Step 4 – Download and send to your phone. I avoid the bottom because the apps at bottom of my iphone would block the words. Drag your word around and place it wherever you like on your background. I rotated mine a few degrees to put it at a fun angle, too. Change the font, color, and size to your liking. You can choose a pre-designed text element or just click “add a little bit of body text” and write your word. Step 3 – Place your text and make it pretty But guess what! You can change the color to ANYTHING you want! Just click the little square in the upper left corner and pick your color. I skipped over all the pretty ones that cost $1 and chose an ugly looking gray one. I wanted to make a pretty watercolor background, so I searched “watercolor” in the Canva search bar. And if you’re using an iphone older than that, please share your secrets with me! I can barely make it a year without doing something crazy to mine!) Many android phone screens also use these dimensions, but if yours doesn’t you can easily find your dimensions by googling the type of phone you have and “screen dimensions.” Step 2 – Place a photo or other background design Use 1080 pixels for the width and 1920 pixels for the height for most iphones (iphone 5 and newer. So we have to click “use custom dimensions” and enter our own. Most iphone screen dimensions have a 9:16 ratio, but since they’re vertical, we can’t just use the widescreen templates that Canva gives us. More of a reader than a watcher? Here are the basics: How to make cell phone wallpaper using Canva Step 1 – Create a new design using your own dimensions But you can use the same technique to create any kind of background you want! Check out the video tutorial: I do this to display my word of the year in a pretty way on my iphone. It’s the new year, you’re full of hope and ambition, you’ve set big goals, and you’ve chosen your “word of the year.” (If you haven’t chosen a word of the year, try it! Pick a theme word to motivate and inspire you through the year–it can be a powerful practice!) Now it’s time to keep that word front and center by putting it in the one place we look at all damn day–our cell phones! In today’s tutorial, I’m showing you how to create a cell phone wallpaper background using my favorite free design tool, Canva.
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