Birthday Card for Mom SVG

A wreath for Mom

Flowers are the classic choice for a mother’s birthday, and here they form a ring. Eight daisies are spaced evenly around a circle in the upper part of the card, each with eight separate petals around a round center. Between each pair sits a single leaf, cut in two halves either side of a thin paper vein. Inside the wreath, Mom is written large in a looping script.

Lower down, HAPPY BIRTHDAY runs across the card in clean, spaced capitals, and a line of small round dots finishes the bottom edge. With berry red behind an ivory front, the flowers look like red blooms on cream lace.

Pieces and weeding

The front is one piece with 115 cut-outs. Most are petals and leaf halves, which are small but evenly spaced, so the paper between them stays strong. Bridges hold the closed loops of the script in place. It passes our cut checks from about 6 inches on its longest side. The front is portrait, so that means at least 6 inches tall, about 4.3 wide, which leaves a 5 by 7 card comfortably inside the limit.

Color layers

• Base and lines in dark espresso brown: the card base, full size, at the very back
• Berry in deep crimson: the insert that colors the daisies, leaves, dots and letters
• Ivory in warm cream: the cut front

Making the card

Set the width to 5 inches for a 5 by 7 front and measure the result. Cut the ivory front from smooth card and the berry insert and dark base from plain card. Glue the insert onto the base, then the front on top, so the dark base shows as a slim edge around the card.

Mount the stack on a folded 5 by 7 card base. Ivory or white inside makes writing easy.

Below about 6 inches tall the petals crowd together. For smaller cards and tags, print the color file and use Print Then Cut.

What to write inside

Moms tend to keep cards like this one, so the inside is worth a little time. A few ideas:

• A favorite memory from childhood, in a sentence or two
• Something she taught you that you still use
• A line from a grandchild, in their own handwriting

Color choices

• Soft pink insert for a gentle, pastel card
• Gold insert under an ivory front for a milestone year
• Sage insert for a spring garden look

Preview any of these with the help of changing SVG colors.

As a framed keepsake

Cut at 6 to 8 inches, the wreath makes a nice small picture. Frame the layered front with a deep mat so the layers keep their shadow, and write the date and a short note on the back of the frame.

Pairs well with

The Birthday Card for Grandma shares the floral mood, and the Lace Envelope Liner adds a matching lace finish.