Joyful Jellyfish

Good morning Sharon here and guess what? Summer is here! My childhood memories of summer are spending time on the beach in the UK counting the jellyfish that the tide has washed up. If the sea had been particularly rough there would be hundreds of them. So when I saw this Jellyfish Luminary cut file I couldn’t wait to use it.

Want to follow along and make it with me? It uses three products – cardstock, vellum and wet glue. Oh and you need a battery tea light!

First you need to decide what color you want him. So he stands out I am using Stardream Metallic Cardstock in Opal. This is a nice thick cardstock that holds up well to being both machine cut and shaped. You also need a vellum type product for the ‘windows’ Curious Translucent Card Stock in Clear cuts like butter!

Next you need to cut out all the pieces. There are three main pieces – a top and a bottom and six panels to cut with the Opal and six windows to cut out of the Clear. All fit on the letter sized cardstock.

The windows are glued on to the lacy panels, do this first so the glue has time to dry. These are the only parts that need glue and Tombow is perfect for this. Add glue to the outer edge of the Opal pieces and onto the dots of the lacy section. This ensures when you shape them around the frame they don’t lift off the windows.

Put those to one side and pick up the three main pieces. The first one has the hanging loop on top. Fold this in half so you have a stronger loop.

Each of the main pieces have slits cut into the top and bottom of the inner section. These all slot together to give you a 3D shape.

Can you see my mistake? Yes I didn’t fold the loop so made it harder for myself to do once the pieces were together.

The circle pieces form your top and bottom; the smaller one slides in first. Slot the frame pieces into the outer slots on the circle.

Do the same with the larger circle at the bottom of the frame. This is a bit trickier to get in but once there it won’t move.

Now you add the windows for your light to shine through. These have a tab top and bottom which slide in to the inner slots on the circles. It is easier to position all the larger tabs first then close the windows up by gently curving the pieces to get the top tab in place. Repeat this until all are in place but leave the top of the last one open. This is so you can place your tealight inside.

Yes I finally folded my hanger in half! I did leave the last top window tab just slightly tuck in instead of the full way. This makes it easy to turn the tea light on and off.

These make great little night lights – I plan on making a bunch of them and hanging in the ceiling of our summer deck gazebo to add to the fairy lights in there.

What will you use yours for? Please tag CutCardStock if you make one!