[quote=@BlackSam3091]Ok, what did I do wrong with them then? In case it sounds like I'm being sarcastic, I'm asking with genuine interest as someone who doesn't come from a design background. I've got a layman's understanding of aspect ratios.[/quote]

There are some pretty handy tools like online [url=http://andrew.hedges.name/experiments/aspect_ratio/]aspect ratio calculators[/url] that can be pretty useful.

You have to keep the ratios consistent when you resize something otherwise you end up making the picture distorted. Particularly in the text you can see that it's become distorted in the resizing. Also, it could be an idea (if you're [i]really[/i] struggling whilst attempting to resize things) to add the text afterwards. At least then if you can't get the picture perfect the text won't be distorted.