Free lips SVG files

Lips that stay in one piece

A pair of lips is two shapes that meet along a line, and on many cut files that line runs from corner to corner, so the upper and lower lip come off the mat as two loose pieces that have to be lined up again. On the closed lips here the parting line is a slit that is widest in the middle and stops a few millimetres short of each corner. The lips stay joined, and they still read as two.

The kiss print is the exception: a real lipstick print has a clear gap between the lips, so it is cut as two pieces. Move both together with transfer tape.

Sizes and colours

For a tumbler or a make-up bag, 60 to 80 mm wide is usual; for the front of a shirt, 150 to 200 mm. The dripping lips and the leopard lips have the finest parts, so keep those at 70 mm wide or more. Red is the obvious colour, but the shine marks and spots are holes, so whatever is underneath shows through: red vinyl on a white mug gives white highlights, and black on gold card gives a gold leopard print.

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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