Cut Your Own Photo Mat

Before you begin cut your mat board to the size of your frame.

Cut your own photo mat. 4 thoughts on how to measure and cut your own mat board hank hirschfeld december 18 2014 at 9 45 am after you take the photo width and height and subtract it from the frame height and width add at least 1 4 inch to each dimention so as to have some overlap of the mat over the photo. The supplies you ll need are. Here s how to cut your own picture mats to save you lots of money. A cheaper solution is to learn to cut your own mat frames using a handful of basic materials that allow you to fully customize the look of your framed picture.

Of course you also need art or photos you ll put in the frame and the tape is for taping the art inside the frame if you don t have another way to hold. Measure the reveal area you want around. The savings here comes from the size of the frame that i was needing a custom mat for. Typically if you cut 2 3 of your own mats your tools will pay for themselves.

Its guides allow for mat frames as narrow as 3 4 or as wide as 4 1 4 hurray for accommodating both the subtle and the chunky came with both a mat knife and a push style bevel cutter i m ready for action. I saved over 50 per mat. This frame is 24 36 which is large. The logan mat cutter i use runs about 50 for the guide and cutting handle.

If you were going 11 14 s or under you could probably find affordable mat. The addition of a sleek well cut mat can greatly enhance the look of any framed picture but having a mat cut and frame made commercially can sometimes cost more than the picture itself. Like i just said i saved over 50 per mat. Here s how to cut your own picture mats.