How to Create an Invitation in Canva (Step by Step Canva Tutorial)

About this video

Kate gives a step-by-step Canva tutorial for creating an invitation to sell as a digital template or for personal use, plus optional smaller RSVP and details cards as a bundle. She starts before Canva with product research if selling: search Etsy best-sellers on the first pages to see whether listings are single invitations or bundles, what styles, color schemes and fonts sell, and check the Canva trends page and Creative Market trends page. In Canva she creates a 5x7 design, then adds extra pages at a custom 5 x 3.5 inch size for the RSVP and directions cards, duplicating a page for the second card. She builds a minimalist design with placeholder text buyers will replace, advising sellers to stick to free fonts — marked without the crown symbol — so buyers without Canva Pro are not frustrated, and to use duplicate text boxes, line spacing adjustments, and Canva’s pink/purple alignment guides. She adds vertical divider lines using Elements search or the L keyboard shortcut, adjusting stroke weight and rotating them. For the RSVP card she shows adding a QR code via Apps > QR code with a placeholder URL buyers can later edit. She also discusses selling physically via print-on-demand and mentions sponsor Gelato for cards. To deliver as a template, she uses Share > Template Link (which she notes requires Canva Pro), copies the link, embeds it in an instruction deliverable document, and downloads that document as PDF Standard with Flatten PDF unchecked so the link stays clickable for upload to Etsy or Shopify.

Key takeaways

• Research Etsy best-sellers and Canva/Creative Market trend reports before designing an invitation to sell
• Build a 5x7 main invitation plus smaller 5 x 3.5 inch RSVP and details cards in the same Canva project for a bundle
• Use only free fonts and elements for templates so buyers without Canva Pro can edit them without issues
• Add an editable QR code to the RSVP card via Canva Apps so buyers can insert their own RSVP URL
• Deliver via Share > Template Link embedded in a PDF deliverable, downloading as PDF Standard with Flatten PDF unchecked

Episode details: published October 21, 2025 · 16:12 long. Summary written by Self Growth Videos from the episode itself. Business results and any income figures mentioned are Kate Hayes’s own claims, shared for education — they are not typical or guaranteed.

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