45 pm

Nice project!

Sue Komernicky

12/16/2017 02:51:21 pm

Love the texture & how you outlined the embossed letters! Really pops!! What an inspiration!

Eva

12/17/2017 02:37:56 am

So pretty, that teal embossing - oh my!

Dorothy K.

12/17/2017 12:16:45 pm

This is lovely, Mary. I love your use of colors and how energetic the artwork is. Thank you for sharing.