One of three puzzles I got from a Puzzle Warehouse sale. I was completely convinced it was a photograph until I was literally sorting the pieces. I didn’t even know it was a painting as I was pulling the plastic wrap off the box. Talk about a surprise! Very fun to assemble, classic Ravensburger quality- thick cardboard, clean cut, and great finish. love it!
After that I tackled a Cobble Hill, which I think may be my favorite brand. I really dig their funky piece shapes, makes challenging images far more approachable!
Cobble Hill… just fantastic quality as always! Very excited to pick up more of them!
“Waterfall Dragons” 1000 piece by Cobble Hill
And a few closeups- love those goofy piece shapes!
I gave this Cardinal brand rooster puzzle a shot… but the pieces were TERRIBLE! They don’t lock at all, just slide apart at the slightest movement. I still want to do it someday, but I bundled it up for another day. Wasn’t in the mood for that frustration!
“Dino Glow” 100 piece Ceaco
I’ll finish up this overdue update with this little 100 piece Ceaco. I’m a sucker for dinosaur puzzles, and man, the art on this is tops!
Turns out the glow in the dark stuff on it works surprisingly well! :O
Howdy howdy! It’s been a while since I’ve posted any puzzling news, but that doesn’t mean I haven’t been puzzling! I’ve been working on a veritable flock of Cardinal puzzles, among others!
‘Boats’ 500 Piece, by Cardinal‘Boats and Sea’ 500 Piece, by Cardinal
Joining my last puzzle ‘Boats and Sunset’, are these two other lovely boat puzzles. My intention is to frame the three of them and hang them in our master bathroom! I felt like the nautical theme will go great in a room with so much water involved!
‘Colorful River Stones’ 500 Piece, by Cardinal
After that was this lovely, which I intend to hang over my desk. I love these sorts of paintings, such bright colors really bring out the vibrancy of nature.
‘Fresh Vegetables’ 500 Piece, by Cardinal‘Colorful Corn’ 500 Piece, by Cardinal
And lastly these two food related puzzles, which I intend to hang in the kitchen. Unfortunately, of all the puzzles I’ve done so far, the corn one is the very first I’ve encountered that’s missing a piece. Alas, I cannot seem to find a contact to request a replacement- Cardinal Games seems to be a bit all over the place on the internet, and half their stuff links to other another sub company (or something) called ‘Spin Master’. Their support only seems to be for the their board games division. Oh well, the puzzle itself was only a dollar, I’ll go this weekend and see if I can find another copy of it to filch a piece from! Such a shame their puzzle division seems almost an afterthought- bit more effort o their part, and a bit thicker cardstock, and they could really be fantastic!
In other puzzling news, I started and gave up on my FNAF puzzle…
I knew it would be a challenge, but I’m a HUGE Five Nights and Freddy’s fangirl, and this is the only FNAF puzzle I’ve managed to come across. I saw another person post a picture, and they’d mentioned it was an absolute nightmare to work; and they were right!
This is all just TEETH! OMG! Sorting it was awful, and even then, despite my best efforts the whole puzzle sorted into 3 large piles, and a smaller pile of just teeth. The entire puzzle in three piles. That doesn’t even feel like it’s sorted! I fiddled with it for a while, finally decided I was just not having fun, and gave up. I repackaged it all sorted, so I can break it out again in the future, but man… It’s a really tough one. I’m not sure I’ll ever do it.
I will admit, I did also have a reason for wanting to clear my puzzling board…
A birthday gift from my friend arrived! He took a piece of my own artwork, and put it on a puzzle! It’s an older piece, from 2012, but it’s still my favorite that I’ve done; though we did have to upscale it a bit to make it fit, which resulted in a bit of loss of clarity…
But it’s always been a dream of mine to produce artwork for puzzles, and now I’m even more determined. I already feel like I’ve learned so much for making good puzzle art (not that an upscaled piece of old art is a fair comparison!), like a way higher density of detail, and a larger variety of color changes and textures to aid with placing pieces. It’s been fantastic fun to work so far, even with the slight blurriness of the pieces; Ravensburger is always incredible quality, and their custom puzzles are no exception!
Puzzled Pickle 