Deborah Velásquez

Friday, July 4, 2014

Word Path Gallery Show

Everyone has a word path. One word leads to another.

Word Paths have been a Friday feature showcasing possibilities in written words, creative process and artistic pieces from the beginning of my blog You can go here, to my first post on this project and see how it all started. If you are in the Connecticut area, please stop by and see the show, I will be showcasing a few pieces from my Word Path collection.

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Happy Weekend • Say something • Enjoy the Language of Words

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Blue Leaf

Painting Blue Leaf

When I paint I like to wear a large white shirt, I always have some jewelry on ( I can't paint without a ring on) and I usually listen to Nina Simone. The completed painting of Blue Leaf just won an award on Minted.com.

http://www.minted.com/design-rating/145743

My twelve year old son did the video, Thanks Elán!

Here is the final art

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Friday, May 23, 2014

My son is center stage on Word Path Day

The month of May is full of crazy with my creative life and personal life running at full speed everyday.

May is full with Art shows, Art competitions, Trade shows… just back from NY with Surtex, ICFF and National Stationery Show this week, a few children's recitals, some online art courses and somewhere in there I make new art.

But today is one of the most important days, my son takes on the role of Daddy Warbucks in the school production Annie.

Break a leg !

Where did this little guy go?

Be. by Velásquez 2012

Dream Fly Soar by Velásquez 2012

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Friday, April 18, 2014

Word Path • At The End of the Day……

At the end of the day, it is all that matters, it is what is important…..

Everyone has a word path. One word leads to another.

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Here is My Word Path for today, in Spanish

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Friday, April 4, 2014

Word Path • Borrowed and Shared from Théodore Géricault

Everyone has a word path. One word leads to another.

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Here is My Borrowed Word Path for today,
very true.

Théodore Géricault

From Peggy Hadden's book, The Quotable Artist

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Happy Weekend • Make Art in full Color • Enjoy the Language of Words

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Thursday, March 13, 2014

The Great Big Stitched Postcard Swap

I have joined The Great Big Stitched Postcard Swap.
This card is on its way to Dulcie Horn in the UK.

Embellished Ribbon Tree by Velásquez 2014

The Postcard Swap was put together by Beth Kempton of Do What You Love in association with Coats, the world’s largest supplier of crafting products.
This event is a global swap of stitched postcard love, where people all across the world make a postcard-sized piece of art using any materials they like. The only rules are that it needs to include some kind of stitching, and it needs to fit with the swap theme. The theme for this swap is CREATE.
You could use any materials you like (paper, ink, fabric, ephemera, ribbon etc) , and put it together anyway you like to make a postcard. You had to include stitches with a machine or by hand.

I do a lot of block printing when I CREATE so I wanted to incorporate what I CREATE with the stitching portion of the postcard.

Picking colors ….

Deciding on which stock to use.

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Embellished Ribbon Tree by Velásquez 2014

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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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