Sparkler SVG

A burst of fun

A sparkler is a picture of the moment the lights go down and the cake comes out. This one leans across the frame on a slim charcoal wand, with a rounded red grip at the lower end. At the top, a yellow circle holds a red star, and rays shoot out all around it, long and short in turn, in red, yellow and blue. Each short ray ends in a tiny star, some green and some red.

It reads as celebration without saying a word, so it fits birthdays, graduations, an anniversary or the end of a big project.

Pieces and weeding

The solid file has 27 pieces and 1 cut-out. Most of the pieces are the separate rays and tiny stars around the burst, and the wand and grip are the long ones. Keep everything on transfer tape for vinyl so the rays stay evenly spaced, or glue the parts down onto a card working outward from the center. It passes our cut checks from about 3.5 inches wide.

Color layers

• Red (cherry red): the grip, the center star, half of the long rays and some tiny stars
• Yellow (golden yellow): the center circle and all the short rays
• Blue (cobalt): the other long rays
• Green (grass green): the other tiny stars
• Charcoal (near-black): the wand

Size guide

The short rays are the limit; under 3.5 inches they turn into specks. For smaller stickers, print the color version and let Print Then Cut trim around it.

Where it shines

• Invitations to an evening party, cut on dark navy card so the colors pop
• Celebration cards for a birthday, a new job or passing an exam
• Shirts for a party crew, in layered iron-on vinyl
• Wine bag or gift bag decals, cut in glitter vinyl
• A dessert table sign, two sparklers crossed at the top

Dark card works well

Most of the designs in this set look best on white, but the sparkler is the exception. Glue the pieces onto black or deep navy card and the rays look like real light against a night sky. Because there is no dark outline, nothing gets lost against the background.

Mirror it for a pair

In your machine’s design software, duplicate the sparkler and flip the copy so the two lean toward each other. Crossed at the wands, they make a neat header for a party sign or the top of an invitation. To try metallic or pastel versions first, see changing SVG colors.

Pairs well with

The Confetti Frame brings words to the same card, and the Star Balloon shares the same bright palette.