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Show your friends and loved ones you care. Create personalized greeting cards with Canva's free card maker.
Beautiful one-of-a-kind cards
Nothing beats a one-of-a-kind card, made by you. Forget about generic, shop-bought cards. With templates for every occasion—from birthdays to anniversaries to “just thinking about you”—you can create the perfect customized card for your loved one, and save time and money, too.
Our card template library includes layouts for thank you cards, holiday cards, Christmas cards, videos(opens in a new tab or window), Valentine’s cards and more. Our templates are designed by professionals, so you can customize them as much—or as little—as you like.
How to make a card
Meet Magic Studio™: All the power of Canva’s AI
Magic Studio™ brings together the best AI-powered tools for you and your team to help you design with more ease, speed, and creativity.
Card templates for super-fast designing
Choose from our library of hundreds of professional card templates. Our drag-and-drop design tool makes it easy to customize your card to get the right look. You can change the color, fonts, messages and images.
We’ve got a library of over 2 million photos, icons and illustrations—or you can add a personal touch by uploading your own images.
Say it your way with personalized messages
Templates are your fast-cut to great design. From there, let your personality shine by adding your own messages. A handcrafted card is a great way to show you care, and a personal message makes it even more memorable. Simply click the holder text in the card template to add your message.
Celebrate milestones together
Once you’ve created your card, why not invite friends, family, and colleagues to leave a personal message, illustration, or photos in real-time. Simply add their email address and you can create a heartfelt card in minutes, together or after designing, download your promotional product(opens in a new tab or window) in a range of file types.
Professional printing, fast delivery
Some things are better in person. As brilliant as your designs are, they’d be even better if you got to touch them, hold them, and feel them.
Canva Print(opens in a new tab or window) is our professional printing service. We’ll make sure your cards look as good in person as they do on screen. Connect with custom, printed cards that make awesome keepsakes. Choose from standard or premium print stock and a matte, glossy or eco-friendly finish. And we deliver to your door in 3-5 days—or choose our Express option for super-fast shipping.
FAQ
Most printers can print on stock card paper if you adjust the settings. After designing your card, print a test page first. Then change your settings to print on the quality of paper you’re using and hit “print.” To print on both sides, set your printer to two-page printing.
What you include in a card will depend on the occasion. If you’re sending a card to a relative or friend, you might add personal photos or use more adventurous color schemes. If you’re marketing a service or event, keep it professional with your logo and contact information.
You can choose any photo in your collection to become a card. Once you upload your photo, you can add text and other elements before printing a high resolution copy to send off in the mail to your family and friends.
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