Gift ideas · Mother’s Day gift
A fingerprint heart Mother’s Day gift made from real ink prints
A Mother’s Day gift does not need to be big to mean something. A fingerprint heart joins two real ink fingerprints into one heart: a mother and her child, two siblings making something for their mom, or a partner and child making it together.
Our Imprint turns phone photos of those prints into a high-resolution artwork you print yourself. The photos are processed in your browser, and nothing is drawn or generated by AI.
Create your fingerprint heart · free preview
Whose fingerprints to use
- Mom and one child: the most direct version, with both names and the year.
- Two children: each child presses one print, so the heart is made by the kids for her.
- Adult children: ink a print at home and send her the framed result, or make it together on a visit.
- Mom and grandmother: a two-generation piece for a mother who is also a daughter.
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.
Making it on time
The digital download has no delivery cut-off. If you can get both prints in time, you can download the PNG and printing guide the same day and print it at home or at a local print shop. If you cannot collect her print before the day, buy a gift certificate instead: she redeems the code later and adds the prints herself.
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
Can a young child make the print?
Yes. Press the fingertip gently on the pad, then onto paper without rolling, and take a few tries. The ink print guide at ourimprint.ca/how-to-make-ink-fingerprints has more tips.
Is a physical print shipped?
No. You receive a high-resolution PNG and a printing guide, so you can print it on the paper and in the size you want.
Can I give it as a surprise without her fingerprint?
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.
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.