How To Overlay Transparent Images
To make any kind of banner that will actually look good you are going to need to use Transparent png. If you have a transparent png image and you try to drop it onto a background using paint then the transparent background will become white and working with the image will be impossible. You need an image editor that works with layers and they can cost a lot of money. The best solution that I have found to this is Gimp.org. The gimp software is 100% free and feature packed. Every time you drop a new part onto your image it is introduced to the piece as a layer that is separate from the layers above and below. You can find a free usage rights piece of clip art online with a transparent background and drop it onto your own background perfectly. Also you can use the cooltext.com graphics text generator to make incredibly attractive wording for your banner and again drop it onto your own background. Cooltext is also free to use. so for absolutely no cost at all you have all of the tool...