WTTB's resident Canva expert reveals the one simple step that makes or breaks your Canva print design: bleed. Learn how to set it up properly to avoid messy white borders and get clean, professional-looking results every time.

Let's talk about bleed. Not the dramatic kind. No, by bleed, I mean the extra margin around your design that helps everything trim cleanly at the end. If you skip it, you could end up with a white edge where you expected full color. Not the kind of surprise anyone wants.

In Canva, click on file settings and then show print bleed. You'll see a line appear. That's the trim line. Keep key stuff like text or logos a finger's width inside that line. But your background or images, stretch them past it right to the edge. That way, your design prints clean with no white borders. It might feel like a small step, but trust me, it makes a huge difference to how polished your final print looks.

And that's it. For more tips or help getting your file print ready, check out our other videos or visit our Canva Hub.