tool · beta · on-device
Drop a photo, pick a tape, drag a strip into place. Crank the tilt, layer two for a corner — it's the digital paper-craft your scrapbook spread has been waiting for. Ten styles, drag to move, slider for everything else. Nothing uploads anywhere. For real spreads, grab a proper app.
Unrolling the tape…
Unrolling the tape…
where a strip of tape earns its keep
for scrapbooks
Two strips of kraft tape across the corners of a photo and it instantly looks pasted into a journal. Print the result on matte paper, glue it down, and the tape lines disappear into the real ones. Trompe l'œil that your grandmother would respect.
for Instagram
The most-saved Instagram aesthetic right now is paper-stacked: polaroid frames, washi tape, handwritten captions. Run a photo through the Polaroid Maker, then add two strips here — your post reads like a moodboard, not a camera roll.
for mood boards
Pinterest mood-board pinners: washi-taped photos save 3× more often than plain ones. Two pieces of red-striped tape across the top of a photo and it stops scrolling thumbs. Pinable energy.
for invitations
Send a birthday invite that doesn't look like every other Canva template. A photo with three strips of butter-yellow tape and a Caveat caption above — it reads as personally made, which makes the recipient actually open it.
for stories
Need to hide a date, a license plate, a face in the background of an Instagram story? A diagonal strip of polka-dot tape covers it without looking like a censor bar. The tape feels intentional; the censor bar feels like a mistake.
for zines
Zine pages need texture or they read as blocks of text. Tape a photo into a corner with two crooked strips — the page suddenly has a focal point and a sense that someone touched it. Print to a Riso or laser, fold, staple.
in case you're wondering
No. The whole tool runs on a canvas in your browser tab. Your photo never touches our servers — we don't run an image pipeline at all. Open DevTools → Network and watch: nothing leaves your device.
There's no hard limit, but more than five usually starts looking cluttered. Two crossed strips in a corner is the classic look; three or four works for a photo-stack vibe.
Not yet — the tool ships with ten styles (six solids, B&W and red stripes, polka dots, grid). For custom patterns, the right tool is a real editor with image-fill support. These ten cover most paper-craft moods.
Add a strip, drag it to the corner you want, then crank the rotation slider up to ~30–45° (or down to -30°). For two crossed strips, add a second one and rotate it the opposite direction. Adjust length and width to taste.
JPG at 92% quality and full source resolution. The tape composites at the original photo's pixel size, so a 4000×3000 phone photo exports at 4000×3000 with the tape baked in.
Yes — click any strip on the canvas to select it, then drag to move. The right-side panel lets you rotate, resize, change style, change opacity, or remove the selected strip.
now what?
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Drop hearts, stars, or smileys around the tape.
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Add a handwritten journal caption.
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Wrap photos in Polaroid frames before taping.
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Print the taped page inside a mat.
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Add a 90s date to feel handmade.
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Float the page over paper for depth.
OpenCut the background out of any photo in one click.
OpenDrop your subject onto paper, gradient, or your own backdrop photo.
OpenDrop a word behind your subject, magazine-cover style.
OpenNine presets, one photo — vintage to cinematic.
OpenTri-X, Kodak Gold, Lomo — pick a roll, see the grain.
OpenComic dots, risograph red, punk-zine textures.
OpenPhoto to graphite drawing in two clicks.
OpenMap photo to two colors — Spotify, sunset, riso.
OpenMake real cities look like tabletop dioramas.
OpenSunset, lomo red, golden hour — bleed light into corners.
OpenVHS bands, anaglyph 3D, CRT scanlines, chromatic aberration.
OpenConvert any photo to typed characters.
OpenPure invert, cyanotype, blueprint, X-ray, darkroom, sepia negative.
OpenPhoto as tiles with grout-color gaps.
OpenBrightness, contrast, saturation, hue, blur — seven sliders.
OpenAny photo, wrapped in paper with a handwritten caption.
OpenFour photos, B&W mode, handwritten caption.
OpenTwo photos, side-by-side or stacked.
OpenPaper mat for prints, journals, framed walls.
OpenCircle, heart, star, arch — pick a cookie cutter.
OpenGreetings caption, faux stamp, postmark, paper texture.
OpenFloat a photo over paper for portfolios and mockups.
OpenDrop a photo, type a title, pick a layout. 1000×1500 native.
OpenX, LinkedIn, or YouTube cover with title overlay.
OpenHandwritten captions, magazine headers, or a quick scribble.
OpenLED red, Kodak yellow, camcorder amber.
OpenCorner sign-off or full diagonal tile.
OpenHearts, stars, flowers, smileys, paper tags, HELLO labels.
OpenSquare for IG, 9:16 for stories, 2:3 for Pinterest.
OpenMirror a selfie, un-tilt a scan, turn a sideways shot upright.
OpeniPhone photos that open on everything.
OpenHide faces, plates, addresses — drag a patch over the spot.
OpenRemove GPS, camera info, timestamps before posting.
OpenSmaller JPG, WebP, or PNG — same look, less file.
OpenPull 5 hex codes out of any photo.
OpenPrint-ready QR for menus, invites, journals, vCards.
OpenEyedropper a color in your photo, swap it for another.
OpenFor the real thing →
One photo with two strips is a piece. When you're laying a whole spread — a dozen photos, backgrounds, captions, doodles, washi everywhere — a real collage app handles it cleanly.