Free Floral Birthday SVG files

Floral birthday SVG files for cards, frames, totes and garden parties

Flowers are the most natural birthday gift there is, and they never go out of style. A card with a layered paper peony, a tote with a sunflower, a framed wreath with a name inside: these are the kinds of things people keep long after the day itself.

Every design in this collection is an original drawing in a soft botanical style. The palette is blush, deep rose, butter yellow, sage green and pale eucalyptus over a dark slate backing, with greetings in flowing script and small capitals. It is a grown-up, gentle look, though the bee, the butterfly and the flower crown suit a child’s party too. Each design comes as a solid version, an outline version and a layered color file, and every color can be changed in the editor on the design page.

Styles in this collection

Single flowers and bouquets

The Peony Birthday sets one large layered peony on two broad leaves. The Rose Birthday has a long-stemmed garden rose beside a two-line script. The Sunflower Birthday has two rings of pale petals around a dark center, and the Lavender Birthday gathers five stems with a bow above a With Love line. The Birthday Bouquet wraps a peony, two roses and small blooms in a two-tone paper cone.

Wreaths, garlands and frames

The Wildflower Birthday Wreath is an open crescent of mixed little flowers, and the Eucalyptus Birthday Wreath is a full ring of coin-shaped leaves with a rose cluster at the bottom. The Floral Happy Birthday sits between a peony spray and a rose garland, and the Rose Gold Garden puts its greeting inside a slim hexagon with roses at two corners. Two designs are empty on purpose: the Floral Birthday Monogram Frame, an oval for a name or an initial, and the Floral Age Frame, a round leaf wreath for a number.

Phrases and words

Blessed with Another Year is a gentle, grateful phrase between a small bloom and a leafy garland. Another Year of Blooming mixes small capitals with script, with flowers in opposite corners. Bloom Birthday swaps the two Os of BLOOM for a rose and a cosmos, Grow and Glow puts a potted flower under a fan of sun rays, Birthday Blossoms hangs cherry blossoms on a dark branch, and Floral Crown Birthday arches a crown of flowers over Birthday Girl.

Garden visitors and party pieces

A butterfly with layered wings, a striped bumblebee for Bee Happy Birthday and a hummingbird reaching toward a cosmos bring some life to the garden. For the party itself there is a floral balloon, a botanical cake, a teacup for a birthday tea, a row of flowers for a Garden Party and a framed Pressed Flower Birthday.

Project ideas

• Birthday cards for a mother, grandmother or friend, with raised layered flowers.
• Framed paper florals that last far longer than a real bouquet.
• Tote bags in layered iron-on vinyl, for market days and garden centers.
• Mugs and tumblers in permanent vinyl, cut in one or two colors.
• Garden party and tea party decorations: welcome signs, place cards and table numbers.
• Gift bags and tags for plants, seeds, soaps or candles.
• Shirts for the birthday girl, with Bloom, Birthday Girl or Grow and Glow.
• Name and age frames for personal cards, signs and backdrops.

Choosing materials

Sizes that work

Each design page lists the smallest size at which every part can be cut and weeded cleanly. The Floral Happy Birthday, Botanical Birthday Cake and Floral Crown Birthday go down to 3.5 inches, and four more designs to 4. Most of the rest need 4.5 to 5.5 inches. The Rose Birthday needs 6, the Rose Gold Garden 6.5, the Tea Party Teacup 7 and Another Year of Blooming 8.5, so for a standard card, print those instead.

How the color layers work

The first layer is a solid backing in dark slate blue-gray, cut slightly larger than the rest. It shows as a fine outline around the whole picture and as the thin lines between petals and leaves. In a few designs it also carries dark parts of the drawing, such as the sunflower’s center, the butterfly’s body, the bee’s stripes and the cherry blossom branch.

On top go the flower and leaf colors, one layer each: sage for leaves and stems, pale eucalyptus for round leaves and a few wings, blush and deep rose for petals, and butter yellow for small flowers, bows and the sunflower. The larger roses and peonies are built in rings, outer petals first and darker centers on top, so they gain real depth when you raise each ring on foam. Smaller flowers are one piece each with an open heart, which keeps the cutting simple.

Lettering is its own layer in the same dark slate, and sits right on the page, or on the blush balloon, with no dark edge around it. The two frames have no lettering layer at all. To try a new palette before you download, read our guide to changing SVG colors.

Making a layered floral card

1. Pick a design and set the width. Check the smallest size on its page.
2. Cut each color from its own cardstock, starting with the slate base.
3. Glue leaves and stems first, since the flowers overlap them.
4. Build each flower from the back: outer petals, then the middle, then the center.
5. Raise the flowers on small foam dots for a three-dimensional look.
6. Add the lettering last, lined up with the base, and mount the piece on a folded card.

For a batch of invitations or a very small tag, print the color file on cardstock and let your machine cut only the outer shape. There is nothing to weed and no layers to line up. Our Print Then Cut guide explains the steps and the maximum sizes. If you are new to uploading files, start with how to upload an SVG to Cricut.

Cutting and weeding tips

• Use a fresh blade for script lettering, small capitals and the slots in leaves and rose curls.
• Weed flower hearts and letter centers first, while the sheet is still flat on the mat.
• Peel the mat away from the card, not the card from the mat, for long thin parts like stems, wreaths and frames.
• Use transfer tape for vinyl, so separate flowers and letters keep their spacing.
• Mirror the design for iron-on vinyl, and cut it shiny side down.

Matching the flower to the person

A little thought about the flower makes the card feel personal. Roses and peonies are classic choices for a mother or a partner. Sunflowers suit someone sunny and outdoorsy, and lavender suits a calmer soul who loves the herb garden. Cherry blossoms fit a spring birthday, and the eucalyptus wreath suits a friend with a modern, minimalist home. For a keen gardener, try the bee, the butterfly or the hummingbird. And when a birthday marks a big number, the Floral Age Frame holds it in a ring of leaves, while our milestone birthday designs say it in words.

For more card layouts, see the birthday card designs, and for plainer greetings, the Happy Birthday collection.

Free to use

Every floral birthday design here is an original drawing, with no brands, characters or logos, and free for personal projects and for up to 500 finished items per design that you sell. There is no sign-up and no email gate. Please share a link to the design page rather than the file itself.