Good morning from rainy, misty East Warburton where my stamping friends and I are staying at the totally gorgeous Hazelwood Cottage for a bit of a creative weekend!  It's so green and lovely up here - although the modern amenities (ie National Broadband Network) are pretty non-existant.

We have to wander over towards the donkey paddock to get mobile coverage, and I have had to drive down to the main highway to get 2 bars of Next G coverage - gotta love the country life!!

But, I digress! Today of course is Blog Hop day in staming land and a very small group of us have been creating using the Big Shot, to bring you some ideas and inspiration.  I have been inspired by cards made by Judy May (embossed Christmas Stocking) & Christine Blain (doily label), to create one card using both ideas, and I loved the embossing so much I added it to a bunch of ATC's I was creating. Take a look!!

Here's a closer view of the card - the embossed background has been brayered over, and the embossed stockings have been sponged with our Stampin' Up! daubers.

At the top right of my first photo there is a little tempter for you - if you want to see it close up with a few more details, be sure to check back here on Monday as I will give you a few more photos.

You may have arrived at the Blog Hop today from the blog of the delightful Sue Madex or you might be starting right here. Either way, the next blog hop in the journey is that of Judy May and I have no doubt she will have something totally gorgeous to show you - so click on the link (her name) and off you go.  You can complete the whole circuit by following the links at the bottom of each post.

Anyway, that's it from me, I am off back to the house to enjoy a hearty country breakfast overlooking the donkeys and the amazing English Garden, and then I am getting my sewing machine out for some Big Shot fabric creations - hope you have a lovely and creative weekend!!