Washi tape, on any photo.
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…
Six places to stick it
- 01 for scrapbooks
Tape a photo onto a digital page
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.
- 02 for Instagram
Polaroid + tape = a feed people screenshot
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.
- 03 for mood boards
Pin a photo to your aesthetic board
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.
- 04 for invitations
A handmade-feel digital invite
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.
- 05 for stories
Cover a sticker-corner of a story
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.
- 06 for zines
Layout a zine spread that breathes
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.
Frequently asked
Does the photo upload anywhere? +
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.
How many strips can I add? +
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.
Can I use my own tape patterns? +
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.
How do I make a strip cross the corner? +
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.
What's the export format? +
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.
Can I move a strip after I add it? +
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?
A few moves after the tape lands
next →
Sticker Overlay
Drop hearts, stars, or smileys around the tape.
Opennext →
Add Text to Photo
Add a handwritten journal caption.
Opennext →
Polaroid Maker
Wrap photos in Polaroid frames before taping.
Opennext →
Photo Mat & Border
Print the taped page inside a mat.
Opennext →
Vintage Date Stamp
Add a 90s date to feel handmade.
Opennext →
Drop Shadow
Float the page over paper for depth.
OpenOther free tools nearby
Background Remover
Cut the background out of any photo in one click.
OpenBackground Replace
Drop your subject onto paper, gradient, or your own backdrop photo.
OpenText Behind Subject
Drop a word behind your subject, magazine-cover style.
OpenPhoto Filters
Nine presets, one photo — vintage to cinematic.
OpenFilm Grain
Tri-X, Kodak Gold, Lomo — pick a roll, see the grain.
OpenHalftone Effect
Comic dots, risograph red, punk-zine textures.
OpenPencil Sketch
Photo to graphite drawing in two clicks.
OpenDuotone Effect
Map photo to two colors — Spotify, sunset, riso.
OpenTilt-Shift Effect
Make real cities look like tabletop dioramas.
OpenLight Leak
Sunset, lomo red, golden hour — bleed light into corners.
OpenRGB Glitch
VHS bands, anaglyph 3D, CRT scanlines, chromatic aberration.
OpenASCII Art
Convert any photo to typed characters.
OpenPhoto Negative
Pure invert, cyanotype, blueprint, X-ray, darkroom, sepia negative.
OpenPhoto Mosaic
Photo as tiles with grout-color gaps.
OpenAdjust
Brightness, contrast, saturation, hue, blur — seven sliders.
OpenPolaroid Maker
Any photo, wrapped in paper with a handwritten caption.
OpenPhoto Strip Maker
Four photos, B&W mode, handwritten caption.
OpenDiptych Maker
Two photos, side-by-side or stacked.
OpenPhoto Mat & Border
Paper mat for prints, journals, framed walls.
OpenShape Crop
Circle, heart, star, arch — pick a cookie cutter.
OpenVintage Postcard
Greetings caption, faux stamp, postmark, paper texture.
OpenDrop Shadow
Float a photo over paper for portfolios and mockups.
OpenPinterest Pin Maker
Drop a photo, type a title, pick a layout. 1000×1500 native.
OpenSocial Banner
X, LinkedIn, or YouTube cover with title overlay.
OpenAdd Text to Photo
Handwritten captions, magazine headers, or a quick scribble.
OpenVintage Date Stamp
LED red, Kodak yellow, camcorder amber.
OpenPhoto Watermark
Corner sign-off or full diagonal tile.
OpenSticker Overlay
Hearts, stars, flowers, smileys, paper tags, HELLO labels.
OpenCrop & Resize
Square for IG, 9:16 for stories, 2:3 for Pinterest.
OpenFlip & Rotate
Mirror a selfie, un-tilt a scan, turn a sideways shot upright.
OpenHEIC to JPG / PNG
iPhone photos that open on everything.
OpenBlur & Pixelate
Hide faces, plates, addresses — drag a patch over the spot.
OpenEXIF Stripper
Remove GPS, camera info, timestamps before posting.
OpenImage Compressor
Smaller JPG, WebP, or PNG — same look, less file.
OpenColor Palette
Pull 5 hex codes out of any photo.
OpenQR Code Generator
Print-ready QR for menus, invites, journals, vCards.
OpenColor Replace
Eyedropper a color in your photo, swap it for another.
Open Make proper collages
in a proper app.
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.