Pressed Flower Birthday SVG

About this design

Pressed flowers have a quiet, old-fashioned charm: blooms laid flat between pages, then mounted behind glass. This design borrows that look. A tall rectangular frame in sage holds a small arrangement that seems to have been laid out by hand. A long fern runs up the left side. In the middle, a deep rose five-petal flower sits on a curving stem, with a small butter yellow flower just below it. At the top right, a blush flower tops a slender eucalyptus sprig, its stem curving down the side with a leaf on alternate sides. HAPPY BIRTHDAY fills the bottom of the frame in clean, spaced capitals.

It looks especially good cut in paper and placed in a real frame, where it reads like a little botanical print.

Color layers

All three flowers are single pieces with an open heart, so there is no stacking of petals.

Pieces and weeding

The solid file has 20 pieces and 12 cut-outs. The frame, fern, sprig, flowers and each word sit apart from one another, so tape holds vinyl in position, and paper parts need a card behind them. The fern has many narrow leaves; weed around it slowly. It passes our cut checks from about 6.5 inches wide.

Size guide

The design is taller than it is wide, so these sizes are its height.

Below 6.5 inches the fern leaves get too fine to cut. For a smaller tag or bookmark, print the color file and use Print Then Cut.

Making a framed botanical

1. Cut the base from slate card and every other color from a matte cardstock.
2. Glue the frame first, then the fern and stem.
3. Add the eucalyptus sprig and the three flowers, leaving them flat.
4. Finish with the lettering and set it in a frame with a plain white or cream mat.

For a more authentic pressed look, try a watercolor-textured paper or a soft kraft card for the background.

Ideas

• A birthday card for a gardener or a book lover.
• A framed keepsake for a mother or grandmother.
• A notebook or journal cover, cut in vinyl.
• A gift tag for a gift of dried flowers or tea.

Color ideas

Faded tones work well here: dusty blue, old rose and straw yellow. The guide to changing SVG colors explains how to try them.

Pairs well with

The Lavender Birthday and Birthday Blossoms share the same quiet feeling, and the Floral Birthday Monogram Frame offers another framed layout.