Penny Black Saturday Challenge - Brads & Buttons

Ok this week the challenge is to create something which includes a Penny Black stamp (of course) and brads, buttons or both. This one was right up my street as I love buttons and have a little stash of brads so no problems there! I went for a red, white and blue theme (kind of links with yesterday's celebrations in the US although not intentional). I bought the stamp recently and think it's really cute, so versatile! This is what I came up with:



This is what I used:

-Penny Black stamp "Arrangement" coloured with w/c pencils
-Sentiment Woodware Tiny Phrases (I love these little stamps)
-Red Spotted Paper from Dovecraft
-Die Cut flowers (from Katy)
-Spotted Brad from Dovecraft
-Button, ribbon, mini flower brads etc from stash

I used the same stamp for a similar card, but changed the colour scheme so it gives a much softer effect:



The sentiment is from the same set as above and I added some card I ran through my Cuttlebug (Embossing Folder Perfectly Paisley).