Gold Enough For You? I.D.E.A.S. (D = Die)

Hello, Stamplings!

I hope you are well, wherever you are! We've whooshed around the week again really, really fast! This is week two of March, which means the I.D.E.A.S. Calendar is D = Dies. We all have them, love them, and use them! 

Onefer

(The Association of Obstetrics and Retinal Health advises sunglasses. Sorry, that's Optometrists.)

As often happens with my designs, this one is simples and self-exploratory. But I thought I would share what schparked the steps involved in building my design for anyone who needs a boost out of their creative ennui. Sometimes we just don't know where to start. You know, like when cleaning closets.😶

I originally picked out a different NBUS die that I wanted to use for this week's I.D.E.A.S. Calendar, but when I saw The Flower Challenge, I sent the lads pawing through my NBUS flower dies instead and they surfaced with this perfect springtime "Layered Tulip Die" from Waffle Flower.

The brief at TFC is to "add circles."💡💡(That's me, thinking.) After two lightbulbs, I look at the hamsters with a raised eyebrow. It was Stanley who remembered that I have a stash of vellum paper with gold and silver circles. That schparked the idea of die-cutting the tulip from gold. And since I used a snippet of gold paper, I can pop over to the Snippets Playground! They recently celebrated their 500th challenge! Well done!

When I laid out the tulip pieces over the vellum with the gold circles, we all went into gold overload. Then I tried it on the silver circles and we loved how well they played with each other.

Next, I needed a sediment and I checked out my challenges list again. Just Us Girls also has die-cuts for their brief this week, with the additional requirement that it be a birthday card. Next, I went to Seize the Birthday to check out their latest challenge. They want designs with no stamping. To play in both challenges, I chose my old classic "celebrate" die. And wallah, done! 

You can take your sunglasses off now!😎

Twofer

This little number was QACAS and needs no walk-through. Well, I take that QACAS back. It's QAS, but not 'clean' by Clean and Simple standards because there is no white or clear space. So, hmmm, let's call it QABAS then, with a B for Busy! 

The NBUS items are both the "Snowflake Background" from Poppystamps and the sediment from SSS's set called, "Holiday Greetings Mix I." The background is a textured piece of green paper. I added more texture to it with a snowy e/f from Taylored Expressions called, "Snowfall."

Playing in:

• ABC Christmas: D is for die cuts.
  
• Addicted to Stamps and More: Christmas.
  
• Color Hues: Green and White.

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Thank you to everyone who left wonderful and supportive comments on my last post about creative slumps and how we can help each other through the rudderless times.

I was delighted to see you enter your designs via the linky in order to inspire your bloggie friends! Thank you! 

You will find a linky tool below for this week's I.D.E.A.S. Calendar prompt. If you use a die on your card, please link it below. I love seeing what you create!

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