It has been a difficult few years for many, both here in Jersey and elsewhere, but Thinking of You Week offers an opportunity to lift the spirits of friends and loved ones.

First launched in 2014, the annual week-long event, which this year takes place from 19th to 24th September, was introduced with the aim of harnessing the emotional power of cards and encouraging people around the world to send cards to family, friends and others in order to bring joy and happiness.

Cameron McPhail, founder of Kartoon Faktory said: ‘We’re all too aware that the news is currently full of stories about the highest inflation level in decades, food and fuel prices rising, and more and more people than ever struggling financially.’

‘As Kartoon Faktory is a fun brand, we really wanted to use Thinking of You Week to help bring a smile to Islanders – and maybe even a chuckle or two.’

‘We want our followers to come up with something funny, witty or silly to fill in the blank speech bubble on three of our latest cards,’ said Cameron. ‘A new card design will appear in the Jersey Evening Post and on social media over three days, beginning today, and each winning card design will then be for sale on the Kartoon Faktory website during Thinking of You Week and beyond. You will officially have become a Kartoon Faktory greeting card writer!’

To embrace the spirit of the week, we will not only provide local stamps with every card bought via our website during Thinking of You Week, but the proceeds from these card sales will be donated to a local charity.

There will be a winner for each of the three cards, with each winner receiving a ten-pack of their winning card and a £20 Kartoon Faktory voucher.

The project that was pitched to us was for the cattery at the Jersey Society Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (JSPCA). This couldn’t have been more perfect, as firstly, we’re all animal crazy so to be honest, they had us at ‘cat’!! Secondly, not sure if you’ve noticed (!) but, Oli the Olistrator (KF’s resident artist) isn’t too shabby when it comes to capturing our four-legged friends in cartoon form, so other than us losing our heads over the furry felines it was a good fit. Thirdly, and this just felt like serendipity, Sam, who is single-handedly our IT department, his mum is the chief vet at the JSPCA; it was a match made in heaven!

The JSPCA needed their cattery area revamped as boarding cats is one of their vital streams and it’s also where they bring members of the public to view cats available for rehoming – so it was important to get this right. Plus, we wanted to make sure the staff had an area they’re proud to work in and show off a bit too.

The cattery area is made up of six wings, with each wing being named after a former furry resident and Oli was asked to create a unique design for each wing. He was given a photo with a short bio of each cat for him to come up with his designs for: Splash, Honey, Star, Sassy, Bo and Phoebe. Below was his first draft…. Amazing or what?