It's a Red Letter Day

As  much as I love sewing, I also love color.  I've often said I have poor composition skills, poor design skills, and even poorer perspective.  However, I have always felt like color is my one salvation.

So once again I'm joining Yvonne of Meggy's Way who is hosting Art Journal Journey this month with her theme Colo(u)r in my World.

Yes, it's definitely a red letter day.

There are so many reds in this piece, some warm reds, some cool reds (warm reds lean to the orange spectrum, while cool lean toward the blue).  Some even look pink.

Speaking of pink, this is actually a red glitter crayon (Crayola brand), but it certainly looks pink in my spread.

It also left a great deal of flaked off crayon, which detracts from the other letters and numbers.

A mix of warm and cool reds were used on this originally white tag, including the string, which I also dyed.

I tried to show the glitter, 

but you might be able to see the last of my Micron pens that bit the dust when I subjected it to the crayon.

At least I finally got a decent shot of the glitter in the crayon and the final remains of my Micron pen.

For "Red Letter Day" I began with a used file folder I sprayed with shimmering mists.  When they didn't cover as well as I'd hoped, I used some fluid acrylics in different shades of red.  I also painted a piece of vintage sheet music with red acrylic craft paint.  After painting the tag and the punched circle, I began the assembly.  Once the assembly was in place, I used my large R stencil (from the office supply store) to create the others using a Sharpie.  And I can't forget my poor black Micron pen.  Rest in peace.  You will be missed, especially when I work in my calendar.

Thanks for joining me today at Art Journal Journey.  Thanks, too for visiting my blog.