Grow and Glow Birthday SVG

About this design

Every birthday is a sign of growing, and this design says so with a smile. A single flower stands tall in a little pot, its face made of twelve pointed butter yellow petals around a deep rose center. A fan of short rays spreads out above it like the sun coming up. The curving stem carries three broad leaves, each with a vein slot, and the pot below is deep rose with a soft blush rim. The words sit low on each side of the pot: Grow on the left and an ampersand with Glow on the right, in a casual, rounded script.

It is one of the brighter, more upbeat designs in the floral set, and it suits children as well as grown-ups. Teachers like it too, for a class birthday or an end-of-year gift.

Pieces and weeding

The solid file has 29 pieces and 6 cut-outs. Each sun ray is its own short piece, which accounts for a good share of the count. The flower, stem, pot and both words are separate as well, so use transfer tape for vinyl and a backing card for paper. Keep the rays in their fan on the tape so they stay evenly spaced. It passes our cut checks from about 4 inches wide.

Color layers

• Base and lines in dark slate blue-gray: the backing and outlines
• Leaf green in muted sage: the stem and its three leaves
• Blush in soft pink: the rim of the pot
• Rose in deep dusty pink: the pot and the center of the flower
• Butter yellow in pale buttery yellow: the petals and the sun rays
• Lettering in dark slate: Grow and the ampersand with Glow

Size guide

Below 4 inches, print the color file and cut around it with Print Then Cut.

Ideas

1. A child’s birthday shirt, perhaps with their new age added above the sun.
2. A real flower pot, decorated in permanent vinyl, with seeds or a seedling inside as the gift.
3. A card for a teacher’s birthday, from the whole class.
4. Party favors: small pots of herbs with the design on a printed tag.
5. A nursery or bedroom print, cut in layered paper and framed.

Using it on a pot

For a terracotta or ceramic pot, cut the design in permanent vinyl at a width that fits the curve, often 4 to 5 inches. Clean the pot first, apply with transfer tape from the center outward, and smooth the rays down one by one. Keep the vinyl on the outside of the pot.

Color ideas

A bright orange and yellow sunflower look is easy to make, as is a pink and lilac version with a white pot. Try the guide to changing SVG colors.

Pairs well with

The Sunflower Birthday shares the butter yellow, and Another Year of Blooming says something similar for an adult.