How to make Postage stamp type border

Hello friends, In this Photoshop tutorial, we will add Postage stamp type border to an image. Its very easy. Just use of eraser tool with some brush setting.
Difficulty: Easy
Completion time: 5-15 minutes.
Tools: Adobe Photoshop

Final Look

Below is final look after we apply postage stamp type border.

Step 1:

Create a new document of size 300 X 300 px with transparent background.

Step 2:

Select “Rectangle Tool“.


And draw a rectangle shape in white color.

Step 3:

Select “Eraser Tool”


Press F5 and apply following setting to eraser tool.

Step 4:

Press and hold CTRL key and click on rectangle shape layer. This will load rectangle shape.


Select “Rectangle Marquee Tool”.

Now, right click and select “Make Work Path”


Right click layer and select “Rasterize Layer”

Step 5:

Select “Pen Tool“.


Right click on image and select “Stroke Path“.


And stroke path with Eraser.


Right click again and select “Delete path”.

We have applied postage type border to this shape.

Add a small image to make it look like a postage stamp.

I hope you liked the tutorial.

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1. Zohreh Khaghani says:

   October 18, 2010 at 12:37 pm

   Thank you. I always like postage stamps.

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   August 25, 2010 at 9:03 am

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   Hello friends, In this Photoshop tutorial, we will add Postage stamp type border to an image. Its very easy. Just use of eraser tool with some brush setting….

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