Special pop up box thank you card for Tan Sri Zeti

It has been almost a month since I made this huge card for Tan Sri Zeti. I didn't have the time to blog about it when it was done as I had other commitments to focus on at the time. Things had been so hectic the past month, I haven't much time to rest and unwind. It's always work work work everyday. I wish I have more time to blog as there are a few more cards that I have made this month but have yet to upload them here due to the time constraint.

I have to say that this project was the most complicated I had ever done not because of the complexity of the design but because I was not given enough time to get it done. It was quite a rush indeed and it was a miracle that I got it done and posted before the due date. The card design is very simple as Tan Sri Zeti is a very simple person, and she does not like a design that is over the top and full of fancy decorations. So I was not able to decorate it much like I always do for all my other handmade cards. I had to keep it simple for her. That was their special request from me. Keep it simple.

I'm not a graphic artist by profession, I'm just a small time crafter and it kinda took a lot from me to complete the job. I kept wondering why I was chosen for this project, and maybe someone else could probably do it better but then I found out that it was because they wanted someone who could make the pop up box card as they really were fond of it and would suit their request. They didn't want any other type of card for this project and was really excited about those pop ups that I could do for the card. Since I have been making a lot of those pop up box cards in the past, so they figured I was suitable for the job. Although I have never done any pop up box card as big as this one, I just had to give it a go! I never thought it was possible for me to do it and it was quite a challenge but I did it on my own! Alhamdulillah, I believed that Allah helped me along the way.

I am proud of myself that I got it done they way they wanted it. I did it to the best of my ability, but perhaps if there was more time given, the design would have been different, I'm sure. When it comes to handmade craft, it is important that I have enough time to get the thing done.. It's a slow process and needs a steady hand. Can't rush it. But not everyone understands that. Some might think that it's something easy to do. Well, it's not as easy as it looks.

I also had to do some drawings and hand cutting some logos as they were not available for me to print them. So I had to draw them from scratch and cut them by hand. This was a bit challenging but because I'm used to cutting designs by hand before, so I managed to do them.

If you can't imagine how big the card is, you can view it from the photo below or the video that I have embedded below. The height of the card is about as tall as an A4 paper and the width is about the same too. It's huge and not that easy to handle. After making this huge card, I realised how small my pop up box cards were before. They seemed so small now......you can see the difference below...hehe!

One thing good that came out of this project is that now I am more confident of making bigger pop up box cards and believing that it is possible. Before this I never knew I could do it. I would have never done it on my own, thinking that it was too much for me to handle. Now I realised that I could if I set my mind to it. Of course there will be challenges along the way, but if I didn't try, I wouldn't have known my capabilities. I'm glad I did it.....no matter what. And I did it when I was sick too...that's why I said that Allah helped me along the way.....as I would never have been able to complete it without His help..... :).

At the end of the day, what's important is that Tan Sri Zeti loved the card so much as she has never seen anything like it before. She even asked them who made it.  I was happy to get the good news and that really really made my day and made it all worth the while. :)