Cat Lovers Hop 2021 - Day 5 (Merry and Bright)

Hi, everyone!  Before I get started, I would like to welcome my newest follower - Angela Fretwell - thank you for joining me!

Today is Day 5 of the 7th Annual Cat Lovers Hop, and I am sharing my fifth and final card. So sad to see the hop coming to an end!  It's been a fun five days for us cat lovers!  The hop link-up is open until tomorrow and there are extra days for visiting and commenting, thankfully, because I need them!  Thank you, Janis, for the awesome hop!

My card features a cute kitty from Gerda Steiner Designs.  He is one of three kitties in a digi called #362 Christmas Carol Cats.  I believe this image is retired as I cannot find it in Gerda's shop.  I coloured the kitty with markers, fussy-cut, and applied Star Dust Stickles to his hat.  He is popped up on foam tape.

I created the background with Distress Oxides (Mowed Lawn, Lucky Clover, Tumbled Glass) using the watercolour ink-smooshing technique on textured watercolour paper.  I added a sparkly white snowbank (left over from last year's holiday cardmaking) and a die-cut scene in white, to which I applied Star Dust Stickles in various areas to simulate snow.  I stamped a sentiment from Uniko Simply Said Blocks Christmas, fussy cut, and adhered with foam tape. The ink-smooshed panel is layered onto a teal panel, and I finished the card by adhering three punched snowflakes in teal (Recollections punch).

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I would also like to join the following:

BYSH Cardmakers Falling for the Holidays 2021 Hop Oct. 22-29 https://byshcardmakers.blogspot.com/2021/10/falling-for-holidays-2021-byshc-hop.html

Christmas Craft Creations October Black and White plus One (teals) 1/3

https://christmas-craft-creations.blogspot.com/2021/10/october-challenge-reminder-black-white.html

Cardz TV 152 AG 3/3

http://cardztv.blogspot.com/2021/10/cardz-tv-anything-goes-challenge-152.html

CRAFT 615 Christmas Non-Traditional Colours 2/2

https://trimmiescraftchallenge.blogspot.com/2021/10/challenge-615-christmas-non-traditional.html

Crafty Catz 570 AG No Twist 1/3

https://craftycatzweeklychallenge.blogspot.com/2021/10/crafty-catz-challenge-570-anything-goes.html

Crafty Hazelnut's Christmas 565 AG Christmas Optional Add a Flower UE
http://craftyhazelnutschristmaschallenge.blogspot.com/2021/10/chnc-challenge-565.html

Creative Fingers 218 AG 1/3

https://creativefingerschallengeblog.blogspot.com/2021/10/challenge-218.html

Creative Moments 225 AG 3/3

http://carabbiemomentsofcraft.blogspot.com/2021/10/creative-moments-challenge-225-anything.html

DL.ART October AG UE 

https://dianamlarson.blogspot.com/2021/10/dlart-october-2021-linky-challenge.html

Gerda Steiner Share Your Design October UE

https://www.gsd-stamps.com/blogs/share-your-designs/share-your-design-challenge-1

Get Creative 106 AG No Twist 3/3

http://getcreativechallenges.blogspot.com/2021/10/ch106-agopt-twist-holidays-winners-of.html

Jingle Belles Not a Creature was Stirring

http://jinglebellesrock.blogspot.com/2021/10/not-creature-was-stirring.html

Penny's Paper Crafty 508 AG w Paper 2/3

http://pennyschallenges.blogspot.com/2021/10/pennys-challenge-508.html

Polkadoodles 44 AG 1/3

https://polkadoodle.blogspot.com/2021/10/card-making-crafting-challenge-wk-44.html

Show us Your Pussy Cats 71 Furrything Goes UE

https://showusyourpussies.blogspot.com/2021/10/show-us-your-pussycats-challenge-71.html

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday AG 2/5

https://www.simonsaysstampblog.com/wednesdaychallenge/simon-says-anything-goes-89/

The Outlawz Festive Friday Christmas UE

https://outlawzchallenges.ning.com/group/friday-color/forum/topics/festive-fridays-oct-15-28

The 12 Months of Christmas Link-up 82 Christmas Optional Snow Globes 6/10

https://12monthsofchristmaslinkup.blogspot.com/2021/10/challenge-82-opt-twistsnow-globes.html

Through the Craft Room Door AG 2/2

http://ttcrd.blogspot.com/2021/10/atg-challenge-week-beginning-26th.html

Word Art Wednesday 515-516 AG w Uplifting Sentiment Wk1 3/5

http://wordartwednesday.blogspot.com/2021/10/anything-goes-weeks-515-516.html

Thank you for looking at my card!  Happy Hopping, and I wish you a joy-filled day!