Holly Jolly Christmas Seal SVG

About this design

Holly jolly is one of those phrases that sounds like Christmas all by itself. In this seal, HOLLY JOLLY arches over the top in rounded display capitals, and CHRISTMAS sweeps along the bottom in bold geometric capitals with open, easy-to-read letters. The outer edge is a solid ring lined on the inside with a row of round beads, like the rim of an old tin. A plain ring closes the center, where a holly sprig with three spiky leaves fans upward over a cluster of three berries.

The beads are joined to the outer ring, so the whole edge cuts as one piece rather than dozens of loose dots.

Color layers

• Backing in red: a solid disc cut to the outer edge
• Design in cream: the beaded edge, rings, lettering and berries
• Accents in gold: the two small stars between the words
• Details in green: the holly leaves

Pieces and cutting

The solid file has 27 pieces and 6 cut-outs, and it passes our cut checks from about 6 inches wide. The capitals have no thin strokes, which makes this a friendly seal to cut from felt or glitter iron-on at the larger sizes.

Projects

• Kids’ Christmas shirts. Chunky letters stay readable after many washes.
• Large felt ornaments, cut at 6 inches or more and stitched to a felt backing circle.
• Paper plates and party napkins stamped with a stencil.
• Cookie tin lids in permanent vinyl.
• Round stickers with Print Then Cut.

Step by step: a felt ornament

1. Set the design to 6 inches and download the color file.
2. Cut the backing from red stiffened felt, the design from cream felt and the leaves from green.
3. Glue the cream layer onto the red disc with fabric glue, then add the green leaves.
4. Stitch a loop of ribbon to the back, or glue it between two backing circles.
5. Leave it flat overnight before hanging.

Size guide

Color ideas

• Cream and green on red, as shown
• White on green with red berries
• Red on white for a peppermint party

Variations to try

• Cut only the center holly for a set of small matching gift tags.
• Switch the backing to green and the leaves to red in the editor for an inverted palette.

Pairs well with

Add the Holly Berry Cluster to matching gift tags, or pair it with the Holly and Berry Wreath on a door.