making a header for your blog

How to make a header. Open your photoshop. ( I am using photoshop elements 5.0.) Go to File-New-blank file. When it opens you want to make your width:12 inches. Height:3.5 inches. Resolution 300 pixels/inch. Press ok.
Your width and height can be different if you wanted a square instead of a rectangle, but typically a header is long and skinny.

Once you have your blank header open, you can get to work adding pictures, scrapbooking embelishments, font, etc. You can go to different sites to download free digital scrapbooking kits. You may have to register to get them, but its free. Some sites are:
http://www.twopeasinabucket.com/shop/list/?f=c_336&c=24
http://peppermintcreative.com/index.php?main_page=downloads
http://scrapartist.com (freebies)
At the bottom of this post I'll explain how to download and extract/unzip the files so you can use them.

While you're designing your header and you notice that you want the header to be a different size. You can crop it just like you would a picture, to the size you want. Once you have finished designing your header click save as. Name it, Choose Format: JPEG(JPG:*JPEG:*JPE). If you do not click JPEG you will not be able to upload it to blogger.

Now in your blog you click Customize, then go to edit header. You check the box that says, "Instead of title and description" and also the box that says "Shrink to fit". You browse for the folder that has your header. Then click save.

If you notice that your border around your header is off center. Go to customize-Edit HTML. Scroll down until you find Header-wrapper
In that paragraph you'll find a line that reads:
border:1px solid $bordercolor;
Delete that line. Click preview and if you like what you see, click Save Template.
Enjoy your new header.
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How to Download and unzip/extract files.

When you find a digital kit that you want, you click to download it, and press save. Remember to look where you are saving the file and what it is named.

Click open when finished. Find where it says Extract files or Unzip files. Click it and before you unzip it type unzip after the name, so when you go back to find it you know which one has been unzipped.

To get the files onto your potoshop, go to: Get photos from files and folders. (On my photoshop it is the icon to the right of the print icon.) Once you find the folder you saved it in, highlight all the files you want and click get photos. From there you can use them just like you would a picture. (By right clicking on the picture and clicking: Go to to Full Edit)

I hope all of this made sense.