WOW! Evie it's so delicate and lovely it really looks like stained glass. Thanks so much. I've never seen the flower you call fairy bells newleaf, Mullaney would be enchanted! We spend long days discovering fairies in the most amazing places! That scene of yours ominousplay is quite interesting, It's quite nice but I can't decide if it's a photo, a creation or a combination. The birds are quite dear.
Thanks to all of you for sharing you work. 
BJ

Reply to BJ:
the birds are from a photo I took long ago
whcih I made a tube out of
I have many flowers in tubes:
in psps8
I  now make  most of my own tubes 
because of copyright issues:
the rest is my creation in psp8
happy you liked it" hugs and good morning:

poppies

love that desert daisy image

What a lovely dreamy style to this Miss Evie, I like it. Abetaltre, there's nothing here but the word poppies.
BJ

Attached Link: Number 7 Chettelham Road

Number 7 Chettelham Road

Flowers with a twist.

~jon

plentiful rains brought out vast fields of poppies here in the desert

hey there everyone...:). wonderful entries i say, so much colour and flow...:). i too would love to participate, but i have a small question, is it allowed to post something that has already been painted or do i have to paint something new, esp for this challenge? 

all the best to everyone...:).

this is now the third post of the poppie series... i hope this one gets posted

Abetaltre, that is just gorgeous!  I really like the mix of bw/color, really well done. 

everything including, composition, focus, lighting, colors and textures were taken care of to achieve the required dramatic mood(Classical/neo-classical/threatrical) with a dainty look...my actual concern.

painted in artrage, using tablet. its all self-visualized, from scratch, with no refererence used. i only revealed what i had in my mind.

hope this manages to grab some votes...:).

all the best everyone...good day.

waheednasir.
www.waheednasir.com

Another Superb image Waheednasir!

I love the colour over B/W abetaltre, but the collaborative is by far my favorite. Waheednasir, I love the classic feel of your piece.

I have been without phone service (and DSL) for the last week.  Sorry for not responding during that time.  

Wow, lots of fantastic entries while I was gone.   This seems to be a very universal topic.  

Reminder:  The last day to enter is this Sunday.  If anyone realllllllly needs an extra day, let me know and we will extend it.

~Viv

hi, how come i did not get a message that there were new uploads here?
i missed a lot.

was the site down? one way or another?
monica

Steinie

It is adorable steinie. BJ

many thanks gog and mamabobbijo...:). 

i see beautiful entries by everyone, tough time for voters im sure...:).

cheers all.

Oh pretty!!!  You sure have this technique of BW and color mastered!  Do you know of a good tutorial where it's explained how to do this?  I really love that...

I love the mix of colour and B/W abetaltre it highlights the glory of the bloom. BJ

What an amazing turnout for our May Flowers Challenge!  Thanks to all who participated.  It's now time to close the entries and let the voting begin!    You get to choose your 3 favorite entries, giving each of them 3, 2 or 1 points.  Remember, you are choosing an entry, not an artist.  If someone has posted more than one entry, you need to indicate which is your choice. 

Your vote should look something like this:

Georgia O - "Skulls n flowers" - 3 points
G Stein - "a rose is a rose is a" - 2 points
Claude M - "Lilies, Water" - 1 point

Feel free to nominate Honorable Mentions or make comments.

~Viv

My votes:
evielouise/wet white rose single 3 points
evielouise/the dainty rose 2 points
newleaf/ Fairy Bells 1 point

abetaltre/Hibiscus at the back door  HM

almost impossible to vote - too many beautiful images!

1. alida - 3rd entry (mother's day)
2. twopynts
   3.gunsan

Hard job to choose, but came up with these in the end

1st     ligt      Forever blue      3 points
2nd    Lucie                              2 points
3rd Steinie   I'll bee darned  1 point

Highly  Commended

Kansas
Ligt                  Spring Blue
Val Ducom      2nd entry

Very well done everybody.

hi, my votes are:

jstro, nr, 7,Cheltenham road - 3 points ( what a flower suspense)
lucie; -2 points
ValerieDucom - 1 point.

good luck everyone in your choises, it is very difficult to choose.

monica

1. Abetaltre
2. TwoPynts
3. Titia

Great images  :) Congratulations to all !!

