Hello! I was recently a guest blogger for Spellbinders on their blog sharing three projects created with the Simply Perfect Collection. I hope you will head over to read about the collection, look at my cards, and leave a comment!



Cardmaking and Scrapbooking with Jean Manis
Hello! I was recently a guest blogger for Spellbinders on their blog sharing three projects created with the Simply Perfect Collection. I hope you will head over to read about the collection, look at my cards, and leave a comment!



Hello! I am delighted to be participating in a blog hop sharing projects created with the Spellbinders March 2021 Club Subscriptions. You should have reached me from the blog of Kathy Clement. (The entire list of participants is included at the end of my post.) For the hop, I created spring-themed cards using this month’s Large Die of the Month kit “Spring Together with Lever Pull.” I shared two other cards created with the kit in this post.

To celebrate this release, Spellbinders is giving away a $50 gift certificate to 3 lucky blog readers – selected from the comments on the Spellbinders blog. Giveaway closes on Sunday, March 14th, 11:59 pm MST. The winner will be announced in the blog hop post the following Tuesday. The winner is responsible for shipping cost, duties and taxes. Please note: store credit (gift certificate) cannot be applied to Club Subscriptions; store credit can be applied to shop past Club products, Club extras, and regular releases.
My first card is a gift-card holder on which I included an interactive bunny, created with the Large Die of the Month and the Festive Wreaths Slider Card die sets.


While the Large Die of the Month set makes it possible to create interactive cards, it can also be used to create cards without the interactive element, as shown on my next card.


Head next to the blog of Annie Williams. Scroll for full list.
Blog Hop List:
Spellbinders Blog
Tina Smith
Becca Feeken
Becky Roberts
Carrie Rhoades
Bibi Cameron
Sandra Nagel
Sandi MacIver
Jill Hilliard
Marie Heiderscheit
Jennifer Snyder
Kathy Clement
Jean Manis<-You Are Here
Annie Williams
Yasmin Diaz
Betty Wright
Jenny Colacicco
Hussena Calcuttawala
Virginia Lu
Emily Leiphart
Joy Baldwin
Ilina Crouse
Desiree Kuemmerle
Ilda Dias
Henriëtte van Mierlo
Zsoka Marko
Hello! I am delighted to share two cards created with glimmer plates from the recently-released Yana’s Blooming Birthday Glimmer Collection at Spellbinders.

On the first card (shown above on the right), I paired a tone-on-tone Skinny Stripe Background with one of the Yana’s Tiny Sentiments, as well as dies from the March 2021 Large Die of the Month set, to create a spring-themed greeting. (I previously shared cards created with the kit in this post.)


On the second card, I glimmer-foiled the Skinny Stripe Background with Mini Rainbow Stripe foil on black cardstock.


Hello! Today I am sharing a special Easter-themed card created with this month’s Clear Stamp of the Month Club at Spellbinders – “Wonderful Spring.”

I combined one of the set’s bunny images with die-cut flowers and greenery.


Hello Peeps! Happy March! I’m delighted to share two projects created with the Spellbinders March 2021 Large Die of the Month – “Spring Together with Lever Pull.” With this 24-piece set, you can create a variety of interactive spring- and Easter-themed cards.


On both cards, my starting point was the background paper. Next, I die-cut and assembled the peeps from textured and smooth cardstock in colors that would stand out against the background colors.
The 4 1/4″ card use dies in the set to make two of the peeps interactive.

After die-cutting and assembling the bunnies, and the mechanism for movement, I foiled a sentiment from the Mini Everyday Sentiments set in Silver on green cardstock and cut it with the grass die. I attached the grass at the bottom of the card, below the pull.
To embellish, I added a flower cut with dies in the Large Die of the Month.

The A2-size card uses dies in the set to make three peeps interactive.

After cutting and assembling the bunny, lamp, and chick, and the mechanism for movement, I die-cut the sentiment from the Large Die of the Month set (twice for dimension) and glued it to the grass layer. The bottom of the grass die does not cut, making it possible to make the grass as short or tall as desired.
I added clouds, included in the set, to the card base.

Of course, you don’t have to use the set to make interactive cards and can instead simply use the critters, sentiments, clouds, and flower to create a spring- or Easter-themed card! Be sure to visit the product page to see more inspiration.