Ugly Sweater Gift Tag SVG

About this design

Wrapping paper runs out before the presents do, and so do the store-bought tags. This one is a classic luggage-style gift tag in cream, with the corners clipped off one end and a round hole for string or ribbon. To the right of the hole sits a small red sweater with one zigzag row across its chest.

It’s the smallest file in the sweater set and the quickest to cut, so it suits batch work: a full sheet of tags in one go for the whole family’s gifts.

Pieces and weeding

Only 9 pieces and 10 cut-outs. The tag is one large piece. The sweater adds its body, two sleeves, two cuffs, a hem and a collar, divided by thin cut lines, plus the zigzag row. The cut-outs are the string hole, the sweater’s neck opening and the rib slots in the cuffs and hem. At very small sizes the rib slots are the fiddly part; weed them with a fine hook before you remove the larger waste around the tag. It passes our cut checks from about 2.5 inches wide.

Color layers

• Base and lines in dark green-black: the full tag cut as the base layer, which shows as the outline and the fine lines in the sweater
• Sweater in Christmas red: the body and sleeves
• Ribbing and trim in cream: the tag itself, along with the cuffs, hem and collar
• Knit pattern in cream: the zigzag row

Because the tag and the sweater trim share the cream trim layer, recoloring that one layer changes both. Try kraft brown for a rustic tag.

Three ways to make tags

Print Then Cut. The fastest route. Print the color file on white cardstock, let the machine cut the outline, and punch through the printed hole if it didn’t cut cleanly. See our Print Then Cut guide.

Layered cardstock. Cut the base from dark cardstock, then the cream tag, the red sweater and the cream trim, and glue them up in that order. A glue pen works better than a stick on pieces this size.

Vinyl on wood. Cut the tag shape from thin plywood or chipboard and apply the layers in adhesive vinyl. These last long enough to reuse next year.

Sizes

Writing on it

There’s open cream space to the left of the sweater, behind the hole, but the file has no lettering built in. Write names by hand with a fine marker, or add text in your machine’s editor and attach it to the tag layer before cutting.

Pairs well with

Tie it on a box that holds the Ugly Sweater Ornament, or use it as a party favor label next to the Ugly Sweater Party Sign.