New Stamp Puzzle - Year of the Ox Chinese Lion Stamp

I cut a new stamp last night. It is the Year of the Ox stamp from the postal service. It is a bigger stamp, so it has more pieces. This one had 14 pieces, but I could see even having a few more. Check out the pics. Also, if you would like one, check out my ebay listings or email me.

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Finished "On the Terrace (Two Sisters)"

I have finally finished the puzzle "On the Terrace (Two Sisters)". This was a great puzzle to cut. I really enjoyed working with it. In the next few days, my wife will probably put it together, and we will see how difficult it is. Puzzle is 15 3/4" X 13" and it ended up being 328 pieces with 13 figurals. I did do a some color line cutting in it, as well as some not so obvious edge pieces.

Please take a look at the pictures and then, leave me a comment about what you think.

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Back to working on the "Terrace"

I finally got back to working on "On the Terrace (Two Sisters)". I have about 1/2 of the puzzle done, and plan to finish it this week. Right now, I have been really pleased with it. I am cutting it in my Random style which means pretty much knobs but with no definite shape to the pieces. Really looking forward to getting it done and seeing what my wife thinks about it. I will keep you posted.

new stamp puzzle ....

I have started cutting a new stamp into a puzzle. It is the new 44 cent wedding rings stamp. I think it turned out really cool, and would be a great tie on for an anniversary or wedding present. If you are interested in it, please see my puzzles on ebay link, or send me an email.

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More cutting on "On the Terrace (Two Sisters)"

I have been cutting more on the the puzzle "On the Terrace (Two Sisters)". So far it is going really good. The butterfly figurals are turning out very nice. I have about a quarter of this puzzle done, but I am planning on trying to get it done this week. We will see how that goes, LOL!

Mother's Day Puzzle ...

Here are the pics of the puzzle I cut for mother's day. The only thing I wasn't happy about with it, is that I didn't spray a clear coat over it, and I think that would have made the image look better. It was 11" x 13.5"262 pcs with 11 figurals. This makes this puzzle 1.76 pc per sq in. I hope to make my pieces smaller in my future puzzles.

Here is a picture of the initial cuts.

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Here is the picture of the finished puzzle.

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What I've been working on ...

I have been cutting a little on the "On the Terrace (Two Sisters)", but I have had to set it aside to cut a puzzle for my mother for Mother's Day. I will post pics as soon as I can.

New Stamp puzzle ...

The other day, I cut a new stamp puzzle just for my wife as a small present. It is of a love stamp currently at the post office. Turned out really nice, so I wanted to share a picture of it with the blog.

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I was very pleased at how well it turned out. Thanks for looking.

Initial cuts into the new puzzle "On the Terrace (Two Sisters)"

I have started cutting "On the Terrace (Two Sisters)". I thought I would post a picture of it during the initial cuts. As you can see in the picture, I am cutting many butterflies into it. Should be a really cool puzzle. It is pretty big, so this one will take me several weeks to do, especially with both of my boys playing baseball this time of year.

Please comment if you can.

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New Project ...

I have started cutting a new project. This will be a large puzzle that I will probably sell if it goes well. It is a public domain painting by Renoir called "On the Terrace". I am going to cut butterfly figurals into it, and I think it will make a great puzzle. We will see...