Free gift tag SVG files

Sizes, card and string

Each single tag is 100 mm on its longer side, a little larger than a shop tag, with a string hole about 6 mm across. For a standard tag, scale it to 80 or 90 mm: the hole comes down to about 5 mm, which still takes baker’s twine, raffia and 3 mm ribbon. Below 50 mm the hole gets tight for anything but thread.

Cut tags from card of 250 gsm or heavier so they hang flat, or from kraft card for a parcel look. They also cut well from 1.5 mm and 3 mm plywood, leather and acrylic, where the plain outlines have no thin parts to worry about.

Tags with cut-outs

The heart, star, tree and snowflake tags have the shape cut right through. Glue a second tag in a contrasting colour behind, or leave it open so the wrapping paper shows. Keep these at 70 mm or taller, so the card between the cut-out and the edge of the tag stays strong.

How to open the files

• Cricut Design Space: choose Upload, pick the SVG, and add it to the canvas. Set the width you want; the shape is already welded.
• Silhouette Studio: Designer Edition and above open the SVG. The free Basic Edition does not, so open the DXF instead.
• LightBurn, xTool Creative Space and Glowforge: import the SVG, then set the layer to cut, score or engrave.
• Inkscape, Illustrator and Affinity: open the SVG. It is a plain filled path, so you can recolour it, add a stroke or combine it with your own work.
• Printing or sublimation: use the PNG, which has a transparent background.

Each design page lists the file’s narrowest part at seven sizes, so you can tell whether it will survive at the size you plan to cut.

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