To recreate the picture i first made an ellipse then offset the ellipse and used minus front in the pathfinder panel to create a donut shape. I then made an ellipse with no fill and used type on path, on it to fit the text "COUGAR DESIGN IS THE BOMB!!" inside the donut shape, then used create outlines on the text, and made a copy of it, then used minus front to complete the outer circle. To make the bomb i made a radial gradient, from grey to black, then moved the grey gradient to the bottom left edge of the bomb, this created the main body of the bomb. I then made smaller copies of that bomb and changed the gradient, and then used blend, to make a shine, and then moved it to the upper right hand edge of the bomb. for the fuse i used pen tool, and made an ellipse with an orange, red, and yellow gradient. I then made stars, of the same color, around the ellipse and took out anchor points until it made the shape of a triangle, thus creating the spark.
