How to Use Frames in Canva

Today’s tutorial will walk you through how to use frames in Canva. Frames are basically decorative elements used to make text or graphics more aesthetically pleasing.

We have a wonderful selection of frame clipart available at Design Bundles, but for our tutorial, we will be using this tribal round frame. For our text, we are using the fonts Harlend and Crumble, a great font duo from Font Bundles.

Step 1 - Upload the Purchased Frame

We have already downloaded and unzipped our purchased files. Now, we want to upload our image to Canva. From the side panel, click on Uploads > Upload media and locate the file on your computer. Next, click the frame you’ve purchased. We will select the black PNG file. Then click Open.

Step 2 - Add and Scale Frame

Once the frame has been uploaded to Canva, it will appear on the left side in the Uploads tab. Select the frame you want, and it will be added to your design space.

Adjust the frame size to your liking by clicking and dragging one of the white handles on the corners.

Step 3 - Add Text to the Frame

You can add text by clicking the Text button and selecting Add a heading on the left or simply type "T"to quickly add a text box. We first typed "Design" with the Harlend Regular font. We have already uploaded this font to Canva. If you need help with this, take a look at our guide on using purchased fonts in Canva.

To change the text color, click the text color button on the toolbar. Then, from the left panel, click the color tile you want to use. The color we chose is sky blue.

To add an extra flair to our typography, we're going to add a swoosh underline after the letter “e.” For a complete guide on this, you can check out our tutorial on how to use alternate glyphs in Canva.

Add the second text by following the same steps above. We typed "Bundles" this time and used the Crumble Regular font. We also changed the font color to pebble gray.

Step 4 - Add Effects to the Text

We don’t want our text to look too flat, so we will add a shadow effect to them. For a complete guide on all the available text effects in Canva, check out our tutorial on how to use Canva text effects.

Select the text, then click Effects and choose Shadow. For the exact shadow formatting, follow these setting changes:

• Offset: 30
• Direction: -45
• Blur: 0
• Transparency: 100
• Color: pebble gray (#2A363B)

Follow the same steps to add a shadow to the “Bundles” text. These are the setting changes for the exact shadow formatting:

• Offset: 20
• Direction: -45
• Blur: 0
• Transparency: 75
• Color: white

Here’s our finished tribal frame made in Canva.

Looks amazing doesn't it? We hope you enjoyed following this tutorial and learned something new.