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Repeat one piece of artwork or a sequence of different tiles across your board. Adjust the banner as a single element, then edit its unique tiles to change every repeat at once.
About 8 minutesClipart, shapes, and groupsSequence and tile editing
1. Prepare artwork and create the banner
Start with artwork already on your board: library clipart, an uploaded image, a supported shape, or a non-empty group. Text alone cannot become a banner tile. To repeat a small design containing text, group the prepared text and compatible artwork first.
Unlock and show each source before creating a banner. Existing banners and board borders cannot be used as sources. If Create Banner is unavailable, check every selected item and remove unsupported items from the selection.
Add the source artwork. For one repeating design, select one image or shape. For a multi-tile cycle, arrange several sources from left to right in the intended order.
Select the sources. Select one item, or multi-select the items you want in the sequence.
Choose Create Banner. Open More selection actions if the command is inside the selection toolbar's menu.
BoardCraft replaces the selected sources with one banner spanning the board width. Multiple sources become a left-to-right tile sequence that repeats across the banner.
2. Adjust size, curve, spacing, and position
Select the banner and open Properties. If Edit Tiles is active, turn it off to return to the banner's Basics controls. Scroll the inspector to reach the lower controls.
Control | What it changes |
|---|---|
Tile width (in) | The repeat size. With Keep ratio enabled, larger tiles produce fewer repeats and smaller tiles produce more. In a mixed sequence, the value refers to the first tile; other tiles retain their own proportions at the shared height. |
Distance from top (in) | The banner's vertical placement relative to the board's top edge. |
Curve amount (in) | The bow across the row. Use 0 for a straight row or increase it for a deeper downward curve. |
Tile spacing (in) | The space between neighboring tiles. |
Tile shift (in) | The sequence's horizontal starting position. Use it to adjust which partial tiles meet the board edges. |
Opacity (%) | The transparency of the complete banner. |
Use a value field, its minus and plus buttons, or the slider. Commit a typed value by pressing Enter or leaving the field. Leave Keep ratio enabled to preserve the artwork's proportions as you change Tile width.
3. Edit the repeating sequence
For this example, start with Red Christmas Ornament, add Gold Christmas Ornament, and move it to the first slot. Replace the second slot with Wavy Rectangle. Then add Open Book with Blank Pages from the canvas.
Select the banner and choose Edit Tiles. Each card represents one unique tile in the cycle, rather than one visible copy on the board. For example, two cards for an apple and pencil repeat as apple–pencil–apple–pencil across the width.
Use a card's Move earlier or Move later arrow to change the order. You can also drag its reorder handle. Select the card itself to open its appearance controls.
Use Remove tile to remove that unique tile and all of its repeats. The final remaining tile cannot be removed; a banner needs at least one tile. Use Undo if you remove or reorder the wrong tile.
These edits update the board immediately. There is no separate Apply button for the tile sequence.
4. Add or replace tiles from the library
In Edit Tiles, choose Add from library to open Add tiles. Search or browse Clipart, SVG Shapes, or My Uploads. The All and Free options help narrow the selection. A crown marks premium artwork.
Each selection appends a tile immediately. You can choose several assets while the picker stays open, then use Close tile library when finished. Closing the picker keeps tiles already added. Use Remove tile or Undo to reverse an unwanted addition.
To change existing artwork, choose the card's Replace tile action. The picker then shows Replace tile 1, or the corresponding tile number. Choose the replacement and recheck its proportions and appearance.
Compatible settings are retained where possible, but changing the type of artwork can change which styling controls are available.
5. Add prepared artwork from the canvas
Use Add from canvas for an image, shape, or grouped design you have already prepared on the board.
Prepare the separate source. Add and style it on the board. Duplicate it if a separate copy must remain there.
Select the banner. Open Edit Tiles and choose Add from canvas.
Pick the source objects. Click eligible artwork on the board and review the pending tile count.
Choose Add Pending. The picked objects are absorbed into the banner and become tiles. Their left-to-right order determines the appended sequence.
Clear removes the pending selection; Cancel leaves this picking mode without absorbing the sources. Hidden or locked items, banners, and board borders are ignored. If nothing becomes pending, unlock and show the source and check its type.
6. Style one tile and all of its repeats
Select a tile card to open Tile appearance. Changes affect every repeat of that tile. Use Opacity to soften it or Rotation to adjust its angle relative to the banner's curve.
Vertical offset (%) moves that tile relative to the row: negative values move it up and positive values move it down. Use its Reset button to return the offset to zero. This is useful when different silhouettes need small adjustments to sit comfortably together.
Available controls depend on the tile type. Image tiles offer opacity, rotation, and offset. Supported shape tiles also offer COLOR, PATTERN, or GRADIENT fill settings and outline controls. SVG shapes can offer outer and inner shadows. A grouped tile lets you manage supported elements inside the mini-composition.
7. Convert the banner back to separate elements
Select the banner and choose Convert Back when you want its unique sources as independent objects again. BoardCraft replaces the banner with one editable object for each tile in its sequence.
8. Review, save, and export
Turn off Edit Tiles to review the complete banner. You can duplicate, lock, hide, or delete it as one element. Unlock it before making further changes. Check that the board shows Saved before leaving.
Use Which BoardCraft Export Should I Use? to choose an output for the complete board or separate classroom pieces. Preview the result and make a test print at Actual size or 100% when physical dimensions matter.