Banners, flags and tags

I use a lot of banners and flags to get my message onto my page.  I am notorious for misspelling words so it helps if I can create the banner on a different piece of paper and just cut out the banners and glue them on.  They are easy to make.  I just make parallel lines and cap off the outer ends.  I will then add flounces or extra flags from the bottom.  Sometimes I add scrolls to the ends to make them fill visual space.  Everything on this page was cut from another paper and glued on, even the knight.  I then used a sharpie to draw in the poles of the flags.


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