Free Mother’s Day card SVG files

Flowers cut from the card

Each file is the whole card as one flat sheet with its spine cut as a row of slits, so it folds on the line without a scoring tool. The flowers are cut out of the front panel as holes, and each is drawn so that nothing is left loose inside it: the petals of a daisy run into its centre, and the leaves of a tulip run into its stem. That keeps the front in one piece and leaves no scraps to pick out of the petals.

Because the flowers are holes, their colour comes from behind. Glue a liner of pink, yellow or patterned paper inside the front, 5 mm smaller than the panel all round. The layered card works the other way: its stems and daisies are cut from coloured card and glued on, so use that one if you want the flowers raised.

Sizes and card

The files are 100 mm on their longer side and are scaled up to the size each note gives: 210 mm long for the A6 cards, which use half a sheet of A4, 8.5 inches for the A2 card and 280 mm for the square ones, which fit A4; cut those at 270 mm on Letter card. Card of 220 to 270 gsm stands up well. The butterflies and the greeting have the finest parts, so cut them at full size with a sharp blade.

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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