How to Create a Digital Scrapbook Carousel in Canva + FREE Template, by Repixo - Canva Apps & Tutorials on YouTube. 5 min 8 s.
- Video length
- 5 min 8 s
- Time to do it
- 30 minutes
- Difficulty
- Medium
- Steps
- 10
What you need
Steps
Open Canva and create a design with custom dimensions of 1080 by 1350 pixels, the 4:5 portrait size Instagram uses for carousel slides. Or open the free scrapbook template from the video description and go straight to editing.
Decide how many slides you want and build one long canvas instead of separate pages. Multiply 1080 by the slide count, so a five-slide carousel becomes 5400 by 1350 pixels.
Set a paper background across the whole canvas. Drag a texture or plain coloured paper in and stretch it so every slide shares the same look.
Use the Frame Maker app to build paper photo frames, then drop your photos into the frames so they crop neatly. Rotate each frame slightly for a hand-glued scrapbook feel.
Soften hard photo edges with the Image Blender app. Fade the bottom of a photo into the paper so it looks printed rather than stuck on.
Add headings and captions with Text Art Maker, Type Warp or Letteristic. Keep body text at 40 pixels or larger so it stays readable on a phone.
Decorate with washi tape strips, torn paper edges, doodles and stickers. Run tape pieces across slide boundaries so they look continuous as the carousel swipes.
Check each slide by placing guides every 1080 pixels. Keep text and faces at least 60 pixels away from the canvas edges.
Download the long canvas as a PNG. Cut it into single slides with a carousel splitter tool, or place the image on separate 1080 by 1350 pages and export each page as its own file.
Upload the slides to Instagram in order and post them as a carousel. Swipe the preview once to check the seams line up before you publish.
Tips and common mistakes
Make a copy of the free template before editing so you can start over without hunting for the link again.
Keep the same two or three fonts and one colour palette on every slide so the carousel reads as one design.
Export at 2x so small handwriting and paper textures stay sharp after Instagram compresses the images.
Check the slide count in the splitter tool before uploading, since one missing slide breaks the flow of the story.
Questions
What size should each carousel slide be?
Use 1080 by 1350 pixels for a 4:5 portrait slide, which takes up more screen space in the feed. Build the long canvas as 1080 wide times your slide count, at 1350 tall.
How do I split one long image into separate posts?
Canva does not cut a long canvas into slides by itself. Export the canvas as one PNG, then run it through a free carousel splitter tool, or place the image on individual 1080 by 1350 pages and export each page.
Do I need Canva Pro for this?
Most of the apps named in the video have free versions, and plenty of frames, textures and stickers are free. Pro-only elements are marked with a crown, so swap those for free ones if you are on the free plan.
This guide was drafted from the video's details and general task knowledge. It has not been checked against the full video. Check the video and relevant product instructions before following a procedure. Report a correction.
