Design a book cover using Canva + Silhouette Studio

Welcome to this DIY tutorial on how to design your own heat transfer vinyl book design using Canva and Silhouette Studio. In this step-by-step guide, I'll show you how I size my design, layout my elements and finish the design off in Silhouette Studio.
Follow this video up with my video on making your hard cover case to see how to weed your design and apply to your case using a heat press.
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0:00 Intro
0:30 Create your design
1:56 Finding the right elements
3:24 Layout your cover
4:12 Design your back cover
4:54 Design your spine
8:25 Import into Silhouette Studio
9:18 Trace and cut
10:38 Release compound path
11:44 Flip your design
12:05 Silhouette settings

[@christinaspiros]

Not sure if you've found out by now or not, but you can bring them all into the same page by choosing merge instead of open when you want to choose the second and third pages :)
To change from inches to mm, you go to Edit, then Preferences and then choose mm on the drop down for Unit of Measurement.

[@michaelasue24]

I really love all of your videos with how detailed you are in them! Thank you for sharing!

[@costercrouse]

To open designs in the same tab go to File > Merge

[@abound_bindery]

Ahh thank you so much!!! I knew there must be a better way hahaha

[@shanondowdy3194]

I use Cricut, but the canva design bit was super helpful. Ty! Do you ever make your canva designs public that others can use as well? I've been on the lookout for a good HP design that I like, and the border creation you use is something I hadn't thought of myself

[@kroova404]

Great video! Loved the design, although aren’t the keys in book 1 not 2?

[@frankie2366]

Yep 😅

[@tannaramma1]

If you open using merge it should open into one!

[@frankie2366]

Which silhouette cutter do you have? I’m looking to purchase one but I don’t understand the differences between each model. Thanks ❤

[@erica8794]

I tried this with the border for my book design but when I upload it to cricut it completely disappears. Any tips? Thanks!

[@savvandyk7676]

Can you send silhouette designs to cricut or save them and import them to cricuts? This software seems much more user friendly then my cricut but I am still new to cricut and getting used to it 😂

[@dianep.1406]

Hello ! Thanls for the video! I would like to use transfer paper because I don't have a cutting machine like yours, but last time I tried the paper that had no ink to transfer left stains on my book cover. Do you have any solution? 😊

[@aimeesanders3308]

I had the same experience :(

[@CharlotteEverywhere]

The winged keys are definitely in the Philosophers Stone?!

[@frankie2366]

I read Harry Potter when I was younger but I’m sure they were in the Philosophers stone! Before the chess scene as the trio make their way to the stone I believe..

[@Bucky_Winchester]

Yeah so? She said that she just wanted to make the series look coherent in the shelf, so the covers don't necessarily reflect the contents of the book.

[@natesh999]

what do you use to print out your silhouette ? sorry for the noob question :)

[@abound_bindery]

Don’t worry at all! The machine itself is called a Silhouette and it’s a cutting machine that can cut (or draw) whatever you design onto a variety of materials. Cricut is another popular brand. I hope that helps 😍

[@lirasaltal3281]

@@abound_binderyhi thank for the answer (I was looking for that too) how much does it cost? And thank you for the videos they’re amazing

[@TashiiTwissted]

canva alternative?

[@haloreadss]

I assume picsart but Canva is really the best

[@haleyh6343]

i use procreate to draw out my designs, it works great with cricut design studio in my experience:)

[@epicnymphiathewaywardhero9808]

canva supports genoside