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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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...

Monet's "The Water Lily Pond" Mini Puzzle

I cut a small mini puzzle of Monet's "The Water Lily Pond". In this puzzle, I put no figurals, not even my "man in the moon" piece, and I also cut several internal edge pieces, to make it more difficult. It took my wife about 30min to work this puzzle, which for a 66 piece puzzle, makes it not a very easy puzzle to do.

It is 6" x 6" and I plan on selling this puzzle on Ebay. Here is the link.

Here are some pics.

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Parrot test puzzle...

I have been talking with a new artist about cutting some of her work in puzzles. Her name is Judith Stein, and you can see more of her work here: www.judithstein.com . Her work includes a lot of really nice pictures of children, that I am sure you would like.

The puzzle is about 4" x 6" (a sample to try some paper), and I ended up with 27 pieces. I cut it in swirl cut, something new I am trying to learn, and it turned out pretty good. I did get some of the swirls a little thin. Just need to remember while cutting to give space for the swirl on the return.

I am going to do some larger puzzles with her work, and plan to offer them for sale. If you see one of her paintings that you would like in a puzzle, let me know and we can work out the details. Then I can order the print from Judith on the paper that works best for puzzles.

Here are some pics:

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Stamp Puzzles ...

I have been cutting a lot of stamp puzzles, and I would like to thank Carter Johnson for introducing me to this great art. I thought I would post some of my pics of stamps I have cut. I have several more mounted ready to cut, and I will post more pics when I get to them. My stamp puzzles tend to end up between 8-12 pieces per puzzle, although some stamps I have mounted will be more because of the size of the stamp.

I am definitely not as good at this as Carter, but I enjoy it none the less, and I am seeing improvement.

Please post your thoughts by clicking on the link below the post, and thanks in advance for you comments.

If you are interested in obtaining you own stamp puzzle, check out this link: Puzzles

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