Deborah Velásquez: Flowers

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Monday, March 10, 2014

Scissors, Paper and Placemats

The PaperLove Blog Hop is a celebration of all things paper! Follow the links to discover more bloggers who love paper and use it to inspire and delight. And if you want to explore a whole world of paper, and stretch your paper passion further with a host of creative projects, why not join the innovative new online course PaperLove (starts March 31).

Led by book artist Rachel Hazell, PaperLove is a five week creative adventure for paper lovers.

Find out more here.

Project:

Laminated Placemats with Cut Flowers

Colorful Paper to cut Flower designs

Backing paper, I used white 11x17, you can use any color

Laminator and Sheets/pouches

Scissors

1. Flowers and flower centers are cut and placed in pattern of choice, I chose scattered.

2. Flower sheet is then placed in laminated sheet and sleeve and then run through the laminator, giving you a place mat in minutes.

Fun and colorful for any table.

A variety of place settings to show your lovely work !

In addition to your lovely table setting try

doodles on cardboard for great coaster art.

Do you love paper, does paper make you happy?…….Here are some links to artists and bloggers who share that same love of paper, click on links below to find paper inspiration and projects from other paper enthusiasts.

Majo Bautista / Tona Bell / Louise Best / Cathy Bluteau / Jennifer Bomgardner / Giova Brusa / Lindsay Buck / Beka Buckley / Joanna Caskie / Jonathan Chapman (Mr Yen) / Halle Cisco / Sarah Clare / Cathryn Clarge / Dawn Clarkson / Rhiannon Connelly / Jenny D'Fuego / Molly Dhiman / Ian Dudley / Ayisatu Emore / Akmal Farid / Monika Forsberg / Claire Fritz-Domeney / Louise Gale / Chrissy Gaskell / Julie Hamilton / Emma Hawman / Rachel Hazell / Holly Helgeson / Claudine Hellmuth / Kim Henkel / Sarah Hoffman / Joanne Hus / Paula Joerling / Beth Kempton / Julie Kirk / Eos Koch / Katie LaClair / Kristy Lankford / Michelle Manolov / Doreen Marts / Rosie Martinez-Dekker / Tori Mears / Maria Mederios / Lise Meijer / Debbie Miller / MaryJane Mitchell / Suzy Naidoo / Grace Noel / Hannah Nunn / Camilla Olsson / Jo Packham / Rachelle Panagarry / Monette Pangan / Melanie Paul / Nicole Piar / Jen Pitta / Liz Plummer / Julie Reed / Michelle Reynolds / Lisa Rivas / Angee Robertson / Natalie Ryan / Aisling Ryan / Elisabet Sapena / Kyrrha Sevco / Jamie Sprague / Elizabeth Steele / Terri Stephens / Juniper Stokes / Mary Tanana / Maike Thoma / Linda Tieu / Gabrielle Treanor / Tammy Tutterow / Deborah Velasquez / Jordan Vinograd Kim / Cat Whipple / Brooke Witt / Katie Wood / Amelia Woodbridge

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Saturday, January 18, 2014

Tropical Fusion Blog Hop….Have a visit

Hello and welcome to the Tropical Fusion BlogHop.

Over 40 designers are designing within a tropical theme and are incorporating Radiant Orchid, the 2014 Pantone color of the year in their mini collection.
The hop will run for 4 days.

You are probably stopping in from Jolene Heckman's lovely blog.

If you want to start at the beginning of the hop please visit Mary Tanana's blog called Groovity.

My name is Deborah Velásquez. I am an artist-designer with a passion for creating art.
I work both traditionally and digitally.
I have a love for painting, printmaking and silk screening.

The mix of design, words and crafts light me up. Some of my favorite things are, coffee, magazines, art books, a sharpie and a sketchbook.

I am a licensed artist with The World Art Group and I have Just been named the First place winner of The Carpet Vista 2013 Competition out of Malmö, Sweden, My rug designs will be available late January 2014

Here is the start of my design process after a bit of research.
Some sketching and some motif painting.

I then prepare my blocks by cutting out my design. I do a few test prints in order to check my line work.

I love the surprise of relief printing .

I like to mix printing and painting in the same piece of work.

Rainforest Word Portrait by Velásquez ©2014

I make Word Art and I thought it might be nice to include this

Word Portrait of the Rainforest in as a coordinate.

Thank you for stopping by.

You can now hop over to Jennifer Rogers blog and see how she was inspired by the Tropical theme and Radiant Orchid.

To make navigating the posts a bit easier……….

First Blog: Mary Tanana
Previous Blog: Jolene Heckman

Next Blog: Jennifer Rogers

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Friday, May 31, 2013

Mosaic of Flowers • May Flower Challenge • Day Thirty-One

A flower mosaic for day Thirty-one, the last day of The May Flower Challenge..

This challenge was started by Lori Moon, fellow blogger, talented photographer and jewelry artisan. Great job Lori, thanks for the invite. What fun it was to make and create with flowers mind. This has been a fun challenge, it kept the creative juices going!

Make sure to visit the other artists who participated in the challenge at Lori Moon's website. A great challenge that helped build reference material for my creative work and added to my sketchbook, portfolio and motif library. On to the next challenge!

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Thursday, May 30, 2013

May Flower Challenge Day Thirty • Hues of Green in Flower and Pattern

On my desk this morning I had an abstract and graphic pattern going all the while knowing I would need to paint a flower later to post for my second to last day of the May Flower Challenge.

Painted a few flowers with my with left over green paint for day thirty of the May Flower Challenge.

May Flower Challenge comes to a close tomorrow. This challenge has been started by Lori Moon, fellow blogger, talented photographer and jewelry artisan. I hope you join us next year!

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