NDC Round 1: Daybreak
 

Hello ALL!

Welcome, welcome, welcome! I am on-the-edge-of-my-seat excited to see what everyone is bringing to this competition. September has always been my favorite part of the year, fall, back-to-school, my birthday and now the annual Next Designer Competition here at theStudio.

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Hex #’s<o:p></o:p>
Row 1: #d0e0ea; # dee4ea; # d5d3e4; # ebd7e4; # e8e8e9<o:p></o:p>
Row 2: #aecfde; # 778aaa; # b8b9d7; # e2adce; # 9a9a9a<o:p></o:p>

The Rules:


Use the above color palette & theme to create a mini-kit. You may add black & white if needed. Your mini-kit must include:

• Exactly 5 papers:
  • 3 patterned papers<o:p></o:p>
  • 2 solid papers<o:p></o:p>
  • either jpg or png<o:p></o:p>
• 12 unique elements.<o:p></o:p>
• Include a terms of use (TOU) within your zip file(s).<o:p></o:p>
• The preview must be 600X600px, 72dpi, and a jpg file. <o:p></o:p>
• The preview must include all papers, elements, kit name and your logo.<o:p></o:p>
• Previews must be posted in the Annual Next Designer Contest Gallery: NDC Round 1: Daybreak due September 5, 2011 by 24:00 EST.<o:p></o:p>
• Include your download links with your preview in the gallery.<o:p></o:p>
• Links must be available until September 9, 2011. It is appreciated if they are available until October 1, 2011.<o:p></o:p>

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. You may use plug-ins.

Please do not break any copyright laws in this competition--you will be disqualified if you do. Do give credit, as required, to any Commercial Use products you use.<o:p></o:p>

All previews must be posted in the Annual Next Designer Contest Gallery: NDC Round 1: Daybreak. 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.<o:p></o:p>

Voting will be done by theStudio Design & Admin teams only.
Round 1 kit will be due September 5, 2011 by 24:00 EST.
Round 1 results will be posted September 8, 2011 by 6:00 am EST.

I have worked hard 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 (I will leave your name off).

Good luck!

Toiny <o:p></o:p>


Swatch: http://www.digitalscrapbookingstudio..._NDC_week1.aco

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Oh, LOVELY colors. Little scary though, soft light colors can be hard to work with. This will be FUN!!!

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oh dear I'm not off to a good start...I'm unable to download the PS Swatch..keep getting a 404 file error :(...unless I'm too quick and you've not got too that bit yet ;)

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wow can't wait to see how you all go with this theme and palette, sure looks challenging to me ;)
good luck ladies!

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I had an issue. I believe I fixed the issue. Let me know if you are still having trouble?

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Wow, let the games begin ... or rather, let the designing begin! Good luck ladies! And thanks Toiny for this contest and all your hard work in making it so exciting!

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I am still getting the Error 404.

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try this one
http://www.digitalscrapbookingstudio..._NDC_week1.aco

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Thanks alls good now but you need to click on the image not the "click HERE for PS Swatch" link and then it works fine :)

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rofl I just figured that out too, lol. oh well good luck everyone ;)

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I also still get the error message when trying to download the swatch?

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Thanks Tracy

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Got the swatch, thank you. Of course, if I had switched my brain on, then I would have tried clicking on the image as well and wouldn't have had a minor meltdown panicking about getting a 404 error!

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I love the colors. Good luck everyone.
:DD

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Ummm... I'm still getting an error - even if I click on the swatch...

I do love those colours though!

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Got the swatch, thank you everyone. Beautiful colors though

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ooh forgot too say I love those colours :)

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Yay! And if me posting the swatch is all that goes wrong... well, color me happy (pun so intended).

I'm glad, so far, the swatch is liked. I know it is not everyone's cup-of-tea. The world would be boring if it was, but I'm hoping the Challenge of using it stretches all your wings.

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I adore pale colors also, and I love this swatch, just a question and I am so sorry for start bothering but Toiny, when you say solid papers you mean without texture, without nothing, just solid with a single color?
Just wondering since I always work with textures, even in solid papers and soft ones, I am used to use some kind of texture , and I don't want to start and do it wrong, thanks so much...I love this contest already.

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Eeek! NO Karen. I mean solid with texture. Even with some variation of color throughout, or on the edges. I mean without pattern.

Please do use texture.

And you are never a bother. Please ask away... any & all.