Hi All! What a beautiful day, perfect actually, warm sun, nice breeze, perfect temperature . . . can't get any better than that.

I'm getting ready to start on a new series of Snowman Christmas Cards. I have wonderful new characters to add to the line of my Frameable Art. Just in case you haven't seen any of last years here are a few and there is one on my initial post.

Hi every one,

Its Monday and what a beautiful day it is. Had a chance to think about sharing my testimony last week and the impact it had on the women of each club as well as on myself.

I had been praying that the Lord would give me a boldness and He has. It is not easy for me to share my testimony, it dredges up those trials in our own life that we would want soon not to remember. But if it helps another pass through the storm they are facing, and realizing that they need Jesus to go with them, then it is so worth it. If just one person invites Jesus into their heart, what could be so much more valuable than having Christ . . . nothing compares . . . nothing!

Good morning to all!

I finally had the opportunity to share my testimony at two Christian Women's events yesterday . . . I was a nervous wreck! Both went extremely well though. One lady gave her life to Jesus and if I encouraged or planted the tiniest of seeds in others . . . Praise the Lord!

Today I will share again at another Christian Women's luncheon—yes I am still nervous but I know the Lord is with me and speaking through me and keeping me calm.

I had brought a couple of bookmarks with me yesterday that I had painted a head of time to bless both chairpersons. I've included them in this posted. Unfortunately I wasn't able to get a third done to bring with me today but will send it along with a thank you to them next week.

I create a light (but not too light) a wash with these colors. First I mix a light wash of cobolt blue as shown here. Then I add small amounts of Davy's Gray until I get a greenish gray color (see the photo below on the left).

I then add a tiny amount of purple lake until I have a gray with a slight purple hue. I realize it is hard to see the actual color in the photo below. Just be careful not over do it on the purple lake.

Once I achieve the suitable coloring I select my escoda 5/0 1212 Kolinsky watercolor brush to paint over my penciled lines around and in the area that I will be painting yellow. You will have to keep stirring the watercolor mixture to keep it from separating as you work. Don't worry if the lines are on the light side. Let dry and erase your pencil lines. You could actually cover all the pencil lines of your sketch should you desire as this color will blend in well.