Free holly SVG files

Cutting holly in one colour or two

Holly is green leaves and red berries, and a single colour has to show both. In these files a thin gap, about 1.6 mm wide on the classic sprig at 100 mm, is cut round the berries where they lie on the leaves, and a small bridge on each leaf holds everything together. The midrib of each leaf is a slot and each berry has a small highlight, so the sprig reads clearly in plain green vinyl, gold foil or bare wood.

For real red and green use the holly in two colours: one layer of leaves, one of berries. The berries sit on a solid patch of the leaf layer, so there is nothing to line up by eye beyond dropping them in the middle.

Sharp spines and small sizes

The points of a holly leaf are the first thing to lift when vinyl is weeded and the first to char on a laser. The points here are rounded very slightly so a blade can turn at them, but they are still fine: press them down well before you peel the backing, and pull the waste away from the points, not towards them.

The simple holly and the pair of leaves have no veins or highlights and suit cuts under 40 mm, such as place cards and gift tags. The vintage spray and the single leaf with side veins want 100 mm or more.

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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