Easel Birthday Card SVG

A card that stands on display

An easel card folds so the front leans back like a picture on a stand. It looks clever on a shelf and is a nice change from a flat card. This file has the three parts you need.

The blank is a tall rectangle with two dashed fold lines. Near its lower end there is a cut eight-petal daisy and a row of round eyelets along the bottom edge. The topper is a landscape panel with Happy Birthday in a rounded script on two lines, surrounded by a frame of eyelets. The stopper is a small banner with notched, swallowtail ends and CELEBRATE in spaced capitals.

Pieces and weeding

The solid file has 3 pieces and 82 cut-outs, most of them eyelets. Both folds are rows of short slots, so the blank bends neatly without a scoring tool. It passes our cut checks from about 5.5 inches wide, measured across all three pieces as they sit in the file. The fold positions were worked out by calculation and the card has not been assembled in paper, so make a test cut on scrap card and fold it up before using your good stock.

Color layer

One Berry layer, a deep crimson red, holds all three pieces.

Sizes

Keep the three pieces together when you resize, so they stay in proportion. At an overall width of about 9.2 inches the blank comes out near 4.6 by 6.4 inches, which folds to a card about 4.6 inches wide, with a topper of about 4.4 by 3. Measure the blank after sizing.

Anything from 5.5 inches overall cuts cleanly (a blank of about 2.75 by 3.8 inches), though small easels are fiddly to fold.

Folding and assembly

1. Cut all three pieces from 80 to 110 lb card. Stiff card helps the easel stand.
2. Fold the blank in half along the center dashed line, so the end with the daisy becomes the base.
3. Fold the other half again along the second dashed line, which sits halfway up that half, and open it so it stands back.
4. Glue the topper to the lower half of that front panel only. Do not glue it to the fold-back half, or the card will not stand.
5. Glue the stopper across the base, so the topper rests against it when the card is open.

Close the card flat to post it, and the topper and front fold down over the base.

Writing inside

The base, under the stopper, is the inside of this card. Write your message there around the daisy, or on a small panel glued above the eyelets. The back of the easel panel is another good spot for a longer note.

Color ideas

• Gold topper on a berry blank for a smart contrast
• Cream blank with a dusty blue topper and banner
• Black blank with a white topper for a modern look

Our guide to changing SVG colors shows how to set each piece’s color before download.

Pairs well with

The Stepper Birthday Card is another fancy fold, and the Mini Birthday Tag Card shares the berry red.