Puzzle Junkie Judy Brokar Betterton Dogs & Birds 20
Cutter Puzzle Junkie (Judy Brokaw Betterton) was an American friend of Andrew Kershaw. They met in 1997 and became travelling companions, attending Puzzle Parley and some BCD Meetings. Judy was last over at a BCD meeting in Sept 2017, the only time I met her. Around 2009 she made an extensive puzzle blog on facebook. These are some of the jigsaws relating to pets - dogs, birds and cats.
Top Left: Puzzle Junkie no123 141pc Off to School by Stevan Dohanos bus Jun10 5.5x6in, 5 color-line cut figurals of which 1 is complex.
"Hello fellow puzzle junkies. I’ve had two months away from the ol’ scroll saw to take care of my mom so I came back with something simple in theme and cutting style. Off go the kids on the school bus leaving behind their faithful best friends, absolutely sure in the knowledge they’ll be waiting for them when school lets out. The cutting style is mostly square four’s rather than my usual ‘goofy’ pyramid six’s although I did toss in a couple three of ‘em just for fun. Eve complained that they were too simple to put together so don’t get excited thinking my puzzles are gonna get any easier. This one’s just a warm up for me to get back in the groove of cutting. The next one is back to my usual and customary wicked, despicable ways. I had a great time cutting “Off to School”, nice and easy. If you don’t count the missing corners and edge pieces. Oh yeah, the color line cut figurals. And the beagle, don’t forget the beagle."
Top Centre: Puzzle Junkie 212pc Peanut for the Parrot by Charles E Chambers, 6½” x 8¾”, July10, 4 color line cut figurals of which 2 are complex.
"I loved the expression on the woman’s face from the moment I saw this image. She’s in a pet shop offering a peanut to the most splendid, resident macaw. Behind her is a man who must have followed her in from the street and is frowning now because the shop owner has no clue who she is. He has fallen in love at first sight and must know who she is. The light, color and magic of this image called for few figurals. I emphasized the parrot’s head, the ladies elegantly gloved hand proffering the peanut, the goldfish in the bowl beneath, the gentleman’s head and the lady’s face and neck, both of those for the wondrous expressions. The edges of the puzzle I cut in a slightly wavy line, like the uncertainty of first attraction, not really knowing which way it will go. The rest of the puzzle is cut in my usual wicked, diabolical style to make y’all crazy and curse me as you plunk in that finally figured out piece."
Top Right: Puzzle Junkie no68 171pc 'Faux Picasso' Woman with Dog Jan09, 7.5x10.5in, irregular edge, dropouts
"Another example of a boring background cut away from this fake Picasso. The image came from a great calendar of faked paintings of famous artists with a dog painted into it somewhere."
Lower Left: Puzzle Junkie no119 133pc The Poker Players (Ellen Degeneres & dog) 10fig 2006image 7x5in May10, color line cut figurals, of which 2 are complex, photo copyright 2006 American Express.
"Just how cool is it to be playing poker mid morning in your jammies on a weekend morning at the kitchen table? Totally cool until the dadgum dog beats you! I’ve had this American Express magazine ad stashed for almost four years before I decided to cut it for a puzzle. I’ve even got a second, double page image just like it for another puzzle down the road sometime. In between the wonderfully middle class, decades old kitchen, all the great clutter laying around and the look on Ellen Degeneres’ face it was, for me, a no brainer image to swipe for a puzzle. For such a small one I sure found plenty of items to color line cut for figurals which resulted in quite a few weird pieces—all the more fun! If you put together the two complex figurals first, whenever you get stuck you can look at ‘em and get a great case of the giggles. Ya gotta love a puzzle that makes you laugh!"
Lower Right: Puzzle Junkie no106 268pc Pooh Loves His Job therapy dog photo Kay Furniss Dec09 7fig irreg edge bones, dropout text
"What to do with a standard boring picture of a dog lying in the grass. This puzzle was a special commission for an online friend. Her dog Pooh was a shelter mutt the she trained as a Therapy Dog. Together they’ve been making the rounds for quite a few years and they are both much loved by the people they visit. Now my task was to cut an interesting, wickedly difficult puzzle out of this basically two color image with a bit of red thrown in for interest. Voila! Cut on the color line of Pooh at the top and curve into an oval dog bone border through the grass. Just to make things trickier I dropped out the phrase “I Love My Job” in the grass (One of my best evil wicked tricks!) then just had to add hearts among the bones. Those were just good old-fashioned ordinary figurals ‘cause what else can you do with grass? I tossed in color line cut figurals of Pooh’s soulful, panda bear eyes, his heart shaped tag that states “I am a therapy dog” and the letter H on his work vest. I couldn’t resist cutting the H. Now it’s being shipped with no picture, of course Kay knows what it looks like ‘cause she sent it to me, but when she tries putting it together there’s only about three stinking straight edges in the whole box! I can’t wait to hear her comments after she places the last piece!
(Heather Fisher – I thought that loked like Pooh - Judy: Yupper, that be him. I cut such a wicked puzzle for Kay that she and her hubby are still trying to put in the grass, averaging about one piece a day. They've had it since Christmas! Hee hee, I'm sooooo bad!)
