DIY Luminaries!
Hi everyone! Happy March!! It’s Shari here back with another project for you. I’ve had this idea swimming around in my head and was thrilled to finally put them together. I wanted to make a luminary with my dies… and vellum was the answer to hold everything together.
This first one uses the Woodland Tree die with some scrap paper I’ve had laying around. I really like how intricate the die is and it’s beautiful when light shines through.
I’ve created another using Slate card stock with the Super Heart Border die, and in the back you can see a peek of the Surf Blue card stock and the Mod Window die luminary.
These are really easy to make and can be used for a dinner gathering, bridal or baby shower. The sky is the limit with all the dies and papers available.
Please Note: To keep things safe, use a battery candle rather than an actual flame.
I’ve shot a video of the process. You can view it below or on our YouTube Channel HERE.
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I hope you find inspiration to create your own DIY Luminaries. Enjoy your day!
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Your luminaries are lovely. We made them years ago at a SU class but only stamped on vellum. Now with all the beautiful dies, you can create almost anything. These are really very nice. TFS!
Very nice luminaries – yet another use for all those dies!
Great project! ;-)
These are gorgeous!!!
I love these!! Such a great idea…
The kids will love some thing sweet and simple in their room.
A smashing idea for getting the most out of your dies, Shari!
Good idea to get more usage out of those beautiful dies.
What a clever idea! This is another creative use for our dies!
What a great idea! I always think of luminaries for winter, but they’d be so pretty for a spring time event.
LOVE these
These are absolutely stunning! Thanks so much for the video tutorial. It always helps to see how something was made. Fabulous!
Hugs,
Snoopy :D
Oh wow….. What a gorgeous idea!!!!! Your luminaries are just absolutely gorgeous!!!!
Great idea! I can see some easy Christmas gifts with this technique.
Just gorgeous! And yes, I agree, the battery operated tea lights would be much safer. Wonderful inspiration! :)
Wow, these are beautiful!
I already know to whom give the ones I’ll make :D Thanks for sharing Shari!
What a great idea, very inspiring! Such beautiful luminaries, love them!
fantastic idea, must try this for sure
What a fabulous idea! You are brilliant and these are gorgeous!
beuatiful idea, thanks for the tutorial!
Love these. I’ve made a similar version, little “lamp shades” over a wine glass.
great idea!! love the projects and the Woodland Tree die, I must have it ;)
thank you
Very pretty idea! Thanks for sharing. I will have to give it a try
Those are so lovely, what a great idea!
Great idea!!! Thank you for sharing!
These are beautiful! What a lovely idea for a hostess gift.
A very clever idea! Love it!
Great idea!!! Love it!
These are beautiful! I need to show this to my future daughter-in-law! And to her two future-daughters-in-law! :)
These are just such a great idea and would be great little gifts to give as a thank you, or just to cheer someone up etc. The bonus being they are safe for even little kids rooms with the battery candles!! Thanks for sharing this cute and gorgeous idea!!
fantastic walk-through of how to get a perfectly cylindrical luminary. Love the idea of backing the whole thing with vellum, for sturdiness as well as adding to the luminosity. Beautiful, Shari!
Wow…these are GORGEOUS!! What a way to set the mood!! hehe =)
I used to make luminaries with vellum and stamping years ago. This is a nice, fresh update on that old idea.
What an awesome idea. Super cute.
So pretty and creative!
thank you so much for the video,will surely try these luminaries !!
What fun!! Love the idea of making my own luminaries!!
Such a creative way to use the products we have! Thanks Shari!
These are just so pretty!!!
I love candles. What a great way to dress them up!
These are so pretty, bet they look amazing at night!
Very nice idea. Please do use electric candles as shown. I worried when I first looked at the post because a candle that was not in glass once started a fire in our house.
amazing!!!!!!
Shari!!! Oh my goodness how gorgeous!!! Heading to my craft-room NOW – I think my girls would adore these for Mother’s Day!!
=] Michele
Those are beautiful.
These are so gorgeous! I’ll have to see what kinds of dies I have that might work for this. I already have some tea lights and vellum!
Oh wow! I have always liked Shari’s color palettes and these luminaries are just so cool! (or warm? haha)
gorgeous!!! I think you are right, the secret is vellum!
Super cute !!! love it !!!
These are so pretty. :-D