{"id":24,"date":"2018-02-14T06:45:00","date_gmt":"2018-02-14T06:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alexisadrienne.net\/index.php\/2018\/02\/14\/2-free-ways-to-make-instagram-story-covers-a-diy-tutorial\/"},"modified":"2023-05-16T10:45:37","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T22:45:37","slug":"2-free-ways-to-make-instagram-story-covers-a-diy-tutorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alexisadrienne.net\/2-free-ways-to-make-instagram-story-covers-a-diy-tutorial\/","title":{"rendered":"DIY Instagram Story Cover Tutorial"},"content":{"rendered":"
I\u2019m sure I\u2019m not alone when I say that I absolutely love the new features of Instagram stories that are being rolled out – new fonts, gifs, story highlights\u2026 The other features of the app though are a different story \ud83d\ude44 but we\u2019ll discuss that another time.<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve got a quick tutorial today on how to make super cute Instagram Story Covers for FREE using Canva! If you\u2019re a blogger and you don\u2019t already use Canva, you\u2019re missing out. It\u2019s a great free website and app for creating high-quality images, such as Facebook Covers, Pinterest Graphics, and obviously Instagram Story Covers. There ARE paid features, but I\u2019ve been able to use the app so far without needing them. If you’re on iOS, you can download Canva from the App Store<\/a>.<\/p>\n Here’s how my profile looks before adding covers – it’s not bad, but I’d like my story highlights to look a bit more cohesive.<\/p>\n The first thing you\u2019ll need to do is make an account on Canva, as this makes sure that your design is saved for you to go back to and change if you need to. In the Canva app, \u201cYour Story\u201d is the correct preset for Instagram Stories. With Canva, I like to find templates that I like but modify to suit what I want. I find it hard to start from scratch but you do whatever you want to do. On a computer, Canva doesn\u2019t show the \u201cYour Story\u201d option but you can easily get it by clicking here<\/a> or creating a new project with the dimensions of 1080px x 1920px.<\/p>\n Now, you can go wild! I like keeping things pretty simple with a pale pink background, diagonal lines and an italicised serif font. Canva has super handy guides for aligning things perfectly centred, so you shouldn\u2019t have any issues centring your title texts. Here’s an example of what I decided to go for:<\/p>\n