Merry Christmas Luggage Tag SVG

About this design

No holly, no stars, no fuss, just the greeting itself at a size you can read from the sofa. MERRY takes the top line in tall, heavy capitals, and CHRISTMAS tucks underneath in shorter letters so both words span about the same width. The tag around them is a red luggage shape with clipped left corners and a round hole waiting for ribbon.

Since the front says nothing about who gets what, this one works best as a greeting, with any names on the reverse.

Color layers

• Base and lines in a deep charcoal green: the whole design, cut as the base layer
• Tag in vivid red: the luggage shape
• Lettering in cream: both words

Three layers make this among the quickest in the set to assemble in color.

Pieces and weeding

The solid file has 15 pieces and 7 cut-outs. One piece is the red tag; five letters spell MERRY and nine spell CHRISTMAS. As for the cut-outs, there is a channel around each word, the string hole, and the centers of four letters: both R shapes in MERRY, then the R and A of CHRISTMAS.

Fourteen loose letters sit inside channels carved out of the tag, so transfer tape or a backing card is not optional here. Lay the tape over a whole word at once and the spacing takes care of itself. It passes our cut checks from about 3.5 inches wide.

A quick paper build

Cut the solid file twice, once in red for the tag and once in cream for the letters. Mount the red tag on dark green card cut to the same outline, then press the cream letters home word by word. Two colors of cardstock and one glue pen will carry you through the whole thing. Thread a thin gold cord through the hole and the tag is ready.

Craft fair bundles

A greeting with no names has no expiry on the shelf, which makes it handy for selling or giving in multiples.

• Tie five together with twine and a paper band.
• Slip one into every jar of a homemade preserves batch.
• Add one to a bought bottle as a finishing touch.
• Include a set inside a card as a small extra gift.

In adhesive vinyl

The heavy capitals also suit adhesive vinyl on a reusable storage box or a plain gift bag. Keep it large enough that the small letter centers lift out without tearing, and use transfer tape to bring the whole greeting across in one go.

Size guide

To go under 3.5 inches, print it in color and rely on Print Then Cut, so that only the outline is cut.

Pairs well with

The Ho Ho Ho Christmas Tag adds a sillier greeting to the same pile, and the Noel Vintage Christmas Tag goes quieter.