Marbles
by DistantColours

Comment:
the OCD in me demands to see another marble on the bottom-right in line with the red/gold from the left.
the rest of me appreciates what you're trying to do, but the voices of control are outweighing the voices of art, so you're getting a 6.

Drummers Drumming and Children Dreaming
by Yandrosxx

Comment:
feel the lighting here on the left side of the image (top and bottom especially) could be helped a bit. not sure if you were going for a faded outside but given the brightness of the tree, it feels a bit flat on the left

and a Monkey on a Tin Box!
by ciaeagle

Comment:
i'm willing to bet you'll get a lot of dnmc scores and several comments
i chuckled at this and it's cute, so i'm not going to lowball the score on it too much - for all we know you may have your own version of the song you sing (sang/will sing) with your own kids that includes a monkey instead of a partridge

5 Golden Rings.....
by littlemav

Comment:
i had to look to really find them.
the gold ribbon and gold background actually made it harder for me to really notice the rings without searching them out.

Drummers Drumming
by giantmike

Comment:
love the bokeh but the hand in front should be in focus

Starry Trekmas
by giantmike

Comment:
wow Gap, for all the "not meeting challenge" comments you've left so far, this one actually has a family member in it and it still doesn't meet it for you. gotta say, that's pretty harsh.
Yeah, it's not the majority of the card, but it's a family member in the card and it's the wonder of a child's imagination at play in the other scenes. What's more magical and christmas-y than a child playing with toys?

Pondering the last days of clouds...
by GAP2012

Comment:
And they are pondering the last days of man as they float by.
Neitzche had it wrong, it's when you stare into Clouds that they stare back into you.

innocence fragmented
by bspurgeon

Comment:
love the shadow cast here, great duality of light/dark in a challenge about the end of days.
raised foot gives another layer of imagery/symbolism here that many may miss (not even sure if it was intended).
Great image, lots to see and appreciate here.

it's not so bad
by jmritz

Comment:
there'll always be something that survives

The final one. Let's go for a tasty end.
by hajeka

Comment:
Simple. Clean. Delicious.