Celebrating Melanie''s Two Year Mark as illustrator for Gina K Designs

Melanie Muenchinger is celebrating two years of blogging and illustrating for Gina K Designs, and today she has invited 25 designers and YOU to join the party! First hop through the following designers' blogs using every set she has created since January 2008, from the first to the 25th! Then go to Melanie's'blog to leave a comment for a chance to win a number of different prizes! So let's get hopping!
Here we go!

Just So Hippy-Charmaine

Just So Hoppy-Donna

What's in Your Tin 1 & 2-Donna

Hip Hop Accessories-Bee

Jumping for Joy-Barb

Cuddles and Hugs-Jessie

Little Tees-Cat

Just So Sporty-Pam

A Year of Flowers-Theresa

Say it with Flowers-Selma

Have a Cookie-Carolina

Tee Talk-Gabby

Hand in Hand-Ally

The Best Things in Life-Shannon, Sankari

A Charmed Life-Cathy

Wee Tees-Libby, Laura Jean

Arranged with Love-Selma

Sporty Accessories-Tina

Inspiration Mosaic-Jennie

School Sports Spirit-Melissa

A Year of Leaves-Geri

Hip to Be Square-Karen

Festive Frame-Linda  (you're here)

Tech Talk- Lee

Finally,
Nina and Jessica from the GinaKSenior Design Team have joined in, too!
You can also get in on the hop yourself and increase your chances of
winning a prize by creating your own project with any one of
Melanie's sets and linking it in the Mr. Linky in her post, see full details here.
Hope you can join the fun! Enjoy your first hop of the year!

Here are my cards for this hop....using this set for Valentine and Thank You themes...

This shadow box card  is sized the same as an A2 card (4.25 x 5.50). Used the sentiment from GKD's set Sweetest Memories and the boat couple is from the GKD's Eclectic Summer set. 

Kept it very simple!! stamped the Festive Frame with Memento's Black, cut out the center oval. Then stamped the couple also with MB onto white cardstock. The water is done with SU watercolor crayons, masked the couple and sponged sky with SU Regal Rose, Saffron and Rose Red. Adhered them to inside of card. Using ScorPal adhesive tape - joined the sides together. Colored the flowers with Copics R20 and R22 and pieced them onto card. and last, added sentiment stamped in Memento's Rhubarb.

just used various blue designer paper, cuttlebug folder (candy cane), shading with Copics,  paper pieced flowers and used sentiment from GKD's Thanks a Million, added blue mini pearls to flowers...

stamped again onto designer paper and colored in with SU marker, used nestie and sponged edges.... sentiment from All Night Media...

so this set isnt just for Christmas :)

enjoy the rest of the hop!

HAPPY NEWYEAR!!

  wishing everyone good health and a prosperous New Year- keeping our focus on our Lord and Savior - Jesus Christ!!