I've been excitedly working on this puzzle since early 2023, starting with a quick sketch that I plotted out. To do my imagination honor, I contacted Karen Gillmore, an artist whose cat comics I have been enjoying over the years, and was delighted when she said she could make my sketch come to life! 

Working with Karen has been wonderful, and every time that she would send me updated images, I would *squeee* with joy over how cute all of the cats are!

From my quick sketch to Karen's developed sketch (above), then lines inked in and my spacing for each of the 25 sections of advent, shown below.

Next step was color blocking, then taking it from the digital to the physical, and watercoloring! The final watercolor, at 19x12" had to be stitched together and cleaned up again, so back to the computer. Look forward to the color block version being shared as a desktop wallpaper when it gets closer to December!

And here is the final, adorable art, ready to be UV printed on acrylic and cut into many little puzzles that all fit together as one big puzzle!

Do you see your own cat here? Y'all have sent me cat pics over the years, and I sent them to Karen to add where she would. Of course all my kitties are in there -- can you spot them? And just like my Koi Pond puzzle, there has to be a little fantasy mixed in, because what is life without the unexpected?

25 of this puzzle was made, and they all sold out in a flash! If you ever find one up for sale, grab it quick, because it won't be made again.