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Is Your Graphic Doing Its Job?
A free checklist for creative business owners
Before you post, publish, or print your next graphic, run it through this checklist.
Once you know what to look for, you'll never unsee it.
Stop Reinventing the Wheel on Every Graphic.
For entrepreneurial artists, makers, and crafters
who are ready to stop wasting hours in Canva
and start working with a system that gets results.
Watch this 2m video to hear what you'll achieve.
Canva Made Simple!
Opens August 3, 2026
Every week you spend reinventing the wheel in Canva is creative energy you're not putting into your actual work.
How many more hours can you afford to lose?
A BETTER WAY TO WORK
Here's what changes when you have a SYSTEM.
BEFORE
"Which one was the good one again?"
AFTER
Everything has a home. Find it in seconds.
THE PROBLEM WITH GRAPHICS
You're not bad at Canva.
You just don't have a SYSTEM.
You open Canva every time you need a graphic and start from scratch. Again.
You spend an hour on something that should take ten minutes.
You're not sure why it doesn't look quite right. You post it anyway because you've already spent too long on it.
- You have a dozen half-finished templates you never quite finished
- Your graphics don't look like they belong to the same brand
- You know your thumbnails could be better but you're not sure how
- You're spending way too much creative energy on marketing graphics instead of your actual work
The problem isn't your taste or your creativity. It's that nobody ever taught you to think about graphics strategically.
You need to know what each image needs to do, where it belongs, and how to build a system so you're not starting from scratch every single time.
Your graphics should be opening doors for your work
not draining the energy you need to make it.
Let's fix that, together.
Start working a system that saves you hours.
√ You build your templates once.
√ You duplicate, swap, and publish.
√ You know exactly which graphic belongs on a landing page versus a social media post versus a YouTube thumbnail - and why.
√ You spend twenty minutes on something that used to take two hours.
You'll find step-by-step tutorials from beginner to advanced.
From chaos to system ✨
No more starting from scratch every time, no more inconsistent branding, no more three hours lost in Canva. You have reusable templates and a clear workflow.
From amateur to intentional ✨
Your graphics stop looking homemade and start looking like you meant every decision. Polished, clear, and recognizably yours.
From generic to strategic ✨
You understand why certain graphics get clicks and others don't. You know what a thumbnail needs to do versus what a workshop promo needs to do.
How It Works
Every tutorial in Canva Made Simple covers exactly one task. You watch it when you need it.
You pause, try it yourself, rewind if you need to. No sitting through hours of content before you learn anything useful.
01
Systems, Not Just Software
You're not learning where the buttons are. You're building a system you'll use for years.
Most Canva courses teach features. This one teaches you to build templates, folders, and reusable assets once — so every future graphic starts from a solid foundation instead of a blank page.
02
Strategy Before Tools
Before you touch a single template, you'll understand why visuals work.
Clarity beats clever. Consistency builds trust. Every graphic has one job to do. This is the foundation that makes every tutorial after it actually click — and it's the difference between a graphic that looks nice and one that gets results.
03
Know Exactly What to Make (and Where It Goes)
The Graphic Ecosystem Maps show you every graphic you need — for course launches, social media, your YouTube channel, and more — what size, and exactly where it belongs. You'll never stare at a blank Canva page wondering what to make again.
04
Done-for-you templates and workflows
Skip the hours of trial and error. Start with what already works.
You'll get ready-made templates, folder structures, and workflow systems you can copy, customize, and use immediately. Learn the exact setups that took years to refine, handed to you on day one. Less building from scratch, more creating.
05
Built to Grow With You Practical Video Tutorials
50+ short, searchable tutorials. Lifetime access. And it gets better over time.
Work through it start to finish, or come back for exactly the skill you need. When students ask questions that aren't covered yet, new tutorials get added so the course grows with its community instead of going stale.
WHAT'S INCLUDED
Everything you need to build a
visual system that works.
- The Graphic Ecosystem Map + plug-and-play templates
- 50+ short, task-specific video tutorials
- 3 live founding-member coaching Zooms (kickoff, midpoint, wrap-up)
- Private community space to get feedback
- Lifetime access, evergreen updates
IS THIS FOR ME?
This is for you if…
- You're an artist, maker, crafter, or shop owner who needs graphics that actually work for your business.
- You're tired of spending hours in Canva and still not loving the result .
- Your graphics look inconsistent and you're not sure how to fix it.
- You want to understand why some graphics get clicks and others don't.
- You're ready to build a system instead of reinventing the wheel every single time.
Lyric Montgomery Kinard
Hi, I'm Lyric.
For decades I've taught creative workshops to thousands of students around the world, both in person and online. I'm a working artist, an educator, and the founder of the Academy for Virtual Teaching..
I built Canva Made Simple because I kept seeing the same thing: talented, creative people spending hours making graphics that weren't doing their job. Not because they lacked creativity — but because nobody had ever taught them to think about graphics strategically.
This course isn't about learning software. It's about understanding visual communication well enough to make graphics that work — quickly, consistently, and recognizably yours.
I'll walk you through every skill, one tutorial at a time.
How long does the course take?
That's entirely up to you. Each tutorial is short — most are under ten minutes. You can work through the whole course in a focused weekend or dip in and out as you need specific skills. There are no deadlines and no live sessions to keep up with.
Do I need any Canva experience?
No. The course starts with workspace setup and builds from there. If you've never opened Canva, you'll be fine. If you're already using it regularly, you'll fill gaps and build systems you didn't have before.
Do I need a paid Canva account?
Many of the tutorials work with Canva's free plan. Some features — including Magic Resize and the Brand Kit — require Canva Pro. Where Pro features are used, that's noted clearly.
Is this only for teachers?
No. It's for any entrepreneurial creative who needs graphics for their business — whether that's a teaching business, an Etsy shop, a product-based business, or all three.
What if I have a question that isn't covered?
Ask it in the community. If it's a skill gap, a new tutorial gets added to answer it. The course grows with its students.
How long will I have access?
Lifetime access. Rewatch tutorials, explore new ones as they're added, and come back any time you need a refresher.
Your graphics should be working as hard as you are.
LET'S BUILD THE SYSTEM THAT MAKES THAT HAPPEN.
