Free paw print SVG files

Loose pads or one piece

A paw print is five separate marks, and most of these files keep it that way: a main pad and four toes, with nothing joining them. That is right for vinyl, heat transfer and paper, where transfer tape or a backing sheet holds the pads in position. Weed round the pads and lift the whole print in one go; do not place the toes one by one.

For wood, acrylic and leather, where loose pads would fall away, use the two one-piece designs instead: the heart with a paw print cut out and the paw print ornament. In both the paw is a hole in a solid shape.

Sizes

Every file is 100 mm on its longer side. The plain prints have no thin parts at all, so they can be cut as small as your machine allows: 15 mm prints work for nail decals and planner stickers. The trail, border and circle frame hold several prints each, so each print in them is about a fifth to a quarter of the file size. The mandala print has lines under 2 mm wide and wants 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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