Birthday Bouquet SVG

Flowers that never wilt

A bouquet is the most traditional birthday present there is, and this one can be cut, glued and handed over without a trip to the florist. A large layered peony sits in the middle, with a layered rose on each side and two little butter yellow flowers peeking out above. Three leafy sprigs spread up and outward behind them. The stems disappear into a narrow paper cone, colored deep rose on the left and blush on the right as if light were falling on it, and a butter yellow bow ties it at the front. Happy Birthday runs underneath in a light script.

Color layers

• Base and lines (dark slate blue-gray): the backing and every outline
• Leaf green (muted sage): the three leafy sprigs
• Blush (soft pink): the right half of the cone, the peony’s outer petals and inner ruffle, and the outer petals and buds of both roses
• Rose (deep dusty pink): the left half of the cone, the peony’s middle ruffle and center, and the cups of the roses
• Butter yellow (pale buttery yellow): the bow and the two small flowers
• Lettering (dark slate): the greeting

Pieces and weeding

The solid file has 31 pieces and 14 cut-outs. The flowers, cone, bow and greeting are all separate, so transfer tape or a backing card is needed. Weed the letter openings first, then the hearts of the small flowers and any openings in the roses. It passes our cut checks from about 5 inches wide.

Size guide

For a gift tag smaller than 5 inches, use Print Then Cut with the color file.

Building a 3D paper bouquet card

1. Cut the slate base and glue it to a card front.
2. Add the sprigs, then the two halves of the cone.
3. Build each flower from the back: outer petals, then cup or ruffle, then heart.
4. Raise the peony and roses on foam dots so they stand off the card.
5. Tie the bow last, right where the cone narrows, and add the greeting.

The two-tone cone is the easiest place to experiment. Try kraft brown for a florist’s paper look, or a patterned scrapbook paper.

Good for

• Mother’s and grandmother’s birthdays, as a card or a framed piece.
• A teacher or a coworker, when real flowers are not practical.
• Gift bags for a hostess or a birthday brunch.
• A shirt or tote in layered iron-on vinyl.

Pairs well with

The Lavender Birthday is another tied bunch with a bow, and the Peony Birthday makes a matching card with one large bloom. For recoloring, see changing SVG colors.