How to make a digital wedding website invitation in Canva.
A complete, beginner-friendly walkthrough for building an interactive tap-to-open envelope invitation — guests tap the wax seal, the envelope opens to your photo and music, and it's share-ready on their phone. Everything here works on Canva's free plan.
What you'll need.
Gather these first and the whole build takes about half an hour. Nothing here costs anything.
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Twelve simple steps.
Follow them in order — each one builds on the last, from a blank page to a published, tap-to-open envelope invitation.
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Wedding palettes to borrow.
Stuck on colors? Copy one of these into Canva's color picker for an instantly elegant, cohesive look.
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⧉ Click to copy hex codesTwo ways to publish it.
Once your invitation looks perfect, share it as a real link. Pick whichever route fits you — both are free.
Publish as a Canva Website
Canva hosts it for you and gives you a free link. Republish any time and the live page updates instantly.
- Click Share → Publish as website.
- Choose the free canva.site domain and type your names.
- Set navigation to Scroll for a one-page invite, then Publish.
- Copy your link — it's ready to send.
Host it free on Netlify
Want a branded web address? Export your design and drop it onto Netlify's free tier for your own custom URL.
- In Canva, Download your pages as images (or export the site files).
- Go to netlify.com/drop and drag your folder in.
- Netlify publishes instantly on a free link you can rename.
- Upgrade later to connect a custom domain like yourname.com.
Share your invitation.
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