Blanket Ride

[Millwab]

This is the 5th of my Peanuts calendar puzzles. Used a more "traditional" piece cut on this one. Seems my "figure 8" cut is a bit too challenging with pictures that have so much plain background color. 

11.25” x 12” 

272 pieces 

 

[wombatie]

Looks great.

Marg

[daveww1]

excellent job

[Dragonkort]

looks great and is an excellent job.  I have a clainder my daughter gave me from church...all the pictures are beautiful christen pictures and id love to make puzzles out of them. Can you tell me how you keep the edges from lifting up on some of the pieces.  I use modpoudge...but some of the peices the paper seems to lift up from the wood. i hope that makes a least a little sense. I follow the instructions on the modpodge and i usuly use 1/4 inch baltic burch wood.   would putting a different finish on the puzzles help...i usuly just use polyurthine.... or maybe thats the problem? maybe i shouldnt put any kind of finish on the pictures ....would putting expoxy on the puzzle before i cut it out maybe keep the paper from lifting off wood?  as much as i HATE DOING puzzles that as much as I LOVE MAKING them .lol I plan on scanning the calander pictures into my computer so i can reprint them ( photo paper?) and make puzzles to give to the churchs around here.  I think some of the older kids might enjoy putting the puzzles together...as they learn what each picture is about. 

[Millwab]

8 hours ago, Dragonkort said:

Can you tell me how you keep the edges from lifting up on some of the pieces ... I plan on scanning the calander pictures into my computer so i can reprint them ( photo paper? )

The edges lifting sounds like an issue with how the picture is adhered to the wood more so than what the picture is finished with.  I’ve never used Modge Podge so I can’t comment on it. My procedure is to glue the picture down with 3M 77 spray adhesive (on both the wood and the back of the picture) making sure to roll it well to assure good adhesion and then finish with Krylon Triple Thick Glaze. The TTG cures with some flexibility and I’ve never had a problem with the picture lifting off the wood with the 77.   Scanning and printing will work fine, and I would definitely use photo paper. I find I have better results with glossy paper rather than matte (for what it’s worth).

[Dragonkort]

Thanks!! now i can make puzzles that wont peal! lol   Printing out your messag so i'll be sure to have the right stuff. im glad i was right about the photo paper, I just think they look better that way i'll have to see if we have glossy papper or not, but theres no rush I still have to get a working saw lol