Cake Window Card SVG

The cake, cut out

The cake is drawn entirely as windows in a sage panel. Three tiers step up from a wide bottom tier to a narrow top one, and the top edge of each is a gentle wave, like icing running over the side. A long rounded plate sits underneath. Three slim candles stand on the top tier, and each has a teardrop flame floating just above it.

CELEBRATE is spaced out in tall capitals at the top of the card, and Happy Birthday runs along the bottom in a lively script. A few dots and small diamonds fill the open paper as confetti. With ivory behind it, the cake reads as a pale cake on a green ground, a little like an old bakery sign.

Pieces and weeding

The solid file has one piece and 31 cut-outs. The candles and flames are separate small holes, kept apart from the tiers by a strip of paper so nothing tears between them. Where letters have closed centers, a tiny stencil bridge holds them. It passes our cut checks from about 3 inches wide.

Color layers

• Base and lines in dark espresso brown: the full-size base at the back of the stack
• Ivory in warm cream: the insert, which fills the cake, candles, flames, confetti and letters
• Sage in soft gray-green: the cut front

Assembly

Set the file to 5 inches wide for a 5 by 7 front, then measure. Cut the sage front from smooth 65 to 80 lb card, and the ivory insert and dark base from plain card. Stack them base, insert, front. The insert is a little smaller than the base, so a fine dark line frames it once the front is on.

Glue the stack to a folded card base. A white or ivory card base keeps the inside light enough to write on in any pen.

Size guide

Do not go under 3 inches, or the flames and the plate become too thin. For miniature tags, print and cut around the outline with Print Then Cut.

A note on cakes and paper

This is a picture of a cake, made for card and paper. If you set the finished card on a dessert table as a sign, keep it clear of the food itself.

Ideas for the insert

• Pink insert for a strawberry cake look
• Gold mirror card so the candles shine
• Chocolate brown with a pale front, reversing the picture

To preview a change before you download, see changing SVG colors.

Writing inside

The front already says Celebrate and Happy Birthday, so the inside only needs a name and a line or two. A short wish fits well under the fold, with the signature at the bottom right.

Pairs well with

The Balloon Window Card is built the same way, and the Make a Wish Card shares the ivory insert.