Gingerbread Heart Cookie SVG

About this design

This heart looks like it just came out of the oven. The cookie has a soft, wavy edge, as if the dough puffed a little while it baked, and a big sweep of cream icing covers most of the front. Two playful swirls curl through the icing, like the baker finished it with a flick of the piping bag. It is warm, homemade and full of charm.

The design is one connected piece with three large cut-outs that form the icing. Because the shapes are big and bold, it is one of the easiest gingerbread designs to cut and weed, and it passes our cut checks from about 3 inches wide.

Color layers

• Backing in cream, which becomes the icing
• Design in gingerbread brown, the cookie edge and the swirls

Projects from the kitchen

• Cookie gift tags. “Baked with love” on the back.
• Valentine’s and Christmas cards in one design.
• Bakery stickers for boxes and bags.
• Wood or felt ornaments.
• Coasters cut from cork with a vinyl top.
• Recipe card decorations.
• Kitchen jar labels for cookie tins.

Size and cutting tips

It passes our cut checks from about 3 inches wide. The cut-outs are large, so it also cuts well in thicker materials like felt, cork and faux leather. For a mug, 3 to 3.5 inches is a good size. For a tea towel, 5 to 6 inches.

Step by step: baked-with-love gift tag

1. Set the heart to 3 inches wide and download the color SVG.
2. Cut the brown layer from kraft cardstock and the backing from white cardstock.
3. Glue the brown layer on top of the white backing.
4. Punch a small hole near the top of one side of the heart.
5. Write a note on the back and tie it to a bag of cookies with baker’s twine.

Color ideas

• Brown with cream icing, the classic
• Brown with pink icing for Valentine’s Day
• Red with white icing for a candy-heart look
• Gold glitter with white for an anniversary

Good to know

Because the icing area is one large shape, the color version also works as a writing space. Leave the backing plain and write a short name or message with a paint pen across the icing, or place a small word from your software inside it before cutting. Short words like “Love” or “Mom” fit best.

Variations to try

• Mirror it in the editor to flip the swirls.
• Place a row of three hearts in your software for a garland.

Pairs well with

The Gingerbread Star Cookie and the Gingerbread Tree Cookie complete a cookie set.