Balloon Window Card SVG

What’s on the front

Three balloons float near the top of a plain kraft panel, each tilted slightly away from its neighbor, each with a small triangular knot. Their strings curve down and meet in the middle at a tiny bow with two trailing ends. Along the bottom, Happy Birthday is written in a rounded, slanting script. A light scatter of small stars and dots fills the empty paper around everything.

All of it is cut out, so the balloons, strings, bow, confetti and words are windows. Whatever is behind the kraft panel gives them their color. The file pairs it with dusty blue, which looks crisp against brown paper.

Pieces and weeding

The solid file is one piece with 23 cut-outs. The strings are narrow slots that curve, so cut slowly with a fresh blade; a dull one can drag and tear paper at the bends. Closed letter centers in the script are held by small stencil bridges. It passes our cut checks from about 3 inches wide.

Color layers

• Base and lines in dark espresso brown: the full card base at the back
• Dusty blue in soft gray-blue: the insert that shows through every window
• Kraft in warm tan brown: the cut front with the balloons, strings and lettering

How to put it together

1. Size the file at 5 inches wide for a 5 by 7 front; measure the cut piece to be sure.
2. Cut the kraft front first, then the insert and the base from plain card.
3. Glue the insert to the base, centered, so a narrow dark edge shows all round.
4. Add the kraft front on top, gluing along the border and in the solid area between the bow and the lettering.
5. Mount the whole stack on a folded card, and write inside before you seal the envelope.

Kraft card has a slightly rough fiber, so choose a heavier card setting if your machine leaves fuzzy edges on the strings.

Sizes

Keep it at 3 inches or more. For tags any smaller, print the color file on card and cut the outline with Print Then Cut.

Making it personal

Write the child’s age on the insert in white pen before you glue the front over it, positioned so a number peeks through the middle balloon. Or switch the single insert for three strips of colored card, one behind each balloon, so each balloon gets its own color. The changing SVG colors guide shows how to preview a different insert color first.

For a party

Cut a stack of fronts from kraft and back them with different inserts, one for each guest, as invitations. The design reads well at A2 size, which fits the common 4.375 by 5.75 inch envelope.

Pairs well with

The Birthday Envelope holds a 5 by 7 card, and the Confetti Shaker Card Frame uses the same dusty blue.