Puzzle Junkie Judy Brokar Betterton Dogs & Birds 20
Cutter Puzzle Junkie (Judy Brokaw Betterton) was an American friend of Andrew Kershaw. They met in 1997 and became travelling companions, attending Puzzle Parley and some BCD Meetings. Judy was last over at a BCD meeting in Sept 2017, the only time I met her. Around 2009 she made an extensive puzzle blog on facebook. These are some of the jigsaws relating to pets - dogs, birds and cats.
Top Left: Puzzle Junkie no123 141pc Off to School by Stevan Dohanos bus Jun10 5.5x6in, 5 color-line cut figurals of which 1 is complex.
"Hello fellow puzzle junkies. I’ve had two months away from the ol’ scroll saw to take care of my mom so I came back with something simple in theme and cutting style. Off go the kids on the school bus leaving behind their faithful best friends, absolutely sure in the knowledge they’ll be waiting for them when school lets out. The cutting style is mostly square four’s rather than my usual ‘goofy’ pyramid six’s although I did toss in a couple three of ‘em just for fun. Eve complained that they were too simple to put together so don’t get excited thinking my puzzles are gonna get any easier. This one’s just a warm up for me to get back in the groove of cutting. The next one is back to my usual and customary wicked, despicable ways. I had a great time cutting “Off to School”, nice and easy. If you don’t count the missing corners and edge pieces. Oh yeah, the color line cut figurals. And the beagle, don’t forget the beagle."
Top Centre: Puzzle Junkie 212pc Peanut for the Parrot by Charles E Chambers, 6½” x 8¾”, July10, 4 color line cut figurals of which 2 are complex.
"I loved the expression on the woman’s face from the moment I saw this image. She’s in a pet shop offering a peanut to the most splendid, resident macaw. Behind her is a man who must have followed her in from the street and is frowning now because the shop owner has no clue who she is. He has fallen in love at first sight and must know who she is. The light, color and magic of this image called for few figurals. I emphasized the parrot’s head, the ladies elegantly gloved hand proffering the peanut, the goldfish in the bowl beneath, the gentleman’s head and the lady’s face and neck, both of those for the wondrous expressions. The edges of the puzzle I cut in a slightly wavy line, like the uncertainty of first attraction, not really knowing which way it will go. The rest of the puzzle is cut in my usual wicked, diabolical style to make y’all crazy and curse me as you plunk in that finally figured out piece."
Top Right: Puzzle Junkie no68 171pc 'Faux Picasso' Woman with Dog Jan09, 7.5x10.5in, irregular edge, dropouts
"Another example of a boring background cut away from this fake Picasso. The image came from a great calendar of faked paintings of famous artists with a dog painted into it somewhere."
Lower Left: Puzzle Junkie no119 133pc The Poker Players (Ellen Degeneres & dog) 10fig 2006image 7x5in May10, color line cut figurals, of which 2 are complex, photo copyright 2006 American Express.
"Just how cool is it to be playing poker mid morning in your jammies on a weekend morning at the kitchen table? Totally cool until the dadgum dog beats you! I’ve had this American Express magazine ad stashed for almost four years before I decided to cut it for a puzzle. I’ve even got a second, double page image just like it for another puzzle down the road sometime. In between the wonderfully middle class, decades old kitchen, all the great clutter laying around and the look on Ellen Degeneres’ face it was, for me, a no brainer image to swipe for a puzzle. For such a small one I sure found plenty of items to color line cut for figurals which resulted in quite a few weird pieces—all the more fun! If you put together the two complex figurals first, whenever you get stuck you can look at ‘em and get a great case of the giggles. Ya gotta love a puzzle that makes you laugh!"
Lower Right: Puzzle Junkie no106 268pc Pooh Loves His Job therapy dog photo Kay Furniss Dec09 7fig irreg edge bones, dropout text
"What to do with a standard boring picture of a dog lying in the grass. This puzzle was a special commission for an online friend. Her dog Pooh was a shelter mutt the she trained as a Therapy Dog. Together they’ve been making the rounds for quite a few years and they are both much loved by the people they visit. Now my task was to cut an interesting, wickedly difficult puzzle out of this basically two color image with a bit of red thrown in for interest. Voila! Cut on the color line of Pooh at the top and curve into an oval dog bone border through the grass. Just to make things trickier I dropped out the phrase “I Love My Job” in the grass (One of my best evil wicked tricks!) then just had to add hearts among the bones. Those were just good old-fashioned ordinary figurals ‘cause what else can you do with grass? I tossed in color line cut figurals of Pooh’s soulful, panda bear eyes, his heart shaped tag that states “I am a therapy dog” and the letter H on his work vest. I couldn’t resist cutting the H. Now it’s being shipped with no picture, of course Kay knows what it looks like ‘cause she sent it to me, but when she tries putting it together there’s only about three stinking straight edges in the whole box! I can’t wait to hear her comments after she places the last piece!
(Heather Fisher – I thought that loked like Pooh - Judy: Yupper, that be him. I cut such a wicked puzzle for Kay that she and her hubby are still trying to put in the grass, averaging about one piece a day. They've had it since Christmas! Hee hee, I'm sooooo bad!)