I have been asked often where I create banners..or if I might do one for folks. So I thought a tutorial might be in order for those of you who might want to make one for Craft Cafe or Etsy. If you would rather not..feel free to contact me @ cottagegardenstudio@gmail.com and I would be happy to create a simple one for you(like above) for $10.00.
So here we go..head on over to www.bannerfans.com and sign up ...keep the tab open here so you can go back and forth...good luck!
Sign up..it is free so you can save you banners and edit
later if you wish.
1. Scroll down and mark add your own image.. then mark custom size (Craft café is
1040x200..Etsy is 740x100)
2. Scroll down to the next section and upload a picture you
would like to use in the banner..then on the right add where you might like it
to show up..don’t worry if it looks wrong you can change it. Now update
your banner (don’t worry about the text we will do that next). So play with
your image until you like where it is placed.
3. Now the lines of text
can be clicked and dragged around to place where you want them. We will change
size and font in a second.
4. Scroll down and click
on the tab for text and font.
Line one is the larger one..for your shop name for instance…
Type in your text in the first line and then click on the arrow next to Font
face…that will open a new window so you can choose a font you like. Please
notice at the top of the box are several “types” like..3D, creative, edgy…if you click on them they will open a slew of
fun font choices. Click Update
again to see if you like it. If
the size is wrong you can click on the arrow to the right of
that line that says Font size and change that too. You might like to change the color of that
line of font…to the right there is a box that will be white to start..click
that and a box will open with a spectrum of colors to click
on..you can chose there and then update. All of these are fixable if you don’t like
it…just go back and change them until you have the look you likeJ
5. Repeat with line 2, 3 etc. On the second line the font size does not
have a arrow..just click on the number and the sizes will pop up.
NOTE..for the colors on the fonts.. there is a series of
letters and #’s that pop up in the box next to the little color box..that is
the color code you have chosen. If you want to use that color for other line of
text also..just add that series of numbers and letters in each line color
box(where letters and #s are) and it will bring up the same color in the little
box. That way you don’t have to mess around trying to find the very same color
in the pop up box.
6. Shadows and effects tab….you can add shadows to your text
here..use this the same way you did with the font..mess with it and see what
you like. Just like the text tab…these have arrows that show you examples of
how it might change your text and color boxes..they work the same way. This
adds a bit of drama to your banner..but is not necessary. But it is a bit fun!
7. The next tab is a border for you banner..when you click
on a choice another section will open below. You will again be given the choice
of colors. There is also font size..which here means the size of the line not
text.
REMEMBER TO UPDATEJ
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