I am going to print all my favorites out today and see what I think once they are in print. Without seeing them in print, I like your old top accent piece better. I don't think they were similar. IdeazDen's looks more like a sunflower blooming out the side up to the top. HIs petals are wide in the center. Your looked more like sun rays coming off the top. They don't circle anything, instead they come off a straight line. The fading is kind of similar, but even that isn't the same. He faded from the top of the petal to the bottom, where you faded from ray to ray (or petal to petal). No matter how long I worked with the other designer, I don't think we would have never come up with a concept anything like yours. They are both very beautiful, but very different designs as well.