How to put stroke on only two sides

[georgeindeland]

Hi all,

As I have previously posted, I am self-taught on Photoshop and am perplexed as to how to do something.  I think the answer is probably easier than it seems, once someone explains the proper steps.

I design my own baseball cards, as a hobby, and would like to put a stroke on only two sides of an image.  How would I go about doing this?

Here are examples of an actual card from 1987, which I am trying to duplicate in style, and what I have so far:

Please note that the Cal Ripken picture has a white border on the right and top sides - that is what I am trying to "duplicate" (please ignore the black bar at the top of the Frank Thomas photo on the right that could be mistaken for a border . . . it is due to the size of the image, which has not yet been corrected).

I am thinking it somehow involves duplicating layers, etc. to do what I hope to achieve, but I need someone to tell me exactly what to do step-by-step.

Thanks in advance for any help!

[JJMack]

Just create a shape layer like that.

[Ronald Keller · Accepted solution]

Make a stroke using Layer Styles.

Make a layer from the style.

Erase or use a mask on the part you don't need.