Only 5 people bothered to vote! 

Shame on you that couldn't be bothered!

abetaltre - Hibiscus by the back door**  3 points
**
waheednasir - Cherished souvenirs  2 points****

**ligt - **SPRING BLUE   1 point

****I hope it's not too late for me to cast in my vote, I was away when the voting started and just got back last night.  I also hope I can vote even if I participated, not voting for myself so I'd think it's ok...  ;)

Abetaltre - Desert Daisy - 3 points
Waheednasir - Cherished Souvenirs - 2 Points
Newleaf - Fairy Bells - 1 point

Had my head down with deadlines hence hadn't voted yet, sorry if I missed it, I'm usually pretty regular here....

I will leave this up for voting for another day or so, maybe we will get a few more.  Encourage people in your other forums to come and vote!

~Viv

For some reason I have not been getting e-mails from this thread, so I had no idea that voting had begun. Glad I checked back before it closed. Here are my votes:

3 points for mamabobbijo for “My mom was blind...” I felt it embodied the essence of the “very personal interpretation of flowers” part of this challenge. Very moving.

2 points for TwoPynts for Reflections of a water lily. Lovely image and really cool technique. Loved it.

1 point for abetaltre for Hollyhocks in the yard. Quite a striking image.

A very honorable mention to Lucie for Here's mine. Beautiful work.

Great work, everyone.

~jon

1.  koosievantutte - 'fleur de lis' stain glass - 3 points
2. abetaltre & idiotsphynx  - collaboration - 2 points
3.  newleaf - Fairy Bells - 1 point

1/ waheednasir (cherished souvenirs)
2/ abetaltre (with collaboratº idiotsphynx)
3/ erielouise (happy mother days in sepia)

Very hard to choose and vote, because all entry is very good and beautiful

Didn't get emails and forgot, sorry. Thanks for the reminder Pat. 1 waheednasir -- Cherished souvenirs 2 gunsan -- fantasy flower 3 abetaltre -- collaborative piece w/idiotsphynx Lots of great entries everyone!

What a Challenge month!  Thanks to all who entered, I think you were all winners!  There were so many great images and writings.  It's always exciting to see the many different ways people interpret a theme.

Here's the count:

Tied for seventh place, with 1 point each: ligt (Spring Blue), Valerie-Ducom, evielouise (rose vase), Titia, abetaltre (hollyhock) and Steinie

In sixth place, with 2 points:  evelouise (dainty rose)

Tied for fifth place, with 3 points:  mamabobbijo,gunsan,koosievantutte, ligt (Forever Blue), alida, newleaf, evielouise (mother's day), abetaltre (red rose), abetaltre (desert daisy),jstro, abetaltre (hibiscus)

In fourth place, with 4 points:  Lucie

In third place, with 5 points: abetaltre and idiotsphynx collaboration

In second place, with 6 points:  TwoPynts

In first place, with 10 points:  waheednasir

Congratulations to all!  waheednasir, please let me know what topic you would like to challenge for June.

Woo hoo! :woot: Thanks to those that voted for me and congrats to waheednasir and all the other winners and all of those who participated. (I am still not getting eBots from this Forum BTW)

Congratulations to waheednasir on the win, and thanks to all the rest for sharing your wonderful creations. Loved 'em all.

I get e-bots only sporadically, by the way. Odd.

~jon

Apparently, you are only supposed to get ebots when the first person replies after you post.  After that, you should not get any until you post again.  

~Viv

I have been getting ebots daily. 
I am subscribed to this thread. 
Each time you check a thread, it is supposed to reset the ebot for the next posted message. 
As per Nic, from a CC forum post and personal experience.

After that, you should not get any until you post again.

No, you shouldn't get any until you visit the forum again, you don't have to post anything, if you come to see the thread, next new post you'll receive an ebot, if you don't visit you won't get any other.