Have you ever downloaded a tenplate to use and foudn there simply wasn't enough space to create your design with? There is an easy and simple way to extend out your template so that you can have room to create.
This template by Gimpstastic Scraps will be my example. As you can see, there is hardly any white space around the template to create with; the size is 470 x 456.
Highlight the white background in your layers box. On the upper toolbar: Image > Canvas Size > and a new box will pop up.
It shows you what size your template currently is and, if you change the settings, what the size will be once you make changes. I figured I'd add an extra 100 pixels, to be distributed evenly around the white background, would do me good.
Remember, we are only extending the template outward. If you move the anchor from "middle", it will add your pixels to whatever side you decide (but will make our template look wonky).
Here's what our template look likes now. I've add a black background where the template was extended so that you can see the change (yours should be white like the rest of the white background).
Save this template under the original file name and you have an extended template to use for future use.
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