Open Theme November 1 is up for voting and has begun to heat up very nicely indeed.

There is some serious design power to vote on in this contest, so take your time to check them out and show the designers the love they deserve.

The votes have already been coming through thick and furious! At the moment there are a few designs which are beginning to rise to the top…but we all know how quickly things can change!

Listen there are many, many, designs that could win this one, so please forgive me if you don’t see your design in this posting. This is but to ‘wet’ your appetite for more design awesomeness.

Here are three ‘first time designers’ that have caught our attention thus far.
It’s always great to see fantastic new design power coming through and challenging our top designers.
Welcome WELCOME!!!
Owllio by ChristiCrunch – Rock ‘n Duck by Kreadid – Lucky 13 by Deerokone

The Springleap veterans are, as always, making their presence felt!
Kharmazero and Qimstudio have once again outdone themselves and sent through some submissions of considerable design power.
I’m particularly fond of Kharmazero’s Cat Loves Cats and Qimstudios’s Growing a Mind design.

Finally, two designs that have made us sit up and take notice are The song of Mermaid by Robsonborges and We are all mad here by Deaddreamer. Both of these designs are popping with potential!

It’s up to the designers to promote their submissions and to get those all-important votes flowing.
This is especially true for the new designers that have just joined us!
Some of our veteran designers have already got insane credibility on Springleap (and beyond) and the votes come through very naturally for them. Perhaps I should put together a posting which gives you more details on how to promote your work.

I would also just like to give you a reminder about our King of Comments Queen of Quotes comment contest. You can WIN $100 and some sweeeet Springleap tees simple by making some meaningful comments about the design submissions. Here are more details on this contest.

24 November is the closing date for voting, so spread the word!

What do you guys and girls think of this design power? Which designs do you think will rise to the top?