HOW TO DESIGN IN CANVA | My BEST Tips & Tricks to Create Beautiful Watercolor Artwork + Printables!

Hi friends!

Today I’m finally doing it – sharing how I create my watercolor printables in Canva. I’ve been using Canva pro for a few years for all aspects of Whiskey & Whit and today I wanted to share a Canva tutorial including some Canva Design Ideas on how to create printables and templates.

WHAT IS CANVA?

Canva is a free digital design platform (that also has a paid option) that allows users to make printables, social media graphics, videos, and more. Primarily centered around a drag and drop interface, Canva’s thousands of templates make it very easy to design and create without a ton of prior knowledge about design. You can also edit photos within Canva without needing a pricy subscription to Adobe programs.

WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CANVA AND CANVA PRO?

Canva.com and the Canva app are free to use. You can create designs, collaborate with your team, and access thousands of templates and elements all without cost. I used the free version of Canva when I worked in marketing for a corporation and it did everything I needed, howeverI decided to upgrade to Canva Pro in 2020 for my business because:

1. The extra fonts and design elements that come with Canva Pro help me level up my designs for my business – this fact alone makes the investment of $12.99/month or $119/year WORTH IT to me.
2. I’m able to upload my own colors and fonts to create a “Brand Kit” that allows me to easily apply my fonts, colors, and logo with just one click.
3. I can save my designs as templates to share with my audience.
4. Because I design literally EVERYTHING in Canva, I really like the 100GB of Cloud storage that comes with my Canva Pro Account.
5. The Remove Background feature is AWESOME and I use it all the time for thumbnails and social graphics.
6. Something I dont use, but should, is there social media scheduling feature that also comes with Canva Pro. It’s truly a one stop shop and is a great tool for small businesses or small marketing teams that want to create beautiful and coheasive graphics without much experience in design.

You can find more information on Canva plans and pricing here.

HOW DO I DESIGN MY PRINTABLES IN CANVA?

You can use what I’m teaching you today about Canva to sell on Etsy too! This is a Canva beginner tutorial and my goal with this video was to teach you how to use Canva and to give you a resource to reference when you design your own files.

In this Canva editing tutorial, I’ll also show you how to find beautiful watercolor elements for your designs as well. Let me know if you have questions below and topics for a future Canva design video!

WATCH THE FULL CANVA TUTORIAL VIDEO