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A fingerprint heart Christmas gift, ready even on Christmas Eve
December fills up fast, and shipping cut-offs arrive before the shopping is done. A fingerprint heart sidesteps the mail entirely: two real ink fingerprints, one from you and one from someone you love, joined into a single heart that you download and print yourself.
Our Imprint works only from the prints you photograph, processed in your browser. Nothing is drawn in or generated, so the gift under the tree carries your actual fingerprints.
Create your fingerprint heart · free preview
Who it suits at Christmas
- A partner: give a printable gift certificate under the tree, then make the prints together on a quiet December evening. No need to sneak a fingerprint in advance.
- Parents or grandparents: pair a child’s print with a parent’s and add the year, so each Christmas can have its own.
- A couple you are buying for: ask them for two inked prints, or give the ink pad and a printed note as the first half of the gift.
- Yourselves: start a holiday tradition of making a new heart each year.
A Christmas Eve timeline
- Morning: press each fingertip on an ink pad, press it down firmly onto plain white paper and lift straight up — do not roll — and photograph both prints near a window.
- Afternoon: open the creator, add both photos, names, and “Christmas 2026” or your own date, and check the free preview.
- After paying: the file is built on your device and downloads right away.
- Evening: print it at home or at a photo counter that is still open, and slip it into a frame or a card.
How to make it, step by step
- Press each fingertip lightly on an ink pad, then press it down firmly onto plain white paper and lift straight up — do not roll. One clean print beats three smudged ones.
- Photograph each print with your phone in even daylight, straight on, with no shadow from your hand or phone.
- Open the creator on ourimprint.ca and add both photos. They are processed in your browser and are not uploaded.
- Add names, a date, and a short message, or leave them off for an artwork-only version.
- Check the free preview. When you are happy, choose Essential or Signature and download the PNG and printing guide.
Wrapping a digital gift
A file is easy to forget under a tree, so give it a physical form. Print it on heavy matte paper, use the printing guide to choose a common frame size, and wrap the frame. If you run out of time to print, or you want it to be a true surprise, buy a gift certificate instead: print it, put it in a card, and they redeem it later with their own two ink prints.
Essential is CA$19 / US$15: one composition with personalized and artwork-only versions in every print size. Signature is CA$29 / US$23: three compositions (Classic, Split, and Intertwined), all in the colours you choose. Both are a digital download (high-resolution PNG and printing guide); you can also order a printed and framed copy shipped to your door. The preview is free.
Keeping it a surprise? Give a gift certificate
Gift it now, they make it later. Choose Essential or Signature, tick “This is a gift” before checkout, and print the certificate that appears after payment. It carries a redeem code valid for 12 months. The recipient goes to ourimprint.ca/recover, enters the code, and adds their own two ink prints. Same price, nothing extra to buy.
Hoping to gift a print? A print is made from the recipient’s own two fingerprints, so it can’t be made ahead of time. Give a gift certificate instead: the recipient adds their own prints and creates their artwork — that is what the certificate covers — and from that finished artwork they can order a matte or framed print. The print is a separate order.
Need help with the prints? See how to make clear ink fingerprints.
Questions
Will it arrive in time for Christmas?
The digital download has no delivery cut-off: the PNG and printing guide are made on your device after payment and download immediately, even on December 24. A printed and framed copy shipped to your door takes about 1–2 weeks, so order it early.
Can I give it as a surprise?
Yes, buy a gift certificate. Tick “This is a gift” before checkout and you get a printable certificate with a redeem code, valid for 12 months. They redeem it at ourimprint.ca/recover and add their own prints.
Can I add a holiday message?
Yes. Add names, a date such as the year, and a short message, or choose the artwork-only version for a cleaner look.
What if the other person lives far away for the holidays?
They can ink and photograph their own fingerprint and send you the photo. You add both photos in the creator.
Can you print and frame it for me?
Want it printed for you? You can order a matte print (5×7 CA$29, 8×10 CA$39, 12×16 CA$49) or a framed print in black or oak (8×10 CA$79, 12×16 CA$109), shipped free to Canada and the US in about 1–2 weeks; international shipping to the UK, EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland, Australia and New Zealand is a flat CA$15 (import VAT or duties may apply). Printed by our print partner, Printful, and it includes the Signature digital files. A print cannot be sent as a gift certificate; order it with your own two prints and ship it to the recipient. If the print should be made from the recipient’s own prints, give a gift certificate instead: they create the artwork first, then can order a print of it.