It will run for the whole month of September, and our first assignment was:

“Your Round 1 Challenge is to create a mini kit using the same palette, kit name and theme, as well as the same paper & element limitations.

Theme: Last days of summer
Name: Summer Harvest
Palette:

Use the above color palette & theme to create a mini-kit. You may add black & white if needed, you may add 1 metal of your choice.

Your mini-kit must include exactly 3 papers and 6 elements. You must include at least one clustered element. All of your papers and elements must be created at 300 dpi. The only file types accepted are jpg and png. Your preview must be 600X600px, 72dpi, and a jpg file. Your preview must include all papers, elements, kit name and your new Designer “name”.

All of your designs are expected to meet theStudio Quality Standards:
You may use commercial use/designer resource products in the creation of your mini-kit. You may use more than one photo-editing/vector program to create your kit.

Please do not break any copyright laws in this competition–you will be disqualified if you do. You must state all of the software programs you used in your terms of use. You must also state what commercial products you used in your terms of use and give credit to the originalDesigner.

All previews must be posted in the Annual Next Designer Contest Gallery: NDC Round 1: 01SEP – 04SEP 2010. Please post your download links there as well. You may use any outside host including 4shared/rapidshare/boxnet etc. You must use ZIP files only. Do not use RAR. You may blog all you like about the contest, however, you may not reveal your contestant identity.

Voting will be done by registered Studio users, however please note that you may be disqualified by theStudio for breaking any rules. Please, please, please be careful. Ask if you are unsure, we are more than happy to help you.

Round 1 kit will be due September 4, 2010 by 3:00 pm EST.
Round 1 voting will go up after all kits are submitted.
Round 1 results will be posted September 6, 2009 by 3:00 am EST.

I have worked to make these rules as clear and easy to understand as possible. However, if you have any questions please post here or PM me. I will take all questions and create a separate FAQ for everyone to benefit from (I will leave your name off).

Good luck!”

The funny part is that we have to post our minis under a secret identity, and therefor I’m not allowed to advertise for it here. But you may follow this competition here: NDC

Each week we get a kit to make a layout with.

This week we got this beautiful kit by Mistybelle:

This is my layout:

Autumn Joy:

Kit: “Autumn Kiss” by Mitsybelle
Font: Docteur Atomic

“Til Mitt barn” (To my child):

“When you reach the border where the light is ending and you’re about to take a step into the unknown darkness, you have to believe in one of two things: there will be something that you can stand on or that someone will teach you how to fly. From mommy.”

Kit: “Following my mood” by Lutine’s scrap
Template: “Template 10″ by Bezteri

Little Man:

Kit: “Monsieur” Collab by The Studio Design Team
Template: “Template 4″ by Bezteri

“Dagbok” (Diary):

“Dear Diary. Today was my first day at school. It was really exciting. Mom and dad came with me. We got a rose from the headmaster and we got to sit at our desk and to homework for the first time. I’m looking forward to be a 1. grader. Elise.”

Kit: “My Diary” by Eenas Creations
Font: MV Boli

1. skoledag – MLAS Template challenge:

Kit: “Live Love Laugh” Collab by The Studio Design Team
Font: Jane Austen
Template by Kate Duval

A precious moment – MLAS What The Scrap? Challenge:

Kit: “Celebrate Summer” Minikit by jusme digital
Template: “Template 08″ by Bezteri

The days of our lives – MLAS Scrap Mix Challenge:

Kit: “Charity” by Dream Big Designs
Font: TimesNewroman and ShelterMe

Love – MLAS ScrapLift Challenge:

Kit: “True Love” by Bellisae Designs

September – MLAS Desktop Challenge:

Kit: “Relaxing” by Nanly Design
Template by Jamie Dell

Grids templates:
* These templates are challenging with its boxes and grids. At the same time they are playful and they are giving you lot´s of room to let creativity go wild

“Some of the most wonderful people are the ones who don’t fit into boxes.”
Tori Amos

This templatepack contains 6 templates.

Butterfly Templates:

* Inspired by butterflies this templatepack is perfect for those light and dreamy LOs. Use them as they are or just let fantasy show you how you want to layout to look like. Great for inspiration or if you need several layouts with the same style.

“Butterflies are self propelled flowers.”
R.H. Heinlein

This templatepack contains 6 templates.

“Worn Out”:

* Worn Out is hitting the stores and this is a kit like you never have seen.

This is made for those fantasy-layouts that really stand out in galleries and albums.

“We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find reality.”
Iris Murdoch

This kit contains:
* 14 papers
* 48 elements
* 1 alpha

All of our kits are available here:

* ScrapElf

* My Life And Scrap

* ScrapScandiStyle

Kit: “Tender Memories” by Tempus Fugit
Template: “Template 1″ by Bezteri
Fonts: pea-jelenes-doodles and ShelterMe

“Polarbear” – MLAS Mystery lift Challenge:

Kit: “Smell Of Sweetness” by Choukette
Font: Docteur Atomic

“Splish Splash” – MLAS Gourmet Scrapping Challenge:

Kit: “Daydreaming” by ScrapElf
Font: ProblemSecretary
Template: “Template 9″ by Bezteri

“A Glimce Of You”:

Kit: “Monseiur” Collab by TheStudio Designer Team
Font: Problem Secretary
Template: “Template 5″ by Bezteri

“Hot Chick”:

Kit: “LilyPond” Collab by TheStudio DesignTeam
Font: DocteurAtomic and KingthingsTrypewriter
Template: “Template 7″ by Bezteri