Sparklers for the New Year

Hi y'all!

Only a few days left in this year, I just can't believe how time flies! Today I'll show you a little packaging for sparklers - this could be a nice gift if you're invited to some New Year's Party or for nice people in your life.

I started with stamping the fun images of the Joy! Crafts Pigs set with Memento Tuxedo Black ink onto white cardstock, colored them with Copic markers and cut them out.
Then I cut a 27.5 cm long and 6.5 cm wide stripe from green cardstock, scored and folded it at 18 cm and at 23.8 cm with the Scoring Board. A 19.3 cm long and 6 cm wide stripe of white cardstock is cut and then scored and folded at 12 cm, 13 cm and 14 cm. As I don't have a fireworks stamp, I stamped the flowers of the Penny Black Happy Bliss stamp set with Versamark ink and heat-embossed it with golden embossing powder. Before stamping the image, I covered the birds and the flower stems so that I achieved a look like fireworks.

Then I glued the folded part of the white stripe together so that t stands out from the cardstock. I punched three holes with the Joy! Crafts Hole Puncher into it to hold the sparklers. On this picture you can see how the folded pieces should look like right now:

Now glue the white cardstock onto the green and put the sparklers through the holes. I used some washi tape to keep them neatly in place.

Now you fold up the green cardstock and glue the edges onto the white cardstock. The outer flap is then glued down, too, and now it is the moment to decorate it. I cut out a stripe from golden glitter cardstock and die-cut the numbers 2018 to add to the pigs I had prepared earlier. Just added a little sentiment, done.

 A few more tips: Make sure you adjust the measures to the sparklers you use - not all have the same length. Use a really high-tack glue. And the outer flap that I glued down could be left open for a hidden message, if you want to.

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