Very Merry – Holiday Kitty Kat Koffee Kup

Welcome to Sunday and the newest Paper Players (#704) challenge.  This week, Jaydee has chosen a fun little Sketch for us to work with.  Lots of possibilities! 

How about an unusually colored Holiday card?

I selected the Facebook Colour INKspiration (#171) palette; Caffeinated Christmas (#32) looking for a cute Critter; and chose a Kitty Kat for Alphabet (Letter K).

Now I do not have a lot of “Cute Critters” that I can use for a Coffee theme, so as usual I needed to create my own.  A perusal of Pinterest for image ideas yielded a cute one on Freepik.  I just redrew it free-hand.

Here is the result:

Steps:

• Card Base: (8½” x 4¼” scored at 4¼”) Basic White cardstock for square card.
• Side Panel (1): (2” x 4”) Smoky Slate cardstock.
• Side Panel (2): (2” x 4”) Summer Splash Striped piece of patterned paper from the 2024/2026 In-Color Collection Designer Series Paper pack.
• Center Support Shape – Circle: (3½” x 3½”) Basic White cardstock die-cut with the Dotted (3¼”) Circle die from the Nested Essentials Dies set.
  • The sentiment, Very Merry, from the retired Itty Bitty Christmas stamp set was stamped with Blackberry Bliss ink.
  • The Circle was then dry-embossed with the retired Subtle 3D Embossing Folder.
• Focal Image – Kitty Kat Koffee Kup: Basic White cardstock scrap.
  • Using a Pencil, I drew the image.  I then completed the drawing with my Fine-Tipped Liquid Gel Pen and erased the pencil markings
  • The image was colored with Stampin’ Blends Markers.  Colors chosen: Cheeks and Nose – Light Pretty in Pink; Markings and Shadows – Light Smoky Slate; Hat – Light Summer Splash and Berry Burst; Holly – Light and Dark Summer Splash; Berries – Dark Blackberry Bliss; and Kup – Light Berry Burst.
  • The image was fussy-cut with Paper Snips.

All elements were adhered to the card base to resemble the sketch.  The Kitty Kat Koffee Kup was popped up with Dimensionals.

I love the Kitty Kat’s expression…either sneaking a peek at the presents or making sure you are not peeking…

This was a fun card to make. 

Thanks for spending some of your time with me today and I hope you will consider joining us for this week’s Paper Player’s challenge.  I would love to see what you do with this sketch.  Please remember that to be considered for a win, you may only enter three other challenges with the same card.

Cheers,  Jolanda!

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