Birthday Card for Grandma SVG

Garden sprays in the corners

This card is square, which already sets it apart in a pile of birthday post. The greeting sits right across the middle: Grandma in a soft, generous script, with HAPPY BIRTHDAY in small spaced capitals underneath. Two floral sprays frame it from opposite corners. Each is a thin curving stem with three leaves, every leaf split down the middle by a paper vein, and three flowers along the way: a five-petal blossom at the corner and a six-petal flower at each end of the curve. The empty corners get a short row of round dots each, so the card stays balanced.

Pieces and weeding

The front is one piece with 52 cut-outs. Each flower is a single open shape, and each leaf is two halves. The stems are slim curving slots, so cut at a steady speed. It passes our cut checks from about 5.5 inches wide, which is just right for a 6 by 6 card.

The color layer

There is one layer, Sage, a soft gray-green. The card front is all one color; the flowers, leaves and letters take on the color of whatever card you place behind them.

Choosing a backing

A square front like this sits nicely on a 6 by 6 inch folded card. Cream behind sage looks gentle and old-fashioned. A pale pink backing turns the flowers pink, and a deep plum one makes them rich and dark. You can also back only the corners with small squares of patterned paper and leave the middle on plain cream, so the lettering reads cleanly.

Size guide

Below 5.5 inches the leaf veins get too thin, so smaller square cards are not possible as a cut file. For a 4 by 4 card or a mini tag, print and cut the outline only with Print Then Cut.

Making it

1. Set the width to 5.5 inches for a 6 by 6 card and measure the square once it is sized.
2. Cut the front from 65 to 80 lb sage card.
3. Glue it to a folded 6 by 6 card base, or to a flat backing panel first if you want a different color behind the cuts.
4. Use glue on the solid middle band and the plain areas near the edges, keeping it off the sprays.
5. Post it in a 6.5 inch square envelope. Square envelopes may need extra postage, so check before mailing.

A note inside

Grandmothers like news. Fill the inside with a few lines about what everyone has been doing, and add a photo print if there is room. Large, clear handwriting is kind on older eyes.

Recoloring

Try dusty pink, lavender or warm ivory for the front, with a contrasting backing; see changing SVG colors.

Pairs well with

The Birthday Card for Mom brings flowers to a second generation, and the Floral Corner Birthday Card uses the same sprays on a 5 by 7 front.