How to create your OWN awesome header!

I have been asked a few times how I got my LeBaron Family Header posted on my blog, so I deciede to share the secret! It was Easy...PHOTOSHOP! LOVE IT! I made a digital scrapbook page using photoshop and awesome papers/elements using a program by Digital Scrapbook Memories.
If you don't have photoshop, there are other programs you can use (some of which can be downloaded free from the internet). There are also sites to download papers and elements, or you can create you own. But I prefer to purchase from DigitalScrapbookMemories.com! TOTALLY worth it!
Digital Scrapbooking is just like normal scrapbooking...pretty much! You work with "layers" so you can move, cut, crop, rotate, etc. any paper or elements you use. The best part is that with photoshop you can change the colors of ANY and EVERYthing. So one paper design becomes 1000! IT'S AWESOME!
I started with a 12x12 page, but cropped it down just a titch so it wasn't so tall. So it's more like a 10x12 (...or something, I didn't measure!) Then I layered my papers, added photos (which were edited and cropped) and then finished with my fancy lettering! I added shadows and highlights to different layers to create texture and depth!
Once my page was finished, I saved it as a JPG image and uploaded it to my "header" section and selected the photo instead of words option. TA-DAH! It was actually pretty simple!
Thank you everyone for the compliments on my page! Some day (soon hopefully) I will create my OWN image background for the blog as well. I did one for another blog I am part of and I think it turned out pretty well. :o)
If I've inspired you, HAVE FUN CREATING!!!