A photo 'puzzle'

 

Here is our first card using the criteria for the Embellish Magazine challenge...a photo puzzle.

We recently taught a series of classes using Inchie Arts squares of differing sizes and photos. The response from everyone was tremendous! No doubt we will be doing this class again but with new images.  

The trick to making this 'puzzle' is to figure out mathematically how big your photo will be before you have to cut it into smaller pieces. Working backwards we knew that we wanted a perfect 1/16" tiny border around each photo square...each photo piece is mounted on a black Inchie Square. Since the squares are 1", that meant that the each photo square would be 7/8" square. You then just add up how many squares you have in each direction. In this case, 2 squares, each measuring 7/8" = 1-3/4".

Begin by cutting down your larger photo (it's a chive flower from the garden) to a 1-3/4" square and then cut it in half, and then in half again. When you are finished you will have 4 photo squares, each measuring 7/8".

note: a simple 4 part puzzle is easy to reassemble once you have the squares glued down, but be forewarned that it can get silly crazy (!) trying to put a larger piece photo back together again! 

Comments

[Cynthia Schelzig........Cynnie]

What a gorgeous card and I love the color combo.