This is a project I’ve been wanting to do ever since I first saw it online but I can’t find where that was originally. If you know, please tell me so I can give credit for this super fun idea. Searching for photos for this project was hard and has taught me a lot. First off, I don’t take photos they way I thought I did. My husband and I need to take more photos together. The one I choose was from 2013. 2013!!! We’ve taken a few selfies since then but I wanted something posed. I can’t believe it’s been so long. Also it turns out, I never take photos of just my daughter. I thought I did. I am constantly sneaking photos of my older son because I thought I had no good photos of him. Turns out I have hundreds of him and only a handful of her. I have a lot of photos of her posing with other people but almost none by herself. I guess it’s not so bad but I really wanted solo shots for this project.
Ok Ladies and Gents, This project is quick, easy and has the potential to be messy. What fun! :)
What you’ll need: *2 copies of a black and white photo. Size is totally up to you. I printed these myself with normal printer paper. I’ve also done this with photo paper and it works well but the stamp ink takes FOREVER to dry on the glossy photo paper so you have to be very very careful not to smudge them. Photos with simple backgrounds work the best. As you can tell the photos of my kids have simple backgrounds and turned out really well. The photo of my husband and I looks a bit messy. We may have to get someone to take a new photo for us. Ha! *Scissors *Ink pad in whatever color you would like. Black ink works too but I think color is much more fun and really pops with this project. *Rubber stamps. I used fun pattern stamps for this but you could also do something fun with words. Start by picking your stamp and ink. You want to plan out where you will stamp ahead of time. I am only stamping the backgrounds in my photos so the people in them will stay black and white. You can do a fun rainbow of colors but to keep it simple, I am just using one ink color for each photo. Even though the photos are in black and white I used the original colors of the photos to inspire me in picking my ink pads. For example, my son’s shirt was red so I used red ink in his photo. The original background of my daughter’s photo was a lush green park scene so I used green ink. You can pick out your ink however you would like. One of your photos will be stamped on and the other will be used as a template to protect the areas you don’t want stamped. Take one photo and cut away all of the background so all you have left is the subject of your photo. Line it up perfectly (or as good as you can) with the uncut photo. Hold it into place and start stamping. Remove the cut out piece after you are done stamping the photo and you’ll see your subject sticks out beautifully.
We are not in the new house yet but this is the idea I’m going for when I finally get them framed and hung up. I will post photos when we get it done :)
I hope I explained everything alright. Feel free to ask me any questions at all and as always, I’d love to see your projects! Please share a link in the comments below or tag me on instagram @images_by_jessie or on twitter @imagesbyjessie
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