Happy Birthday Card Front SVG

The whole card, already laid out

Designing a card usually means nudging shapes around until they stop looking wrong. Here that part is done. A wide gold border frames a cream panel, a pink, a teal and a purple balloon gather at the top, and Happy over Birthday fills the lower half in a flowing plum script. Cut it, stack it and write your note inside.

It runs a little taller than it is wide, close to 4¾ inches tall at 4 inches across, so it sits nicely on a standard folded card with a small margin all around.

Assembling it in layers

1. Size the file to fit your card blank, leaving a slim margin on each side.
2. Cut the base from dark indigo cardstock and keep it flat.
3. Cut the gold border and the cream panel, then glue the gold down, then the cream on top.
4. Add the three balloons, working from left to right.
5. Finish with the plum letters, using tweezers to line up each one.
6. Mount the finished stack on a folded card blank.

A touch of foam tape under the balloons lifts them off the panel for a bit of depth.

Pieces and weeding

The solid file has 19 pieces and 12 cut-outs, covering the border, panel, balloons and letters. Cut lines keep them all apart, so a backing card is the natural choice here, with transfer tape as the vinyl option. Set aside time for the small lettering, since the script is the fiddliest part of the file. It passes our cut checks from about 4 inches wide.

Color layers

• Base and lines in deep indigo: a solid backing under the whole card, showing as the lines and thin edge
• Cream in soft ivory: the panel
• Pink in flamingo pink: the balloon on the left
• Teal in bright teal: the balloon in the middle
• Purple in muted violet: the balloon on the right
• Gold in honey gold: the wide border
• Lettering in dark plum: Happy and Birthday, set directly on the cream

A card for the whole office

When a card needs a dozen signatures, cut this at about 7 inches and mount it on a large folded sheet of cardstock so there’s room inside for everyone. Colleagues can pass it around in a folder, and it beats a shop-bought jumbo card.

Size guide

Under 4 inches the smallest details are too tight for a blade. For small invitations or gift tags, print the color version on heavy paper and let Print Then Cut follow the outer edge.

Other color schemes

Silver border and navy script make a dignified version for a grandparent, and pastels suit a new baby. See changing SVG colors for help recoloring the parts you want to change.

Pairs well with

Slip the card in beside a present tagged with the Birthday Gift Box, or decorate the envelope flap with a small Birthday Balloon Bunch.