Award Certificate Maker Tool

Honor athletic, academic, and community service achievements accordingly with a professionally designed award certificate. Use VistaCreate’s award certificate generator to create a stunning award suitable for the most impressive achievements.
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Awards certificates for any occasion

Our certificates begin with a variety of templates to suit your needs. They are completely editable so that you can create an award certificate specific to you. For example, make an award winner certificate or a diploma for students using our award certificate designer.
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Tools to design award certificate

VistaCreate’s design studio offers a variety of tools that help you create the perfect certificate from start to finish. Starting with a professionally designed template makes designing your certificate super easy. Then, once you’ve edited your design, you’ll end up with a custom printable certificate.
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Use a template to jumpstart your design

VistaCreate offers a comprehensive library of templates designed by experts. Choose your favorite of our examples to create a mockup of your certificate instantly.
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Unique objects

Our design studio offers a vast array of logos, shapes, designs, and other objects. In addition, you can add objects to your template to make your design totally personalized.
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Customize award certificate

Each template is completely customizable. Adjust shapes, colors, and font size, and add text to personalize your certificate to the winner of the award.
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Upload content to make it your own

VistaCreate’s generator also allows you to upload your own content into the design studio. Upload images, photos, and fonts to further personalize your award certificate.
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  • Access thousands of premium templates for your projects

  • Design using files from a library of 150M+ photos, videos, vectors

  • Remove backgrounds from your images with a single click

  • Unlock infinite Brand Kits, unlimited storage, and version history

  • Collaborate with up to 10 members in your Team Account

  • Make your own stickers, quickly resize designs, and more

How to create an award certificate

  • Step 1

    Make a free online account

    To use VistaCreate’s design studio, you’ll need to have your own account. To do this, sign up to VistaCreate using your email or by logging in with Google. A VistaCreate account is totally free. Once you’ve created an account, you’ll be able to access all your designs in one place.
  • Step 2

    Pick your template

    Scroll through our huge library of expertly designed templates. The templates show a sample design that you can customize later.
  • Step 3

    Make it unique

    VistaCreate’s design studio offers tons of tools that help you customize the given template design. Add objects, edit colors and sizing, add text, and change fonts until you’re happy with your design. You can also upload your own photos to the certificate.
  • Step 4

    Share your certificate

    When you’re happy with your DIY award certificate, download it to your device. You can then share the file with social media or print the certificate.

FAQ

  • How do I add a photo of the recipient to award certificate?

    Under “Upload,” choose the image from your device in the design studio. The photo will be uploaded right into the design studio. You can then resize and change the position of the photo.
  • Can I use the award creator without choosing a template?

    Yes, you do not need to use one of the given templates to create an award. Instead, you can easily start with a blank template and add your own text, objects, and images to create the certificate.
  • What size are the award certificates?

    The award certificates on VistaCreate come in different sizes. This means that you can adjust the size after downloading or start with a different template size if the certificate has alternate dimensions.

Award Certificates Free Templates at Your Fingertips

Choose an award certificate template from our expansive library of ideas to get started with your design. Then, edit, add, and customize until you have a professional award certificate personalized to your recipient.

What our users say about VistaCreate

Charlotte Polley
Charlotte Polley
UK
owner of Boo’s Toy Shop.
Using VistaCreate has enabled me to grow my marketing and content skills. People have noticed that my content has changed across social media and I am loving the comments.
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Jennifer Parr
Jennifer Parr
USA
founder of DIYvinci, an online arts and crafts store.
When you’re a small business owner wearing multiple hats, using a tool like VistaCreate that saves time is crucial. You also don’t have to spend a huge amount of money to be able to develop good designs for your company.
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Kirsty Cleverly
Kirsty Cleverly
Australia
owner of Bonjour Quilts, an online quilt pattern store.
My visuals now look better than anything I could just come up with on my own. VistaCreate makes graphic design so much quicker and easier for me, leaving me with more time to put back into my business. It has been such a force multiplier!
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Lisa Harvey
Lisa Harvey
USA
owner of Content Perfection.
VistaCreate has massive functionality and I love that it’s just so easy to use. It allows my ideas to come to life. And that has helped me with selling my services and products to clients and prospects tenfold.
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Rick Blyth
Rick Blyth
USA
Micro SaaS apps developer.
It’s just so quick to create graphics using VistaCreate that it almost feels like cheating. As everything is fully customizable, I’m able to quickly create designs consistent with my brand very quickly.”
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