101 Ways to Use Canva

Canva is a great online graphic design platform that allows you to easily make quick, good-looking designs for all sorts of situations. Though perhaps best known for social media posts, it does so much more and you can create anything from your business’s brand to canvas prints.

There’s a fantastic free plan that gives you access to lots of templates, graphics and images at no cost, while the pro and enterprise packages are paid options to give you even more options and flexibility.

Read my list of 101 ways to use Canva and discover the opportunities it can open for fun and business! This list is also available as a free download.

  1. Blog banners
  2. Blog graphics
  3. Book covers
  4. Brand guidelines
  5. Brand templates
  6. Branded images
  7. Brochure covers
  8. Business cards
Example of a business card created on Canva
  1. Calendars
  2. Canvas prints
  3. CD covers
  4. Certificates
  5. Cheat sheets
  6. Client welcome packs
  7. Cross-stitch patterns
  8. CVs / Resumes
  9. Desktop wallpapers
  10. Diagrams
Diagram of an elephant created on Canva
  1. Ebook covers
  2. Email headers
  3. Email signatures
  4. Etsy icons
  5. Etsy shops covers
  6. Facebook ads
  7. Facebook covers
  8. Facebook posts
  9. Fillable PDF documents
  10. Flow charts
  11. Flyers
  12. Gift guides
  13. Gift vouchers
Gift Voucher designed on Canva
  1. Google discovery posts
  2. Google slides
  3. Graphs
  4. Greeting cards
  5. Image frames
  6. Infographics
  7. Inspiration boards
  8. Instagram ads
  9. Instagram feed posts
  10. Instagram puzzles
  11. Instagram stories
  12. Instagram story highlight covers
  13. Invitations
  14. Invoices
Example of an invoice created on Canva
  1. Lead magnets
  2. LinkedIn ads
  3. LinkedIn banners
  4. LinkedIn post graphics
  5. Logos
  6. Magazines
  7. Media kits
  8. Meeting agendas
  9. Memes
  10. Memorial cards
  11. Memos
  12. Menus
  13. Mind maps
  14. Mock-ups
  15. Mood boards
  16. Motivational content
Inspirational quote created on Canva
  1. Name badges
  2. Navigation buttons
  3. Newsletters
  4. Packaging
  5. Patterns
  6. PDF documents
  7. Phone wallpapers
  8. Photo collages
  9. Pinterest ads
  10. Pinterest pins
  11. Posters
  12. Presentations
  13. Print ads
  14. Printables
  15. Product graphics
  16. Project timelines
  17. Recipes
Strawberry pie recipe created on Canva
  1. Reports
  2. Schedules
  3. Scrapbook printoffs
  4. Social cards
  5. Templates for sale
  6. Testimonial graphics
  7. TikTok videos
  8. Timelines
  9. To do lists
  10. Tote bag graphics
  11. T-shirt graphics
  12. Video ads
  13. Web pages
  14. Website backgrounds
  15. Website headers
  16. Website icons
Site icons created on Canva
  1. Word maps
  2. Worksheets
  3. Wrapping paper
  4. YouTube channel art
  5. YouTube thumbnails
  6. YouTube video outros
  7. Zoom backgrounds
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Kimberley Brough

Kim is the founder and director of The Singing VA, a virtual assistant service providing remote business support in Cumbria and across the UK. Kim grew up on the west coast of Cumbria, a few miles from the Lake District National Park. She moved to Essex in 2008 to study World Performance at East 15 Acting School before moving to London to work for a national charity promoting international friendship. She worked there for 5 years in admin and marketing, eventually becoming Deputy Chief Executive. In 2016, she returned to Cumbria where she began working in marketing for the largest independent holiday cottage company in the Lake District before setting up her own company, The Singing VA, in February 2019. In her spare time, Kim enjoys singing, walking, gardening, reading and climbing.

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